“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.”
The Comment Awards Are Back on the Apps
“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”
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.
My Queer Return to Trinbagonian Carnival
Queerness exists in a paradoxical space in Carnival culture — ever-present but still hidden.
“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.”
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?”
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.
“Mother Has Lived, What Can I Say?”
DonnaSue Johnson describes herself as a “big, black, beautiful, Bohemian, bougie, Buddhist butch.”
The Comment Awards Are Writing Fanfiction About Dana Scully
“Can’t wait for the Daddy quiz and to see what all the pairings become!!!”
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.”
“And I Said to God, Isn’t Being Black Enough? Do I Have To Be Gay Too?”
“The truth of our history is that gay, lesbian, and gender-expansive people were normal and recognized in the Black community.”
The Comment Awards Are Both Fascinating and Slightly Unhinged
“So proud that my wife Natasha Lyonne is fathering children with Drew Barrymore, who has been an agent of queer chaos since she turned Darlene Connor gay in Poison Ivy.”
“I Didn’t Know Trans Men Existed Until I Saw Chaz Bono on Dancing With the Stars”
This year, the Autostraddle team decided to focus our Black History Month coverage on the Black elders who are still here and still doing the work. We welcome our readers to celebrate these members of the Black LGBTQ+ community with us.
Queer Archivists and Library Workers on Archival Materials That Meant a Lot to Them
“We’ve always struggled but we’ve also always had culture and community, I think that those just mean a lot to me, also that we’ve always been funny.”
Learning From Queer Libraries and Archives in a Time of Erasure
As legislatures and hate groups seek to censor and erase queer and trans lives and experiences, these spaces, be they physical or digital, housed in universities or grassroots-led, are perhaps more important than ever.
The Comment Awards Are Splitting Wood With a Sword Like A Lesbian Avenger
“Cannot believe the M3gan sequel is not called Meg4n!”
The Comment Awards Are Buzzing With Antici-p-p-pation
“I’m shipping you and Tasha!”
The Comment Awards Are a Nonbinary Bonbon
“Mrs. Peacock with the tuxedo jacket in the bedroom is how i die.”
The Comment Awards Are Leaving Space for the Great Unknown
“Finley may only have 11 numbers in her phone, but one of them is Rebecca!”
Autostraddle Editors Select Their Favorite 2022 Posts — That They Had Nothing to Do With
Telling our stories, on our terms, requires so much love. And we are so honored to do it. We hope to make you proud.