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Thank You Jeanne Córdova, Love Autostraddle Dot Com

Riese

Oct 31, 2017
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22 Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women Athletes Who Changed the Game

Heather Hogan

Oct 31, 2017
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25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List

Ryan Yates

Oct 27, 2017
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Our Sex Is Good: Kink Writing in the 1980s–1990s

Ari

Oct 24, 2017
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BREAKING: Alleged Murder Thrusts Actress Libby Holman Back into Loving Arms of Heiress Ex-Girlfriend and We’re So Here For It

Riese

Oct 23, 2017
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Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

Nora

Oct 12, 2017
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BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

Riese

Oct 6, 2017
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CHAVELA Documentary Highlights the Pain and Poetry of the Seminal Mexican Lesbian Singer’s Life

Raquel

Oct 3, 2017
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LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

Riese

Oct 3, 2017

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Thank You Jeanne Córdova, Love Autostraddle Dot Com

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Thank You Jeanne Córdova, Love Autostraddle Dot Com

We’re closing out LGBT History Month with Jeanne Córdova — a legendary publisher and activist who died last year and included Autostraddle as one of many beneficiaries of her estate, which…

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Oct 31, 2017

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22 Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women Athletes Who Changed the Game

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22 Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Women Athletes Who Changed the Game

Women athletes who came out before very recently risked everything to do so: their endorsements, their fans, their spots on their teams, their livelihoods, and sometimes even their own lives.…

Heather Hogan —

Oct 31, 2017

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25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List

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25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List

Celebrate LGBT History Month by reading LGBT history books!

Ryan Yates —

Oct 27, 2017

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LGBT History Month 2017

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Our Sex Is Good: Kink Writing in the 1980s–1990s

How two 1970s and 1980s lesbian BDSM books changed the national conversation around feminism, lesbianism, and kink.

Ari —

Oct 24, 2017

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LGBT History Month 2017

BREAKING: Alleged Murder Thrusts Actress Libby Holman Back into Loving Arms of Heiress Ex-Girlfriend and We’re So Here For It

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BREAKING: Alleged Murder Thrusts Actress Libby Holman Back into Loving Arms of Heiress Ex-Girlfriend and We’re So Here For It

When you’re a Broadway starlet indicted for the murder of your wealthy young boyfriend even though it was a suicide, who’re you gonna call? Your wealthy ex-girlfriend!

Riese —

Oct 23, 2017

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LGBT History Month 2017

Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

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Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

By now you’re familiar with early 20th Century writer, photographer, traveler, and all-around superbabe Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Hmm, you may be thinking, do I want her, or do I want to…

Nora —

Oct 12, 2017

#lgbthistorymonth

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BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

Charlotte Cushman is at it again!

Riese —

Oct 6, 2017

#lgbthistorymonth

lesbian history

CHAVELA Documentary Highlights the Pain and Poetry of the Seminal Mexican Lesbian Singer’s Life

movie reviews

CHAVELA Documentary Highlights the Pain and Poetry of the Seminal Mexican Lesbian Singer’s Life

Though her life was characterized by solitude and her love for it and the freedom it gave her, CHAVELA is a story of a remarkable person told by the people…

Raquel —

Oct 3, 2017

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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…

Riese —

Oct 3, 2017