I don’t know how to be hopeful right now, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing or working or fighting, and I know everyone at Autostraddle stands firmly with me.

Lay it all out there and bring hope to our world. It’s what you do best.

My problem with grief is its general shape. Grief is somehow both slippery and sharp, rolling over you with sadness then sneakily attacking your soft underbelly with its claws.

I’m ready to take back the heritage that is so rightfully ours, and one way I’m going to do that is by homebrewing my own goddamn beer. With my girlfriend. And her cat. Please join us.

An Atlanta man who killed Catherine Montoya was was found guilty of murder, rape, aggravated assault and aggravated sodomy; gentrification and the closing of gay bars; a group within the FBI is pro-Trump and attempting to influence the election; a Muslim trans woman in Russia was murdered and more news.

“E.L. Fudge is strictly for children, as no adult can actually eat them with any dignity or hope for their future.”

“When I send my Macbook out to sea, do you think I should say “Go with God, Crispy” like Maggie Smith does in “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit,” or “Boom, Mr. Longbottom!” like Maggie Smith does in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2″?”

A-Camp 7.5 via adeholton on instagram

A-Camp 7.5 message board via instagram

Dead Lesbian Haunted House, A-Camp 7.5

Staff in a Tub before Fall A-Camp (Mukwanago, WI)

A-Camp hoodies: a cozy shield against unwanted interaction

“Femme in the Summer, Butch in the Winter: A Seasonal Fluidity.”

A-Camp hoodies: a cozy shield against unwanted interaction

It’s time for the 2016 Autostraddle Reader Survey! Are you ready? (I don’t think you’re ready!)

Laverne, our queen! Let’s do this!

A new study shows women who seek an abortion are pretty certain they want to go through with it, Michelle Obama’s latest speech is fantastic, women protest outside Trump Tower, the ACLU finds social media companies are selling user data to a company used by cops and more news.

Welcome to a brand new weekly round-up of all the DC superhero shows that include queer women!

Here’s a resource to help you and your parents navigate your coming out together!!

I truly pity people who aren’t evolved enough to celebrate their heritage beyond that of a mass-raping, slave-trading, sex-trafficking murderer with a bad sense of direction.