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An Abundance of Librarians, Both “Sexy” and Unspecified: 544 Jobs A+ Members Have!

From nursing (THANK YOU!) to forestry to operating a particle accelerator, our A+ members reported working over 500 different jobs in the 2020 Autostraddle Reader Survey.

By Nicole Hall| November 9, 2020 | 54 Comments
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31 Extra-Special Ways You Described Your Sexual Orientation on the 2020 Reader Survey

“Technically bi cause Chris Hemsworth exists but basically gay”

By Riese| September 8, 2020 | 50 Comments
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Take Autostraddle’s 2020 Reader Survey: We Want to Know All About YOU!

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By The Editors| July 7, 2020 | 18 Comments
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Embarrassing stories, sexy stories, funny stories, wholesome stories – we want ’em all!

By Vanessa| May 27, 2020 | 5 Comments
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Tell Us All About Your Weird Pandemic Sex Dreams!

We’re entering month 567 of a global pandemic, and you may be having some weird sex dreams! Here at autostraddle dot com, we’d love to hear about them in a respectful manner, for journalism.

By Rachel| May 11, 2020 | 4 Comments
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Take Autostraddle’s Politics Survey: We Want Your Queer Opinions

What are the political issues in the US you are most concerned about? What are your priorities for securing LGBTQ+ rights? And if it were up to you, dear reader – of any citizenship, living in any country – who would you vote for in the US presidential primary elections?

By himani| December 3, 2019 | 38 Comments
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Take Autostraddle’s Big Queer Money Survey So We Can All Prosper

Let’s talk about everybody’s favorite topic: money!!!

By Riese| March 4, 2019 | 43 Comments
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If you’ve got 15-20 minutes to tell me how and why you travel and where you go and what you do there and how you feel about it on a few different levels, it would be so great. Note: this is not the same travel survey we told you about last week!

By Riese| November 19, 2018 | 21 Comments
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33 Deeply Enchanting Feelings You Have About Witchcraft

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By Riese| October 9, 2018 | 35 Comments
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Queer Women Very Much Not Fans of Christianity

The data from our Lesbian Stereotypes Survey shows LGBTQ women and non-binary people have fled Christianity in droves — we actually have more Pagans than Catholics.

By Riese| September 27, 2018 | 75 Comments
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It’s True: Queer Women Own The Most Cats

Our first post from the 12k responses to the Lesbian Stereotypes Survey digs into our propensity for cat ownership, our failure to appreciate how great dogs are, and the definitive answer to the eternal question “which pet is most likely to summon ghosts to your home?”

By Riese| September 19, 2018 | 78 Comments
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Tops, Bottoms, Switches, What Do You Mean: Take Our Autostraddle Lesbian & Queer Sex Survey

What does it mean to be a top, bottom, or switch? What about dominant or submissive? We were gonna tell you but decided to ask you first.

By Riese| June 26, 2018 | 14 Comments
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This Is You: Some Things The 2016 Autostraddle Survey Told Us About You

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By The Editors| June 21, 2017 | 45 Comments
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55 Gayest Ways You Met Your Significant Other(s), According to the Autostraddle Reader Survey

“Smashing the patriarchy and organizing for a rape crisis center on our college campus while also taking a gender studies class. Also I was a data point in her thesis. It was about gender neutral housing.”

By Riese| March 6, 2017 | 97 Comments
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39 Truly Innovative Ways You Described Your Relationship Status On The Autostraddle Reader Survey

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By Riese| February 23, 2017 | 105 Comments
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35 Truly Inspirational Ways You Described Your Gender Presentation On the Autostraddle Reader Survey

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

By Riese| November 1, 2016 | 149 Comments
Straddleverse

Autostraddle Reader Survey 2016: We Wanna Know All About You!

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

By the team| October 27, 2016 | 50 Comments
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“Whether or not selfie culture upholds or demolishes the patriarchy”

By Riese| October 2, 2015 | 76 Comments
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