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.
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.”
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???”
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.
The Drop: Lizzo’s “Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” has Depth, Drama — and So Much Ass
Dani Janae and Shelli Nicole chat through their thoughts on Lizzo’s new reality series that’s for the big girls!!
The Comment Awards Will See You at Abbot Elementary
“Now I’m very excited for another Autostraddle article in another 11 years adding even more editorial inserts to Kayla’s current editorial inserts.”
The Autostraddle Senior Team Hang on Our A+ Pop-Up Discord is NOW!
Help us close out our 13th Birthday celebration and the pop-up discord server with our senior team!
You Gave Us The Best 13th Birthday Gift We Could Ask For!
You got us WELL PAST OUR GOALS! Thank you, thank you! We hope you’re proud of what you’ve accomplished these past two weeks!
Join Us on the 13th Birthday A+ Pop-Up Discord Server!
It’s finally time!
The Comment Awards Are Thirty Going on Thirteen
“Someday I’m gonna be a sexy spinster with a house full of ethically sourced dead ravens AND NO ONE CAN STOP ME!”
No One Else Is Going to Look Out for Us
“‘You realize you’re taking away the jobs and the health insurance of five people at the start of a pandemic and you don’t have to, right?’ She looked at me with her blue eyes, hands clasped to her heart and told me, ‘I have to do this for me.'”
It’s a Friday Open Thread, but on a Thursday!
Today, in honor of our 13th birthday this month (!) and the extraordinary fundraiser Nicole is leading to keep us going (hopefully for 13 more years and then some!) we are hosting a rare and special open thread! Get in here!
The Gayest Things You Did at 13
111. I wrote hundreds of love letters to Janet Jackson. I never sent them, but was convinced that we would end up married some day.
Being or Becoming Real
“I felt disconnected from my art because I had part time and full time jobs that took up most of my time in the world. I wrote on scraps of paper during lunch breaks and tried, at the end of the day, to have an hour or so of “creative time” for myself.”
Hang Out With Our Senior Team on Discord!
We’re celebrating our birthday month and closing out our member drive next Monday, the 21st, with a chance for A+ members to chat with Autostraddle’s full-time staff. Come hang!
The Comment Awards Are Meeting At the Vending Machine
“I, too, was editor of my middle school yearbook!”
No Lie: I Was Editor-in-Chief of My Middle School Yearbook
“We’re just insecure horny little nerds looking for a place to call home.”
Tell Us All About the Gayest Things You Did at 13!
We’re collecting reader stories about the gayest things you did at 13 for a fun list we’ll publish next week and we want to hear from you, yes, YOU!
I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers
I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it.
This Indie Queer Media Site Made It To 13! What If We Kept Going?
Hell or high water, we’re making it to the end of thirteen years AND we’re going to celebrate the heck out of our queer community, too!