Ketzel wrote to us and said she’d like to see more teenage queers in the media, so we went ahead and accepted her offer to interview her, a real live teenage queer. We chatted about how she’s choosing a college, feminism, her love of horseback riding and the biggest misconceptions grownups have about teens.

It’s the very first Monday of 2013, and we have a brand new Straddler to kick off the new year. Meet Caro, a Miami native who talks to us about creating a queer girl meet-up group in her city, working for a non-profit that provides education on gender and orientation, and crushing on Chely Wright.

“Recently I wrote a poem on the notebook on my iPhone on the subway platform. I like to move around.”

Amanda tells us all about roller derby, her favorite love songs and the importance of supporting our queer youth.

Welcome to our second round of Straddler on the Street! Today we’re talking to Allison about Utah, the environment, and lesbian utopia.

Ashley chats with us about poetry, her goals for the future and what the Autostraddle community means to her.

A queer ‘acoustic soul’ artist with a mighty voice, mad ukulele skills and a rising career that’s included a bit of Broadway.