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The cover of Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond features a cartoon wedding cake with a slice taken out of it revealing a rainbow cake and two women sitting on top of the cake.
LGBT Book Reviews

“Queerly Beloved” Is a Love Letter to Tulsa and Chosen Family

The queer baking romance has Tulsa at its core.

ashni July 5, 2022 3 Comments
Identity

You Need Help: How Do I Stop Hating My Face?

You do not need to change your face. But I do think you can start to change your thoughts.

Darcy July 5, 2022 9 Comments
Kim and Lindsay from Freaks & Geeks stand with their mouths slightly open. Their eyes are covered by black bars. Behind them are a bunch of scissors and green toxic sludge.
First Person

That Time I Binged “Freaks and Geeks” While My Stalker Ex Held Me Captive

Kim and Lindsay’s friendship is the real love story of this series. I want them to end up as friends like everyone wants the leads to end up together in a romantic comedy. I shake with it.

Nico July 5, 2022 40 Comments
A collage featuring the books Bitter and Gender Queer, a mixtape of summer jams, an ESPN Fantasy Women's Basketball logo, shea wearing sunglasses, a black top, board shorts, and a blue button down that is open, The Chicks, a drill, a pair of hills with Mabel the dog on top, a name badge that says HELLO My Name is shea martin pronouns: they/them, the words BRUNCH BRUNCH BRUNCH, an egg, a lime slice, and a waffle.
Culture

Here Are Our They/Them Summer Mood Boards

Fox News apparently did not actually publish a story about “they/them summer” undermining American democracy, but we’re reclaiming the term anyway!!!!!!!! Happy they/them summer to all who celebrate.

the team July 4, 2022 27 Comments
Three characters played by Ashly Burch: Rachel from Mythic Quest, Aloy from Horizon, and Chloe from Life Is Strange
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Every Queer Nerd’s Favorite Nerd, Ashly Burch, Is Pansexual!

Cynthia Erivo reconfirms her queerness, another sweet tearjerker from Brandi Carlile, Hayley Kiyoko is making the reality show of her dreams, and more!

Heather Hogan July 4, 2022 4 Comments
The video games Stardew Valley, Gades, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Life is Strange: True Colors, The Sims 4, Night in the Woods, The Last Of Us II, Gone Home
Quizzes

Quiz: What Queer Video Game Should You Play?

Need a new video game to consume your every waking thought? We’ve got you covered with this interactive quiz.

Julie Gentile July 3, 2022 33 Comments
Alia Shawkat and Ilana Glazer hold their hands up to each other on Broad City.
Book Features

Let’s Hear It for the Disaster Bisexuals

My confused disaster of a teenage self could have used stories from this new canon of disaster bisexuals, stories about sexually fluid people in all their imperfections.

Antonia Angress July 3, 2022 17 Comments
Raine holds Eda in their arms
TV Feature

“The Owl House” Is a Place For All Us Queer Weirdos to Stick Together

Luz and Amity tell queer kids they have a present; Eda and Raine tell them they have a future. And in between, there’s stories of disability, chronic illness, mental illness, gender, found family, and so much more.

Vallie July 2, 2022 6 Comments
Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace
Book Features

Self-Publishing Taught Me To Rethink Success

Author Sarah Wallace writes on queer community in the self-publishing world and rewriting the rules of her own success.

Sarah Wallace July 2, 2022 15 Comments
Mercedes and Mercedes learning to dance (and more) on P-Valley
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: You Better Be Watching P-Valley, You Gays

Plus updates on Roswell, New Mexico and a hearty recommendation to laugh with Michaela Jae Rodriguez in Loot.

Natalie and Valerie Anne
July 1, 2022 3 Comments
A black and white background image of children at a Phoenix Mercury game holding up a sign that says "Free Brittney Griner." On top of it, images of four WNBA players in-game: Sue Bird, Alyssa Thomas, Jonquel Jones, Candace Parker
Sports

The Gayest Stories of the 2022 WNBA Season (So Far)

Natalie and Heather got together to talk about the record breakers and the heart breakers.

Heather Hogan and Natalie
July 1, 2022 15 Comments
July 2022 gay streaming: Brianna Scurry documentary, Paper Girls, Anything Is Possible, Pretty Little Liars Original Sin, 1Up, Harley Quinn, Rap Sh*t, Control Z, High School Musical Season 3
Movie Lists TV Lists

What’s New and Gay To Stream in July 2022

We’ve got Season 3 of Harley Quinn, the live-action adaptation of the Paper Girls comic book, the latest Pretty Little Liars experiment, Issa Rae’s Rap Sh*t, Billy Porter’s trans rom-com and also some other items of note!

Riese July 1, 2022 10 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Making Music

“She dazzled me with her solo audition and now we have jam/smooch sessions.”

Darcy July 1, 2022 7 Comments
four book covers in a simple collage: blood fresh, there are trans people here, funeral for flaca, and the subtweet
Book Lists

30 Books That Are Still Gay Even Though Pride Month Is Over

Today is July 1 which means that Pride Month is officially over, but here at Autostraddle we like talking about gay books 24/7/365.

Vanessa July 1, 2022 7 Comments
a person leans against a doorframe and cries, her hand up to her lips, a tissue grapsed in her hand. on top of the image reads the text "into the A+ advice box"
AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #63: What If Other People Think You’re “A Lot”?

How do you stop comparing yourself to your girlfriend’s nesting partner, have big life conversations with your partner, deal with feeling your friends don’t love you as much as you love them, and more?

the team July 1, 2022 21 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for July 2022

Because the world isn’t calming down anytime soon, now is the time to attune to your internal patterns of rest and resistance.

Corina Dross July 1, 2022 3 Comments
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds at an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Ketanji Brown Becomes the First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

Queer animals are everywhere, why deleting your period tracker app won’t keep you safe, just so much terrible news, and the legendary abortion clinic run by trans women in a barn.

Heather Hogan June 30, 2022 5 Comments
a collage made up of as team members living their best lives this june. this features katie, anya and her mom, carmen, vanessa, tracy, drew, viv, and himani
AF+

The Autostraddle Insider Issue 93: June 2022

“i just think patty melt IS a gender tbh”

The Editors June 30, 2022 19 Comments
Photo 1: a Black woman in a navy blue mask leaning into a little boy in a mask wearing a striped shirt holding a puppy with a white woman in a mask standing behind. Photo 2: a Black woman in glasses holding a small puppy, a white woman in glasses, a young boy in a black tee shirt. Photo 3: a Black woman in a navy blue mask leaning into a little boy in a mask wearing a striped shirt holding a puppy with a white woman in a mask standing behind.
First Person Parenting & Family

Are All the Queer Moms Hanging Out Without Me?

As we start to shift the narrative about raw honesty online about motherhood, I wish that queer moms opened up more about how hard it is to create their inner circle. 

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 30, 2022 34 Comments
I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy has a purple book cover.
LGBT Book Reviews

“I Feel Love: Notes On Queer Joy” Reminds Us That Suffering Is Not Our Destiny

Queerness doesn’t have to be a burden. That’s what I wish I could tell my younger, lonely, and confused self.

Lily Alvarado June 30, 2022 1 Comment
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