Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.
What’s next for Autostraddle? What’s on the horizon? What makes our little queer publication GO? Join our senior team for an Autostraddle Town Hall & find out!
We’ve never run a member drive during Pride month before, but here we are, trying it! This June, we’d love to leave rainbow capitalism to the heterosexuals and focus on investing in our community year-round.
Seriously, have you considered that summer is very, very good? Plus, Chef Melissa King takes a selfie with Padma Lakshmi that’s made for fan fiction and Hayley Kiyoko decked in rainbow Amen.
Spoiler alert: There is no “right” way to move on.
I had just come back from Yosemite days earlier, and realized that the only time I’m able to truly be myself, to be comfortable and authentic, is when I’m in the forest, or on a mountain, or somewhere else completely alone.
Given the poor protections for tenants, the economic fallout and the chronic lack of access to affordable housing and healthcare, America’s housing crisis has only deepened since the pandemic began.
Ava continues her quest to find her girlfriend, Sara tries to fight her way out of Bishop’s captivity, and Aliyah O’Brien remains alarmingly attractive.
Kate Kane created Batwoman and the symbol that goes along with the mantle; but right here, Ryan proves exactly why she IS Batwoman.
Plus teasers for the new Gossip Girl and Atypical, a Stranger Things podcast dedicated to their resident lesbian Robin, and so much more!
How do you shop for a harness and strap-on? Do you need a partner to get one? How do you, uh, actually use it? Learn about these questions and more in a live workshop led by Ro White!
Reflect on the ways in which you’ve internalized purity culture’s messages about sex, love, and what is “good” and what is “bad” or shameful in your own life
From classics such as Audre Lorde’s Cancer Journals published in the 1980s to brand new graphic memoirs, here are eight queer authored books about cancer.
Think of this as a personality quiz that comes with film recs.
You don’t need to be divorced to have a hot divorcée summer, but it helps. Also: block your exes on Tinder. Don’t think just do it.
Inclusivity is a journey not a destination.
Plus an episode of Top Chef that will leave you ugly crying (we mean it!), updates on New Amsterdam, Legacies, and the very first OutFronts from OutFest.
“Building ofrendas unite the living and the dead; they give space for our stories to be held. I light candles and kneel before them to say prayers because doing so reminds me, even when I’m my most lost – I’m never alone in this world.”
“It’s taken me five years, but the feeling of joy, freedom, excitement, and fulfillment that I feel when I can dance to bachata with my queer kin, when I don’t have to choose between being Latinx or being queer, when I can honor all of my identities at once, is worth risking my safety.”
We’ve covered so many queer books from the past and present on Autostraddle, but we know there are always so many more titles out there to be discovered, and hearing from other members about what makes a book special to them is something we can only get within community. We want to collect information about A+ members’ favorite LGBTQ-themed books in an effort to create an indexed post of intra-community book recommendations for Pride month!