Gen, Author at Autostraddle

Gen

Gen Greer (she/her) is a dog lover, runner, and slasher enthusiast. She’s currently working as a high school English teacher and coach in the Bay Area. You can find her looking for little tasks and on Instagram at @doloresneverlolita.

Horror Is So Gay

movie features

The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

I stopped taking care of myself because I thought that’s what it meant to be serious about writing.

Gen —

Oct 9, 2025

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literary fiction

lgbt book reviews

‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.

Gen —

May 13, 2025

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interview

music

There’s Nothing Fake About Tegan and Sara

Tegan Quin chats with Autostraddle about the latest Tegan and Sara projects.

Gen —

Oct 17, 2024

music

Zolita Transforms Heteronormative Spaces Into Queer Ones

“I love taking spaces and worlds that seem so heteronormative and set in the male gaze on the surface, then making them queer.”

Gen —

Jun 3, 2024

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interview

book features

Lamya H on Queer Muslim Community and Leslie Feinberg’s Influence on Their Memoir

“In my twenties as I was coming into my queerness, it felt like there were very heteronormative ways to be queer.”

Gen —

Feb 6, 2024

book bans

A bookstore with quotes painted above it from Anais Nin and Octavia Butler

politics + activism

How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Queer, Trans, and Houseless Communities

I wish this were just a piece on how a longstanding queer bookstore and refuge is finding ways to continue practicing care and love for their community. Unfortunately, this is…

Gen —

Jan 18, 2024

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interview

book features

Sex Scenes Belong in Novels: An Interview with Author Ruth Madievsky

“I’ve been working on a new novel which is — you guessed it — about women behaving badly. Or, as my beloved Goodreads prudes will probably think of it: ‘disgusting…

Gen —

Dec 11, 2023

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interview

the author Mac Crane in a dark blue and red buttondown, smiling

book features

Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

“Basketball is extremely hot, and I wanted that to come through in the book.”

Gen —

Nov 27, 2023

Horror Is So Gay

Jesse Walsh screaming while looking at his clawed hand in Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge

first person

Where Are All the Scream Kings?

When I was in fourth grade, I got in trouble for discussing how fast my body would decompose if I was stabbed.

Gen —

Oct 26, 2023

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All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

There’s Nothing Fake About Tegan and Sara

Zolita Transforms Heteronormative Spaces Into Queer Ones

Lamya H on Queer Muslim Community and Leslie Feinberg’s Influence on Their Memoir

How Bluestockings Bookstore Is Fighting To Keep Serving Queer, Trans, and Houseless Communities

Sex Scenes Belong in Novels: An Interview with Author Ruth Madievsky

Author Mac Crane on the Eroticism of Basketball and Writing Queer and Trans Pleasure

Where Are All the Scream Kings?