Results for: queer parenting
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Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why
Here are updates to our current financial situation. Still, the essentials of everything we’ve been saying for years are true. Fundraising is a part of our business model!
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Your Comments Showed Me I Wasn’t Alone
“Sharing my stories with that audience never felt right — I always felt like I was explaining, never that I was just telling my truth.”
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I Focused My Time on Proving Her Wrong
“I remember telling my girlfriend at the time, ‘I’m going to write for them some day,’ to which she replied, ‘You can try but it’s pretty competitive. I don’t think you’ll ever be good enough to write for them.'”
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Writing for Autostraddle Helped Me Find the Words for My Real Coming Out
“To come into myself, to really integrate my queerness as an essential part of myself, I needed to start telling the stories I had been holding in for so long.”
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If Your Dream Only Includes You, It’s Too Small
Heather Hogan noticed that I had taken up permanent residence in the comments of “Boobs on Your Tube” every Friday, basically writing recaps of my own (I felt lost, Autostraddle was my port in the storm). Heather asked if I had ever considered writing about television as a career. She said, “We can pay you. Not as much as we’d like to, but we’ll find the money. Is that something you’d be into?”
I wrote back, “That is something that I would VERY MUCH be into! In fact, I hope it’s not too unprofessional to say that I would love it with all of my heart.”
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No One Cares About Queer People as Much as Queer People
“Some people grumble about how much “easier” younger generations have it.”
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I am a Sucker for Romantic Comedies
“The dapper Black girl that danced and sang about the future had led me to a new corner of the universe and I was smitten.”
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I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers
I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it.
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Advice Columns Were My Guilty Pleasure Until They Became My Connection to Community
That’s what makes these posts so special, really, is that they’re not about a singular person bestowing their wisdom onto faceless readers but rather a coming together of a community to help each other sort through their shit in confidence.
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Calling All Believers: Autostraddle Is Fundraising for the Queer and Not-Too-Distant Future!
We have a Gay Agenda to fulfill! And we can only do it with your help! Also, do not miss these perks! We’re not kidding.
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Glorious, Messy, Bright and Breathing Human Beings 💓
“You’re interrupting the ceaseless algorithm that fuels that capitalist nightmare we live in.” Heather talks about the entirely messy, lovingly undertaken art of creating Autostraddle content that is for queer humans, not robots.
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Full of Gratitude: A Day of Work
It’s because of the support of A+ members that we are able to take our time writing queer essays about the stories of our culture that matter, instead of fighting with corporate overlords and Google.
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I Love Breaking Goals Into Small Steps: A Day of Work
Part of this job is making peace with the fact that I will, in fact, never get everything done that I want to.
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At One Point, It Saved My Sanity
This is more than a workplace where they’ll notify HR and we’ll all be polite about my pronouns.
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You Raised $50K, Unlocked $23K in Match Funds, Are the Wind Beneath Our Wings!
Do you know?! Did you hear? WE MADE IT TO OUR MATCH GOAL! That means we’ve unlocked $23,000 in match funds. We’ve also reached a total of $76,217, which brings us 76% to our goal! Thank you. It’s because of you.