Stories include a record-breaking number of LGBTQ-inclusive films garnering Oscar nods, the long road to The Favourite, Kristen Stewart’s hot new haircut, queer Sundance picks, Batwoman gets a filming start date, gay women role models on TV, the Intimacy Coordinator of sex scenes, and so much more!

This piece was co-written by Natalie, Reneice, Alexis, and Carmen. We’re four of the black members of The Speakeasy, Autostraddle’s collective for its writers of color.

I could carry that heavy canoe further than any of the other teenage girls on my trip. I could carry that canoe, because that meant I didn’t have to carry my grief and my mom had to carry her own weight, because I wasn’t home.

Listen OK — the New York Times named Washington DC the Gayest City in America for a reason.

Plus: Sarah Paulson doesn’t want to be scared by Ellen anymore, Madonna surprised Stonewall on New Year’s Eve, a new show choir drama by Will and Jada for Freeform, Bird Box reviewed by birds, and more!

“I had dreamt about my new sister that very night. An almost spiritual connection. Perhaps my mother could have sensed, then, that I felt the same as her; that I would grow to feel the same. That I had inherited that bond, that tether; that we shared that, too. But how could she have known? How could she understand that her son could ever carry that weight?”

The science on cuffing, bad patterns from astrological signs, moving on when something doesn’t work out, why you should use the word “vulva” when you’re talking about a vulva, and more.

This morning, the New York Times broke the story that the Department of Health and Human Services under the Trump administration is “[considering] defining transgender out of existence.”

Honey, these glorious embodiments of black femme magic are about to sweep you off your feet.

Sex isn’t one thing. It’s a million things. There’s a million ways to have it and there’s a million ways to enjoy it. So get creative, mix things up, and focus on what feels good. Also, scissoring is real. Get over it, haters.

“To date long distance then live with the other in person is to be in two versions of the same relationship. One wishes desperately for the future and is fueled by daydreams of the past; the other tries to make every waking moment something special and ignores the fact that time is passing, whether we like it or not.”

Supergirl, Dreamer, and Alex try to protect the people of National City as a Children of Liberty Rally, an Elite ambush, and a peaceful protest collide.

Join Carmen, Valerie, KaeLyn and Al(aina) as they liveblog RENT live!

“It’s adorable that you thought this book with this premise might have anyone who *isn’t* a lesbian in it!”

The Baby Gays have been revealed! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

On Tuesday, Grindr-backed LGBT publication “Into” initiated, without warning, mass layoffs, effectively shuttering the site in … wait for it… A PIVOT TO VIDEO.

In the early days of 2019 I’ve found myself really drawn to books and TV and movies and podcasts that are full of light and warmth and hard-won happiness. Enter: Days of Our Wives.

Do you know about attachment styles? I previously did not. Is it like an astrology thing? Or a Myers-Briggs thing? Or an enneagram thing? No, it’s not. Also, yes, kind of. Come find out or just hang with me!

“What I post on the internet has to be what I can be proud of in person. That just happens to include my titties.”

Legacy of the First Blade is one of the most egregious lesbian storylines I’ve ever seen.