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gabrielle

Gabrielle Rivera is an awesomely queer Bronx bred, writer, spoken word artist and director. Her short stories and poems have been published in various anthologies such as the Lambda Award winning Portland Queer: Tales from the Rose City and The Best of Panic! En Vivo from the East Village. Her short film "Spanish Girls are Beautiful" follows a group of young Latina and Caucasian girls who like girls as they hook up, smoke up and try to figure sh*t out. She also freelances for Autostraddle.com while working in the film and television industry. Gabrielle is currently working on her first novel while bouncing around NYC performing spoken word and trying to stick it to the man.

March 22, 2013

Swapping Spit: The Sister Spit Anthology & A Few Words with Michelle Tea

“This book is a queer anthem. It flashes bright neon lights and blows out plumes of dirty glitter.”

February 12, 2013

You Should Go: Hot Rabbit's Fashion Week Queer Dance Party Extravaganza

Hot Rabbit and DapperQ aim to recognize the importance of queer voices in the fashion world. So come out, come out, wherever you are, you sexy fashionable Dapper queermos.

February 07, 2013

Women of Color Ran The Super Bowl – And Not Just Beyoncé

Today we’re going to look past Beyoncé and into her fucking awesome band and kind of swoon there and talk about things.

January 28, 2013

Because Ashley is a Woman of the World

Gabby’s Team Pick: Help a fellow Autostraddler win a spot for the Women of the World 2013 Spoken Word Tournament

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January 16, 2013

7 Videos That Have Something To Do With Destiny's Child

Because without Destiny’s Child, there’d be no Beyoncé and how else would I have learned to crip walk? Also, something something Half Time show Destiny’s Child.

January 14, 2013

You Should Go: 'Mosquita y Mari' at The Brooklyn Museum

Isn’t a film screening grounded in pedagogical discussion with a focus on using art to explore queer life while also giving everyone the opportunity to process all the feelings really the point of everything we do here? Yes, hell to the hallelujah, yes it is.

December 18, 2012

Exploding Lineage: The Film Festival By Queer Rebels For Queer Rebels

To be a rebel is to stand defiantly and purposefully in the face of something. It’s not defiance for its own sake: it’s a war cry into the darkness.

November 29, 2012

Holiday Breakups: 10 Reasons to Buck Up And Do It

Sometimes you have to break up with someone to save yourself, no matter what time of the year.

November 23, 2012

I Hate Black Friday: This Queer Is Staying Home

The exploitation of love, anxiety and poverty are the driving force behind another made up moneymaking holiday. ‘Merica!

November 12, 2012

You Should Go: MIX 25 - New York City's Queer Experimental Film Festival

Gabby’s Team Pick: “Queer movies for everyone! Bring your $3 bills and rebel spirits.”

October 19, 2012

Sneaker Feature III: Kicks On A Mountain

This is an opportunity to talk about sneakers and cute queers. YOU’RE WELCOME, WORLD.

September 27, 2012

Oh Hell No: When Your Girlfriend Publicly Hates on You

The thing about being publicly humiliated by someone you care about is that it occurs similarly to slight of hand magic. Here it is, right in the open, right in front of everyone’s face and yet, no one is sure of what exactly has happened.

September 13, 2012

Autostraddle's Women of Color Ask: What Does WOC Mean To Me?

“When I see lesbian couple after lesbian couple with not only matching haircuts and clothes but matching skin colours, I feel alone.”

August 13, 2012

A Year of Grieving: 10 Things I've Learned

My best friend died one year ago today.

July 31, 2012

Queer Texas Rep. Mary Gonzalez Is Hope and Action and The Coolest Politician Ever

“We never ask young people what they are willing to sacrifice to make the world better and that’s one of the biggest problems in this country.”

July 09, 2012

"United in Anger" Shares History of ACT UP Through Original Footage

“The birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people in the trenches.”

June 26, 2012

7 Greatest Beyoncé Moments of My Queer Life

Dearest Beyoncé, we do not know each other but I think about you every single day of my life.

June 18, 2012

Get Baked: Empanada Extravaganza (With Video!)

For these empanadas, you will need: One badass WingFemme wearing only a bra, alcohol and hot oil in a pan.

You Need Help: You Like Her But She Keeps Bringing Up Boys

Your focus shouldn’t be ‘Is she straight or gay?’. Wondering about that leads to madness, drunk phone calls and other forms of hot messery.

Top 10 Lies You Told to Get to A-Camp

Long as I gets to the womens, who cares about the truth?

April 30, 2012

Shit White Parents Have Said to Me

“Minority youths are really just more violent than white ones. Seriously, you can’t argue with the news.”

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