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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

What’s The Gayest Zodiac Sign?

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Into the A+ Advice Box #40: Spaces & Places

Photo from a Texas protest against Texas SB 7, a bill that would place new restrictions on access to the polls, where a person in the foreground raises their fist with a sign strapped to their torso that reads LET US VOTE

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: All Eyes on the Legislative Battle for Texas

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Into the A+ Advice Box #39: FASHION

the cover of the new babysitter's club anthology repeated three times, a yellow book on a purple background

LGBT Book Reviews

‘We Are the Baby-Sitters Club’ Succeeds in Both Praising and Critiquing the Books of Our Childhoods

Bette and Tina from the L Word in couples therapy. Text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #38: Repairing Relationships Can’t Happen Only From One Side

Photo by Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images. The photo is vintage, in black and white, and is of a person, o-ring around their neck, in front of the US capitol building, and pulling back their shirt to reveal an exposed breast. Autostraddle had to cover up the nipple to abide by social media guidelines, so we used a lavender star.

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Love (and Leather) Wins: A Kink at Pride Roundtable

A memorial assembled for children found at Kamloops Residental School, featuring flowers, stuffed animals and children's toys, as well as signs that read REST IN PEACE KAMLOOPS and EVERY CHILD MATTERS

News

Extra! Extra!: Why 215 Children Found Buried at Kamloops Aren’t an Isolated Tragedy

This image reads: Into the A+ Advice Inbox. There are four femme people in black dresses, throwing their heads back and laughing while holding champagne.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #37: D I V O R C E

two characters from insecure meet over a therapy table to discuss

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Into the A+ Advice Box #36: How Do You Become the Mean Femme Top of Your Dreams?

A woman in professional dress looks unsettled while wearing a disposable paper mask over her nose and mouth.

News

Extra! Extra!: What Do We Make of the US’s Latest CDC Masking Guidance?

A group of friends of varying genders taking selfies

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Into the A+ Advice Box #35: Summer 2021 Dating Edition!

An Indian woman distributes masks in her COVID ravaged country.

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: How to Begin to Process the Unfolding Horror of COVID in India?

two characters from the show The Fosters sit on a couch and receive therapy. a graphic over top reads "Into the A+ Advice Box" and has an envelope icon.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #34: Happy 30th Birthday, A+ Member!

A young Black woman wearing a face mask holds a red ribbon out in front of her body.

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: Amidst COVID-19, 62% of Black Trans Women Surveyed Are Also Living with HIV

A woman with glasses and a ponytail leans back on a couch, scrolling on a phone displaying the Struck dating app on the screen

Lesbian Dating Apps

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Dating App Struck and Leave It to the Stars

A therapist from the show ER leans in toward the viewer.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #33: Are You Too Dependent On Your Therapist?

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: What Will It Take to Protect Trans Youth in Arkansas (and Everywhere Else?)

A photo of a white short-haired cat wearing a neon orange polo shirt and eyeglasses, looking judgy

Culture

Smoochy Wow-Wow and 71 Other Names We Use for Our Pets in Private

Dr. Linda Freeman from Two and a Half Men frowns on a couch while giving therapy

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Into the A+ Box #32: What If You Choose Not To Have Kids Because of Climate Change?

A photo of a laptop on a desk in a dark room lit by a desk lamp, with a highly populated Zoom call on the screen and a range of other electronics, a phone, apple watch and tablet, also running behind it on the same surface

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Roundtable: What We’re Struggling With a Year Into COVID

A photo of a series of colorful cloth face masks pinned to a clothesline against a background of trees in the distance and a blue sky

First Person

What a Long Strange Year It’s Been: A One-Year Quarantine Reflection Roundtable

A person in the show Dimension which looks very scifi looks at an orb that is maybe dispensing therapy. The image reads Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #31: Yours Truly, Gay Panic

A black and white photo of teen rugby players huddled together, facing inwards in a cirlce and arms around each others' shoulders

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: Why We Can’t Look Away from HB 1217 and Other Legislative Attacks Targeting Trans Youth

Straddleverse

Happy Birthday to Us! Here’s What We’d Say to Our Tween Selves

A series of speech bubbles against a papery background.

Autostraddle’s Turning 12 and We Want You to Ask Us Anything!

two women in couples therapy and a therapist!

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Into the A+ Advice Box #30: Lonely, Jealous, and Wrapped up in Pandemic Anxiety

A person holds a phone with the Hinge app open on it.

Lesbian Dating Apps

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Hinge, Try Not to Get Unhinged

A government building photographed from afar, with the corner of a rainbow flag fluttering in the foreground.

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: What Does It Mean That the House Passed the Equality Act?

Two characters from "Clique" in therapy

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Into the A+ Advice Box #29: Feeling Inexperienced While Dating in Your 40’s, and More!

A collage of three sitcoms from the list: Khadijah from Living Single, Jo from The Facts of Life, and Dorothy from The Golden Girls.

TV Lists

’80s and ’90s Sitcom Characters, Ranked by Lesbianism

A person stands with a rainbow flag draped over their head, staring off into the middle distance.

Dating

31 Reasons Why It’s Fine That We’re Single in a Pandemic, Thanks!

Ashley Benson and Cara Delevingne kiss in a bathtub

Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Love Is a Lie: A Vapid Fluff Timeline of Heartbreak

A person is wearing headphones and looking really grumpy

Playlists

Playlist: That Love Was a Lie

Three people sit in socially distanced chairs, wearing masks as signs above their heads indicate they're in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: What in the World Is Happening with the Vaccine Rollout?

Ilana from Broad City cries in the arms of her therapist

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Into the A+ Advice Box #28: Coping with Trumper In-Laws, Dating as a Demisexual, and More!

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: What We’re Seeing on COVID-19 and Accountability So Far from Biden’s Administration

A woman sitting on a hardwood floor browses Bumble on her phone.

Lesbian Dating Apps

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline

Indira Dadyshue of the Bojack Horseman cartoon gives therapy

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Into the A+ Advice Box #27: A Pattern of Growing Tired of Dating Cis Men

How to Honestly Tell When It’s Time to Break Up

Dating

What We’ve Learned About Dating & Relationships During the Pandemic

View of the Capitol from the mall

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: Untangling the Staggeringly Long List of Culpable Parties for the Insurrection

Two white women wearing a gray tshirt and red flannel respectively lounging on a couch, one smiling and one looking more serious, with a Jack Russel Terrier sitting between them, looking disgruntled

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The Truth About Cats & Dogs: How Our Pets Have Played Into Our Gay Dating Drama

A character from anyone but me sits for therapy

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Into the A+ Advice Box #26: Working Through Shame Around Kink

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Community

Tell Me Something Good Please I’m Begging You: A 2020 Roundtable

A close-up shot in dramatic lighting of a US-treasury-branded check mixed in among a pile of fresh bills in US currency.

Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: Making Sense of What’s Actually Happening with the Stimulus Package

Several of the Autostraddle team, Kamala, Nicole, Rachel, Riese, Malic, Sarah, Laneia, Molly, Vanessa, Carmen are posed in various mid-dance poses.

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Community

Day 13 Is Here and We’re Dancing For You

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The Best (and Worst) Gifts our Exes Ever Gave Us

Niecy Nash portrays Dr. Jamie Ryan on Never Have I Ever, a therapist. She sits in a chair with a notebook. This image has the 13 Days of A+ treatment with a lavender background.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #25: How Do You Explore Your Gender When Privacy Is Scarce?

Can You Make Stuffing Into an Edible?! Join Us TODAY for an A+ Holigay Cooking AMA!

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