af+ I Want To Run Away From The Community Org I Created She wants to help her community, but the brutal feedback loop is killing her. Also: tips for strapping with a… the team Apr 9, 2026
straddleverse The Comment Awards Are Meeting At the Vending Machine “I, too, was editor of my middle school yearbook!” Darcy — Mar 11, 2022
straddleverse No Lie: I Was Editor-in-Chief of My Middle School Yearbook “We’re just insecure horny little nerds looking for a place to call home.” Carmen Phillips — Mar 10, 2022
community Tell Us All About the Gayest Things You Did at 13! We’re collecting reader stories about the gayest things you did at 13 for a fun list we’ll publish next week and we want to hear from you, yes, YOU! Vanessa — Mar 10, 2022
straddleverse I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya — Mar 9, 2022
straddleverse This Indie Queer Media Site Made It To 13! What If We Kept Going? Hell or high water, we’re making it to the end of thirteen years AND we’re going to celebrate the heck out of our queer community, too! Nico — Mar 7, 2022
straddleverse The Comment Awards Just Met a Dame with Enormous Dignity “The last verse of ‘Puff the Magic Dragon’ sets me off.” Darcy — Mar 4, 2022
straddleverse Our 13th Birthday Ask-Us-Anything is Tuesday March 8th! Ask us about TV, being divorced, mental health, being a cool gay aunt, sex, queer dating and MORE! Nico — Mar 3, 2022
straddleverse The Comment Awards Are Traversing Time and Space to Love and Eat Cabbage “Francine was almost definitely my root, so this is very affirming.” Darcy — Feb 25, 2022