In which our A+ members get advice from the AS Team on a recent mental health diagnosis, insecurity about a girlfriend’s bisexuality, climate grief, cutting your own hair, some stellar showering advice, and more!
Find strangeness, horror, spit, and surreality in these five queer short stories available online. And let me know if you want to see more short fiction recs on Autostraddle!
Elvira said that old straight men have taken her coming out the hardest, unlocking the trauma of childhood toys, and what happens when “girl power” meets sobriety.
Miranda doesn’t know if she’s gay, or if it’s just menopause. Or, you know, her compulsive personality.
Grappling with life’s big questions — in the middle of a never-ending pandemic — is a lot less intimidating when you’re cutting out photos of Viola Davis at the same time.
“Is it that obvious?” YAZ. YES, IT’S THAT OBVIOUS.
Often I find myself pushing so hard against the image of trans loneliness that I don’t allow myself to acknowledge the truths that lie within. This book acknowledged them for me. It hurt. I’m grateful.
There are plenty of people out there still rooting for Jackie Quiñones; it’d be nice if it felt like the ones crafting her story were among them.
Indulge in coziness, quirk it up, and create a soundtrack for your life. Here are some fool-proof tips for feeling like the star of your own personal rom-com.
Jasmin Savoy Brown and Liv Hewson will host Netflix’s The Gay Agenda, Doctor Strange 2 merch hints at America Chavez’s gayness, are Euphoria’s cool teens okay, and more!
It is an honor and a privilege to shepherd in Candace Parker’s No Filter debut.
New Kehlani dating rumors, queer farmers working to build community in rural spaces, and the Latinx roots of punk music. (Also not to be dramatic, but is this how American democracy ends??)
Do you really want to be that person who survived a plane crash and then died from putting a literal stick up their ass? No, you don’t.
In honor of formative crush Connie Allenbury, I present to you: An Incomplete List of Hot Tomboy Characters of Early 20th Century Hollywood Who Either Were Or Should Have Been Gay.
It can be really hard to watch a friend in a relationship that doesn’t seem good for them. At the same time, this situation isn’t entirely yours to fix or even diagnose for that matter.
As we move into 2022, you have some important and necessary choices to make. What are you going to invest in? What do you care about?
I watched all 42 Kristen Stewart movies and lived to tell the tale: from tiny tomboy robbing a bank to Princess Diana driving a car, here’s how good (and often pretty bad) they are.
Also! Niecy Nash on playing a “strip mall superhero,” another day another gay on Freeform, and Gentleman Jack is on its way back.
Shauna and Taissa connect in the past and present, Ben comes out to Nat, and the girlies do some casual surgery in the woods. It’s time for another “Yellowjackets” rollercoaster!
If you thought 2021 was a banner year for LGBTQ+ books, wait until you see what the first three months of 2022 have in store for queer book lovers.