QTPOC Speakeasy at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA) (photo by Robin Roemer)

Alex, Mary, Mal & AB Chao at Bren & Carrie’s A-Camp Wedding (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Brittani’s Selfie Party at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Geneva, Carmen, Liz & Brittani at the A-Camp Prom (Angelus Oaks, CA)

GET IN THE BUS WE’RE GOING TO A-CAMP

The OG Autostraddle Team at A-Camp 1.0 (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Laneia and Riese at A-Camp 2.0 (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Gabby & Phoenix at A-Camp 1.0 (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Julie, Brandy and Grace at A-Camp 2.0 (Angelus Oaks, CA)

A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)

A-Camp 2.0 (Angelus Oaks, CA)

Ara & Austen at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)

LGBT fiction for the tween / young teen in your life, or for anyone who likes a good queer book (spoiler: that’s everyone).

You want to look like your best self: fun, hot, interesting, and lez be real, it doesn’t hurt if you look like you might actually send the first message.

Even the most “accessible” queer fashion can feel intimidating when you only see it on celebs – that’s why we’ve assembled real-life queers to show you how real people are wearing wardrobe staples and celeb-inspired fashion. Today: gay boots!

The problem with birthdays, and graduations, is that endings and beginnings are so often the same thing. What we’re really celebrating is the motion, the opposite of stagnating, the skill of turning your head and blinking your eyes to see things in a new light, even if your feet and heart feel heavy and the landscape hasn’t changed.

If casual dating is a thing you want, you can do it! I believe in you / us / our ability to not get married on the third date.

Nothing stays the same forever, and that includes our bods; here’s the Autostraddle team talking about how they’ve noticed their bodies aging and what that’s like.

“Maybe I could teach you how to do that and you could teach me a couple of things I’ve been wonderin’,” I told her. She shook my hand. It was a deal.

You’d be surprised the kind of memories that can be sparked by a simple phrase or even by the look and feel of a book.