Our QTPOC besties are vital to our existence so we wanted to create a list filled with our stories to celebrate just how magical they are.

The entire story of our entire trip from California to Michigan and also all the bigger stories and the smaller ones, too.

I Am Cait, I Am Jazz, Hannibal, Complications, The Fosters, Chasing Life, Defiance, Rookie Blue, Scream, Clipped, Steven Universe and more!

Affirming private messages. A peek into the vices and virtues of your favorite commenters. The lingering sense that you’re a part of something really special and full of love. THIS IS AUTOSTRADDLE SOCIAL AND I WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND ON IT.

Seriously, that should be enough to convince you to read the book and this review.

If you’ve ever wondered what happens when a big ‘ol group of queers and otherwise-identified humans taste test and evaluate six brands of string cheese accompanied by boxed wine, then today could very well be the greatest day of your life.

Wolf parents, gal pal dates and tank tops.

Lena makes the very bad decision not to tell Stef that she kissed Monty.

From the dog park to your front stoop, these are the places you could hang out with your fellow ‘straddlers this summer to beat the heat, make some friends, and potentially get a little drunk.

Rachel: “The writing & philosophy class I was required to take freshman year mostly sucked. But there was this one girl, Lizz, who seemed cool. She wore comic book tshirts and had beautiful shiny hair. One day after class, I announced to a friend, ‘Lizz is not straight. I can just tell.'”
Lizz: “There was something about Rachel that I just couldn’t shake. She spent a lot of time quoting feminist theorists who I’d never heard of and she had what I would later come to call ‘Congenital Gay Face.'”

Illustrated owls, Judy Blume’s new novel, the Lambda Literary Award winners, what Riese and Rachel have been reading, and more.

All month, we’re inviting you — yes, you there in the cute crop top and biker shorts! — to host Autostraddle meet-ups and celebrate pride with some of the shiniest faces of wonder on the Internet. You in? Okay, good. Let’s make it happen!

(or the Bee’s Knees? I’m choosing to go with the plural possessive because no one bee is responsible for the honey. Or we could call it the Beeses Kneeses.)

Clementine Ford on falling in love on The L Word set, Mad Max is a miracle, Frankie and Grace return, summer documentaries and more stories you’ll really be glad to know about.

The QTPOC Speakeasy is throwing a house party/pajama jam on Mt. Feelings and everyone’s invited! Come for the throwbacks, stay for the dance-off. We even put together a mini-playlist for you, bb.

One day, my very best gal pal rubbed some lavender salve and it changed my whole freaking life. So let’s all make lavender salve because it’s made of magic and smells like inner peace.

Limitting a tasting to one specific distillery is like reading something you like and then picking up every book the author ever wrote. Becoming familiar with one distillery’s whiskeys gives you the chance to talk about their body of work as a whole.

Ain’t no party like an AS party cuz we party on top of g-damb mountain. I’m talking about queer parties with brujas, loverbois, Harry Potter heads, and geeked out cyborgs. Come talk to us about that one time at that party that was the best ever.

Cosima scores with Canada’s favorite lesbian dating app, and Helena and Sarah break each other’s hearts.

Soon, many of you will be piling into cars together to make your pilgrimage to The Mountain for A-Camp. Here are some questions to help you learn each other.