the speakeasy

people of color

racism

relationships

Your Girlfriend’s Family Is Racist and You Should Probably Get the Hell Out of There

“How much do I need to engage with my serious girlfriend’s racist immediate family members? She is close with them, and I’ve spent time with them in the past, but…

Ari —

Oct 2, 2018

interview

latinx

tv feature

Tanya Saracho Made “Vida” With, For and About Latinxs — And She’s Not Apologizing

Vida’s queer showrunner Tanya Saracho talks to Autostraddle one-on-one about the politics of building a Latinx LGBT writers room, Beyoncé, and why Vida is going to be your new spring…

Carmen Phillips —

May 3, 2018

interview

latinx

tv feature

Vida’s Non-Binary Latinx Actor Ser Anzoategui Already Knows Their Show Will Be Your New Favorite

Vida’s out non-binary actor Ser Anzoategui gave Autostraddle an one-on-one interview about the show, the importance of queer Latinx representation in front of and behind the camera, and even sang…

Carmen Phillips —

Apr 30, 2018

lena waithe

team pick

pop culture fix

Lena Waithe’s “Vanity Fair” Cover Is a Watershed Moment for Black Lesbian Visibility

“We gotta tell our shit. Can’t no one tell a black story, particularly a queer story, the way I can, because I see the God in us.”

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 22, 2018

black history month

black lives matter

politics + activism

Black History Month Roundtable: Imagining Our Bright, Bold Black Queer Futures

In the second and final part of our Black History Month Roundtable series, we’re ready to look forward. We’re asking, what are our hopes for black queer futures?

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 19, 2018

family

grown-ups

parenting & family

Raising Baby T-Rex: My Mom Says We’re Exactly The Same

I wasn’t at all ready for the feelings I’d have about being adopted and queer and raising a toddler who still isn’t as old as I was when I came…

KaeLyn —

Feb 13, 2018

black history month

black lives matter

politics + activism

Black History Month Roundtable: What Does Queering Black History Mean To You?

“For me, queering Black History Month is about making sure that future generations don’t feel the same pressure to choose between their blackness and their sexuality that I once did.…

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 12, 2018

Lists/Top 10s

the color purple

movie lists

11 Black Experience Movies to Watch on Your Martin Luther King Jr. Day Off

These films are beautiful and poignant — though at times painful and heart-wrenching — testaments to Black Lives and just how much they matter, not just today, but always.

Reneice Charles —

Jan 15, 2018

documentaries

lorraine hansberry

movie reviews

“Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart: Lorraine Hansberry” Is the Documentary We All Need and Deserve in 2018

She inspired a Nina Simone song. She was clocked by the Feds. She wore pearl earrings. She gave a generation of Black actors the roles that would define their careers.

fonseca —

Jan 15, 2018

2017 end-of-year-list

end-of-year-list

pop culture fix

10 Times Black Women Slayed in 2017

Despite the world working as hard as ever to prevent us from doing so, black women — especially queer black women — did a whole lot of slaying in 2017.

Reneice Charles —

Dec 27, 2017

2017 end-of-year-list

america chavez

pop culture fix

The 12 Best Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Latinx Pop Culture Moments of 2017

Whether you’re Mexican, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Cuban, Panamanian or Argentinian, there were great examples of queer Latinidad for you.

Mey —

Dec 26, 2017

netflix

she's gotta have it

tv reviews

Spike Lee’s Queer-ish Remake of “She’s Gotta Have It” Would Have Been Better Without Spike Lee

Autostraddle Staff Writers Carmen and Alaina in a conversation about the TV series, the legacy of Spike Lee’s work, black female representation on film, polyamory, and pansexuality.

Carmen Phillips —

Dec 11, 2017