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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Summer Songs To Dance to During Pride When You Have an Unbearable Crush

“Girls Make Me Wanna Die,” a new single by The Aces, dropped today. So we made a playlist all about queer crushes.

Em Win June 8, 2022 2 Comments
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In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”

Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.

Melissa Faliveno June 8, 2022 6 Comments
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Come To Our A+ “Gentleman Jack” Season Finale Virtual Watch-Along!

What if we listened to jaunty music…together?

Heather Hogan and Nico
June 7, 2022
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Get Your Autostraddle-Exclusive Jenifer Prince Print This Pride!

A+ members get a whopping $7 off.

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LGBT Pride Shopping

Nine Things to Wear to Pride That Aren’t Clothes, Because F*ck It

This all started because I have been shopping for nipple pasties.

Nico June 4, 2022 10 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Getting Handsy for Pride

“I started using my fingers a few years ago and never looked back!”

Darcy June 3, 2022 5 Comments
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Health LGBT Pride

10 Ways to Keep Your Disabled / Chronically Ill Friends Safer This Pride

We clown on the commodification of Pride, but what good is that if we continue to perpetuate all the ableism intrinsic in capitalism in our own spaces?

Heather Hogan June 2, 2022 15 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Thinking About Old Flames

“This post inspired me to wear a no bra neon green/yellow large mesh shirt around the house this morning, so thank you for that!”

Darcy May 27, 2022 5 Comments
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Pride is around the corner, and you want to look as gay as possible.

viv May 25, 2022 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Dreaming of Espressos In Bed

“I had a one-time lover make me an espresso in the morning in 2018 and I have never stopped thinking about it.”

Darcy May 20, 2022 2 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Slutty, Helpful, and Unable to Wear Shoes

“Carry on thinking about Chef Melissa’s Soup!”

Darcy May 13, 2022 10 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Want to Know Your Toxic Trait

“This sent me into a full spiral daydream of my kick-ass custom furniture, the queer carpenter who built it, and our enduring love.”

Darcy May 6, 2022 7 Comments
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The Scene

You Need Help: How Can I Learn To Enjoy Gay Clubs?

Try to let go of the need for perfection on the space and on yourself. Instead let that bliss find you whenever it’s meant to find you.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 3, 2022 12 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Remembering the Girls Who Wore Abercrombie & Fitch

“old & queer!!! i am also all caps excited! but typing lowercase for aesthetic!!”

Darcy April 29, 2022 8 Comments
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Community

Lesbian Visibility Week 2022: Where We Look For Lesbianspiration

This for Lesbian Visibility Day, we are talking about the people we look to for LESBIANSPIRATION. Did you thank a lesbian for changing your life today?

the team April 26, 2022 13 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Putting ‘Dirty Computer’ On Repeat

“I saved this article when I was a closeted 17-year-old kid: I think this was the first time I realized what non-binary meant! Anyway, I’m 21 now, and now in college I get to dress like this every day and it’s fuckin awesome!”

Darcy April 22, 2022 7 Comments
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The LGBTQ Outdoor Summit Centered Queer and Trans Joy in the Outdoors

For a brief moment, we were part of a temporary but powerful queer community in the woods.

Nico April 21, 2022 6 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Daydreaming of Chessy from the Parent Trap

“Y’all mentioned the Parent Trap but did not mention the Ultimate Mommi: Chessy. The voice. The clothes. Please.”

Darcy April 15, 2022 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Still Chasing Amy After All These Years

“I am absolutely shocked that the main character’s name is Alyssa…who is Amy???”

Darcy April 8, 2022 7 Comments
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The Comment Awards Are Sliding Into Your DMs (Dog Messages)

What do you think comments taste like? Do you think they taste like salmon cookies or like chicken cookies? I HOPE IT’S SALMON.

Milo April 1, 2022 23 Comments
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