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Ro White

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About Ro White

Ro White is a Chicago-based writer and sex educator. Follow Ro on Twitter.

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A Black woman with short, curly hair wears a navy blue tank top with white stripes and stands against a yellow background. She holds one hand in the other and grimaces, suggesting that she has chronic pain in her fingers.

Lesbian Sex

How to Finger Your Partner When You Have Chronic Pain in Your Hands

1 week ago 9 Comments

Against a white and pink background covered in hearts, there are seven items: orange briefs covered in cactus print, a stack of pink tinned fish boxes, a brown box of truffles, a cell phone with audio erotica playing on it, a brown glass jar of bath salts with the bath salts exploding out of the top, a blue rose-shaped grinding toy, and a pink beverage in a short glass with rosemary and a slice of grapefruit on top.

Valentine's Day

9 Sensual Gifts You Can Get for Your Own Damn Self This Valentine’s Day

2 months ago 4 Comments

A young blonde boy with a bowl cut in a Mouse Trap commercial from the 90s, a young boy in a backwards cap in an elevator for a Talkboy commerical from the 90s, a young boy pulling Nickelodeon's GAK out of his nose from a 90s commercial, and two young boys in a Creepy Crawlers laboratory with one wearing a lab coat and the other in a flannel in a commercial from the 90s

Comedy

Nine Boys From 90s Toy Commercials Who Have My Exact Same Energy

2 months ago 8 Comments

Against a black background, yellow text reads, "S - stone" on the left side of the image. On the right, there is a white and teal stencil of Leslie Feinberg, a masculine-presenting person with short hair and a serious expression. The top of Leslie's button-up shirt and tie is visible.

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: S Is for Stone

3 months ago 8 Comments

Against a white background, there are three identical sketches in black ink of a person with short hair wearing a collared, button-up shirt. The shirt had a pocket over the left side of the chest with a pen inside. The face of each person is scribbled over.

First Person

8 Times When Strangers Misread My Gender, Ranked

3 months ago 40 Comments

A cropped image shows the face of Mira Bellwether, a trans woman with blonde hair that's pulled back with wispy bangs and blue eyes. She is the author of Fucking Trans Women.

Society + Culture

Mira Bellwether, Author of ‘F*cking Trans Women,’ Has Died

3 months ago 13 Comments

Against a purple background, yellow text reads, "G - gold star lesbian." On the right side of the image, there is a comic book drawing of a Black woman with an afro. She wears gold hoops, lipstick, a yellow turtleneck dress, a blue jacket with a red collar, and a red belt with a black and white buckle reading, "MN." She is at an angle, presumably leaning against a wall. Behind her, the background is pink.

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: G Is for Gold Star Lesbian

4 months ago 32 Comments

Burt's Bees hand balm, a leather polishing kit, a candle shaped like a butt, a black beanie, and a black slipper

Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: 10 Gifts With Daddy Energy for the Masc Top in Your Life

5 months ago 6 Comments

Against a yellow background, black text reads, "D-Daddy." On the right, a white woman with short, black hair wears a low-cut, red blazer with shoulder pads and a pearl necklace. She sits in front of a window and curls a dumbbell.

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: D Is for Daddy

5 months ago 9 Comments

Against a beige background, text reads, "Tribbing." The T is larger than the other letters. On the right, there is a vintage cartoon image of a white woman white short, black hair and bangs wearing a blue top with white polka dots, a white collar, and white cuffs on the sleeves. She holds one hand in their air and holds up scissors in the other hand.

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: T Is for Tribbing

6 months ago 5 Comments

A cartoon image shows Veronica from Archie Comics, who has long, black hair with bands and wears a yellow top with a plunging neckline. She leans back in bed against a pink pillow with red trim with her hands behind her head. Her lower half is covered by a pink blanket. Red hearts swirl through the air around her. A white and brown lamp is on her pink bedside table to the right. Against the black background, yellow text reads: "Power bottom."

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: P Is for Power Bottom

7 months ago 3 Comments

A black and white image shows the faces of three women who are lying on top of each with their arms wrapped around each other. One woman, who wears a bandana around her head and sunglasses, leans in to kiss a woman to the right. On the left, the third woman, who is wearing sunglasses and a denim vest, leans in towards the mouths of the kissing women.

