Meet the Instagram and TikTok Sensation Creating Gender-Affirming Haircuts
“I want to get all my queer and trans people feeling as good as they can and very proudly be able to present themselves in defiance.”
“I want to get all my queer and trans people feeling as good as they can and very proudly be able to present themselves in defiance.”
It turns out that queer and trans people are pretty utilitarian when it comes to crotch maintenance.
Step 1- Put 5 pounds of glue on your head. Step 2- ???
Can blue hair help you chill out?
Seize control of your image! Be hot as a form of revenge! Do it for you! Just feel good about something in a time when it’s so easy to feel bad about everything!
Since 2016, the bisexual bob has been taking the bisexual world by storm. But where did this alternative lifestyle haircut begin? And where, pray tell, is it going?
“Occasionally I wake up looking like a teen heartthrob on the cover of Tiger Beat circa 1997, like a Home Improvement-era Jonathan Taylor Thomas”
“I’m adult and I’ve never cried over a haircut before and I don’t usually call my mom when I’m sad or frustrated or mad. She asked to see a photo of it. I sent her one and she asked me if the man hated queers, because this was clearly a hate crime.”
In tribute to Lena Waithe, a few Autostraddle staffers got together to share the moment when they decided to cut their hair short.
Whether you just got a short haircut, you’ve had one for many years, or you’re thinking about a change, this post might help you make sense of your mane.
Here’s how to dry it before running out the door.
Pixies and side shaves and short bangs, oh my!
At Friar Tuck’s, Kylee wants to help everyone who walks in the door — and all genders are welcome — become the most authentic version of themselves. It’s rad as heck to see a major beauty company with a huge advertising budget like Dove honoring that.
If you live in the NYC area, I WANT YOU to play hair model for a future Autostraddle post!
Ever?
“See now I’m performing emotional labor.” – Rachel, Managing Editor
I think you could style your hair like Dolly Parton and people on Kentucky front porches and in Kentucky truck beds would still call you a dyke in that horrible ugly tone that only bigots can growl with.
It ain’t easy being natural, but it feels good.
Shampoo bars, a life-changing clay mask, and a bunch of things to make your skin shiny and glowing like a spaceship.
Pair with a solemnly regal air and flashing eyes that strike fear into the hearts of men.