What does it mean to be a queer adult? We’ve got mini-essays from our writers over thirty and three glorious infographics that look at census data and our own Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey Data to get a grip on what happens next.
“Yep, that’s right. Out of 314 major Hollywood film releases, one single film — Melissa McCarthy’s Tammy — passed the Vito Russo test with queer female characters.”
Books by people of color are more likely to be banned, Cherríe Moraga on the re-release of This Bridge Called My Back, a new webseries that’s basically lesbian pulp fiction come to life and more!
“The Speakeasy has been restless this past week, working through our feelings, and trying to understand what justice looks like to us. Some of us believe in the abolishment of prisons, others just want to see criminals treated equally regardless of skin color. We are trying to reconcile our short-term needs with our long-term goals.”
Welcome to a new series about how we made our babies! This week you’ll learn how to inseminate yourself and the importance of the pillow-to-butt ratio!
“I feel that I have no idea what will happen next. Does anyone else on this plane understand this or feel this way.”
The state of conversion therapy, campus sexual assault protests at Columbia, Marylin Zuniga and get-well cards for Mumia, an anti-trans bathroom bill in Nevada, abortion laws in Oklahoma, and more!
Big Bear, where bears are big and beer flights are awesome.
Here you will find the cutest damn otter puzzle you’ve ever seen, a peek into what the Cincy straddlers have been up to, a haiku from Carmen Rios herself AND SO MUCH MORE.
Raising the minimum wage is a critical piece in a complex puzzle of alleviating economic struggle for queer and trans people.
“Throughout our coverage of this campaign, no single writer’s work will represent an official Autostraddle stance on her candidacy or policies.”
Poussey and Suzanne have a disagreement, Liz Feldman gets funny with UHH and Lauren Morelli, Faustina Agolley comes out, Michelle Rodriguez finds bisexuality very organic, ABC Family is sexy and other super-important pop culture stories in your face!
Please fight every urge you have to chase them down and squeeze the dog/cat’s face with your own face or hands while very loudly exclaiming HOW MUCH YOU JUST FREAKIN’ LOVE CATS OR DOGS ZOMGSRSLY. Don’t be this guy.
“I say a lot of things about myself during sex that I would not say about myself at any other time, primarily phrases like “I’m your bitch.”
“I couldn’t read the ingredient list but I’m pretty sure it was kosher. I ate it on matzah, duh.”
Season three lands on Saturday, y’all! It’s time to get psyched!
A trans woman wins her lawsuit against her former discriminatory employer, a Wiccan priestess leads the Iowa legislature in prayer, law enforcement has killed at least 5,600 people since 2000 and more news stories!
“I didn’t even tell her when the notes started getting specific. Someone calling out my “crossed eyes” in a Tumblr ask. My “pocked skin” in an email. My “hillbilly teeth” on Twitter.”
This comic is the one that I want. Oo, oo, oo, honey.
Lucy Lawless gets gay on Salem, Maggie names Liza’s vagina on Younger, The Bold and the Beautiful keeps borking up its trans storyline.