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health

‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

Feeling bad about masturbation is a remarkably normal thing, especially for people who were immersed (drowned) in shame from the…

Summer Tao

Aug 5, 2025

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

BOOK LISTS

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 5, 2025

POP CULTURE FIX

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl…

Valerie Anne

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Aug 4, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of…

Riese

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Aug 4, 2025

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 5, 2025

pop culture fix

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend! Plus, more buried and unburied gays on TV, Doechii announces upcoming tour, Jinkx…

Valerie Anne —

Aug 4, 2025

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

Latest Articles

‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

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Literature

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Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

News

Aug 4, 2025

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

Literature

Aug 4, 2025

How To Choose Between Two Paths Using the Tarot

Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Aug 4, 2025

Butt Week

Well, this is an illustration of two people wearing jean shorts with their bums facing you and farting!

relationships

5 Good Reasons to Just Fart in Front of Your Partner Already

Consider this your invitation to stop hiding, loosen your cheeks and let your sphincter siren sing for the one(s) you love.

Ro White —

Oct 20, 2020

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

netflix

film

Viola Davis Is Iconically Queer Again in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”!

The “Ma Rainey” Trailer Drop is THEE most important Black queer pop culture news this week, and I’ve broken down 5 reasons why… then I shall be proceeding directly to…

Carmen Phillips —

Oct 20, 2020

Butt Week

tv butt feature now with 100% more peaches

tv lists

11 of the Best Lesbian and Bisexual TV Butt Moments

If you’re not complimenting your friends’ butts what even are you doing?

Valerie Anne —

Oct 20, 2020

lost movie reviews from the Autostraddle archives

film

Is “Imagine Me & You” Even Good? I Don’t Know, But I Keep Rewatching It

Arranging flowers is gay — you heard it here first.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 20, 2020

Butt Week

drugs

An illustration of a hand holding a small bottle with a screw-on lid.

first person

Giving Poppers to Cis Women

“A cultural exchange from a person with a prostate to those without.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Oct 19, 2020

you need help

A person with long curly red hair and a very cute pair of thick black glasses, wearing a dark blue denim shirt, stares off to the left of the camera and thinks hard about their ex.

breakups

You Need Help: Am I Really “Over Them” Enough to Date New People?

There is no quantifiable metric for being over someone. If you’re ready to date, you’re ready to date.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Oct 19, 2020

link roundup

pop culture fix

Reba McEntire at the Academy of Country Music Awards 2017 at the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Reba McEntire and Norman Lear Are Making a “Fried Green Tomatoes” TV Series

Viola Davis’ on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Javicia Leslie’s Batwoman is getting her own Batmobile(!!!), new super gay yuletide pics from Kristen Stewart’s Happiest Season, Chyler Leigh on Wynonna Earp,…

Heather Hogan —

Oct 19, 2020

novel

literature

Kamala’s First Novel Zigzags Is Out Today!

Ultimately, Zigzags was fueled by the nostalgia of all the places I’ve loved and left and missed. There’s a lot of flirting and parties and witty banter, but it’s very…

Kamala Puligandla —

Oct 19, 2020