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Society + Culture

Don’t Just Change Single-Sex Schools, End Them

As school season begins once again, what young people deserve at the very least is an end to single-sex schools. 

By Jenni Holtz| August 28, 2020 | 28 Comments
Society + Culture

One Pen to Rule Them All: Our Favorite School Supplies

Raise your hand if you will buy all the school supplies whether or not you’re actually in school at the moment.

By Yvonne| September 6, 2018 | 38 Comments
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Issues

How to Behave at Boarding School

“Boarding school teaches self-possession repeatedly and thoroughly, because it teaches you how to be in control when you’ve made every effort to be out of it.”

By cm| September 6, 2018 | 3 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Wednesday’s National School Walkout and Other Stories From Your Week

Yesterday’s National School Walkout, Ellen, the Pennsylvania special election upset, National Geographic’s racism, Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty, not ready for the 90s comeback, and so much more!

By Laneia| March 15, 2018 | 15 Comments
College

20 Titles of Gay Papers I Want to Write One Day

“Three Kids, Two Femmes, a Butch and a Cat: Visions of Queer Domesticity”

By Ari| June 27, 2017 | 52 Comments
College

Apply to the Point Foundation’s Funding for LGBTQ Undergrad and Grad Students, Open til January 30th!

If you’re gonna be enrolled in a degree-granting undergraduate or graduate program come the Fall of 2017, this scholarship is for you.

By A.E. Osworth| January 17, 2017 | 6 Comments
Geekery

Relevant To Your Interests: Back-to-School Shopping for Grownup Nerds

Get into school, y’all, it is almost time! Here’s a back to school shopping guide for the nerdiest among us.

By A.E. Osworth| August 23, 2016 | 23 Comments
College

All of the Ultimate Back-To-School Advice for College-Bound Queers

There is literally no incorrect way to do college and Autostraddle staff are the proof.

By Maddie| August 27, 2015 | 54 Comments
News + Politics

GLSEN Report Shows It’s Finally Getting Better in Schools For LGBT Youth

“High school and middle school are hard enough as it is. To think about the additional barriers facing these students is pretty heartbreaking, and we all need to stand up and do what we can to move them out of the way.”

By Adrian| October 22, 2014 | 2 Comments
News + Politics Youth + Family

New Jersey School District Accommodates Trans Teen After Their Initial Awfulness

After insisting Rachel would have to attend school “as a boy,” Middletown Township Public Schools is now working to accommodate the middle schooler, who began transitioning this summer.

By Adrian| August 19, 2014 | 6 Comments
Sex + Relationships

This is What Sex Ed Looks Like in My Queer Feminist Utopia

“We’re all normal, as long as we are having sex in ways that are consensual, risk-aware and injury free. Our bodies? They’re normal too. Beautiful, even. That should be the core concept in any comprehensive sex education, in my opinion.”

By A.E. Osworth| March 19, 2014 | 53 Comments
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Here’s How NYC Public Schools Plan To Better Support Their Trans* Students

With 1.1 million students, NYC is the largest public school system in the country, and has a lot of influence setting standards for how other big school systems and states support trans* students.

By Maddie| March 14, 2014 | 2 Comments
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BREAKING: Ravi Found Guilty For Most Of The Shit He Did To Tyler Clementi

Dharun Ravi was found guilty on 15 different counts in a New Jersey court today, including being guilty of committing a hate crime against Tyler Clementi but not against his sexual partner, M.B..

By Riese| March 16, 2012 | 43 Comments

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