International Know Your Straddler Week is the time-honored, first-annual, second chance to make a good first impression on your local Autostraddlers. It’s the perfect opportunity to be more charming than you were the first time you met everyone. Or maybe wear that blazer you like so much.
autostraddle meet-ups look like this
So International Know Your Straddler Week will take place between February 23 – March 5, which you may notice is actually a week and a half. This time around, really make an effort to get to know your neighborhood Straddlers! Plan to meet somewhere exciting and new. Possibly you could bring a friend along, perhaps an ex-girlfriend or two. Maybe play a game of Never Have I Ever, otherwise known as All the Sanctimonious Gold Stars Stay Sober While Laneia and Riese Get Plastered.
In the spirit and style of the much loved International Meet an Autostraddler Week, some editors have already arranged dates and times in their cities. If you’re interested in coordinating something locally, email laneia [at] autostraddle [dot] com and I’ll put your contact info on this fabulous shiny website. Then hoards of intelligent, quirky, sexually charged queer people will hunt you down and wait for you to tell them where to go. Sounds fun, right?
Only share meet-up details via email, not in the comments!
PHOENIX
Wednesday, February 23
7pm
contact: laneia [at] autostraddle [dot] com
BOSTON
TBA
contact: rachel [at] autostraddle [dot] com
SYDNEY
Thursday, March 3
contact: crystal [at] autostraddle [dot] com
OAKLAND
12pm
Saturday, March 5
contact: edieirons [at] inthefire [dot] com
ANN ARBOR
TBA
contact: sarah [at] autostraddle [dot] com
NEW YORK
TBA
contact: caitlinmae [at] gmail [dot] com
CHICAGO
a brunch situation
Sunday, February 27
contact: eabwritesdesigns [at] gmail [dot] com
PHILADELPHIA
TBA
contact: laura [at] autostraddle [dot] com
MONTREAL
TBA
contact: emilychoo19 [at] gmail [dot] com
DC
TBA
contact: katrina.casino [at] gmail [dot] com
LOS ANGELES
Saturday, March 5th (Location and Time TBA)
contact: alex [at] autostraddle [dot] com
SINGAPORE
TBA
contact: yan [at] wooooo [dot] sg
LONDON
Evening
Friday, March 4
+
Afternoon
Saturday, March 5
contact: pluraliser [at] hotmail [dot] co [dot] uk
OTTOWA
TBA
contact: cstreeting [at] gmail [dot] com
GLASGOW / EDINBURGH
Saturday, March 5
contact: heathergfroehlich [at] gmail [dot] com
COLUMBIA, MO
TBA
contact: masonjar.9 [at] gmail [dot] com
AMHERST / NORTHAMPTON
TBA
contact: agregister [at] gmail [dot] com
BRIGHTON
TBA
contact: mattimatti [at] gmx [dot] eu
VICTORIA, BC
TBA
contact: quix-ot-ry [at] hotmail [dot] com
ST. JOHN’S, NEWFOUNDLAND
TBA
contact: kristin_fardy [at] hotmail [dot] com
LIVERPOOL / NORTH WALES / MANCHESTER, UK
TBA
contact: lindsayeanet [at] gmail [dot] com
AUCKLAND, NZ
1pm
Saturday, February 26
contact: hayley.e.ware [at] gmail [dot] com
DALLAS
TBA
contact: desireedermody [at] yahoo [dot] com
PARIS
TBA
haricot.vert [at] hotmail [dot] com
ORLANDO
TBA
contact: ajmartucci [at] comcast [dot] net
NASHVILLE
TBA
contact: jgl8011 [at] gmail [dot] com
CENTRAL EUROPE
TBA
contact: daphne_duck [at] hotmail [dot] com
PROVIDENCE
TBA
contact: notquitestarving.artist [at] gmail [dot] com
VEGAS… Nothing happened last time… No 21+ venues, ok??
Koolkittenz (at) gmail (dot) com
Long shot, but Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas? Specifically, Brownsville? PLEASE HANG OUT WITH ME I AM FUN AND KNOW ALL THE WORDS TO R KELLY SONGS.
For any Ottawa straddlers that haven’t written me yet, we have a prelim meetup tomorrow (Monday Feb 28th) at 9:00pm at The Manx and the real deal on Saturday March 5th at my place. Email me for details!
Chantale
cstreeting[at]gmail[dot]com
Hello from LAS VEGAS :D
There were a sad two of us for the meet up last time, lets do it again with more!!!
Any Vegas ladies looking to meet an autostraddler??
Well, after about two weeks I think it’s safe to say the dust hath settled(eth) from the Phoenix AS meetup. Here are a few highlights for y’all:
– arriving slightly late & looking for the table w/the most alternative lifestyle haircuts (& being successful)
– learning where baby oysters come from
– playing the lesbo checklist game (mandatory hummus, couple drama [about who did /did not break a wedding ring], eventually being asked “So..when did YOU know?”, etc.)
– moving the party to the inside of the bar, where one could find themselves blindsided by numerous (yet sooo appreciated) shots
– being persuaded to finally give in & buy a Palestinian scarf thingy (they are MUCH warmer than I initially thought)
– using a straw to split a shot (after many failed attempts sans straw)
– having my straight friend come up to me & say, “So I just had my shirt pulled up in the bathroom” & she wasn’t at all offended/upset
– seeing the notorious bar cat (AND FORGETTING TO TAKE ITS PICTURE)
– finding a secret escape gate that led to a much-needed walk around the block
– getting yelled at by the doorman upon our return
Ah…such good times. I’m sure there are pleeeenty more things that happened, but this is all I’ve got in the ol’ memory bank for now.
A couple of nights ago the two straight friends I brought along were asking me when the next “shindig” was – so that’s pretty cool too.
berlin? any1?
BLAST FROM THE 2-MONTH-AGO PAST
If anyone’s still getting e-mail notifications about comments on this post, you should sign up for the Autostraddle Social Networking Extravaganza! At the time of this comment, there are location-based groups for:
Atlanta
Australia
Baltimore/D.C.
Boston
Calgary
Canada
Chicago
China/Taiwan/Hong Kong
Houston
LA
Montreal
New Zealand
North Carolina
NYC
Ohio
PDX
Pennsylvania
Philly
Phoenix
Russia
Scotland
Seattle
SF Bay Area
Toronto, Ontario
Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
UK/Ireland
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Virginia
Western Mass
Winnipeg
And if you don’t see your place you can START YOUR OWN like magic! I did it for the Twin Cities and really I hope the 5 or 6 of us who commented on this post all join so I can not be the only member forever.
IN CONCLUSION let’s all be bffs