26 Really Special Ways You Described Your Relationship Status In The Autostraddle Reader Survey
“I am so alone please send cats”
Brittani’s Video Party: “Starting From Now” Only “Tiny Nuts” in “Silicon Valley”
The video party made its way to Silicon Valley and Tig Notaro is doing keg stands while she watches a couple of new webseries.
Dear Queer Diary: Finding the Write Time
Although I have never in my life awoken in the morning feeling like P. Diddy, I regularly wake up in the morning feeling like the author of the next great American novel, a feeling that I wish I spent more time preserving in my journal before I put on my sensible work shoes and walk out my apartment door.
#AutoAri: The Last Round EVER of Real World Questions Got A Big Day Ta-Da
‘Twas the last episode of Real World, and all across town. All the housemates were fighting… Or f*cking around.
Love Isn’t All You Need: Michigan Woman Assaulted After Her Same-Sex Wedding
The attack of this woman just nine days after she made her girlfriend her wife in the eyes of the law brings into sharp relief the problem with the LGBT movement focusing so intensely on marriage.
Recruiting All Homos: Losing Myself In The Basics, Loving It
“I miss contraband, kumbayahs, and those very few and far between moments where I felt like there was nothing that could stop us.”
Top Five Alternatives To Bras
Wearing bras can be just as empowering and bold as rallying naked in the streets at Pride. But for anyone interested in not wearing a bra, here are some alternatives!
Bras For Babes With Small Busts
If you hear “AA” and don’t think “batteries,” this bra guide is for you!
Playlist: I Am A Baby Bear Coming Out Of Hibernation
“what if grace made a playlist that was done in the persona of a baby bear ending hibernation and coming out of their cave for the first time since winter, would that make this day better”
Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.
I spoke with Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie, Fallon Fox, Bailey Jay, Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross, Sarah McBride and more women from the Trans 100 to find out how to best support the women on this list and trans women in general.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Silicone Is Sexy
VIDEO: Why you should never use silicone lube on a silicone dildo.
Also.Also.Also. Rosie the Riveter is Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Queer porn is the best, abstinence only sex ed is the worst, and two new book projects are changing the way kids talk about gender, sexuality and technology!
Hey, Jessie J Isn’t Bi Or Gay, Much To Our Dismay She’s Strai, Okay
“I want to stop talking about it completely now and find myself a husband. It’s a true struggle. All the chick flicks that didn’t make sense to me, I now understand – Sex and the City is real!”
Keep It Consensual as F*ck with DeAnne Smith’s New Music Video
“Pump it, crank it, spin it / I’mma get Ani DiFrank for a minute”
Lumberjanes Launches TODAY! Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters Are Spilling Their Guts
I figuratively locked Grace Ellis and Shannon Watters in a dark room and made them talk a little bit about their creative process in celebration of today’s AMAZING launch. Also: preview art!
Style is Style: Put Some Pants On!
“Gazing at my reflection, I was dumbfounded. Could it be? Could I really be wearing JEANS?”
Report On Media Gender Diversity Confirms The Patriarchy Continues Controlling Everything, Being The Worst
We end up with a bunch of wealthy white dudes palling around with other wealthy white dudes, mostly telling stories about, you guessed it, wealthy white dudes.
“Hark! A Vagrant’s” Kate Beaton Returns to Long Form Comics With “Ducks”
Kate Beaton brings us this collection of touching and tragic tales from her time working on the oil sands of Alberta.
Make a Thing: Sports Bra and Wireless Lace Bra
Bras are expensive. Let’s make some ourselves.
National Poetry Month: Lauren Zuniga Will Lull You Awake
“I just started working on a piece that’s a mash up of Neil Degrasse Tyson and Nicki Minaj.”