Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register
    • Lost Password?
  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • Issues
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • Join A+
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • 2020 LGBTQ Television Guide
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time
    • I Watched Classic Lesbian Movies
    • Film
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Have Lesbian Sex
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey
    • Anonymous Sex Toy Reviews
    • View From the Top
    • Bottoms Up
    • Poly Pocket
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
    • The Resistance
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • What I Wore
    • Butch Please

Life

  • Food and Drink
  • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
  • Health + Athletics
  • Travel
  • Business + Work

Geekery

  • All Geekery Posts
  • Drawn to Comics
  • Queer Your Tech
  • Saturday Morning Cartoons
  • Notes From A Queer Engineer
  • Gayme Corner
  • Video Games

LGBT Culture

  • Politics + Activism
  • Herstory
  • Marriage Equality
  • Coming Out
  • International News

Our Best Work

  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked By Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Research/Investigations
  • Personal Essays
  • Longreads
  • Photo Essays
  • Shopping Guides
  • Listlings Without Commentary
  • Serious Business
  • Playlists

Etc.

  • Things I Read That I Love
  • Fake News
  • This Business Of Art
  • The Way We Were
  • Events
  • Video
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Calendar Girls
  • Hot 100
  • Autostraddle Merch

Autostraddle Autostraddle

  • Support Us
    • Buy Our Merch
    • Become an A+ Member
    • Give Us Money
    • Shop Our Affiliates
  • Issues
  • A+
    • All A+ Posts
    • Join A+
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Into the A+ Advice Box
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diary
    • Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
    • Personal Essays
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • 2020 LGBTQ Television Guide
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • The L Word: Generation Q recaps
    • The L Word
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Recaps
    • Boobs On Your Tube
    • 202 Dead Les/Bi TV Characters
  • Arts+Pop Culture
    • All Arts + Pop Culture Posts
    • The 200 Best Lesbian, Queer & Bisexual Movies Of All Time
    • I Watched Classic Lesbian Movies
    • Film
    • Books
    • Vapid Fluff
    • Fashion/Style
    • Music
    • Comedy
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
  • Sex+Dating
    • All Sex + Dating Posts
    • Lesbian Sex 101
    • How To Have Lesbian Sex
    • How To Be Gay
    • NSFW Sunday
    • Shibari 101
    • Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey
    • Anonymous Sex Toy Reviews
    • View From the Top
    • Bottoms Up
    • Poly Pocket
  • Politics
    • All News + Politics Posts
    • COVID-19
    • This Is Not The Church of Social Justice
    • The Resistance
  • Community
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • Roundtables
    • Herstory
    • First Person
    • Queer IRL
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Advice
    • You Need Help
    • Events + Meet-Ups Hub
    • Queer Girl City Guides
  • Columns
    • Year Of Our Lorde
    • Come Vibe With Me
    • Straight People Watch
    • The Dyke Kitchen
    • For Your Consideration
    • Things I Read That I Loved
    • Queering Disability
    • Find Your Fit
    • Queer Horoscopes
    • No Filter
    • What I Wore
    • Butch Please
  • More
    • Life
      • Food and Drink
      • DIY / Crafting / Food / Home
      • Health + Athletics
      • Travel
      • Business + Work
    • Geekery
      • All Geekery Posts
      • Drawn to Comics
      • Queer Your Tech
      • Saturday Morning Cartoons
      • Notes From A Queer Engineer
      • Gayme Corner
      • Video Games
    • LGBT Culture
      • Politics + Activism
      • Herstory
      • Marriage Equality
      • Coming Out
      • International News
    • Our Best Work
      • Greatest Hits
      • Ranked By Lesbianism
      • Epic Lists
      • Research/Investigations
      • Personal Essays
      • Longreads
      • Photo Essays
      • Shopping Guides
      • Listlings Without Commentary
      • Serious Business
      • Playlists
    • Etc.
      • Things I Read That I Love
      • Fake News
      • This Business Of Art
      • The Way We Were
      • Events
      • Video
      • Lists/Top Tens
      • Calendar Girls
      • Hot 100
      • Autostraddle Merch
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
  • Shop
  • Sign in
    • Register

      Lost Password?

queer camp

Sex + Relationships

Campership Alert: Go to A-Camp X for Free Thanks to LELO!

Win your ticket to A-Camp X and the fees for the shuttle from LELO! Here’s how to enter.

By Guest| March 23, 2018 | 6 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert: GladRags Wants to Send You to A-Camp and Change Your Life

GladRags, a rad feminist company that makes comfortable, reusable menstrual products, wants to send one lucky human to A-Camp X for free! Plus, they’ll hook you up with the reusable menstrual product of your choice!

