Autostraddle’s turning 14 this week. That’s a lot of years on the internet for an indie queer publication for women and trans people. We’re celebrating this queer space that was built by us, for us, and no one’s gotten rid of us yet!
Today, we’re thanking the readers who’ve kept us here, for everyone who needs us, with an Ask-Us-Anything for our A+ members (pssst that’s YOU)!
Have you ever wondered:
- How DID Autostraddle get its name?
- Are any of us single?
- Who’s a top and who’s a bottom around here?
- Who’s on board for starting a queer commune in the woods?
- What’s our go-to for potlucks?
- Which of us actually believe in astrology?
Get in here, ask away, and let’s celebrate still being here, still being queer, after all these years!
When is the AMA?
TODAY March 7th, 2023 from 8am – 10pm EST / 5am – 7pm PST
But why is the AMA? Because as A+ members, you are the core reason this queer ship is still sailing. A+ members literally fund, just with A+ memberships, half of what we do — and between fundraisers, merch and affiliates, Autostraddle is majority reader-funded. Your support allows us to publish the kinds of articles that matter to our community, vapid celebrity fluff and deep personal essays, queer fashion and style and cultural criticism, and more. We can balance getting clicks with publishing pieces that won’t get as many views, but that really, really matter. AND we can pay queer and trans people to work and write for us. That’s what reader support does for us. That’s what you do for us and this community. So, let’s party in the comments, yeah?
What exactly does this celebration look like? It’s an AMA or, really it’s an Ask Us Anything with 23 whole gays to answer your questions. This is an all out, all day, send-us-your-most-heartfelt-or-most- untethered questions situation. (We might not be able to answer everything, but you can certainly ask.)
Here’s how it works:
Comment below with your questions, your advice needs, your burning desire to share, your quandaries about queer life, the universe, everything.
We, the editors and writers of Autostraddle, reply to your comment with our answers, our advice, our solutions or lack thereof. If you want a specific person to answer your question, include their name in the comment so we can “control F” and find those questions.
So who all’s gay here?
The following people will be around to answer your questions!
Riese Bernard
Carmen Phillips
Nico Hall
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
Laneia Jones
Anya Richkind
Heather Hogan
Viv Le
Em Win
shea martin
Niko Stratis
Stef Rubino
Valerie Anne
Sa’iyda Shabazz
Drew Gregory
Shelli Nicole
Nic Sam
Vanessa Friedman
Julie Gentile
Lily Alvarado
Darcy Cooper
A.Tony Jerome
Ashni Mehta
Ro White
Let’s gooo!
