Drew Burnett Gregory

Senior Editor

Drew is a Brooklyn-based writer, filmmaker, and theatremaker. She is a Senior Editor at Autostraddle with a focus in film and television, sex and dating, and politics. Her writing can also be found at Bright Wall/Dark Room, Cosmopolitan UK, Refinery29, Into, them, and Knock LA. She was a 2022 Outfest Screenwriting Lab Notable Writer and a 2023 Lambda Literary Screenwriting Fellow. She is currently working on a million film and TV projects mostly about queer trans women. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

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Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing

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Editor’s Notes: Trans Awareness Week

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a pair of painterly pale legs rest against an amethyst colored background with a suburban town behind them. Execerpted text from Drew's dream journal is layered in different colors in the background. The excerpt is "March 14, 2020 I’m in my high school auditorium. It’s dark and late at night and I’m really scared. I get a call from someone and it’s really unsettling like a phone call in a slasher movie. Then I realize the person on the phone might be behind the curtain. Part of me knows they probably aren’t and I feel crazy for being scared but I am so scared."

Is There Life After High School?

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Dykes Discuss

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Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Two dykes discuss Steven Soderbergh’s latest spy romance Black Bag, Cate Blanchett with dark hair, a new crush on Marisa Abela, the politics of spy movies, why Michael Fassbender shouldn’t…

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Mar 21, 2025

Yellowjackets

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Every Queer Movie Featuring a ‘Yellowjackets’ Cast Member

From Melanie Lynskey in But I’m a Cheerleader to Nia Sondaya in Heart Shot, here’s more queer media with your Yellowjackets faves.

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Mar 20, 2025

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tv show recaps

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1711 Recap: Maybe This Time

As Stanislavski once said, If you can’t love yourself, how the hell are you gonna embody somebody else?

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Mar 15, 2025

out the movies

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Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing

A bisexual playwright, Nazi Germany, and two actresses who took a stand.

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Mar 13, 2025

letter from your editors

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Letter From the Editors: We Want To Hear From You

Autostraddle is in a unique position to deliver news with a clear point of view and eye toward collective justice and challenging the status quo.

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Mar 13, 2025

Dykes Discuss

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Dykes Discuss ‘The White Lotus’ Season Three

*Parker Posey Southern Accent* Three dykes discuss The White Lotus season three, pitch The White Lotus: Florida, thirst for Walton Goggins, and ask important questions, like: Monkeys…what do they know?…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Mar 12, 2025

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Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

“How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?”

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Mar 11, 2025

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‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1710: Friendly Fire

Whitney Cummings is there to teach the queens about comedy which should’ve been the first sign that the roast would be rough.

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Mar 8, 2025

The Traitors

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Every Gabby Windey Roundtable Look on ‘The Traitors’ Ranked

Gabby was an easy player to root for all season and not just because she’s a lesbian.

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Mar 7, 2025

make out month

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The Best Lesbian Movie Make Outs of All Time

The best lesbian movie make outs are more than just a kiss.

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Mar 3, 2025

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the oscars

A collage of the films nominated for Best Picture in the 97th Academy Awards streaming this Sunday on Hulu.

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Oscars 2025: Two Queers Discuss the Straightest Academy Awards in Years

“I am so sorry I made a wish on a monkey’s paw for a trans lesbian musical to get an Oscar nomination and it resulted in us all having to…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Feb 28, 2025

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movie lists

Movies with “Face” in the Title Ranked By Whether You Should Watch Them While Recovering from FFS

I know, I know, some of these movies aren’t literally about faces and other movies that don’t have face in the title are more relevant. Whatever. Ever heard of a…

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Feb 27, 2025

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Editor’s Notes: Trans Awareness Week

Is There Life After High School?

All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

Dykes Discuss Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’

Every Queer Movie Featuring a ‘Yellowjackets’ Cast Member

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1711 Recap: Maybe This Time

Out the Movies: ‘Julia’ (1977) Wants Us To Do the Right Thing

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