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sports

For Cammie Woodman, Tennis and Transition Go Hand-in-Hand

A year after transition, Cammie Woodman watched Serena Williams play tennis. It changed everything.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Jul 24, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Autumn Fourkiller

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Jul 23, 2025

SPORTS

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player!…

Riese

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Jul 20, 2025

FIRST PERSON

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Jul 18, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Jul 23, 2025

sports

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player! Here are eleven couples still going strong and being tall.

Riese —

Jul 20, 2025

first person

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jul 18, 2025

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autostraddle behind the scenes

women in business

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straddleverse

Welcome Our New Director of Brand Partnerships, Anya Richkind!

I’m so excited to be here. Let’s build Autostraddle’s financial future into something stronger, steadier, and more exciting than we’ve ever imagined!

Anya Richkind —

Jan 27, 2022

Rainbow Reading

regular

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literature

Rainbow Reading: A New Story Collection From Carmen Maria Machado Is Coming!

Plus, book awards for Torrey Peters, Sarah Schulman, Darcie Little Badger, and more!

Yashwina —

Jan 27, 2022

sundance

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movie reviews

Sundance 2022: “Girl Picture” Has Queer Romance, Figure Skating, and Plenty of Teen Angst

These stories are reminiscent of other coming-of-age movies, but the performances and specificity of the characters — as well as the clever structure — elevate the film as a whole.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jan 26, 2022

netflix

tv reviews

I Loved “Archive 81” — Then I Found Out Melody Got “Straightwashed”

By erasing Melody’s queerness, Archive 81 gains nothing and loses a lot.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 26, 2022

disney

foolish child

Dickens and their friend Sarai talk against a green background about the story of Encanto, except Sarai thinks it is gay.

webcomics

Foolish Child #112: Encanto

Every Madrigal sister’s journey deserves to be over analyzed into redemption!

Dickens —

Jan 26, 2022

link roundup

pop culture fix

A two photo collage: On the left, Ivory Aquino in a red dress; on the right, an image from the Batgirl Wedding Issue that shows Alysia kissing her bride Jo

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: HBO Max’s “Batgirl” Casts Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, DC’s First Trans Movie Character

Also! The problem with How I Met Your Father, why you shouldn’t write off Che Diaz, how Whitney and Robyn fell in love, and more!

Heather Hogan —

Jan 26, 2022

mental health

The words "You are going to be fine" written on a garage style door that is painted a soft pink.

first person

I Used Instagram Mantras As Therapy — And It Worked

They served as daily messages your best friend should tell you when you’re hurting — and in desperate need of a silver lining.

Christina Anthony —

Jan 26, 2022

keke palmer

no filter

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Keke Palmer Is So Stunning and Charming, She Should Be the Host of Everything on Earth Forever!

Also: Cynthia Nixon is doing Fashion now, which I am very pro!! And I cannot get over the fact that Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are matching in this random…

Christina Tucker —

Jan 26, 2022