first person How I Grieved for a Cat Over Long Distance There’s beauty in sharing a friendship with an animal that needs to be earned. Summer Tao Dec 29, 2025
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
first person My Girlfriend Installed My Bidet While I Cheered Her On: A Love Story After the powerful stream of water was done ricocheting off my asshole, I turned the bidet off and gave my girlfriend a standing ovation. Vanessa — Jul 9, 2022
first person I’m Trans, I’m Trying to Get Pregnant and I’m More Pro-Choice Than Ever Roe v. Wade has been overturned, today, as I lie here praying that I’m pregnant. And I have never been more pro-choice than I am in this moment. R/B Mertz — Jul 8, 2022
