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sports

For Cammie Woodman, Tennis and Transition Go Hand-in-Hand

A year after transition, Cammie Woodman watched Serena Williams play tennis. It changed everything.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Jul 24, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Autumn Fourkiller

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Jul 23, 2025

SPORTS

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player!…

Riese

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Jul 20, 2025

FIRST PERSON

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Jul 18, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Jul 23, 2025

sports

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player! Here are eleven couples still going strong and being tall.

Riese —

Jul 20, 2025

first person

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jul 18, 2025

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Things I Read That I Love

literature

Things I Read That I Love #285: A Person Who Refuses To Try Something Better Is a Person Who Will Never Make Something Good

Topics include rats, being awake during surgery, defining disability, aerial skiing, a deranged mayor in late-90s Connecticut, Luke Perry, college admissions, Fox News, Outdoor Voices and so much more!

Riese —

Mar 14, 2019

shameless

showtime

tv reviews

“Shameless” Racked Up 15+ Queer Women Characters While You Were Getting High

Valerie and Riese chat about “Shameless,” the Showtime dramedy we weren’t watching for the gay lady parts and then suddenly there were a lot of gay lady parts. Did we…

Riese —

Mar 14, 2019

#cancelyourgays

netflix

tv news & trailers

“One Day at a Time” Is Cancelled at Netflix, But the Love of the Alvarez Family Lives On

Feel your feelings and then keep fighting. Elena Alvarez couldn’t have said it better herself.

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 14, 2019

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podcast

the l word

Announcing “To L and Back,” an L Word Podcast from Autostraddle.com

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of “To L and Back,” a new podcast about “The L Word.”

Riese —

Mar 14, 2019

the birthday issue

issues

Home Births and Body Horror

By the time I was ten, I’d attended three home births.

Thursday —

Mar 14, 2019

crime

politics + activism

USC Associate Athletic Director Donna Heinel Is Gay, Did College Admissions Crimes

Donna Heinel, an out lesbian and a prominent member of the LGBT Collegiate athletics community, has been indicted after receiving $1.3 million in bribes from wealthy families to admit their…

Riese —

Mar 13, 2019

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