By Vanessa| March 16, 2018 | 8 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2018: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply for Camperships!

Read the heartwarming essays from some of 2017’s A-Campership recipients and learn more about donating or applying yourself! We’ve even got a tax-deductible donation option this year that you’ll wanna know all about.

By the team| March 1, 2018 | 9 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership From Catalyst Wedding Co.!

Campership alert! Catalyst Wedding Co. wants to give one lucky camper full funding to attend A-Camp 8.0!

By Vanessa| April 6, 2017 | 4 Comments
The Roguish Brogue in Light Brown
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: Win A Campership AND Fancy Shoes from Tomboy Toes!

If you’re a fashionable queer on a budget with a penchant for classy masculine dress shoes who’s still hoping to attend A-Camp this May, today’s Campership Contest announcement is going to make you feel like dancing and prancing!

By Vanessa| March 9, 2017 | 13 Comments
Camp

A-Camp Spring 2017: It’s Time To Donate and/or Apply For Camperships!

Read these essays and feel inspired to apply for and/or donate to the campership fund for our May 2017 camp in Wisconsin!

By the team| February 14, 2017 | 8 Comments
QTPOC Speakeasy Group
Straddleverse

Campership Alert: We’re Sending a QTPOC to A-Camp with Travel!

Okay QTPOC, you’ve got until August 25th to apply! We want each and every single QTPOC who wants to be at Camp to be there, and maybe it’s you! Seize the day! Catch the worm! Apply! Apply!! Apply!!!

By Ari| August 17, 2016 | 1 Comment
Camp

Your Very Own Diarists’ Hike That You Can Have Wherever You Are

Jump into journaling with these fun tips and prompts.

By A.E. Osworth| June 4, 2015 | 11 Comments
Camp

Mal Blum Is Coming to A-Camp and So Are These Other Amazing Humans!

MAL BLUM’S COMING TO A-CAMP! Also, since we’re on the topic of A-Camp, let’s talk about Fit for a Femme & AB Chao and all the other weirdos who will be joining us on the mountain!

By Riese| February 24, 2014 | 43 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2014: It’s Time To Donate To Or Apply For Camperships!

Read essays from our A-Camp 4.0 campers and find out how to apply for or donate to the Campership Fund for 5.0!

By the team| February 12, 2014 | 29 Comments
Camp

You Should Go: Get Amped For A-Camp, NYC Edition

New York City A-Campers of the past, present, and future, get excited. Two brand new A-Campers have organized a pre-camp event at the Lesbian Herstory Archives for this Saturday!

By Vanessa| September 18, 2013 | 15 Comments
Camp

Campership Alert: Hannah Hart Wants To Send You On An All-Expenses Paid Trip To A-Camp!

Hannah Hart wants to give one lucky Straddler a full campership to October’s A-Camp — and she’ll pay your travel expenses, too!

By Vanessa| September 16, 2013 | 32 Comments
Camp

We’ve Got 12 Loyal A-Campers and They’ve Got 12 Reasons To Attend A-Camp

Listen to 12 campers who have been to all three A-Camps and are signed up for October when they tell you how camp changed their lives and why you definitely wanna be on the mountain for A-Camp 4.0

By Vanessa| September 3, 2013 | 52 Comments
Camp

Top 10 Reasons You Belong At A-Camp This October

We’ve got some open spots for A-Camp, so Hannah Hart, Me & My Bois, the first-ever A-Camp carnival and seven more reasons you don’t wanna miss this event!

By Riese| August 28, 2013 | 99 Comments
Camp

Get Ready For And Dream About A-Camp With Robin At Picnic Day In LA

We’re hosting the very first A-Camp Prep event in Los Angeles! Come hang out with Robin on September 8th and start getting excited for A-Camp or just learn more about it!

By Vanessa| August 27, 2013 | 9 Comments
Camp Fashion/Style

Campership Alert: Go To A-Camp October For Free Thanks To Kipper Clothiers!

Camp is less than two months away and we’re offering another opportunity for you to go for free, thanks to Kipper Clothiers! Enter to win a campership!

By Vanessa| August 23, 2013 | 6 Comments
Camp

Another Campership Opportunity: Kreuzbach10 Wants To Send You To A-Camp For Free!

Camp is just two months away and we’re offering another opportunity for you to go for free, thanks to Kreuzbach10!

