Lez Liberty Lit Follows Mix Tape Rules
Toni Morrison as an editor; queer sex, food, and obsession; reimagining sex and survival; and more.
Pop Culture Fix: A New Star-Crossed Queer Love Vampire Show Is on the Way at Netflix
Ruby Rose says she’d return to the Arrowverse, Niecy Nash chats with Ellen about her “hersband,” Queen Latifah’s Equalizer has already been renewed for a second season, and more!
For Us and for You: We Want It All Is an Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics and Archive of Trans Literary Movements
In We Want it All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics, editors Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel aim to amplify a politics of trans people against capitalism and empire.
No Filter: Well Hello, Samira! Looking Incredible as Always!
Trace Lysette celebrates International Women’s Day, Quinn Wilson seems… neat, you know? And it’s so and cool and fine and normal that Janelle Monaé looks like this, hahahahahahahah we’re fine.
Also.Also.Also: NASA Named Landing Site after Octavia Butler, One Step Closer to Our Queer Space Colony Dreams!
Roxane Gay on becoming a queer elder before you’re ready, healing from this pandemic, the radical legacy of Dolly Parton, Drag Kings, and more!
QUIZ: Who’s Your Queer Celebrity Dream Date?
Do you remember those celebrity dream date quizzes in the back of teen magazines? Well for Autostraddle’s 12th birthday, I decided to queer it up!
Happy Birthday to Us! Here’s What We’d Say to Our Tween Selves
“In the future, there will be so many women’s basketball games on TV that you won’t even be able to keep up with them!”
QUIZ: How Well Do You Remember (The Gay Parts) of 2009?
Autostraddle got born in 2009 but believe it or not, a few other things happened too. Do you remember them?
A+ MEMBER COMMUNITY POST: What Advice Would You Give Your Tween Self?
sometime this year you are going to steal your first pack of cigarettes from *redacted*’s mom: please don’t ? you will like them far too much and also will feel bad forever for stealing
Autostraddle’s Turning 12 and We Want You to Ask Us Anything!
Truly the sky is the limit! Ask about anything!
You Need Help: How to Be Gay In Public
Being gay in public can be daunting, and it is not only because PDA discourse is fraught with questions of respectability and modesty. No, for us in the LGBTQ+ community, it can be a matter of life and death, so I completely understand your confusion and possible hesitance around showing PDA to your partner.
Meet Lauren Patten and Sonya Tayeh, the Queer Artists Ushering a Brighter Future for Broadway
Every once in the rarest while, an artist shows up on Broadway in possession of such exceptional talent — audiences start thinking about their future not in years but decades. Jagged Little Pill’s Lauren Patten and Moulin Rouge! The Musical’s Sonya Tayeh are such talents currently in the running for their first Tonys.
Moxie Review: Netflix’s Teen Feminist Revolution Falls Short
Moxie aims for riot grrrl rage and zine-ready radical politics but falls short, coming off more like a glossy mag for girl power that’s only loosely intersectional.
How I Learned to Organize My Life Around My Menstrual Cycle (and So Can You)
Eventually, tracking my cycle started feeling less like planning around my terrible PMS and more like following a rhythm. Once I identified my varying needs during each phase of my cycle, I was able to take better care of myself overall.
Pop Culture Fix: Kelly Marie Tran Is Pretty Sure Her Disney Princess Is a Lesbian
Ella Hunt is queer, Pose will end with season three, Chloë Grace Moretz was set to star in Nimona, St. Vincent’s new album, and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Thinking About Pandemic Dating
How has the pandemic changed dating and relationships, especially poly ones? What’s it called when you’re not getting enough alone time? And how do you find sex toys that feel a little more… advanced?
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1309 Recap: That’s Hot
Drag Race returns with the game that taught a generation of gays about Grey Gardens. That’s right, it’s Snatch Game.
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 407 Recap: Glitter In The Air
Everybody loves Waverly! Wynonna Earp is back for a love drunk mid-season premiere.
A+ Weekend Discord Server Invite Inside! Now Through 8pm PST 3/7!
This very weekend, right now in fact, we’re opening the A+ Members Discord Server again! Who knows what will happen! Tarot readings! Book clubs! Impromptu skillshare workshops! Lessons for elders about how to use TikTok! More pet photos! 9am PST Saturday March 6 – 8pm PST Sunday March 7
Grease Bats: Get A Hobby
“I haven’t relaxed since 2019. I’ve given up.”