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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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Black Lightning

Black Lightning Recaps: Seasons 1-2

tv show recaps

“Black Lightning” Episode 203 Recap: Thunder Grace? Game on.

Anissa and Grace make their way towards reconciliation and romance, Jennifer Pierce continues to be the best teenager on television this side of Santana Lopez.

Carmen Phillips —

Oct 24, 2018

link roundup

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson and Sandra Bullock Are Reuniting to Freak You Out on Netflix

Plus: A trailer for season two of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a bi/poly storyline for Chris on S.W.A.T., a smoochin’ good time at the Bad Girls reunion, Pam Grier out here…

Heather Hogan —

Oct 24, 2018

autostraddle lesbian stereotypes survey

Autostraddle Reader Data

community

Gay People More Haunted by Ghosts Than Straight People Are

25% of the 12.3k people who took our Lesbian Stereotypes survey have been in the presence of a ghost, but only 18% of all Americans have been similarly haunted. We…

Riese —

Oct 24, 2018

2018 election

election

politics + activism

2018 Midterm Voting Guide: LGBTQ Candidates, Ballot Measures and More

It’s a scary time to be a minority in this country, but the 2018 Midterms offer a little bit of light in the darkness. According to the Victory Fund, this is…

the team —

Oct 24, 2018

drag

personal essay

first person

Mommy’s Little Hellraiser

I looked less and less like my mother— the image of womanhood I grew up with — and I was scared. Was she disappointed that I wasn’t like her? Did…

Maura Lee Bee —

Oct 24, 2018

Hannah Gadsby

jill soloway

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Hannah Gadsby and Jill Soloway Unite For Cuffing Season

Also, Evan Rachel Wood is feelin’ Halloween and Rosie O’Donnell is engaged to a cop.

Stef —

Oct 24, 2018

This Is A Coming Out Post

Shot of Anna Akana from Stitchers, Anna Akana is going to star in Demi Lovato's new comedy "Hunger"

tv news & trailers

Anna Akana Is Queer: “Stitchers” Actress Comes Out During Her Streamys Acceptance Speech

Anna won the Acting in a Drama Streamy for her work on a YouTube show, Youth & Consequences, and urged the audience — as a queer woman of color — to get…

Valerie Anne —

Oct 23, 2018

#lgbthistorymonth

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