We live in a time when you can see yourself reflected in all kinds of media, from all kinds of corporations, who never liked to talk about us before. But when you click on those things, you are giving people money who are not part of our community.

In 2012, a Condé Nast website called style.com published an article with the headline: “IS LESBIAN CHIC HERE TO STAY?” In this thrilling piece of supposed journalism, the writer remarked, “Lesbians! They’re everywhere.”

“Not my gay ass thinking that by caroling I thought you meant… watching Carol?”

We do lose something when dedicated queer spaces like Into, Girlfriends and SheWired shutter or AfterEllen goes full TERF, but we also lose something when The Awl, The Hairpin and The Toast do. These were places where writers were free to experiment, to be weird, to make writer-first content that isn’t easily monetizable.

“As a thick butch, I love this thick butch content!”

“It would be amazing/hilarious/infuriating if Disney’s first true queer representation was in a movie about lesbian dogs.”

Your community gallery for May! Nearly 100 queers doing the work!

There’s a really cute story about Tipping the Velvet and falling in love in here!

We’re looking for gutsy and ambitious reporters who wanna join the best team ever and get paid to write about stuff that matters.

Have I told you lately that I love you? All of you? Because I do.

This is my last week at Autostraddle. I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you.

“I’m used to working with an all-queer team that has amazing creative ideas that are a little bit out of the box, so it feels like a perfect fit from my end.”

“Can someone make an app for that, please? We can call it SPIT!”

“I remember telling my girlfriend at the time, ‘I’m going to write for them some day,’ to which she replied, ‘You can try but it’s pretty competitive. I don’t think you’ll ever be good enough to write for them.'”

I thought that by 35, I’d be married. I thought by 35, I’d have kids. I thought I’d be straight.

“Damn, I dressed like #5 every day this summer and yet experienced a distinct and disappointing lack of inevitable reunions with former love interests.”

“She dazzled me with her solo audition and now we have jam/smooch sessions.”

Say hello to the 14 (yes, you heard that right!) new writers who are helping to make Autostraddle brighter and sharper.

That time of the week. So much better than that time of the month.

“I am absolutely shocked that the main character’s name is Alyssa…who is Amy???”