“Skating as a culture is getting more and more visibly queer”

“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”

“As a Texan, I’m here to tell you: you can fry ANYTHING.”

I’m so excited to be here. Let’s build Autostraddle’s financial future into something stronger, steadier, and more exciting than we’ve ever imagined!

Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.

“Say you were on a panel and the question came up. How would you explain it to Brie?”

For a brief moment, we were part of a temporary but powerful queer community in the woods.

We have a responsibility to care for others. In land stewardship and land healing this means prioritizing accountability to Indigenous folks.

My work days got longer and I started saying, “Wait, just give me one second” to my kids a lot more.

It wasn’t the first time or the last time I declared it Time to Quit, a statement I always throw around a bit too carelessly.

“My girlfriend has been calling me the Christmas Switch for a year now.”

I was hustling to make life work as a freelance writer and graphic designer and workshop presenter (and, like, food delivery person and countless other gigs) in an increasingly treacherous digital media landscape.

“I feel like this camp everyone really got to be their best, most honest and weirdest selves — for instance, and bear with me, when Sam and Riese and I created an intense trivia experience centered entirely around cults, true crime and murder and not only did people show up but many of the questions were TOO EASY FOR THEM.”

Y’all have a lot of feelings about Disney princesses.

Many of these companies are small, queer and independently-owned themselves, which makes their donations to A-Camp even more amazing!

Planned Parenthood knows we deserve to feel good in our bodies, our communities and our lives — and one winner of this contest will get to do so at A-Camp thanks to PP!

In LA the night before A-Camp? Just live in LA and want to meet some fellow Straddlers?

“The world needs an all-queer band of string players called Homosexually Charged Violins now more than ever.”

The Autostraddle store is full of some of the best gay merch you’ll ever lay your little gay eyes on.

We just put on our largest and most successful iteration of A-Camp in Ojai, CA. We’d like to gush about it for a minute, please – won’t you join us?