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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.

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.”

April 28, 2012

A Poem: kiss, kiss, bang, bang

This is a poem about kissing.

April 23, 2012

Playlist: Holding Hands While Walking Across a Bridge

Together, you take on the bridge not caring where it ends or if it ends. one step after the other, fingers intertwined and infinity stretching out before both of you…

April 18, 2012

Every Badass Woman Was Once A Mighty Girl

Gabby’s Team Pick: I might just spend the afternoon brushing up on my female empowerment media through AMightyGirl.com because then it’s not slacking right? Then it’s Feminism.

March 20, 2012

Here/Queer: Boogie Down Bronx Edition

Here’s a DIY guide to enjoying a queerified Bronx.

March 18, 2012

Knaeph Brings You the "Most Perfect Song of Sex" for Your NSFW Sunday Night

Gabby’s Team Pick: “That flavored lube was sticky but it tasted kind of great.”

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February 16, 2012

Artist Attack! Boom For Real, Jean-Michel Basquiat Was Here

“A runaway, Basquiat bummed around in epic fashion, living in boxes and on the dance floors of crowded clubs, before Giuliani sterilized New York City, when it was still just as raw and vibrant as the people in it.”

January 23, 2012

Playlist: I'm The Sh*t

To keep you motivated, feeling yourself and letting anyone within beat thumping distance know you are too.

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January 21, 2012

"I Am UndocuQueer" Shares the Stories of Undocumented Queers, Wants to Hear Yours

Comic book style drawings of queers and quotes in curvy font provide a face and a narrative for queers who live under governments trying to squash their rights, build fences to keep them out and create legislation for swift deportation, among other things.

December 27, 2011

"Pariah" Just Might Change The World: The Autostraddle Interviews

“Pariah” is the first mainstream American film about an African-American lesbian, and it’s really fucking good. You can watch our interview videos and read some words about it inside this post.

December 17, 2011

Artist Spotlight: Snow tha Product

Who has her own record label and a sick flow? This chick.

December 12, 2011

Rick Perry Gets Sunday Schooled by Christian Teen Sisters

Gabby’s Team Pick: Even Christians don’t like Rick Perry’s dumbass commercial.

December 05, 2011

Crudely Yours, A John Waters Holiday Gift Guide

…holidays don’t need to be filled with sappy crap. Sometimes, it’s ok to get your mistletoe freak fest on.

October 25, 2011

Homopiece Theater Presents: The Skin I Live In

“Almodovar leaves the audience without an easy place to rest.”

October 13, 2011

Playlist: Hello, Good Mourning

Sad songs say so much.

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October 10, 2011

Homopiece Theater Presents: Dirty Girl

The debut film from gay director Abe Sylvia tackles the trials and tribulations of the school slut and her gay best friend in 1987, with mixed results. Milla Jovovich is involved.

October 07, 2011

What Do You Think?: Racism in the Queerest, Most Feminist of Places

“Why on earth would any white girl want to hold up a sign with the n-word on it? …Did she just wake up and lose her damn mind?”

August 25, 2011

A Love Letter to Christina Santiago

Gabrielle Rivera remembers her best friend, LGBT Activist Christina Santiago, a victim of the Indiana State Fair stage crash – “No one on the corner had swagger like us or secret crushes on Angelina Jolie and Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopes.”

June 28, 2011

18 Murders in 18 Months: Puerto Rico's LGBTTs Face New Threats, Old Politics

A slew of violent murders has left Puerto Rico’s gay community fearful and wondering what to do next.

June 19, 2011

Gabby’s Team Pick: xQsi Magazine – Queer Latin@s

xQsi (Porque Si) Magazine is an online media publication that embraces the diversity of interests in the Latin@ LGBTQ community. Bottom line: this site is f*cking rad.