The Comment Awards Are Gonna Climb Every Mountain
“If you’re looking for me I’ll be snail mailing my glands, sweetbreads, and variety meats to Gigi.”
The Comment Awards Are Making Kristy Gay
“Is being second-hand smitten a thing? Because my heart is so fluttery and so full!”
The Comment Awards Are Using Dental Dams
“‘Michelle Branch + leather’ is somehow incredibly accurate for my closeted self in that era.”
The Comment Awards Are Making Magic in Cloverleaf Corners
“I’m sure Jamie Clayton wasn’t actually suggesting that they celebrate by topping each other with a Magic Wand, but…”
Meet The Owners of Herz, a Lesbian-Owned Bar in Alabama
Herz might just be the queer miracle of Mobile.
Stud Lesbians, Explained
In this edition of Dyke Dictionary we break down “Stud Lesbians” w/ the help of our friend (and co-host of the Bad Queers podcast) Kris! — so no more excuses from here on out.
The Comment Awards Are Bringing Home the Gold
“I’ll accept it if the term for sapphic angst is ‘wulluwing.'”
Welcome Our New Sex & Dating Editor, Ro!
If you find sex & dating content on our website that speaks to you, then I’ll know I’ve done my job.
What’s the Difference Between Farewell and Goodbye
This is a longwinded way of saying I’m stepping down from the role of managing editor I’ve had for the past few years, and from a full-time role at Autostraddle. I will never be able to articulate what this space and the people that make it up have meant to me; forgive me for trying and doing an inadequate job, and thank you for welcoming me into your ranks as an AS reader alongside you.
The Comment Awards Are Donning A Velvet Blazer
“Real Housewives answers the age old question: What if women replicated the homoeroticism of frat boys?”
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.”