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a collage of the various fundraiser perks items along with cartoony illustrations of various autostraddle pets
Straddleverse

Save an Indie Queer Media Site, Get Cool Perks for Hot Gays

I don’t know sounds like a deal to me!

Nico March 16, 2023 24 Comments
against a background of MS paint style autostraddle animals including Carol and an open laptop with a cat lying on it is a bunch of cartoon money. In a rainbow gradient, the words The Autostraddle Fundraiser 2023 are set large and centered
Straddleverse

We Need You To Buy Us Some Time Before Time Runs Out

If we don’t get the money we need, we’ll be gone before Pride.

Nico March 15, 2023 117 Comments
a chaotic image with an ms paint style cat and two dogs on it - including carol. the cat is heather's cat dobby. there is a rainbow bar chart, illustrations of money, and several other mathematical looking charts.
Straddleverse

Yes, Fundraising Is Part of Our Business Model: Here’s Why

Here are updates to our current financial situation. Still, the essentials of everything we’ve been saying for years are true. Fundraising is a part of our business model!

Nico March 15, 2023 72 Comments
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Meet-Ups / Events

TWO Yellowjackets Watch Alongs for A+ Members!

Join us for a rewatch this Thursday March 16th and a Premiere Watch-Along Friday March 24th!

Nico March 14, 2023 11 Comments
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Culture

Four Comedians On How Their Transness Has Informed and Influenced Their Careers

“I would much rather be funny than inspirational”

Rowan Zeoli March 14, 2023 9 Comments
meg jones wall, a white person with dark salt and pepper hair wearing a black dress is to the right in a headshot, to the left, their book is laid out with gorgeous tarot cards and crystals.
Meet-Ups / Events

A+ Book Club for Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation

With author and Autostraddle writer, Meg Jones Wall!

Nico March 12, 2023 10 Comments
A small brown and white dog sitting in front of a laptop with the words "hey did you see that comment?" The O in Comment is a soda can.
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Bubbly Inside and Out

“‘Raw-dogging some pre-pickles in a Sodastream’ made me spit take my very boring Diet Coke.”

Darcy March 10, 2023 4 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are All Lit Up Inside

“I came for the lights and left wanting to know more about your Disney villain mom!”

Darcy March 3, 2023 6 Comments
A flag with 7 stripes: Dark purple, purple, medium lavender, off-white, light pinkish-purple, muted pastel pink, dark pink
Culture

Moon Lesbian Flag, Explained

There is a Pride flag called the Moon Lesbian Flag, meant as a contrast to the Sun Lesbian Flag, which is different entirely from the standard Lesbian Pride Flag. Let’s investigayte.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 3, 2023 43 Comments
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Meet-Ups / Events

Get Pumped: Our 14th Birthday A+ Ask-Us-Anything is on March 7th!

An annual, chaotic tradition.

Nico March 2, 2023 3 Comments
a black and white photo of Barbara Johnson, a Black woman and elder, is the center focal point of this collage. Beautiful collaged items including newsprint, colors, squiggles, and lines surround her. She's wearing a sweatshirt that says Brooklyn on the front.
Community LGBT History

“I Don’t Want To Be Forgotten”

“So I just accepted the fact that I truly was gay. I had to be gay. That was my acceptance of myself. I made an announcement in my own head that I was a gay woman.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz February 27, 2023 8 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Back on the Apps

“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”

Darcy February 24, 2023 5 Comments
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Community Health

Practical Magic: COVID Is Here to Stay — So What Does It Mean to Keep Each Other Safe?

We can be more thoughtful about how we interact with others during these enduringly uncertain times.

himani February 23, 2023 76 Comments
The flag of Trinidad and Tobago waving in the wind.
Culture

My Queer Return to Trinbagonian Carnival

Queerness exists in a paradoxical space in Carnival culture — ever-present but still hidden.

Amy Li Baksh February 20, 2023 11 Comments
a black and white photo of Malcolm Reid, a smiling Black gay man and elder, is the center focal point of this collage. Beautiful collaged items including newsprint, colors, squiggles, and lines surround Malcolm.
Community

“I Needed To Create Something To Save Myself… That’s What I’ve Done”

“Ain’t nobody trying to slow down! Life is fun. Keep doing it.”

shea wesley martin February 20, 2023 25 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Love You, And You, And You, Forever!

“Does this mean I’m fulfilling a lifelong dream in which not only am I NOT a danger with a bow and arrow, but actively skilled?”

Darcy February 17, 2023 7 Comments
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Culture

What Embracing My Soft Life Era Really Means

Living a soft life doesn’t mean I’ll live one free from strife or pain, rather I’m living a life that invites those emotions in.

Brittany J. February 15, 2023 4 Comments
a black and white image of DonnaSue, a Black butch elder, is at the center of this collage. the artist has layered newsprint, paper, and lines over the photo to create a gorgeous playful picture of DonnaSue
Community LGBT History

“Mother Has Lived, What Can I Say?”

DonnaSue Johnson describes herself as a “big, black, beautiful, Bohemian, bougie, Buddhist butch.”

danijanae February 13, 2023 15 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Writing Fanfiction About Dana Scully

“Can’t wait for the Daddy quiz and to see what all the pairings become!!!”

Darcy February 10, 2023 2 Comments
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AF+ Meet-Ups / Events

Now A+ Members Can Take shea’s “Writing Yourself Home” Workshop at Your Own Pace

Writing Yourself Home is a special generative workshop for writers of all ages that honors the complexities of what constitutes “home.”

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February 10, 2023 5 Comments
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