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‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

Feeling bad about masturbation is a remarkably normal thing, especially for people who were immersed (drowned) in shame from the…

Summer Tao

Aug 5, 2025

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

BOOK LISTS

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 5, 2025

POP CULTURE FIX

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl…

Valerie Anne

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Aug 4, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of…

Riese

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Aug 4, 2025

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 5, 2025

pop culture fix

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend! Plus, more buried and unburied gays on TV, Doechii announces upcoming tour, Jinkx…

Valerie Anne —

Aug 4, 2025

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

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How To Choose Between Two Paths Using the Tarot

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Aug 4, 2025

the travel issue

issues

The Bus to Bantayan

There’s nothing like a beach date to the Northernmost tip of your home island of Cebu, Philippines to make you ponder the meaning of love and life, as part of…

Cara Cecilia F —

Sep 5, 2019

Autostraddle Team Movie Watch

best of

movie lists

23 Lesbian and Bisexual Romantic Drama Films, Ranked

Our team weighs in on 23 romantic drama films including High Art, The Handmaiden, Carol, Blue is the Warmest Color and so many more.

The TV Team —

Sep 5, 2019

a-camp june 2019

rei

community

How REI Prepared Us for the Zombie Apocalypse and Built Community in the Woods at A-Camp

“I was so excited to see REI was a sponsor for A-Camp, as it confirmed for me they put their money where their mouth is, doing actual work to support…

Vanessa —

Sep 5, 2019

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Refused To Stay in the Closet, Even for a Marvel Movie

Kristen Stewart is going to keep holding her girlfriend’s hand in public thank you very much, we’re getting one more season of Grace and Frankie, Indya Moore will hunt monsters…

Heather Hogan —

Sep 4, 2019

the travel issue

issues

Lady Madonna: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Kitsch

Being in places that took pride in their weirdness made it feel natural to take pride in my own.

Sam Wall —

Sep 4, 2019

no filter

regular

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Here’s Samira Wiley in a Bowtie

Also, Evan Rachel Wood sports some awfully suspicious bruises and Jasika Nicole inspires us all.

Stef —

Sep 4, 2019

the travel issue

issues

When I Was 16 I Won a Drag Show in Florence

I spent my adolescence trying to be a boy. I wasn’t very good at it, but I tried really, really hard. I didn’t wear bright colors, I didn’t listen to…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Sep 3, 2019

comics/graphic novels

Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni