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A+ Roundtable: The First Time We Kissed A Girl

“There were all these fairy lights and we drank and were drunk and everything felt warm and easy.”

the team November 20, 2017 29 Comments
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2017: Everything We Want Besides World Peace and Impeachment

Find out what the entire Autostraddle Team wants for the holigays, and nab a couple of sweet gift ideas for you and your loved ones while you’re at it!

the team November 20, 2017 33 Comments
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Trans Day of Remembrance Roundtable: What Chosen Family Means To Us

“When I think about Trans Day of Remembrance and how I’ve survived to see another one, I know that it’s because of my family.”

Mey November 20, 2017 15 Comments
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Relevant To Your Interests: Thanksgiving Pi

Wear your pi and eat it too.

A.E. Osworth November 20, 2017 4 Comments
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I Met My Sperm Donor’s Mom and It Changed Everything

As the daughter of lesbian mothers, I always knew I had a sperm donor, and that I could meet him when I was 18. I loved my moms; I loved my queer family. Still, I had always wondered what part of me was cut from a different cloth.

Sydney November 20, 2017 18 Comments
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Arizona Robbins and Annalise Keating Suffer Through Their Midseason Finales

Plus some thoughts on this season of Queen Sugar!

Heather Hogan November 19, 2017 23 Comments
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Excuse Me, Did True Blood’s Rutina Wesley Just Come Out By Announcing Her Gay Engagement On Instagram?

Go ahed, scroll through her Instagram gallery yourself; I’ll wait. 

Heather Hogan November 19, 2017 20 Comments
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Sunday Funday Knows All You Need Is Elderly Lesbian Love

This elderly lesbian couple’s gonna make your heart burst, some sweet non-elderly queer couples too, and Melissa Etheridge doesn’t seem too worried about getting arrested for pot possession.

Ari November 19, 2017 7 Comments
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Person, Not A Phone

Relationship autopilot does not exist, correcting bad texting, how to date someone with anxiety, the perks of sex in late-stage capitalism and more.

Ryan Yates November 19, 2017 2 Comments
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Y’All Need Help #14: Yes or No Edition!

Answers to all the yes/no questions you sent in since last Tuesday!

Laneia November 18, 2017 21 Comments
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Grease Bats: Astrology Is Real And Meaningful

“You can tell that now is a good time for Scout to finish their erotic novel ‘Buffy The Butt Slayer’ just from their astrological sign?”

Archie November 18, 2017 61 Comments
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The Most Wonderful Time Of Year: Holigay Meet-Up Season!

It’s the most wonderful time of year so let’s spend it with our chosen family!

Vanessa November 17, 2017 48 Comments
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Balancing Act

Work AND leave my house? Eat well AND go to bed on time? Hang out with other people AND also myself? How do you even do that? (No really, I’m actually asking you.)

Ryan Yates November 17, 2017 78 Comments
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Read A F*cking Book Club: Talking with Ariel Gore About “We Were Witches”

We’re discussing We Were Witches and sharing a brilliant interview with author Ariel Gore. Come join Autostraddle Book Club – the comments are wide open and we wanna hear everything you’ve got to say about this book.

Vanessa November 17, 2017 12 Comments
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The Comment Awards Are So Mommi Right Now

“Can confirm bisexuality to be even more luxurious than a fancy tin can.”

Darcy November 17, 2017 56 Comments
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Friendsgiving Challenge #2: A Dessert You Can Also Eat for Breakfast

Vegetarian with allergies to nuts, coconuts, and sesame seeds? Well Julia Turshen has a delicious warm dessert (or breakfast!) for you!

Julia Turshen November 17, 2017 13 Comments
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The Mammalian Dive Reflex

I changed. But it was a gradual process, in the way a forest becomes stone. Petrified forest of a body.

S. Désirée Tiamat Cha November 17, 2017 17 Comments
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S.H.E. Episode VII: Night And Day

“What a great city.”

Megan+Moll November 17, 2017 1 Comment
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Exploring the Messy, Imperfect Joy of Queer Foster-to-Adopt Parenting

“And then she told us there was another child — a baby — at a nearby hospital. Were we interested? We said yes even though we had a thousand questions and just as many concerns (why was he in the hospital? Where were his birth parents? Who was holding him when he cried?). That baby turned out to be our son.”

Nicole November 16, 2017 22 Comments
Recipes Thanksgiving

Friendsgiving Challenge #1: Real Friendship is Working Around Everyone’s Dietary Restrictions

Kyle’s created a full Friendsgiving menu that accommodates about a dozen dietary restrictions, and she’s used an impressive graphing system to make it happen.

Kyle Cornforth November 16, 2017 25 Comments
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