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The 90s and 2000s were a time of churning for queer movements in India.

Stuti Gupta

Jan 8, 2026

pop culture fix

Dance Apocalyptic: Queer People are Dancing Despite COVID-19

COVID-19 has rearranged our entire societal choreography. Here’s how two queer dancers of color are coping with the distance.

Mark Van Streefkerk

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Aug 28, 2020

Kamala, Carmen, Riese and Nicole are all on a video chat together, smiling. The photo is unstaged, a little grainy, a screen cap from the live event!

community

Gay Agenda Recap and Transcript: Autostraddle’s Leaders Talk About the Vision!

We’re very serious gay professionals.

Nico

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Aug 28, 2020

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

community

The Comment Awards Are Kissing In Candlelight (Sadly, With No Dinosaurs)

“The world needs an all-queer band of string players called Homosexually Charged Violins now more than ever.”

Darcy

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Aug 28, 2020

the senior team freak out together about everything! from left to right, Heather, Sarah, Rachel, Carmen, Kamala, Nicole, Laneia and Riese express extreme elation

community

You DID IT! See Our Slack Office Freak Out When We Met Our Fundraising Goal, and More!

You, our community, raised $118,000 for Autostraddle, for independent queer media, for our vision and goals for the future. And we want to celebrate YOU!

Nico

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Aug 24, 2020

A photo of Meg Elison holding up her book, the cover of the book is not clear to read but it has an aqua blue cover.

society + culture

Chatting With Meg Elison About Investigating Rural Poverty in “Find Layla”

Elison’s latest novel, Find Layla, looks at the realities of poverty and neglect for teens in the age of social media.

Lauren Parker

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Aug 22, 2020

community

The Comment Awards Are 69% Secure

“Oh, and the sex, obviously.”

Darcy

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Aug 21, 2020

A pinwheel collage with "It's Great to be Gay Day" written in multicolored letters against a black background in the middle. In the pinwheel are various lesbian, bisexual, and queer writers from Autostraddle. Each of their photos has been colorized to reflect a different color of a neon rainbow.

community

Happy 2nd Annual “It’s Great to Be Gay” Day — We Sure Do Love Being Gay, And We Also Love You!

Welcome to the second annual IT’S GREAT TO BE GAY DAY, an international holiday we invented… well, because we can. And also because EVERY SINGLE EFFING DAY!! is A GREAT…

the team

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Aug 20, 2020

A collage of the Autostraddle senior staff members in black&white cut outs against a neon, multi-colored stripped background. From left to right Riese, Nicole, Heather, Kamala, Carmen, Sarah, Rachel and Laneia look hopeful, excited, a little silly, a little elated.

community

#1 Best Community Of All Time Raises $100k+ For Queer Media In Two Weeks

Y’all aren’t f*cking around — we’re almost to our goal! Also, you wrote some VERY cute tweets that we would like to review with the whole group.

Nico

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Aug 18, 2020

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