Oh Hey! It’s Alyssa #8: New Body, New Sneakers
“Weeks after my 18th birthday, life as I knew it would change. I was rushed to the trauma unit, unable to move my body from the neck down.”
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Ladybird Invasions and Cosmic Perspectives on Gender
Read about the epidemiology and pathology of zombie infections and more.
No Filter: Evan Rachel Wood Finally Joins Instagram, Glory Hallelujah
Also, Ruby Rose joined the Misfits, Brittani Nichols is making eyes at you and Danielle Brooks’ Halloween costume is a work of art.
Trump Waves A Rainbow Flag; GOP Remains Anti-Gay
Trump does not have an official policy document that lists his supposedly pro-LGBT stance but has consistently laid out an anti-LGBT position through announcements and promises made to his party and anti-LGBT groups.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 28, October 2016
“I would give anything to see Rachel start a discussion with a writer that begins with ‘Can I be frank'”
Ain’t Afraid of No Ghosts: Talking to Ohio’s Queer Ghost Hunters About LGBT Hauntings and History
The all-LGBT ghost hunting team of Ohio tells us about their real-life ghost experiences, fighting heteronormativity in the afterlife, and what it’s like to talk to LGBT history with dowsing rods.
Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for November 2016
When you tap into your sensitivity, you’ll know immediately when something’s harmful (whether that’s a controlling person or a toxic chemical), you’ll trust what your gut is telling you, and you’ll be able to help others with your insights and awareness.
An Introvert Goes Canvassing For Hillary Clinton
Maybe I’m not the best candidate to talk politics with strangers. But I couldn’t shake the feeling — the knowledge, really — that I’d copped out. Bailing on our first female President, of all people, because you’re scared? Nah, girl. I called the guy back, told him I could make it after all, held myself accountable on social media, and freaked out for ten minutes. But it was on. I was going.
Bottoms Up: A Way To Move Through The World
I started to see submission as less about what happens in play and more about a way to approach the world.
35 Truly Inspirational Ways You Described Your Gender Presentation On the Autostraddle Reader Survey
“Femme in the Summer, Butch in the Winter: A Seasonal Fluidity.”
Drawn to Comics: Six Spooky and Fun Comics Perfect for an All-Ages Queer Halloween
Halloween is a great time for queer people. We get to explore weird stuff, we get to dress however we want, we get to try new things. We also get to tell stories. We get to tell stories that show just how weird and different and, yes, sometimes creepy, our worlds and our lives and our selves are.
Helping You Help Yourself #38
Plants in a jar, shopping around for health insurance, building credit, and most importantly voting!!
Spooked Ya: The Time I Met The Ghost Of The ‘Girl On Fire’
What followed was absolute chaos. Pure, unadulterated terror. Those haunted house reaction pictures at the moment of surprise come to life. Girls were shoving each other out of the way but where we were running was unclear. Off the earth? Possibly.
The Ultimate Maggie Nelson Reading List
Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts doesn’t have an index, so I made one for it. I can promise that it is both longer and shorter than you think.
LIVE STREAM: Tegan and Sara’s Halloween Concert Tonight!
Come on in and watch this live performance with me! The pre-show starts at 3:15 EST. The show starts at 9:15pm EST. Then share all your feelings in the comments.
“Me Before You” Is the Most Terrifying Horror Film of 2016
Me Before You isn’t half-baked schlock that crumbles under the weight of its own unconscionable ignorance. No — instead, director Thea Sharrock and writer Jojo Moyes gave us a bio-horror masterpiece about a deadly outbreak of Ableism in small-town Wales. With Halloween upon us, it’s time their efforts got the recognition they deserve.
Sunday Funday Will Be Your Best Ally, Inspiring Love Story, and Dream President
A university community stuck up for trans folks, an elderly lesbian couple told their love story in order to make you f*cking vote already, Barack Obama endorsed noted bisexual Kate Brown, Secret like the deodorant hates bathroom bills too, Eileen Myles and Jill Soloway have a breakup more beautiful than some relationships, and more stories to fill you with warm fuzzies and happy tears!
NSFW Sunday Is Throwing A Costume Orgy
Sex life spells, satanic burlesque, Halloween porn searches and more.
An Actual Response to Sexual Harassment in Virtual Reality that I Think Is Actually Rad
One woman’s account of her sexual harassment in a virtual reality environment begs the question of whether women and other marginalized groups have to just accept violence wherever they go; these developers think they’ve figured out one possible solution.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #27
A ghost story.