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You Need Help: Am I Erasing Bisexuality?

There are many people who will try to be strict about the definition of “bisexual” and “lesbian.” At times, I…

Analyssa

Oct 31, 2023

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Celebrating Asexuality’s Glorious Queerness This Ace Week

Even while it is a great time to be ace, anti-ace rhetoric continues to circulate…

Ela Przybylo

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Oct 22, 2023

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.

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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…

Nico

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Sep 20, 2023

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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.”

Nico

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Aug 18, 2023

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Data Party! Insights into Nonbinary Readers from the 2022 Reader Survey

Autostraddle-exclusive insights into our nonbinary readers!

Nico

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Jul 14, 2023

identity

Celebrating Asexuality’s Glorious Queerness This Ace Week

Even while it is a great time to be ace, anti-ace rhetoric continues to circulate in queer communities.

Ela Przybylo —

Oct 22, 2023

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.

Nico —

Sep 20, 2023

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.”

Nico —

Aug 18, 2023

bisexuality

A hand that is backlit holds a magnifying glass up against a galaxy that is lit up in bisexual lighting.

identity

Three Bisexuals in Their 30s on Coming Out While in Long Term, Monogomous Relationships

“I didn’t want a divorce, didn’t want to open our relationship, didn’t want to start dating other people — I just wanted to own this piece of myself that I’d…

meg —

Sep 23, 2021

bisexuality

The author Felicia Filpatrick wears a shirt that says "Bi Felicia" (a play on the meme/saying, "Bye Felicia!"). She is overlaid in the colors of the pink, blue, and purple colors of the bi pride flag.

identity

Navigating My Biracial, Bisexual Identities Is a Lot Like Physics (Stay With Me Here)

What is Black enough? What is queer enough?

Felicia Fitzpatrick —

Sep 23, 2021

hot trans summer

trans

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first person

The Trans Body as a Work of Art

Burlesque is my loving manifestation of what all my ancestors deserved—not simply tolerance, but unbridled celebration.

Lawrence Gullo —

Sep 7, 2021

hot trans summer

trans

A person holding a shard of glass, on which their eye is visible.

love + sex

Mirrors and Makeouts: Finding Trans Pleasure

Within the brief eternity of our car makeout, in touching her body, I felt my shame begin to melt.

Sloane Holzer —

Sep 2, 2021

hot trans summer

trans

love + sex

100 Things to Try When I Have a Vagina

Of all the unexpected changes I encountered during my transition, the most surreal had to be transforming a part of my body.

Ophi Rocks —

Sep 1, 2021

hot trans summer

trans

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first person

Change Is Magic: On Cooking and Bodies

Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch.

V. S. Wells —

Aug 23, 2021

bisexuality

you need help

A person with shoulder length pink hair and rainbow overalls uses the bisexual pride flag as a cape during a pride march.

identity

You Need Help: Why Be Out As Bisexual?

There’s something about bisexuality that non-bisexual people project a lot of their fears and questions onto, maybe because it’s positioned as ‘other’ to everything else. So we become the focus…

meg —

Aug 17, 2021

hot trans summer

lesbian sex

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love + sex

The Night I Learned to Be In My Trans Body

My summer hookup with a rich businesswoman in Japan gave me something more valuable than even the room service wagyu steak.

Molly Hensley —

Aug 10, 2021

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trans men

you need help

‘I Want To Change My Name Again’

Wanting to change your name now after people have adjusted will not make you a burden.

Summer Tao

gender

regular

you need help

‘I’m Lost in the Gender Expression Sauce’

“I always thought, if I weren’t a trans man, I’d be a butch lesbian.”

Summer Tao —

Mar 11, 2025

trans

Updating Documents as a Trans Person Is Hell Right Now. Here Are My Tips for Navigating the Process

Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.

motti —

Jan 28, 2025

trans

trans men

I’m Legally Changing My Name and Sex Designation, and I Feel Complicated About It

As much as my transition is a deeply personal journey, the external pressures and political environment complicate this process in ways I never anticipated.

motti —

Nov 27, 2024

you need help

‘I Identified As Non-Binary for Years but I Think I’m Cis’

Gender exploration is for everyone, regardless of starting point or expectations.

Summer Tao —

Sep 17, 2024

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You Need Help: Am I Erasing Bisexuality?

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Celebrating Asexuality’s Glorious Queerness This Ace Week

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

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

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Data Party! Insights into Nonbinary Readers from the 2022 Reader Survey

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Celebrating Asexuality’s Glorious Queerness This Ace Week

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

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

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