The Comment Awards Are Waking Up In Villanelle’s Lair
“I got Jenny Schechter AGAIN!”
Black Tattoo Artists Are Finding Joy By Creating Their Own Spaces To Thrive In
“I want to lead my tattoo practice with care, prioritizing Black skin and the liberation of Black bodies through this practice.”
SOQIR Is Here, Queer, And Wants to Shake Up How Our Communities Get Surveyed
There’s extraordinarily little legitimate research on queer communities — our health, our needs, our experiences — and what little there is tends to focus on cis gay men. That’s where the SOQIR survey comes in. And you can participate right now!
Spaces & Places Community Gallery
As part of our three-week Spaces & Places series, we asked you if we could see your favorite spaces — and wow, did you deliver!
The Comment Awards Have Until 2080 to Find A Better Name for the Gay-Lympics
“Just in time for my Sports Gay Summer! (A summer in which I, queer, play absolutely no sports but admire the athletes, gay, who do).”
The Comment Awards Are Doing Karaoke With Shane and Bette and Sophie and Finley
“This is so on point that in a weird Mandela Effect way I genuinely now believe that I have seen Alice sing ‘Bitch’ and will not be convinced otherwise.”
The Comment Awards Are Strapping On Their Toolbelt
“I asked my partner what they’d do if I showed up like ‘I heard you had something that needs hammering’ and they acted like they didn’t hear me.”
The Comment Awards Are Resting Uneasily on the Bisexual Pride Sofa
Can you hold me like a baby spider?
Our June A+ Member Drive Has Come to a Close! THANK YOU!
Where we were, and where we are now!
Tattoos Made My Body Feel Like My Own — A Trans Tattoo Experience
“With each tattoo I’m actively reclaiming my own identity. Every tattoo on my body is an active choice — An exercise in autonomy.”
Full of Gratitude: A Day of Work
It’s because of the support of A+ members that we are able to take our time writing queer essays about the stories of our culture that matter, instead of fighting with corporate overlords and Google.
Queer IRL: Autostraddle’s 2021 Pride Gallery!
“I am SO THANKFUL to be vaccinated and alive and gay as fuck.”
We Are All Just Out Here Trying to Cope With These LGBTQ Ikea Couches
“The bisexual couch looks like a threat.”
I Love Breaking Goals Into Small Steps: A Day of Work
Part of this job is making peace with the fact that I will, in fact, never get everything done that I want to.
Come On Jeff, Get ‘Em: A Day of Work
Carmen suggested once that we become the “Gay Strategist” and I love this idea for us.
Reparations Payments at Black Pride Events Should Be Embraced, Not Condemned
Taking B(l)ack Pride Seattle is an event that centers Black and Brown trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people (TLGBQ+). For the second year in a row, event organizers have asked white attendees to honor the Black-centered space by paying reparations via an attendance fee.
In the absence of reparations for African descendants of slaves and other survivors of white-supremacist and colonial violence — Taking B(l)ack Pride is giving us another model for grassroots reparations that should be embraced — not condemned.
16 Really Nice Things You Said About the A+ Advice Column!
“The advice helped me so much and also was so caring it made me cry? But in a good way.”
I Was Better Connected to the Queer Community During Lockdown
As a disabled person, I knew participating in LGBTQ Zoom events wouldn’t magically cure me of my loneliness. Even so, it was amazing to be a part of something larger than myself. I don’t want to lose this access.
Welcome 300 New A+ Members! Announcing a Mini Stretch Goal!
We initially set the goal of 300 people because we thought that was what we could do in two weeks; YOU ALL DID IT IN JUST ABOUT ONE. We’re in a place where we need as many new members as we can get, and since we were already planning to run the drive through the 30th, we’ve set a stretch goal.
11 Places to Buy Merch Supporting Queer and Trans BIPOC People Instead of Corporate Greed
Here are 11 collections directly supporting LGBTQ BIPOC creators and organizations!