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AF+ Crossword Is Gayer Than Charlie’s Angels

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Rebecca Goldstein March 16, 2024
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AF+ Friendship

Help! My Friends Won’t Shut Up

Plus advice about leaving a controlling partner and getting second dates.

the team March 15, 2024 2 Comments
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The AS Insider #108: Our Big Gay 15th Birthday

Sweet birthday baby! Today is Autostraddle’s 15th birthday, and we’re celebrating!!

The Editors March 9, 2024 4 Comments
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AF+ Crossword Ordered Extra Fries

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Darby Ratliff March 9, 2024
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Did My Partner Trick Me Into a Lifetime of Sexless Monogamy?

In today’s A+ advice box: is a miscommunication over polyamory really the issue here or is your relationship simply broken and toxic? Plus; advice about feeling insecure when texting a partner and getting into being handy!

the team March 8, 2024 3 Comments
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AF+ Crossword Has One More Thing to Tell You

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Kate Hawkins March 2, 2024 3 Comments
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I’m Masculine, I Strap, I Love Being Called “Sir”… Am I Trans or a Masc Lesbian?

In this week’s AF+ Advice box: trying to figure out if you’re trans or a masculine lesbian, finding good lesbian love poems for a wedding, complicated feelings about an ex and group chat drama.

the team March 1, 2024 12 Comments
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AF+ Crossword is Making Kkakdugi and Watching “The Prom”

I’m writing a novel about a woman with a strain in her trapezius.

Emet Ozar February 24, 2024 3 Comments
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I Confronted My Girlfriend About Cheating On Me, She Responded By Coming Out as Poly

Is this ever an okay way for a poly relationship to begin?

the team February 23, 2024 3 Comments
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Anonymous Sex Diary: A Couple Rekindles Their Sex Life with “Intimacy Boot Camp”

We’re both trying to avoid the lesbian bed death trope, hoping to be remembered in history as lovers, not “really good friends.”

Guest February 21, 2024 4 Comments
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Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much! 

Carmen Phillips and Nico
February 20, 2024 11 Comments
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AF+ Crossword Dreamed You Were a Poem

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Rebecca Goldstein February 17, 2024 3 Comments
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I’m In My Thirties and Can’t Make Up My Mind About Having Kids

I’ve been thinking about it almost every day lately.

the team February 16, 2024 14 Comments
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AF+ Crossword Would Sit on the Bisexual Sofa

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Kate Hawkins February 10, 2024 3 Comments
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I’m a Stone Butch Top Who Can’t Bring Myself To Penetrate Anyone Else

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the team February 9, 2024 6 Comments
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Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

Couldn’t make Queer Yoga? Follow along with the recording!

Nico February 5, 2024 1 Comment
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AF+ Crossword Would Like Your Granola Recipe Please

What do you call a canine magician?

Emet Ozar February 3, 2024 2 Comments
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The Autostraddle Insider #107: January 2024

“Oh yeah not popular in like a toxic way where everyone is obsessed with them being evil or something haha. They’re *good* popular!”

The Editors January 31, 2024 9 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Will Be Graded on a Curve

What does a vegetarian zombie eat?

Darby Ratliff January 27, 2024 3 Comments
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Into the AF+ Advice Inbox #97: F(ix) My Life

A troublesome group chat, a moldy shower, being autistic at work, moving cities, and more!

the team January 26, 2024 10 Comments
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