• About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
  • Shop
  • Sign In
  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Lesbian Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles

Life

  • LGBT History
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Money + Work
  • Geekery
  • Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft
  • Holigays
  • Parenting & Family
  • Pregnancy

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Webcomics
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked by Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Shopping
  • Podcasts

  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Lesbian Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles
  • Shop
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
LGBT history month graphic
LGBT History

LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

It’s LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, a topic which is near and dear to our hearts because it is definitely NOT near OR dear to the hearts of anybody in charge of public education.

Riese October 3, 2017 14 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: We Need More Slice Of Life Trans Comics Like Melanie Gillman’s “Pockets”

In “Pockets,” Sydney and her mom are on their way to go shopping for some hiking boots and shorts for Sydney’s trip. She’s normally wearing skirts and cute flats, but her mom is understandably concerned about those kind of clothes while she’s hiking up a mountain for a week.

Mey October 3, 2017 5 Comments
Pets & Animals

50 of the Gayest Nerdiest Things You Weirdos Named Your Pets

“Stewie’s full name is Kristen Stewart because, let’s face it, they look exactly alike.”

Riese October 2, 2017 56 Comments
Straddleverse

Family Open Thread

We usually post a roundtable on Mondays but we decided that this Monday we could really use the space to be together as a family and process some of our grief and anger as we continue to empower each other to take action.

Heather Hogan October 2, 2017 75 Comments
Community

PHOTO GALLERY: Queers with Pets

Oh did you think there wouldn’t be a chicken in here? WRONG.

Laneia October 2, 2017 87 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

Style Thief: How to Dress Like Kate McKinnon in Vanity Fair

From a Texas Tuxedo to full-on sapphic circus garb, here’s what you’ll need.

Nora October 2, 2017 8 Comments
AF+

VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin: School Hard

We got in bed and we BROUGHT OUR BOOKS! Just kidding (although I did bring one), but we *did* talk about graduate programs, GSAs, queer theory, Catholic universities, and all things school. Woot woot!

Kristin October 1, 2017 3 Comments
Webcomics

3 A.M.: Cafe Peru

Remember the note from Ruth? Mae follows what it said and goes to Cafe Peru before her shift.

Pam October 1, 2017 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Also Losing It Over Kate McKinnon’s “Vanity Fair” Double Denim

Lesbians are taking over Vanity Fair, there might be another Charlie’s Angels, the sports bra is 40! Time for Sunday Funday!

Ari October 1, 2017 24 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Anything You Want It To Be

Queer sex can be anything you want it to be. Plus, butch-femme sexual dynamics, the most compatible astrological signs, when emotional labor is too much and more.

Ryan Yates October 1, 2017 11 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for October 2017

This is how Jupiter feels in our charts: this massive planet is our cosmic gay cheerleader. It the part of our psyche that lets us exceed our current capacity, and has faith that we can.

Corina Dross October 1, 2017 6 Comments
Jewish Holidays LGBT History

18 Influential Lesbian & Bisexual Jewish Women To Remember Today

Some very cool ladies to remember in all that we do

Riese September 30, 2017 24 Comments
Recipes

Femme Brûlée: Vegan Apple Cider Cake

All of my favorite foods come into season during the fall, stores carry clothing in all my favorite colors during the fall, people wanna spoon and make out more in the fall before breaking up before the holidays to avoid buying each other gifts. It’s all amazing!

Reneice Charles September 30, 2017 29 Comments
Webcomics

Baopu #38: The Realities Of Being A Full-Time Alien

#1: You spend most of your disposable income on legal fees.

Yao Xiao September 30, 2017 5 Comments
Book Lists

Read These Queer Banned Books Right Now

Read queer banned books. Support their authors. And maybe buy an extra copy or two of these and leave them in a school library near you.

Ryan Yates September 29, 2017 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Lovable Lesbian Sex Is Back On “Grey’s Anatomy”

Also: Annalise Keating in a suit! And: American Horror Story, what in the world?

Heather Hogan September 29, 2017 39 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Ask The Question Or Life Will Ask It For You

Sometimes all you can do is just hang out so LET’S HANG OUT.

Ryan Yates September 29, 2017 83 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #247: A Pit of Pink Snakes That Will Inject Me With Pink Venom

Topics include group chat, murder, Jamaica High School, Rosé, Basic Instinct, libraries, the injustice of the criminal justice system, why cops shoot and more.

Riese September 29, 2017 4 Comments
Geekery

“Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice” Joins a Growing List of Video Games That Explore Mental Illness

Nothing is straightforward about Senua’s journey.

Jenna September 29, 2017 5 Comments
A very small tan and white pup with floppy ears poking over the top of a white laptop with the text "Hey, did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Meeting at The Planet

“In television, you either die a hero, or live long enough to become Ilene Chaiken.”

Darcy September 29, 2017 44 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 … 1,413 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • 8 Lesbian BDSM Novels to Curl Your Toes (and Maybe Melt Your Heart)
  • More Real Live Lesbian Sext(ing the Zine)
  • Jimmyjane Form 6 Vibrator Review

Latest Comments

  • Victor @ Roswell New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community "Testing a comment"

  • Drew Burnett Gregory Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’ "!!! One of my favorite books ever. I read it last year and it blew me away. And I totally…"

  • Ila Davis Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’ "One book that I think is so overlooked and fits perfectly with the Yellowjackets theme is Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda!…"

  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’ "Cate was like “you can literally pick your kids up from school when you’re working on a Soderbergh film”"

Latest Posts

  • New DIY Documentary Honors AIDS Media Activism, Love, Loss, and Queer Community
  • How Happy Could I Make These ‘Severance’ Characters?
  • Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’
  • Jade Carey Has Two Gold Medals AND a Girlfriend!
  • Yellowjackets Episode 307 Recap: WTF (What the Frogs)

Our Network

  • Store
  • For Them

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2025 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

Read ad-free: join AF MEDIA