“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”

Goodbye exclusively gay moments — hello exclusively gay lifetime.

“I am absolutely shocked that the main character’s name is Alyssa…who is Amy???”

This is my last week at Autostraddle. I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.

“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.'”

I thought that by 35, I’d be married. I thought by 35, I’d have kids. I thought I’d be straight.

“I’m used to working with an all-queer team that has amazing creative ideas that are a little bit out of the box, so it feels like a perfect fit from my end.”

In 2012, a Condé Nast website called style.com published an article with the headline: “IS LESBIAN CHIC HERE TO STAY?” In this thrilling piece of supposed journalism, the writer remarked, “Lesbians! They’re everywhere.”

Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.

“I definitely played rugby with the 2004 version of the Hey Mamas lesbians.”

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.

“Where is the lesbian dog rep?” “Courtney! You have a cat!”

“So the woman who kills Terminators in her spare time is afraid to tell her parents she’s dating Kristen Stewart?”

“As a thick butch, I love this thick butch content!”

We do lose something when dedicated queer spaces like Into, Girlfriends and SheWired shutter or AfterEllen goes full TERF, but we also lose something when The Awl, The Hairpin and The Toast do. These were places where writers were free to experiment, to be weird, to make writer-first content that isn’t easily monetizable.

“The world needs an all-queer band of string players called Homosexually Charged Violins now more than ever.”

We live in a time when you can see yourself reflected in all kinds of media, from all kinds of corporations, who never liked to talk about us before. But when you click on those things, you are giving people money who are not part of our community.

“Marry me so we can live in a tiny house!”

“Wearing pants? In this economy?”

In a time when digital resources and connection are more vital than ever — including workplaces that employ LGBTQ people sustainably — Autostraddle wants to not only keep our lights on, but ensure they’ll keep burning as brightly as possible.