The city isn’t very outwardly hostile, and once you find a pocket of queer friends to start connecting you to others (one thing this guide will hopefully help you do!), we think the ‘Nati can be downright grand.

I was 22 years old when I donated my eggs anonymously at a fertility clinic in New York City.

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”

“I started a Tumblr called Midwestern Monster Hunt dedicated to my adventures and to sharing stories of the weird, macabre, and strange. I began following blogs devoted to lovingly curating blurry photos dotted with red circles, grainy images of discs in the sky, or puns about Mothman. The more involved in cryptid and paranormal spaces I became, the more queer people seemed to pop up.”

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.

“Put in the effort, put yourself out there and you will be rewarded with a really, really good time!”

Welcome to 2023, which promises to be yet another spectacular year for feminist and queer books. This winter is only the beginning!

The weather is getting warmer and the LGBTQ+ books are only getting hotter! Queer book lovers, get ready we have all your spring blanket reading needs covered.

This fall we’ve got terrifying queer horror, swoony lesbian romance, cute sapphic YA, intriguing lit fic, monstrous women in fantasy and sci fi, new feminist history books, and much more!

In a couple of weeks I’m hosting my very first queer Seder. Let’s talk about how we celebrate Passover!

“I think you underestimate the amount of time I spend thinking about Remi.” – Waffle

“Queer” set itself up as “not straight” centuries before “straight” had even thought about being a sexual identity.”

Peacock’s new “re-imagining” of Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” is brimming with promise, exuberance and sex that is both groundbreaking and incredibly hot — and what I found myself wanting from the show was simply more of it.

I’m queer, and I’m kinky. But being kinky doesn’t make me queer. Kink is not a sexual orientation.

As a Black queer traveler, there are a whole host of reasons why finding other Black queer communities can be difficult. Black Queer Travel Guide spoke to six Black queer people about their experiences of trying to find Black queer family wherever they go.

Hey there science nerds! This is like taking high school biology all over again! Except this time when we explore nature, it’s going to be truly, deeply queer.

Ohio’s capital city (and the third largest city in the Midwest) has everything you’d ever need, including the world’s best ice cream, one of the country’s largest universities, and a hoppin’ LGBTQ scene.

These are our picks for the best TV shows of 2023 with LGBTQ+ women and/or trans characters.

It’s an incredible time be a queer cinephile. A list of the best queer movies of 2023 is basically just a list of the best movies period.

We got superhero movies! Teen comedies! Christmas movies! Oscar bait! Musicals!!!!