Results for: be the change
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A Convo on the Queer & Trans Takeover of Skateboarding
“Skating as a culture is getting more and more visibly queer”
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Boobs on Your Tube: How I Met Your Father Kicks Off Season 2 With Queer Romance
Plus updates on All American, All American: Homecoming, Harlem, Truth Be Told, The Legend of Vox Machina, and Criminal Minds!
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TIFF 2022: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve watched forty features and the first two episodes of a TV show. Yes, forty. Consider this list a reference, a collection of short reviews for the rest of the year’s buzzed about films and films that should be buzzed about.
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Things I’ve Never Asked My Brothers About Growing Up in an Abusive Household, Being Adopted, and My Writing
“We were doing rap battles and Dani was writing all the stuff because she was better at it. You remember that?”
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Some Things I Didn’t Expect When Planning My Lesbian Wedding
2. I’m in not infrequent contact with a woman named Daphne who is renting me a Fancy Portable Toilet Trailer with air conditioning.
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7 Brilliant Books About Chaotic Queers
When I think about “good” queer representation, I think about bad. I think about bad behavior, bad relationships, bad choices, bad words.
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Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for September 2022
It’s Virgo season! Time to get out a fresh sheet of paper and your favorite pens and brainstorm a dozen or more future possibilities that bring you sheer pleasure.
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The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship
I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.
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In “Helen House,” Sorrow Is an Inescapable Specter That Transforms Our Lives
What’s not left up for interpretation is Upadhyaya’s ability to craft a ghost story that both feels thoroughly new and also reminds of something that’s hard to forget or run away from: “We all do things to keep the dead with us.”
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Dungeons and Drag Queens Abound in “Gayblade,” a 90s Game You Can Play for Free
Instead of getting shields for defense, you get condoms or aprons. And instead of swords and other classic weapons, there’s mace, hair dryers, or press-on nails to fight with.
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In Challenging, Complex Essays, “Unsafe Words” Queers the #MeToo Movement
Multiple of these essays ask how we can make queer spaces safer, especially for our most vulnerable community members, while also not becoming our own police.
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Give It Time, Delphine
To really love anything, I think, is to run the risk of it not loving you back.
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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin Betrays Viewers in the Series Finale
The series one finale introduces a plot twist that’s a slap in the face, and undermines the show’s messages of empowerment for survivors of sexual assault.
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You Need Help: Trying To Live Through the Pandemic Is Destroying My Mental Health
I want you to hold this: Even though the world is kind of terrible, your life is precious and valuable, and you are loved.
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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.
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Healing After Top Surgery: Expectation vs. Reality
What’s it like to walk down the stairs with nothing bouncing? What’s it like to feel a seatbelt flat against me? What’s it like when my girlfriend lays her head on my chest, REALLY on my chest, closer to my heart than ever?
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WNBA Week 7: Lighting a Fever Fire and Remembering Nikki McCray
Also, did Dallas find a weak spot in the Aces armor?
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Consider Cabin Rental Company Getaway for a Lowkey, Short-Term Queer Vacation
Getaway is a great option if you’re considering a little queer, well, getaway — especially for couples!
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Into the A+ Advice Box #74: HOLIGAY ADVICE
Coping with fatphobia and QAnon relatives, hosting your first party, regifting and more!
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Autostraddle March Madness 2023: Trope-y Wives – Enemies to Lovers
Is there anything gayer than enemies to lovers, when you really think about it?