first person I Kissed a Girl and Somehow Everyone Is Involved Notes on stan culture, representation, consent and parasocial relationships from a star of the Dutch production of ‘I Kissed a… Tessel ten Zweege Feb 5, 2026
first person High School and Everything After You can’t be gay in 1999. But I’m not, so that’s just fine. Darcy — Aug 8, 2022
first person Scenes From a Jersey Diner This is what it means to be from New Jersey. The roughness around the edges isn’t hidden away or sugar-coated. Katie — Aug 7, 2022
first person Welcome to Diner Week — What Are You Having? Welcome to Diner Week, a 12-part series of essays by Autostraddle writers and editors set in diners. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya — Aug 7, 2022
first person Here’s How Our Lives Have Improved Since Quitting Drinking: A Candid Conversation Between Sober Queers “I love that sober sex is so much better for me. Even masturbating is better.” danijanae, Analyssa, and Tracy Levesque — Aug 5, 2022
sports An Interview With My Dad About Baseball And about being the parent of a trans kid. Drew Burnett Gregory — Aug 4, 2022
first person On Staying Sober and What TV Gets Right and Wrong About Alcohol “I feel like being the only sober person in a group is so much pressure.” danijanae, Analyssa, and Tracy Levesque — Jul 29, 2022
first person “When I Got Sober So Many Relationships Just Ended”: Sober Queers on Friendships and Community “I came to realize I am a terrible parent when I’m drunk.” danijanae, Analyssa, and Tracy Levesque — Jul 22, 2022
first person Three Sober Queers on Their First Drinks and Workplace Drinking Culture “It’s funny, much like coming out, I always look back on these moments and think ‘Ah that’s when I should have known I had a problem’.” Tracy Levesque, danijanae, and Analyssa — Jul 15, 2022
