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Christmas Crafts & DIY Projects

Get Cozy With This Custom Queer Cross Stitch Pattern

Cross stitch involves stabbing things with needles thousands of times, so it’s great for getting out all that frustration you’re holding this time of year!

Ari November 26, 2019 9 Comments
Holigays

Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2019: We’re So Tired, Will These Things Make Us Less Tired?

Here’s a brief glimpse into the deepest materialistic desires of Team Autostraddle – these are all the things we want besides a very long nap!

Vanessa November 25, 2019 42 Comments
Money + Work

Queered & Careered: Sussing Out if An Employer is Trash

When you’re queer, every career decision can have consequences for your emotional, mental, or even physical health. Planning ahead, finding support, and asking critical questions about the people and companies you’re “dating” is central to your survival.

Tiara Dee November 19, 2019 9 Comments
Money + Work

Queered & Careered: Things to Bring and Leave Behind

Queered & Careered is a column that offers tips and tricks on how to navigate career development as a queer person — from job searching to career inspiration to dealing with straight nonsense in the office.

Tiara Dee November 5, 2019 30 Comments
Parenting & Family

Raising Baby T. Rex: What Lies Between Us

“Do you feel like we’re drifting apart?” I asked.

KaeLyn November 2, 2019 23 Comments
Food and Drink Halloween

Candy Corn Is Objectively Good, Discuss

Candy corn is a delicacy to be enjoyed one by one. Or one handful by one handful.

Jehan November 1, 2019 60 Comments
Halloween

Just Five Legendarily Cursed Gems for Your Spooky Season

Here are five gemstones with cursed reputations and dark histories — I’ll leave it up to you to decide how much of a role the stones played in their respective owners’ and wearers’ fates.

Molly Priddy October 31, 2019 11 Comments
Health

My Doctor Said Lesbians Don’t Need Pap Smears, but She’s Wrong

If you have a cervix, you should get pap smears regularly.

Hannah Brashers October 31, 2019 30 Comments
Money + Work

You Need Help: Balancing Financial Security and Moral Bankruptcy

Doing something positive for the world is a constantly moving target.

himani October 28, 2019 8 Comments
Holigays

Which Lesbian or Bisexual Vampire from History Can #GetIt?

Like March Madness for your horny, freak dyke friends. Of 6 lesbian or bisexual vampires from cinema and literature, which one would you buss it wide open for?

danijanae October 25, 2019 35 Comments
Health

The Autostraddle Guide To Queer Mental Health

An epically organized guide to some of our best work on topics including depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, substance abuse and other legitimately important topics.

The Editors October 24, 2019 24 Comments
Halloween Movie Lists

10 Low-Key Horror Movies to Watch With Your Sensitive Butch Date

It’s officially October, which means it’s time to break out the horror movies. Here are a few suggestions to win over your summer crush that will be gone by spring.

danijanae October 23, 2019 19 Comments
Halloween Playlists

Two Spooky Playlists For ALL Your Gay Halloween Music Needs

Some people just want a nice casual playlist for their Halloween party! So, I decided to split all of the song spooky suggestions into two playlists.

Abbie Jones October 18, 2019 35 Comments
Halloween

8 Lightly Murderous Mythological Ladies to Dress as This Halloween

Why wear just one costume when October lasts an entire month? Halloween is for the queers, own it.

Siobhan October 17, 2019 16 Comments
Halloween

10 Halloween Costume Ideas For Queer Couples and Throuples

Let’s remind the world that queerdos own the witching hour with creative, utterly adorable couples and throuples costumes.

Ro White October 14, 2019 40 Comments
Book Lists Halloween

8 Queer Halloween Reads for Your Gay Spooky Needs

Here are 8 queer books appropriate for the Halloween season, from the genuinely terrifying to funny and lightly macabre.

Casey October 8, 2019 14 Comments
Parenting & Family

Raising Baby T. Rex: The Art of Having A Good Time

Everything my toddler taught me about prioritizing play.

KaeLyn October 5, 2019 16 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

Gey in Kikh: Melon Seed Milk to Break the Yom Kippur Fast

Let’s end Yom Kippur with delicious, non-dairy milk made from melons!

Ari October 4, 2019 2 Comments
Halloween

15 Spooky Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters to Prepare Your Heart for Halloween

October is upon us, which means it us our duty, as gays, to celebrate all entire 31 days of Halloween.

Heather Hogan October 3, 2019 10 Comments
Jewish Holidays Recipes

Gey in Kikh: Apple-Stuffed Challah for Rosh Hashanah!

Taste a whole celebration of fall and a new year in every bite of my favorite challah!

Ari September 26, 2019 24 Comments
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