Results for: you need help
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American LGBT Workers of Color Are Part of a Broken Bargain
For queer women of color, intersectionality isn’t just a “concept” or a “framework” for theorists to use for mind exercise — it’s a lived experience.
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24 Incredible Personal Essays We Published This Year
We told so many amazing stories this year, we really gave Storytelling Time in kindergarten a run for its money.
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You Need Help: Your Girlfriend Is Jealous Of Hypothetical Boys
In which you need your girlfriend to know you’re not about to leave her for a dude.
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How “L Word” Internet Fandom Built Autostraddle Dot Com: The Oral History
“Laneia, that was our first official interaction in the world — you seeing a link to my blog on The Planet Boards and wanting to delete it.”
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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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How To Have Lesbian Sex 102: Cunnilingus Edition
We are going down… on vaginas.
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You Need Help: Being the Visible Femme
You like pretty dresses but everyone always thinks you’re straight. Featuring: My Favorite Boots.
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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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‘Twenties’ is Everything We’ve Been Asking For in a Television Show
The studios are trying to pass on a pilot by a queer woman of color about a queer woman of color and her friends. Surprise surprise. Watch ‘Twenties’ now to show your support.
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Fear and Loathing (as a 21-Year Old Queer) in Singapore
“I am afraid help will come too late to someone in my life. I am afraid that closets become coffins.”
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At Last, Obama Gives America Some Real Talk On Racism
On what Obama said (and didn’t say) this morning when he surprised everybody with a speech expanding on his thoughts about the Trayvon Martin ruling.
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This Is a Love Letter With an Ending Just For You [UPDATED]
An Autostraddle first.
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The Army Taught Me That I Can Change My Body (And It Will Still Be Mine)
Here’s the deal: I both like and am my body. I am a girl, ergo I have a girl’s body. It’s neat. You know what I think helped me to be comfortable with my body more than anything else? The US Army.
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You Need Help: A Lesson Before Dying
What to do when your best friend’s parent dies
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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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You Need Help: I Feel Like We Would Like You If We Met You
You think you can’t talk to that girl because she’s flawless and you’re you, but that’s bullshit! With special guest: The Great Equalizer.
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If Joan Of Arc Can Do It, Why Can’t I?
Ever since I went to a Halloween party at my friend’s church youth group in 6th grade, I’ve been almost inseparable from my Christian identity. But on November 4th, 2012, my heart was all the way down in my toes as I got ready to go to church for the first time as a transgender lesbian.
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You Need Help: What The Hell is Happening To Me
“I’m kind of scared and I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t want to tell anyone in case something is wrong.”
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You Need Help: Requisite Crush on a Barista
How do you successfully flirt with that adorable barista?
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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!