Our Hands, Ourselves: A Deeply Unscientific Investigation of Identity
“I can never remember which finger is supposed to make me gay. I guess this is part of the whole indecisive bisexual thing.”
50+ LGBTQ Black Women You Need To Know Because We Are Awesome
Black queer women are magical. We’re innovators of style, technology, science, art, music, and all other sorts of badassery. This year for Black History Month, we’ve included another 50 Black trans and queer women that you absolutely must know about.
Babelfish: An Investigation Into Queer & Lesbian Slang Around the World
“Who’s that hüftenwackler talking to Carol?”
“Oh, that’s Therese.”
Let’s Talk About ‘Latinxs’
As much as I read about ‘Latinxs,’ I couldn’t fully grasp how to explain its usage to others or the importance of it, until this response piece from the news site, Latino Rebels.
Love and Resistance: Reflections on Queer Survivance This Indigenous Peoples’ Day
As folks flock to department store sales and many more to parades honoring the man, the legend, and symbol of settler colonialism, Indigenous people from across Turtle Island come together to commemorate Native cultures. Like most days throughout the year, today we dance, sing, eat, laugh, and Indigenize social media together. Today, however, we do so with a special purpose: to reclaim and redefine a holiday intended to celebrate the genocide and forced assimilation of Native peoples.
12 Incredible Indigenous LGBTQ Women and Two-Spirit People You Should Know
In commemoration of Indigenous People’s Day, here are 12 Native American and First Nation queer, two-spirit, lesbian, agender and otherwise relevant-to-your-interests humans way more worthy of a holiday than Christopher Columbus.
No, Communities of Color Are Not More Homophobic or Transphobic than White Ones
So your white gf used a grossly inaccurate stereotype about your entire ethnicity/race to make a point? COOL. Let’s talk about it.
Brouhaha’s Trans Women of Color Storytelling is Healing, is the Revolution
“I’m so tired of our stories being saturated in death and martyrdom. What’s lacking in the way our stories are told by the media is our joy. This is an entire show where we’re sharing laughter. That’s heart medicine.”
What Does It Mean To Be A Queer Adult? The Autostraddle Roundtable
What does it mean to be a queer adult? We’ve got mini-essays from our writers over thirty and three glorious infographics that look at census data and our own Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey Data to get a grip on what happens next.
The State of the Lesbian Bar: Portland Sees Popups Replace the E Room
A rich LGBT watering hole history, the last lesbian bar’s betrayal, and thoughts on the current landscape of queer women’s parties and spaces — a dramatic tale of Portland, Oregon bar culture.
Dear Queer Diary: Two Journalers are Twice as Nice
Mary and Frances reveal the secrets of the diary-writing universe.
Dear Queer Diary: It’s Carolyne!
She sings opera, bakes cookies, and owns more than half a dozen journals. What more could we ask for?
Sweating in Sweatpants: A Brunchventure
So, what’s up with upholstered vests?
Dear Queer Diary: Meet Abbie
Abbie has a collection of uni-ball roller pens and the coolest bangs south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Dear Queer Diary: A Friend of Journaling Is A Friend of Mine
Introducing Tango, a shining star in the galaxy of Straddler-Journalers!
Queer Pilgrimages Past & Present: Van Lust and Lesbian America
Where would you go on your queer pilgrimage?
Jack Tar 207’s 50 Fierce Femmes List Features Familiar Faces: Mey, Aja and Bevin!
Mey! Aja! Bevin! We love you so much, you fierce femmes!
Dear Queer Diary: Top Secret
If I show you mine, would you show me yours?
The House That Ruth Built
“It was lasagna night, and as the kitchen got ready to serve dinner, kids checked Facebook at the cyber center, watched cartoon shows with headphones on, and fooled around at the pool table. The things that differentiated this gathering from a high school cafeteria were small: the thin kid wearing a parka inside who came up, bashful, for a full plate of food three times; the kids who wrapped up food in tin foil or took it away with them in to-go containers.”
Stand By Me: Historically Black Churches and LGBTQ Allyship
The question of homophobia in historically Black churches is way more nuanced than conversations about Christianity and queerness often take into account. If the Black church and LGBTQ movements joined forces, they would be a force to reckon with.