Nico

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Video Replay: Queer Yoga by Butch Yoga, Welcoming the New Year

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Editor’s Notes: 13 Days of A+ and the SHAME Series

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Welcome to the 13 Days of A+ of 2023!

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All Articles by this Author on Autostraddle

the ultimatum: queer love

tv news & trailers

Want to Break Up on TV? Ultimatum: Queer Love Season Two Is Casting!

All you have to do is fill out this 50+ question form, answering important queries such as “Do you wonder if the grass is greener with someone else?” and “How…

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Sep 21, 2023

Untethered

first person

Untethered: In Pursuit of Abject Sluttiness

I committed to stepping off the relationship escalator, but I didn’t commit to being celibate, okay?

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Sep 21, 2023

bisexuality

Carmen, a Black woman with glasses, and Nico, a white brunette genderqueer person also with glasses, are smiling for a camera over a table with two laptops open.

identity

Bisexuality, Queerness, Labels, Perception: A Conversation Between the EIC and the HBIC

Autostraddle’s Editor-in-Chief and Head Bisexual-in-Charge talk bisexual discrimination on dating apps, biphobic stereotypes in queer relationships, “the patriarchy,” and having tent sex in the woods.

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Sep 20, 2023

bisexuality

a Victorian couple walking on a cobblestone path

comedy

Weird Things the Victorians Did, Ranked by Bisexuality

Performing seances is peak bisexual activity, whether you believe in the ghosts or you’re profiting from being a hot person who other people believe can talk to ghosts.

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Sep 16, 2023

Untethered

first person

Untethered: On Miss Havisham-Style Decision-Making

My ex and I worked out a separation agreement over the course of those months and signed it in August.

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Sep 7, 2023

A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Teran, who was deadly assaulted by law enforcement during a raid to clear the construction site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed "Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia on February 6, 2023.

politics + activism

61 People Allegedly Associated with the Stop Cop City Movement Indicted on RICO Charges

The fight to Stop Cop City is a test case for whether domestic terrorism — and now RICO charges — can be used to stop activists and protesters from engaging…

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Sep 6, 2023

criminal justice reform

Environmental activists hold a rally and a march through the Atlanta Forest, a preserved forest Atlanta that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, March 4, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Intent upon stopping the building of what they have called cop city, the environmentalists were evicted from the forest in January, resulting in the killing by police of Manuel Teran, a young activist and medic.

politics + activism

“We Don’t Want To Live in a Police State”: Stop Cop City Still Needs Your Help

Don’t live in Atlanta? Don’t live in the U.S.? If Cop City gets built, it will still effect you. Activists have been fighting the creation of this proposed police training…

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Sep 1, 2023

Trashology

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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Questionable Life Choices You Can Make During Tomorrow’s Blue Supermoon

Your untethered choices during the Blue Supermoon in Pisces, a questionable and surely irresponsible horoscope.

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Aug 29, 2023

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Untethered

first person

Untethered: The Gelatinous Descent

My therapist asked me to please read Unmasking Autism and referred me to someone who does ADHD and autism screening.

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Aug 24, 2023

butch

butch and stud appreciation day

a Black stud with tattoos wears a black sports bra and has outstretched arms while looking at the camera

identity

Founder Esther Godoy on the Evolution of Butch Is Not a Dirty Word

“It was only ever supposed to be a silly little stand alone zine.”

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Aug 18, 2023

Untethered

first person

Untethered: In Pittsburgh Everyone Knows Everyone and I’m Sure I Do Too

But face-blindess is a bitch.

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Aug 10, 2023

trans men

you need help

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dating

You Need Help: I’m Afraid of Feeling Like Less of a Trans Man for Not Dating Men

Cool people who will appreciate you as a whole person exist, and I believe you can find them.

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Aug 8, 2023

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Want to Break Up on TV? Ultimatum: Queer Love Season Two Is Casting!

Untethered: In Pursuit of Abject Sluttiness

Bisexuality, Queerness, Labels, Perception: A Conversation Between the EIC and the HBIC

Weird Things the Victorians Did, Ranked by Bisexuality

Untethered: On Miss Havisham-Style Decision-Making

61 People Allegedly Associated with the Stop Cop City Movement Indicted on RICO Charges

“We Don’t Want To Live in a Police State”: Stop Cop City Still Needs Your Help

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Founder Esther Godoy on the Evolution of Butch Is Not a Dirty Word

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You Need Help: I’m Afraid of Feeling Like Less of a Trans Man for Not Dating Men