Results for: bisexual
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What People Said When I Came Out as Bisexual (Again)
A special shout-out to the friend who said “you know you can just be bisexual, right?” when I was spiraling about whether I’d have to give up being gay altogether and if the last five years of my life had been a lie.
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Pushing Daddy Harder: What Being a Bisexual Sugar Baby Has Taught Me
Dancing around his apartment with a bottle of Dom Perignon in hand, I learned I couldn’t speak for anyone but myself.
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Oh Cool, Me Too: What It’s Like for Bisexual People to Date Each Other
Given that so much discourse is spent on bi people in relationships with binary genders, looking at relationships between bisexual people can be an opportunity to look at more expansive perspectives on bisexuality.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 203: Dating Men
Whether you’re a lesbian who dated men as a teen or a queer person who dates lots of genders, our community is far too mixed and gender is far too complicated to leave men — cis and trans — out of our discussions.
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You Need Help: Is It a Crush Or Am I Just Lonely in Quarantine?
“How do I know this isn’t some quarantine induced haze and I’m just projecting my feelings of loneliness onto her?”
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You Need Help: I’m Afraid of Feeling Like Less of a Trans Man for Not Dating Men
Cool people who will appreciate you as a whole person exist, and I believe you can find them.
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Join Autostraddle for a Virtual Workshop on COVID-19 and Queer Sexual Health
Do you have questions about sex and dating during an ongoing pandemic? Register for our virtual workshop!
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You Need Help: Why Do I Keep Crushing on Straight White Guys?
The dynamic between white men and Asian partners is uncomfortable. There’s always a worry that they’re interested in what you represent, not who you are.
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You Need Help: How Do I Find Nerdy Women to Date?
Queer people so often have to reimagine and carve out our own spaces, rejecting the dominant narratives hurled at us.
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I Used to ‘Compensate’ for My Blackness in the Dating World — Now I Embrace It
As a teen, my insecurities made me feel like my Blackness was something that dragged down my worth.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 208: When Your Friends Don’t Like Your Partner
Bringing someone home to meet your parents is such a trope it’s become an entire genre of movie. But for many queer people there are two families to introduce to a partner: given and chosen. And sometimes the chosen family is scarier.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 207: Hygiene
Ah, bodies. These sacks of meat, bones and skin that we must drag around until we come up with a better way to get through this thing called life. We knew we needed to dig into this and who better to do it with than the one and only Samantha Irby?
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“I’m Not Missing Anything in My Relationship”: Bi Women and Nonbinary People on the Challenges and Joys of Dating
Bi people’s dating experiences are often complicated by biphobia and sometimes, a feeling of isolation from both queer and straight monosexual people.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 206: Celebrity Crushes
Celebrity crushes mean more to queer people than they do to straight people. They can be our first expressions of queer desire or our first expressions of gender envy. They can be a safe place to try out urges that aren’t ready for the real world.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 109: Fucking Your Friends
Is it a date or are we just friends? Why not both! This week we’re talking about fucking your friends with Autostraddle Community Editor and fucking your friends expert Vanessa Friedman.
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“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 108: First Dates
It’s a CROSSOVER SPECIAL! We’re joined To L and Back Analyssa Lopez! We’re talking about first dates — the who, the what, the where, the why, AND the how.
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8 Cute Gay Dates Inspired by Lesbian Movies of 2018
You may not find all these movies romantic date material, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something to work with there.
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You Need Help: Seeking Poly People and (Relationship) Anarchy in Small Town, U.S.A.
The first statement of the Relationship Anarchy Manifesto is that “Love is abundant,” so why don’t we start there? Love is abundant. What kind of love do you want to create in your life?
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You Need Help: You’re Gay but Oh No You’re Falling for a Man, What the F*ck
“How does one successfully navigate such a dramatic shift in a long-held and cherished identity?! Is it possible to have relationships with men devoid of internalized homophobia, misogyny, etc? Is it worthwhile to tell this person how I feel — could I possibly expect anyone to navigate all this baggage with me?”
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Some Millennial Women Giving Up On Men, Dating Women Exclusively Because We Are Supreme Beings
It’s time for another round of “there’s never been a better time to date a woman”!