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Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Trusting Gender Traitors Is Never Dangerous

Take your gender treachery to the next level with these gifts for watching, reading, playing, and giving.

Creatrix Tiara November 22, 2017 10 Comments
Recipes Thanksgiving

Friendsgiving Challenge #3: Let’s Talk (Not) Turkey

You’re looking for an impressive quick-cooking, small-scale main dish that was chosen just for you by Cat Cora her very self? WELL THAT’S THIS.

Cat Cora November 21, 2017 21 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Queer Comic Book Movies and the Queer Comic Book Ladies In Them

We’ve seen a lot of canonically queer women in comic book movies lately; here’s the gift guide for those who are thrilled about that development.

Mey November 21, 2017 2 Comments
the elephant in the room
Christmas

Six Tips for Dealing with Your Difficult Family Members Over the Holidays

I’m sharing tips and techniques that have been useful to me in the face of conflict for those of you who’ll need to advocate for yourselves in difficult conversations and fight the good fight this holiday season. We can do this. Hopefully one day we won’t have to.

Reneice Charles November 21, 2017 10 Comments
Autostraddle Gift Guide Books
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: You’re Just Really Into Books

Gifts for people who are super into books that aren’t, y’know, books. And also some that are.

Ryan Yates November 21, 2017 4 Comments
Autostraddle Gift Guide 2017 / Team Picks
Christmas

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2017: Everything We Want Besides World Peace and Impeachment

Find out what the entire Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays, and nab a couple of sweet gift ideas for you and your loved ones while you’re at it!

the team November 20, 2017 33 Comments
Community Holigays

The Most Wonderful Time Of Year: Holigay Meet-Up Season!

It’s the most wonderful time of year so let’s spend it with our chosen family!

Vanessa November 17, 2017 48 Comments
Recipes Thanksgiving

Friendsgiving Challenge #2: A Dessert You Can Also Eat for Breakfast

Vegetarian with allergies to nuts, coconuts, and sesame seeds? Well Julia Turshen has a delicious warm dessert (or breakfast!) for you!

Julia Turshen November 17, 2017 13 Comments
Recipes Thanksgiving

Friendsgiving Challenge #1: Real Friendship is Working Around Everyone’s Dietary Restrictions

Kyle’s created a full Friendsgiving menu that accommodates about a dozen dietary restrictions, and she’s used an impressive graphing system to make it happen.

Kyle Cornforth November 16, 2017 25 Comments
Autostraddle Gift Guide: Queer Geekery
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: The World of Queer Geekery

There are lots of great things about being a queer nerd, but maybe the best is that you get to be friends with other queer nerds. They’re really the best people. And they make great merch.

Mey November 16, 2017 12 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Artsy and Handcrafted Items Made by Women and Queer People

These are all gifts made by women and queer people, each one personally hand-crafted or designed, that you can gift to the discerning artist types in your life.

Raquel November 15, 2017 15 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: I Saw Mommi Kissing Santa Claus

To all of our mommis, mommi fans, confused bystanders watching this all go down, as well as those thinking about dabbling: this one’s for you.

Erin November 14, 2017 35 Comments
Recipes Thanksgiving

Femme Brûlée: Pumpkin Pie

Despite all the potential for error, I do genuinely think it’s still worth it to make pies.

Reneice Charles November 11, 2017 18 Comments
Community Halloween

Community Photo Gallery: You All Looked So Good On Halloween

This community gallery is filled with 200+ photos of you queerdos looking very spooky, very sexy, very gay, and all around very, very good!

Vanessa November 6, 2017 54 Comments
Community Halloween

Did You Dress Up This Halloween? Send Us Photos For A Community Gallery!

Did you dress up for Halloween this year? Send me a picture of yourself in costume so I can put together the family photo album of our queer dress up dreams!

Vanessa October 31, 2017 15 Comments
Halloween

Roundtable: Our Spookiest Real Ghost Stories

Turn on all the lights in the house and come read about the Winchester Mystery House, haunted cabins, songs playing from beyond the veil, and our deeply unsurprising number of experiences with ghost cats.

the team October 23, 2017 51 Comments
Halloween

This Queer House, Vol 7: Halloween Decorations on a Budget

Get ready to get spooky.

Jenna October 20, 2017 6 Comments
Halloween Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: ‘Tis the Season to Be Spooky

It’s Friday, the week is winding down and we’re headed into one of the most important times of the gay holiday calendar: the weekend closest to Halloween.

Rachel October 20, 2017 58 Comments
Halloween Movie Features

Movie Night: Hocus Pocus

When the air turns crisp and leaves turn orange, I only yearn for one thing: for a virgin to light the damn candle and bring my favorite trio of witches back from the dead.

Carmen Phillips October 20, 2017 33 Comments
Halloween

14 Halloween Costume Ideas from Your Favorite TV Shows, Movies, and More

Halloween is almost here! Here’s how to nail the look of your favorite characters from this year’s TV shows, movies, and video games.

Nora October 20, 2017 12 Comments
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