Reed Motti, Author at Autostraddle

first person

Why I Rewatch ‘The Family Stone’ Every Year

The Family Stone is many queer folks’ first introduction to warm, unconditional familial love.

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Nov 26, 2025

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culture

This Queer Rave in a Roller Rink Put the Hedonism in Halloween

Whether people came to be horny or see a show or dance with their friends — or all three — they got what they wanted. I know I did.

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Nov 13, 2025

music

Colette March Is Just Getting Started

Like many trans artists, Colette made Franco Summer happen without a manager nor label.

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Oct 27, 2025

halloween

Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Transmascs

Maybe you were scheduled for a barshift Halloweekend so you didn’t bother putting anything together and at the last minute got off. Or your situationship ended abruptly and now your…

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Oct 24, 2025

halloween

Motti Rates His Past Halloween Costumes

I dressed so frequently as men/male characters far before realizing I was trans.

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Oct 9, 2025

culture

20 Podcasts With QTPOC Hosts You Can Listen To Right Now

Well, well, well. Another month, another white queer person saying stupid shit into a microphone, with other queer white people standing around letting it happen.

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Sep 4, 2025

two transmascs kissing at TBoy Wrestling

culture

Hell Yeah, Brother! Trans Dudes Are Kissing in the Wrestling Ring

The horniness of T-Boy Wrestling transcends simple attraction. It’s not just sexy…it’s liberating.

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Aug 14, 2025

movie reviews

‘Together’ Isn’t Very Queer. But It’s Really Fun for Queer People

I’ve compiled a list of 10 queer things about Together for anyone who may be on the fence about seeing it.

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Aug 12, 2025

Motti takes a mirror selfie in a hot boys for Zohran shirt with The Parlour image behind him

politics + activism

Zohran Mamdani May Have Renewed My Belief in Electoral Politics

Zohran Mamdani’s campaign was the first time in a long time that I felt comfortable publicly advocating for a candidate rather than a cause—and that’s because his entire candidacy was…

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Jun 25, 2025

the hot dads approved by a trans guy roundup

comedy

10 Trans Guy-Approved Dads To Thirst Over This Father’s Day

As a bisexual trans guy who really wants to be a dad and who has a really great dad myself, I have a lot of opinions about hot fathers.

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Jun 14, 2025

comedy

These Queer Comedians Are Fighting…and Kissing

This all-queer comedy, wrestling, drag, and burlesque show asks the very important question: Will They Kiss?

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Jun 12, 2025

Michelleadonna and a chonkalicious kitty cat

comedy

Michelladonna Does It for the Queens Baddies

The people’s prince Michelladonna brings a native New Yorker perspective to NYC comedy.

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Jun 5, 2025

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This Queer Rave in a Roller Rink Put the Hedonism in Halloween

Colette March Is Just Getting Started

This Trans Band Is Possessed by a Being Named Jennifer

Dolls on Tour Bring Trans Art Where It’s Needed Most

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Why I Rewatch ‘The Family Stone’ Every Year

This Queer Rave in a Roller Rink Put the Hedonism in Halloween

Colette March Is Just Getting Started

Last Minute Halloween Costumes for Transmascs

Motti Rates His Past Halloween Costumes

20 Podcasts With QTPOC Hosts You Can Listen To Right Now

Hell Yeah, Brother! Trans Dudes Are Kissing in the Wrestling Ring

‘Together’ Isn’t Very Queer. But It’s Really Fun for Queer People

Zohran Mamdani May Have Renewed My Belief in Electoral Politics

10 Trans Guy-Approved Dads To Thirst Over This Father’s Day

These Queer Comedians Are Fighting…and Kissing

Michelladonna Does It for the Queens Baddies

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This Queer Rave in a Roller Rink Put the Hedonism in Halloween

Colette March Is Just Getting Started

This Trans Band Is Possessed by a Being Named Jennifer

Dolls on Tour Bring Trans Art Where It’s Needed Most

This Queer Rave in a Roller Rink Put the Hedonism in Halloween

Colette March Is Just Getting Started

This Trans Band Is Possessed by a Being Named Jennifer

Dolls on Tour Bring Trans Art Where It’s Needed Most

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