Results for: queer parenting
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A 30-Day Lesbian Bar Crawl With the Creators of the “Cruising” Podcast
30 days. 21 lesbian bars. Three queer people. One epic road trip.
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“And I Said to God, Isn’t Being Black Enough? Do I Have To Be Gay Too?”
“The truth of our history is that gay, lesbian, and gender-expansive people were normal and recognized in the Black community.”
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I Lived Two Lives; One in the World, One in Computers
I “dated” two women I’d met online, and the relationships mostly unfolded on screens. In my other life, I dated men and tried to convince myself I liked it.
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Advice Columns Were My Guilty Pleasure Until They Became My Connection to Community
That’s what makes these posts so special, really, is that they’re not about a singular person bestowing their wisdom onto faceless readers but rather a coming together of a community to help each other sort through their shit in confidence.
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It’s Lit: Queer Youth on an Online Book Club Club That Became Family
“Well the premise combined two of my favorite things: being gay and reading, so I was naturally intrigued.”
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My Top Nine Best Band Tees That Are Technically Just Autostraddle Merch
“Eddy and Becky, best friends who boned on OnlyFans to earn cash to fund Gay Chaos’ first album, started out with bathtub ukelele covers and careening, desperate ballads that made rock bottom sound like the world’s only emotional truth.”
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Call for Submissions: In Another World
As we head into the crisp, fresh beginning of 2020 and a new decade, we want to hear about your queerest, wildest dreams for the future. Deadline for submissions is January 31!
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My First Pride Was About Building My Queer Future and Mourning a Past I’ll Always Long For
A young black queer girl goes to her first pride parade, tackles her fears of her own queerness rooted in acceptance, and becomes friends with other black queer people after the death of her parents.
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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.
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Black, Trans, and Alive
There is joy here. I have dreamed of this 100 times, prayed for it twice as many.
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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!
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You Are Queer Enough
Are there certain stereotypes and expectations in the queer community that keep you from feeling valid? Babe this is for you.
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Calling All Believers: Autostraddle Is Fundraising for the Queer and Not-Too-Distant Future!
We have a Gay Agenda to fulfill! And we can only do it with your help! Also, do not miss these perks! We’re not kidding.
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Meet The Owners of Herz, a Lesbian-Owned Bar in Alabama
Herz might just be the queer miracle of Mobile.
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Glorious, Messy, Bright and Breathing Human Beings 💓
“You’re interrupting the ceaseless algorithm that fuels that capitalist nightmare we live in.” Heather talks about the entirely messy, lovingly undertaken art of creating Autostraddle content that is for queer humans, not robots.
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Queer IRL: Autostraddle’s 2021 Pride Gallery!
“I am SO THANKFUL to be vaccinated and alive and gay as fuck.”
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The Comment Awards Know The REAL Secret of Bear Mountain
“‘Tank Girl’ prepared me for living in queer punk houses & having no running water. Lori Petty forever.”
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Chatting With Meg Elison About Investigating Rural Poverty in “Find Layla”
Elison’s latest novel, Find Layla, looks at the realities of poverty and neglect for teens in the age of social media.
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Full of Gratitude: A Day of Work
It’s because of the support of A+ members that we are able to take our time writing queer essays about the stories of our culture that matter, instead of fighting with corporate overlords and Google.
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Unlearning Stigma This Bi+ Week
Stigma isn’t easy to overcome this. To a large extent, we can’t do it alone: we are social creatures, and we depend on developing and maintaining relationships with each other in order to survive. But it is possible.