Visual Art

13 Photos of Dyke Culture Between 1988 and 2003, by Phyllis Christopher

8 months ago 12 Comments

close up of a young person with short fingernails wearing blue jeans and journaling in a spiral notebook

Gender

You Need Help: I’m 13 — How Do I Explore My Butch Identity?

8 months ago 12 Comments

Sliced bread, eggs, pancakes, and bacon, accompanied with photos of people hanging out in Standee's in Chicago around 2009.

First Person

Take Me Back to Standee’s

8 months ago 11 Comments

A pop art in the style of a 1950s comic of a woman laying in bed at night, she looks terrified. Above her in the dark is bright yellow lettering: L, Lesbian Bed Death"

Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: L Is for Lesbian Bed Death

8 months ago 11 Comments

The hand of a person wearing a blue latex glove holds a clear test tube in a lab. A pointed plastic tube is visible in the upper left corner.

Health

We Need to Talk About Monkeypox

8 months ago 14 Comments

Against a grey background, a Black woman's hand squeezes half of an orange. The juice drips down her wrist. She is wearing black nail polish.

Love + Sex

Vabbing, the New Trend Where You Use Your Own Vaginal Fluids as Perfume

8 months ago 12 Comments

A black and white photo shows seven smiling queer women sitting on top of telephone booths. Three people stand below them. Two others are visible on a balcony behind them. The image is surrounded by a border of pink, orange, green and yellow flowers.

Book Features
LGBT Pride

That Was the Era: Photographer Phyllis Christopher on Her Book “Dark Room”

9 months ago 8 Comments

Dating

Join Autostraddle for a Virtual Workshop on COVID-19 and Queer Sexual Health

10 months ago 4 Comments

An East Asian woman with shoulder-length black hair and brown hairs stares out a window with her arms wrapped around her chest. Trees are visible through the window.

Dating

You Need Help: I’m Disabled — Will I Ever Find Love?

11 months ago 17 Comments

A Black woman with a reddish-brown afro wears gold hoop earrings and an orange T-shirt. She stands in front of an orange background and holds a black butt plug in one hand and a black rabbit vibrator in the other.

Lesbian Sex

10 Ways to Celebrate Masturbation May

11 months ago 4 Comments

Against a white background, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair leans over a white table and presses her face into a pink cake.

Lesbian Sex

It’s Cake and Cunnilingus Day — Let’s Celebrate Accordingly!

12 months ago 16 Comments

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Health

What I Wish People Knew About Eating Disorders, as a Queer Person Who Had One

1 year ago 21 Comments

A woman with pale skin and dark, wet hair in a bun sits with her knees up in a white bathtub. She sings into a detachable showered with one hand in the air. Plants and candles are visible in the background.

Valentine's Day

Hot, Creative Ways to Spend Valentine’s Day With Yourself, Your Friends or Your Partner(s) That Don’t Involve Flowers or Chocolate

1 year ago 5 Comments

Against a lavender background, a trail of queer pubic hair is in the shape of a heart.

Hair

I Asked a Bunch of Queer People About Their Pubic Hairstyles — Here’s What They Said

1 year ago 18 Comments

Still from Yellowjackets: A group of people gather in the dark behind a fire. There are two lit torches on either side of them. All of the people are wearing face coverings.

Lesbian Sex

Sex Tips for When You’re Stranded in the Canadian Wilderness Post-Plane Crash With No Rescue Team in Sight

1 year ago 10 Comments

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Holigays

Free, Last Minute Gifts You Can Find in Your Home Because You’re Poor, the Supply Chain Is Broken and Capitalism Will Inevitably Crumble

1 year ago 15 Comments

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Lesbian Sex

You Need Help: How Can I Make Penetration Less Painful?

1 year ago 6 Comments

Sexy Stocking Stuffers collage of sex toys under $20 — images include a blue butt plug, an orange and pink box of CBD suppositories, two porn performers, an enamel pin of a peach that says, "Bruise me" and a small, pink bottle of lube.

Holigays
Sex Toys

Holigay Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers Under $20 for the Sweetheart Whose ‘Stocking’ You ‘Stuff’

1 year ago 3 Comments

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TV Feature

There’s Something About a Scary Woman With Questionable Morals

1 year ago 12 Comments

An image is divided into four quadrants with a green and pink border. The images in each section include a screaming baby, a person wearing a face mask, a person with their arms crossed in an 'X' in front of their chest and a vegetarian pot pie.

Holigays
Quizzes

Holigay Quiz: How Will You ‘Ruin’ Your Family’s Holiday Gathering This Year?

