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!
The Comment Awards Are Entering the Vagina Appreciation Tunnel
“I can’t take you down to the dungeon – just kidding, I don’t have a dungeon, that would be weird.”
A Capricorn Without a Routine: A Day of Work
I wish I was the kind of girl who woke up at the same time every day, had an extensive skincare situation dialed in, and had finally cracked the code of which intense journaling system would help quiet my overworked and perpetually anxious brain, but that’s just not who I am.
June Town Hall Transcript
The transcript for the June Autostraddle Town Hall is now available!
Stacks of Boxes and a Bottomless Inbox: A Day of Work
It felt like this kind of thing came so easily when I was 25!
Nudity, Kink, and Safe Spaces for Kids Can All Coexist at Pride
As a gay parent, I have a lot of grievances about Pride — not one of them is about bare body parts or leather dykes and daddies.
A Creature of (Bourgeois) Habits: A Day of Work
Our trans subject editor, out in the wild and with a gay bottle of mezcal.
Two Diffusers, Tracking Stats, Weirdo Quiz Results: A Day of Work
I told you this routine was elaborate okay.
A+ Pop-Up Pride Discord Server: June 26-28
June 26 – June 28! Chat and connect with A+ members, share photos of your pets, place a personals ad in the dating channel, and more!
Ask Us Anything at Our *Personal* A+ AMA Event on 6/24!
Get creative, pry a little (but be kind please), dig deeper, save the date!
The Comment Awards And Their Cat Have Matching Rainbow Tanktops
“Wow, I’m hot, I want to make out with me.”
One Foot in Guilt, One Foot in Gratitude: A Day of Work
I asked her if I could have a human-sized cat cone, the one that makes it looks like your head is poking through a piece of toast. Sadly, I cannot — but I can get the brace I need in Tennessee Lady Vols orange, so at least I can support my favorite team while also making sure the top half of my body is the color of a construction cone so I don’t get hit by any cars.
Foolish Child #98: Corporate Pride
It’s amazing how the very second that corporations found value in queerness, they finally invested but in the safest way they possibly could: Rainbows.
Carmen Phillips Is Our New Editor-in-Chief (and Would like a Vanilla Iced Latte Please)
Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.
Pull Back the Curtain At Our Autostraddle Town Hall!
What’s next for Autostraddle? What’s on the horizon? What makes our little queer publication GO? Join our senior team for an Autostraddle Town Hall & find out!