Results for: queer parenting
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Please Don’t Thank Me for Loving My Wife
My transgender wife and I are both people with a lot of serious challenges to face, and we chose to confront those challenges as a team. That’s not heroism. It’s love.
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I’m Not Broke As F*ck Anymore, Does This Mean I Made It
“It’s like you’re so good at your weird, low-cost lifestyle, but you know nothing about the real world.”
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Read a F*cking Zine: 50 Zines by Queer People of Color
POC Zine Project presents a massive list of zines, plus info on where you can get them and so much more. Zines for days!
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Bustle.com Conjures Every Terrible Feeling Women in Media Have About Women’s Media
A man decided it was time for a “women’s publication that puts world news and politics alongside beauty tips.” He got $6.5 million to make it happen. When the women who work in women’s media found out, everyone’s head exploded.
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Masturbation Memory Lane: Roundtable and Open Thread
Autostraddle staff talks anonymously about when they started masturbating, among other things. Join us, won’t you?
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How “Real” Is “Orange Is The New Black”? Comparing The Show To The Memoir To The Numbers
A look at the stories behind the stories and the humans behind the characters and the numbers behind those stories in everybody’s favorite lezalicious prison dramedy.
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To Be A U-Haul Lesbian or Not To Be A U-Haul Lesbian: Almost Definitely Not
As predictable as the seasons themselves, it’s the start of the Annual Dyke Moving Season! Hoooraaaay!
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The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls
105 more humans for you to have awkward crushes on.
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“Is She Gay? Should I Ask Her?”: Advice To Moms Who Have Queer Daughters
A mom turned to an internet message board to ask how she should handle the fact that her daughter is a lesbian and people actually responded and gave great advice. Then we wanted to give some advice, too.
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Race, Class and White People’s Beach Houses: On Talking to Privileged People About Privilege
“The observation of white people actually grappling with ideas of class amongst each other empowers me, but it empowers me even more when I know they’re having the same conversation even when I’m NOT in the room.”
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Let’s Talk About Fictional Kickass Heroines: Katniss, Xena, Buffy and More
Here at Autostraddle, we love kickass women. We’re presenting a list of 20 of our favorite kickass fictional heroines as a way to jumpstart this feelingsfest and leaving the rest up to you!
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Meet 51 Kickass Women From The 2013 Trans 100
The 2013 Trans 100 is a BIG DEAL and we wanted to give you a closer look at the amazing trans* women featured on the list, thus this epic compilation of inspirational people relevant to your interests.
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Claudia Is Intersex, Let’s Talk About It
Hey there, Autostraddlers. I’m Claudia, and I’m intersex.
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You Know You’re A Queer Catholic School Survivor If…
22. You can’t decide if you want to be or do your Confirmation saint.
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“And I Do Mean All My Life”: A Trans* Coming Out Letter
For anyone who’s ever wanted to say it in a letter.
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Briefly Noted: Underwear for Your Masculine Center
What makes “men’s” underwear exclusively for men? Is it still men’s underwear if I’m wearing it? Answers: a) absolutely nothing and b) no, sir.
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Ten Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started My Transition
Ten lessons I wish I’d known when I started hormones in February 2011, and why I’m taking an indefinite break from the internet.
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Six Accidental Educators Who Unintentionally Taught Me I Was Queer
“Sure, my gay studies were fairly superficial and not very diverse at all. But until I left town, my world was the opposite of diverse, and what teenager isn’t at least a bit shallow?”
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Autostraddle Book Club: Emily Answers Your “Cameron Post” Questions and We Throw A Feelings-Fest
emily m. danforth answers 36 of your questions about “Cameron Post” and then we’re all gonna talk about the book!
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Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned
“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”