Results for: you need help
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“I Needed To Create Something To Save Myself… That’s What I’ve Done”
“Ain’t nobody trying to slow down! Life is fun. Keep doing it.”
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“Mother Has Lived, What Can I Say?”
DonnaSue Johnson describes herself as a “big, black, beautiful, Bohemian, bougie, Buddhist butch.”
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Straddler On The Mountain: Mel
Mel won the Kipper Clothiers campership this time around, and you’ll know why when you see her amazing style. A third-time camper and longtime reader, she talks about Toronto, working at a hotel, her Filipino family, and (duh) A-Camp.
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Straddler On The Mountain: Brooklyn
Say hi to Brooklyn – she’s a campership winner Texan trans* girl who spoke openly and honestly about her unsupportive family, being homeless and the importance of having a loving community to fall back on.
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“And I Said to God, Isn’t Being Black Enough? Do I Have To Be Gay Too?”
“The truth of our history is that gay, lesbian, and gender-expansive people were normal and recognized in the Black community.”
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“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”
“So I just accepted the fact that I truly was gay. I had to be gay. That was my acceptance of myself. I made an announcement in my own head that I was a gay woman.”
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Future Present: Talking with Johanna Hedva About the Luxury of Our Needs
Why do we talk about care as a scarcity model? How do you live with ~the void~? How do we adjust to changing language for identity and in movements? Is America going to end in 2024? All this and more!
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Rebel Girls: 20 Autostraddle Community Members Who Are Changing the World
Documentary films. Policy initiatives. Direct action. These 20 activists are doing it all to save the world — and they’re Autostraddle readers just like you!
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Dear Queer Diary: Meet Abbie
Abbie has a collection of uni-ball roller pens and the coolest bangs south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
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Straddler On The Street (Who Was Once on the Mountain): Chelsea Is Really Well-Dressed
I resurrected this incredible column to introduce everyone to Chelsea, a two-time A-Camper and this year’s Kippier Clothier Camper.
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Straddler On The Street: Rebecca
Rebecca is a 37 year old electrician currently living with her partner in Philadelphia. She spoke about being an LGBT person and a gender nonconformist working in the trades and being a contestant in the ACLU’s My Big, (Il)legal, Gay Wedding contest!
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Straddler On The Street: Lydia
Lydia is a queer femme who writes an acclaimed personal style blog, Style Is Style. She’s been featured in BUST and Rookie but this is the very first official interview where she’s talking about coming out and being queer! Also her style is AMAZING. Prepare to fall in love.
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Straddler On The Street: Charli
Charli is a “fat, body positive, queer/pansexual Native American girl from North Dakota” and she has a lot of things to say, especially about addiction, depression, music, and being a good person.
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Straddler On The Street: Shelby
Shelby lives in Chicago and is on track to become a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She talks about A-Camp, her wedding, and the costumes she makes for sci-fi conventions.
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Straddler On The Street: PJ
“Being butch is something I have both been my entire life and something that I have chosen.”
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Straddler On The Street: Monique
Monique talks about being Mexican and queer in Arizona, her favorite artists, and her adorable dog Elliot (who is an extremely well-behaved road trip travel companion.)
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Straddler On The Street: Maria
Maria and I talked about therapy and the best places to eat in Seattle and we also got sidetracked talking about books and mermaid hair and Dear Sugar and then I died because Cheryl Strayed is my religion. Maria is super awesome, is what I mean.
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Straddler On The Street: Minerva
Minerva describes herself as a “soon-to-be post-university queer lady and professional trans feminist” and spoiler alert, she’s awesome.
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Straddler On The Street: Cheryna
Cheryna spoke about her cute cat and her cute girlfriend, being queer and Dominican, and her experiences at A-Camp. There’s also a funny story involving milkshakes and a policeman, plus a cute photograph of the cute cat.
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Straddler On The Street: Amanda F.
Amanda is a 24 year old student in veterinary medicine and comparative biomedical sciences at Cornell University who is both a cat researcher and a ball python handler!