By Vanessa| August 7, 2013 | 11 Comments
Camp

A-Camp October 2013: It’s Campership Time!

Read the testimonials from A-Camp May 2013’s Campershippers and find out about how you can give the gift of a campership or apply to get one yourself!

By the team| July 16, 2013 | 21 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #4: YUP.

In our last recamp, we party at the pool, dance all night, have feelings, display talent, and wish it never had to end.

By Riese| June 24, 2013 | 114 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #3: Fun Before 2pm, Fun After 2pm

You’ve got swagger, fashion, comedy, whiskey, geeky pick-up lines and the coolest klub on the mountain!

By the team| June 21, 2013 | 84 Comments
Camp

A-Camp May 2013 Recamp #2: Nothing Compares 2 U At Camp

“I’m gonna support the SHIT outta you.” (Also, a Lilith Flair playlist!)

By the team| June 19, 2013 | 77 Comments
1 2 3 Next Page →

BECOME AN A+ MEMBER!

Reads: Who else? ...is gonna tell you that NO YOU SHOULD NOT TEXT YOUR EX no matter how many times you need to hear it? Support our writers who are doing this WORK. Become a Member! (Just $1 / Week)

Affiliate of the Month

wet for her logo

Wet For Her is an online sex toy retailer that's a welcoming space for queer women and the folx they love — celebrating a diverse range of bodies, genders, and orientations.

shop Wet For Her →

Support Autostraddle While You Shop!

Illustration of shopping bag surrounded by sparkles. Text reads Visit the Affiliate Marketplace

kickback some of your amazon purchase to us!

From the Archives

  • It’s A Boy*!

    It’s A Boy*!

  • BlogHer 2011: Transcript From That Panel About How You’ve Driven Me Crazy

    BlogHer 2011: Transcript From That Panel About How You’ve Driven Me Crazy

  • Listling Without Commentary: Playlists You Asked Us To Make

    Listling Without Commentary: Playlists You Asked Us To Make

Latest Comments

  • Ms Wolf On Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline "Okay. So here’s my (existential) horror story about Bumble and dating apps in general. I, as my Gemini rising nature…"

  • Caitlin On Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline "so the buzz is download bumble but we’re all exhausted so even a profile that’s more honey than vinegar may…"

  • Rachel On Which Among These Is Better: Spindrift or LaCroix "Having picked up some raspberry-lime Spindrift today, I can conclusively state that I’m a fan of Spindrift now."

  • mimipaige On “Euphoria” Finally Gives Jules Agency In A Special Episode Co-Written By Hunter Schafer "Certain aspects of this show (and pretty much all aspects of Hunter Schafer’s amazing acting and characterization) are so so…"

  • alierose On No Filter: We Must Look at Sarah Paulson With No Eyebrows Every Time, It’s Gay Law "is it just me or does that ashley benson photo look wildly photoshopped? also, as someone who buzzed their hair…"

  • RM On Who Is Newly Out Teen Sensation JoJo Siwa? An Explainer For Those Of Us With No Idea "I am also an old and had never heard of her.. but wow, I actually really love how her style…"

  • Chandra On Pop Culture Fix: Well and Here’s Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana "I would watch this Orphan Black reboot"

  • pips On Which Among These Is Better: Spindrift or LaCroix "oh wow this is my MOMENT i have extremely strong feelings about this. last term i gave a presentation for…"

Support Us

Latest Posts

  • Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline

    Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Bumble and Date On a Deadline

  • Pop Culture Fix: Well and Here’s Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana

    Pop Culture Fix: Well and Here’s Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana

  • No Filter: We Must Look at Sarah Paulson With No Eyebrows Every Time, It’s Gay Law

    No Filter: We Must Look at Sarah Paulson With No Eyebrows Every Time, It’s Gay Law

  • Also.Also.Also: Elliot Page Is Getting Divorced, Another Day in the Books for Love Being a Lie

    Also.Also.Also: Elliot Page Is Getting Divorced, Another Day in the Books for Love Being a Lie

  • You Need Help: How Do I Survive My First Breakup to Stay Friends on the Other Side?

    You Need Help: How Do I Survive My First Breakup to Stay Friends on the Other Side?

Upcoming Meet-Ups & Events

Submit to our Community Calendar →
View More Meet-Ups & Events →
1 2 3 Next Page →
Autostraddle Autostraddle

Our Network

  • Community
  • Store
  • A-Camp

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2021 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

NEW SHIRTS, SWEATSHIRTS, STICKERS AND FACE MASKS IN THE AUTOSTRADDLE STORE! Get your gay apparel while its hot →