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Herstory

BREAKING: Olivia Wyndham and Edna Thomas Are In Love and It’s F*cking Adorable

That one dance with a woman, Edna gasped, “made me know I was a homosexual.”

By Riese| December 1, 2017 | 11 Comments
Books

25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List

Celebrate LGBT History Month by reading LGBT history books!

By Carolyn Yates| October 27, 2017 | 8 Comments
Herstory

LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

It’s LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, a topic which is near and dear to our hearts because it is definitely NOT near OR dear to the hearts of anybody in charge of public education.

By Riese| October 3, 2017 | 11 Comments
Herstory

38 Lesbian and Bisexual Women From History Who Did That Thing First

What do the first Chinese-American filmmaker, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first woman to wear man-tailored shorts at Wimbledon all have in common? They had romantic feelings about other women, just like you!

By Riese| August 30, 2017 | 30 Comments
Books Herstory

Fill In Your Butch History With This Coloring Book

Why learn about butch lesbian herstory when you can learn about butch lesbian herstory by way of babes?

By Carolyn Yates| July 18, 2017 | 10 Comments
Herstory

16 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Got Shit Done, Together

Just some low-key relationship goals for ya.

By Riese| March 31, 2017 | 136 Comments
Music

Playlist: Black Queer Music History, Pt. 2 (1930s-1960s)

It was hard enough to be black during this time, let alone black and queer, but these musicians did it and they made awesome music!

By Ari| February 9, 2017 | 6 Comments
Arts + Pop Culture Herstory

Top 10 Most Sexually Prolific Lesbians and Bisexuals Of Old Hollywood

Think of it as “The Real L Word: Los Angeles 1900s-1950s Edition”

By Riese| July 7, 2016 | 88 Comments
Books

Rebel Girls: The True Stories of 10 Women Breaking Barriers in Contemporary American Politics

The stories of 10 American women who fundamentally altered history simply by showing up and working like hell — in their own words.

By Carmen| April 27, 2016 | 18 Comments
Herstory

12 Women They Didn’t Tell You Were Queer In History Class

Really unclear why we didn’t spend at least one semester reading Emily Dickinson’s love letters to her girlfriend.

By Riese| September 11, 2015 | 115 Comments
Feminism Herstory

Rebel Girls: Consider This Your Women’s Herstory Month Syllabus

I want us to embark on some serious herstorical journeys through time, but I simply cannot condense herstory into one post, so I’m gonna condense everyone else’s pieces, books, movies, and projects about women’s history into one instead!

By Carmen| March 4, 2015 | 13 Comments
Fake News

Introducing Gayworld: Disney’s Newest Park Offers Dynamic and Educational Fun For The Whole Family!

Autostraddle has the inside scoop on Disney’s boldest show of supporting equality since Timon and Pumbaa sang “Are you achin’ for some bacon” in hula skirts! Gayworld is finally here!

By the team| April 1, 2014 | 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

Poet Jade Foster’s Revival Tour Takes You to Church

“Every person who comes up and asks to share, has never left me. Every friend or colleague who said I’ll watch your door, I’ll send that email, I’ll pick y’all up, y’all can stay at my house, has never left me.”

By Carmen| March 12, 2014 | 2 Comments
Herstory

100+ LGBTQ Black Women You Should Know: The Epic Black History Month Megapost

This epic megapost is your glorious opportunity to meet more than 100 amazing black LGBT women who’ve made their mark over the last 150 years.

By Riese| February 26, 2014 | 107 Comments
Books

Read a F*cking Zine: 50 Zines by Queer People of Color

POC Zine Project presents a massive list of zines, plus info on where you can get them and so much more. Zines for days!

By Daniela Capistrano| July 23, 2013 | 13 Comments
Fashion/Style

Feeling Dandy About Being Dapper

“I shouldn’t have to “reclaim” my dapper style. It was all of ours to begin with.” Two essays on dapper from Anita Dolce Vita and Blakeley Calhoun.

By dapperq| June 6, 2013 | 73 Comments
Herstory

Idol Worship: Mabel Hampton Is Gay History

Mabel Hampton preserved our story when it was first starting. Now I wanna tell hers to you.

By Carmen| March 12, 2013 | 13 Comments
Society + Culture

More Than Words: Drag It Out Of Me

“We’re born naked and the rest is drag”

By Cara| January 22, 2013 | 11 Comments
Herstory Issues

10 Great Places to Meet Lesbians If You Have a Time Machine

If you’re really sick of the lesbian scene where you live, why not build a time machine and go back to when everyone hated us? Here are some excellent places to meet ladies from history.

By Riese| May 26, 2012 | 84 Comments
First Person Issues

Queer Harlem: From LGBT Icons of the Harlem Renaissance to Invisible Me

Even when someone doesn’t know the range of the artistic revolution that was the Harlem Renaissance, they know the name. They know writers like Claude Mckay or singers like Ethel Waters but they may not know them as Queer Black Americans. Why is this?

By Cairo Amani| April 4, 2012 | 38 Comments
Herstory

It’s Black History Month! Here’s Five Of My Favorite LGBTQ Black Women

A history lesson, a poetry lesson, and a some famous queer black ladies.

By Carmen| February 3, 2012 | 28 Comments

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