1 year ago 19 Comments

A person with mid-length, curly brown hair wearing a white T-shirt and a blue, red and yellow flannel puts their hands against the sides of their head. Their mouth is open in a frustrated expression.

Relationships

You Need Help: What If My Mom Hates My Girlfriend?

1 year ago 4 Comments

Artists featured at the SF PornFilmFestival: BEYONDEEP, Lina Bembe, House of Huitlacooch, Lotus Lain and Mahx Capacity

Culture

5 Artists to Catch At This Year’s San Francisco PornFilmFestival

1 year ago 1 Comment

Porn performer Erykah Ohms lays back in a bed with red sheets. A mirror is visible in the background.

Lesbian Sex

Celebrate International Fisting Day With a Handful of Queer Fisting Porn

1 year ago 3 Comments

A feature image with Ro, Sex and Dating Editor. Ro is a white person with hair that is brown annd buzzed on the sides and short on top. They're wearing a ring, and a necklace, and a sleeveless tee shirt. They're laughing and putting a palm to their forehead. They're set against a sunrise gradient background.

Straddleverse

‘Faster’ Isn’t Always ‘Better’

1 year ago 3 Comments

A black finger extender, a jack-o-lantern ball gag, a Medusa vibrator, a purple alien butt plug and a silver bullet against a white background

Sex Toys
Shopping

12 Sex Toys for When You Wanna Do the Monster Smash

1 year ago 5 Comments

A row of images featuring five different sex workers who will talk about OnlyFans and how the policy change effects them: Jay Sea, who has short hair and facial stubble; Cruel Valentine, who wears bright makeup; Jade, who has short, green curly hair; Jiz Lee, who appears shirtless in black and white; and Sloane Jett, who has mid-length, wavy hair

Society + Culture

5 Sex Workers on the OnlyFans Policy Flip-Flop

2 years ago 4 Comments

Five dental dams in different colors (blue, red, yellow, purple, and green) are against a white background. Water droplets appear in the upper left and lower right corners of the image.

Lesbian Sex

Yes, Some Of Us Use Dental Dams (And They’re Hot)

2 years ago 6 Comments

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Straddleverse

Welcome Our New Sex & Dating Editor, Ro!

2 years ago 9 Comments

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Quizzes

Which ’90s Lesbian Love Song Is Your Karaoke Anthem?

2 years ago 16 Comments

A collage of photos of queer people in swimwear: Abeni, KaeLyn and Archie posing in swimsuits

Style

How These Autostraddle Writers Do Queer Swimwear for the Beach or Pool

2 years ago 15 Comments

Image reads "Editor's Note" in white writing on a black and grey background. There are small pink and orange icons, including speech bubbles, a camera and microphone.

A+

Editor’s Note: On ‘How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World’

2 years ago 5 Comments

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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Animal With Queer Tendencies Are You?

2 years ago 26 Comments

Collage featuring the results of this personality quiz

Quizzes

Which Inanimate Object Is Actually Your Gender?

2 years ago 27 Comments

This poster reads, "The Future of Comedy is Female. An FX Original Documentary. Hysterical." It features illustrations of well-known female comedians against a teal background.

Movie Reviews

“Hysterical” Focuses Almost Exclusively on Cis White Women in Comedy, and Misses the Mark

2 years ago 4 Comments

A woman with long hair wearing a medical mask presses her hand to a window and looks outside

Politics + Activism
Straddleverse

Call For Submissions: How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World

2 years ago 4 Comments

A person in a denim jacket with short, partially shaved hair touches noses with a person in a white shirt with slightly longer hair

Lesbian Sex

You Need Help: How Do I Explore Casual Sex If I’m Demisexual?

2 years ago 16 Comments

A light-skinned person wearing sleep shorts and an oversized t-shirt sits on the edge of a bed, hands clasped over their crotch protectively. They might have vaginismus?

Health
Lesbian Sex

Is Vaginismus Making Penetration Painful? Here’s What It Is and How to Treat It

2 years ago 20 Comments

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Recipes

Maybe You’re Observing Lent, or Maybe You Just Want This Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free Filet-O-Fish Recipe

2 years ago 7 Comments

A person in a white tank top and a person in a striped shirt hold each other in bed. The person in the striped shirt kisses the other person's forehead.

Quizzes

QUIZ: What’s Your Attachment Style?

2 years ago 18 Comments

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