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65 Gay Pop Icons and Rising Stars

The Editors

Jun 10, 2025

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65 Gay Pop Icons and Rising Stars

The Editors

Jun 10, 2025

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into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #89: Your Date’s Always Late, Should You Break Up?

Getting out there after separating from your cishet husband, mixing masculine and feminine style, asking people at the bar to kiss you on your birthday, and more!

The Editors —

Sep 8, 2023

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For Them Acquires Autostraddle: An Explainer

Everything there is to know about our future with For Them.

The Editors —

Aug 23, 2023

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into the af+ advice box

two queer women kiss in just bras against a wall. one is Black with long brown hair and one is white with a blonde queer bowl cut.

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Into the A+ Advice Box #88: THE HOTBOX

In which we answer the age-old queer question. How long do you wait after a breakup before hooking up with other people?

The Editors —

Aug 18, 2023

the group chat

a still from Fire Island showing Margaret Cho's character with all of her gay boyfriends. Over the still, text reads "The Group Chat"

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The Group Chat: Our Gay Boyfriends

I was a theatre kid for sure, but even by theatre kid standards… if your “dates” involve going to see Rocky Horror Picture Show together? That is homosexual activity, my…

The Editors —

Aug 11, 2023

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into the af+ advice box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #87: How Can You Get Comfortable Fantasizing About Other People?

Handling forgetfulness, dealing with anxiety and movement work, when is it too soon to have a hot girl summer after a breakup, and more!

The Editors —

Aug 4, 2023

a chaotic collage of a screenshot from the podcast, barbies getting intimate, queers kissing, and bees

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The A+ Podcast That Is A Video, Episode 1: If You Kiss It, Then You Have To Eat It

“Because that’s when they get you, that’s when they getcha.” “In bed!”

The Editors —

Jul 28, 2023

into the af+ advice box

a lesbian couple looks at a pregnancy test and smiles

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Into the A+ Advice Box #86: Your Fertility Journey and Complicated Feelings About Straight Friends

Signaling that you’re queer, the importance of friends in dating, a-traditional proposals and more!

The Editors —

Jul 21, 2023

Barbie

the group chat

a pile of broken barbie dolls, over which the text "The Group Chat" is superimposed in bold, black letters

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The Group Chat: How We Played With Barbies

“I was kinda scared of Barbie the way I was scared of all beautiful women…”

The Editors —

Jul 12, 2023

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some questions you've been asking us

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: #48

“I want you to know that three different people in my life sent me this video the day it dropped. I have not been the same since.”

The Editors —

Jun 28, 2023

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a+ insider

a collage of eight team members, all in black and white

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 103: April 2023

“everyone act medium”

The Editors —

Apr 30, 2023

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some questions you've been asking us

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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us: #47

“EVERY GARLIC PRESS I BUY SUCKS.”

The Editors —

Apr 26, 2023

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a+ insider

Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Nico, Kayla, Heather, Carmen, Drew, Riese, Shelli, and Viv. They are all toasting thank you to our A+ members.

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The Autostraddle Insider Issue 102: March 2023

CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES

The Editors —

Mar 31, 2023