What would Kid You and Teenage You think about Current You?

“Sipping coffee in their sunny drenched kitchen was the first time I really saw myself. I could imagine it. I could see how I could be gay and still… be me.”

And so we talked all night about the rest of our lives…

‘Tis the season for various companies to throw rainbows on their products in exchange for our hard-earned gay cash! Who’s making cute stuff? Who’s donating to LGBTQ+ non-profits and how much? Who partnered with actual LGBTQ+ people to promote their wares? Let’s rank.

The holidays have come and gone, but straight people? Oh, they’re still here. More than ever.

“I love being gay because I get to call these brilliant and vibrant queers my friends and family.”

Doesn’t matter if you’re an adult human or a human baby, we’re bringing you some FRESH overclothes this month!

A few months ago, some of us took the Enneagram test and felt extremely uncomfortable with the truths it revealed about us. As fun as that was, we thought it would be even more fun to make even more Autostraddle staff do it and also share their results with a large audience. Let’s see if we were right!

This year was marked with so much bad – it throws the beautiful and the light into starker relief.

Did you read these 28 posts in 2017? Because if not, you should really fix that right away!

Six pieces of technology that might be useful as you parade, protest and party.

“Imagine if homosexuality was contagious, though. What a beautiful world that would be.”

Do you have any fur kids? What are their names? How did they come into your life?

With these tips, you’ll be turning heads (off people’s necks) in no time. BadabaDOOK.

How do we want to be seen in our daily lives? How much control do we really have over it? How do we make ourselves visible in a world that often chooses not to see us clearly, and what risks and complications come with it? There’s no one answer, which is why we had all these Autostraddle staffers who identify somewhere under the bisexual umbrella talk about it for you!

Here are first time experiences that seem mundane to everyone else but were truly special for us.

A-Camp 8.0 is six weeks away — and there’s still spots left if you wanna come! — which means we’re in full-fledged nostalgia and anticipation mode. Hop on in, read about camp, and if you’ve been, let us know which one was *your* favorite!

It was both the best idea and the worst idea I’ve ever had.

Your community gallery for May! Nearly 100 queers doing the work!

Kristin is bringing her advice show, Getting In Bed With Kristin, to Autostraddle’s Facebook live!