Results for: be the change
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That Was the Era: Photographer Phyllis Christopher on Her Book “Dark Room”
“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”
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Queer IRL: Autostraddle’s 2021 Pride Gallery!
“I am SO THANKFUL to be vaccinated and alive and gay as fuck.”
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Shoog McDaniel is Using Boomerang to Capture Rural Queers in Quarantine
McDaniel’s day-to-day life doesn’t necessarily look that different in quarantine. “When I say I’m going out I’m going to walk in the woods, that’s my main jam. It’s a very grounding time for me in a lot of ways, I’m able to slow down and experience the freedom that I have as a rural queer.”
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PHOTOESSAY: Shoog & Zaire on Proving the Divinity Of Fat Folks
“I came to you in a state of exhaustion with all these things that have been weighing on me for so long and I wanted to find a way to celebrate myself.”
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Step “Inside The Black Triangle” and Explore Queer Identities at Denver Pride This Weekend
Inside The Black Triangle is a photo series intending to highlight the struggles, joy, heartbreak, confusion, and diverse experiences of queer women living in a heteronormative world, and the artist behind the project is hosting an Autostraddle Meet-Up at Denver Pride this weekend!
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QUEER IRL PHOTO GALLERY: PRIDE!
It’s Pride month; have you heard? Have you danced in the streets, wearing a rainbow flag, surrounded by topless women, shouting your queerness and here-ness, maybe honking a horn or ringing a bell? Here’s hoping!
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QUEER IRL PHOTO GALLERY: Queers in Celebration!
We’re having a great time in here!!!
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Day in the Life: Lisa Cannistraci, Activist and Lesbian Bar Owner
“When I opened the bar in 1991, we had a jukebox. Yeah that’s about it. Back then folks were not so intent on being in fabulous spaces. They just wanted a safe space to congregate.”
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PHOTO GALLERY: Here Are Your Toasty, Tasty Fall Fashion Looks!
‘Tis the season to get cute and cozy.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer on Holiday
Where did you go on your summer vacation? These queers went all over the place and everyone is very cute (but you already knew that). Your latest community gallery is here!
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PHOTOESSAY: Crossroad to Black Trans Liberation National Day of Action
Yesterday was a national day of action to protect, support, and amplify our black trans family and their voices. As you know, this intersection is at the highest risk for violence and hate from both our communities and the state.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queers with Pets
Oh did you think there wouldn’t be a chicken in here? WRONG.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer in the Stacks
It’s you and like 85 of your closest Autostraddle friends posing with your favorite books! Get in here!
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Origami Customs Crushes Capitalism, Makes Really Lovely Queer Lingerie
“Lingerie is the clothing that most relates to our intimate feelings about our bodies — it can reflect the way we see sensuality and sexuality, and also have the ability to transform our relationship with our bodies.”
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer at Work
Your community gallery for May! Nearly 100 queers doing the work!
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PHOTOESSAY: Krave Spring Break with Amber’s Closet
I met up with Amber of Amber’s Closet to experience a couple days in her life as an influencer and YouTuber while raging at Krave Spring Break. Basically, she’s never off the clock, even when the party is off the chain.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer on a Friday Night
It’s another community gallery! What were we all up to on those March Friday nights? I’ll tell you, it did involve some cute cocktails.
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Holigay Gift Guide: Gear For The Traveling Photographer
Cameras and bags and tents and lenses and cameras and cameras and cameras.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer in the Bedroom
Your next community gallery is here! Come gaze upon nearly 170 queer bedrooms of our lives, and the queers who queer them. Safe for work, more or less!
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Tonr — The Photo App That Makes Your Melanin Pop!
Created by a group of app developers, including three Black women, who wanted to create an app that was inclusive, tonr currently consists of 10 photo filters that “amplifies how beautiful a variety of skin tones are instead of washing them out.” Y’all, I love this app!