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The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Bridget Matloff on What the Cameras Didn’t Show You

Bridget Matloff speaks on friendship with Gabby Windey, pressures of reality TV, thoughts on marriage, gender roles, and yes, haircare.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

Sep 8, 2025

FIRST PERSON

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to…

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

PARENTING & FAMILY

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I…

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

first person

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to be noon.

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

parenting & family

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I thought, “I guess this is motherhood.” And probably would’ve died thinking that.”

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

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Into the A+ Advice Box #80: GENDER FEELINGS

We have 26 whole questions on all things gender! From parenting to transition to clothing to inclusion and exclusion in queer spaces, and more!

the team

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Mar 17, 2023

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The March 2023 A+ Pop-Up Discord is OPEN

A+ members, let’s hang!

Nico

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Mar 16, 2023

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Editor’s Notes: Bubble Trouble

The queerness found in a lot of these Bubble Trouble essays isn’t necessarily surface-level fizz but something deeper in the gut.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 13, 2023

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A+ Crossword Is a Gay Piece, If You Think About It

Why was the pig covered in ink?

brooke

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Mar 11, 2023

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M. Crane Chatted with the A+ Book Club About Tragic Endings, Sports and Future Projects

“and my agent was like what the f*ck?”

Nico

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Mar 10, 2023

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Into the A+ Advice Box #79: Dating Women Who’ve Previously Only Been With Men

Advice for coping with your partner’s internalized fat-phobia, wedding vows, navigating social situations and friendships as an autistic person, and more!

the team

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Mar 10, 2023

The eight couples featured in this round of voting, all kissing: Miranda and Che, And Just Like That; Jackie and Leslie, Hightown; Candace and Lilly, Astrid & Lilly Save the World; April and Sterling, Teenage Bounty Hunters; Quinn and Isabela, Harlem; Fabiola and Eve, Never Have I Ever; Jamie and Dani, The Haunting of Bly Manor; Sabi and Olympia, Sort Of

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A+ Members: Pick the Winner of the First Four Autostraddle March Madness Match-Ups

Instead of opening up these First Four match-ups to the whole wide web, as we usually do, we’re going to start here… with the members who power this community year-round.

Natalie

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Mar 8, 2023