Katy / 27 / Community Engagement at Boston nonprofit
“Me and my qt hiking in western Mass!”
Rachel / 28 / Managing Editor of Autostraddle / Milwaukee, WI
“This was me “tailgating” (drinking beers) before going to see “Beatles Night” at the Brewers baseball stadium. The Brewers lost, but we got free t-shirts and saw a Beatles cover band that’s been together for 40 years!”
Megan, Laneia, Slade, Eli / 33, 36, 18, 12 / Trader Joe’s Professional; Executive Editor of Autostraddle; Weirdos / Huntington Beach, CA
“We’d visited California for Megan’s aunt’s Christmas party and this was our last day. Megan grew up in Oxnard but hadn’t seen the Pacific Ocean since 2010, I think? It had been a while. And neither of the kids had seen the west coast since they were babies. I was just glad I could show them how to bury themselves ankle-deep in the shoreline. These are important life lessons.”
Chris / 29 / Law student / Frankenrock, their favorite boulder, outside New Haven CT
This is Chris in their forest homeland, where they were raised by chipmunks. This was the first really warm day of the spring so far. We don’t know this dog.
Emma / 36 / Childcare Teacher / Madison, WI
All my photos are taken in South Central Wisconsin, kayaking and hiking, my two favorite outdoor things to do.
Randi Falconer / 26 / Registered massage therapist / Alberta, Canada
Skiing at Jasper Alberta Canada Pride festival.
Mickey / 25 / Suburbs
Volunteering / drinking beer at the annual Leesburg Bakers Dozen Bike Race, a 13-hour race / giant party run by the bike shop where my father works as a mechanic. This year was the first Bakers Dozen ever to get cut short due to poor weather conditions. A grueling, muddy day to be on two wheels.
May’s gallery theme will be announced Thursday, May 4th!
Comments
I love this!
The other galleries were great, but fed my “Oh, no, no one else has a rustic farm meets country château aesthetic—I’m not queer enough!” anxieties. This one, though… I have a garden and grow stuff, I hike, I run, I bike, I visit parks and beaches and stand around in rivers!
Also, you’re all too darned cute. The couples pictures slayed me.
Y’ALL ARE SO HECKIN CUTE WHAT THE HELL
Everyone looks AMAZING
And I have like other 50 llama pics if you want, just say the word.
Sorry, Alice, but I have to ask. Did you get spat by a llama?
By the way, one thing stuck in my head, and I heard this while travelling on Northern Argentina, is that female llamas spit on males when she’s not interested in his advances.
Nope, fortunately not. I have to say though that we only got close to those we found in ‘touristy’ places (so they’re probably used to people being around them), we kept our distance with the ‘wild’ ones cause you never know :)
A girl I met when I was there told me that thing and I was like SAME.
Diane who biked from Tijuana to BC, if you’re willing pls pm me about how you planned your bike camp trip. Practical stuff like gear, budget, route, fitness + safety. Thanks!
When I saw how many pages there were to this, I thought it would take an age to get through them all, but now I never want them to end…
Aww these are all so awesome! <3
And I love that my submission and my bff's submission are one after the other :)
I’m from Asheville. I have been all over the Blue Ridge Parkway. That’s where I learned how to drive. My parents would take us to the Parkway and let us drive. I loved living there because there were so many beautiful places to go for a day or more. I have hiked and camped all over the Parkway and Pisgah National Forest with my Springers. Now I live in Winston Salem and go up to Pilot Mountain for day hikes. There were many pictures where I thought “I want to go there”. These are wonderful.
Lovely, just lovely!! =D
so i’m okay with saying i know all the queers who’ve been outside. they have good outsides, the best ever
Loved this!
this is magical. y’all are all the best.
I guess the ones I sent in weren’t HQ enough? Just my luck for trying to use my instax mini for this
Unless I skipped a page
Oh Well
(Or it’s bc I didn’t use that subject line in my email)
( @green I know ur busy and I’m sorry to bug you but I want my pics to make future galleries; what would the reasons be for a photo collage to not make it in & how can I avoid this fate in May?)
Beautiful!!! <3
I’ll have to get a better picture for the next gallery because man I don’t even look like myself in mine!
I’m in my tent at the 96 mile mark on the PCT and I just looked through every photo and they brought me so much joy. Love you guys. <3
We love you too friend. Good luck!
96 miles!!!!!! Go you!!!! Well Done!!!
VANESSA I live in wrightwood! Literally on the pct. My housemates and I hosted 8 hikers over this past weekend. Hit me up with a pm!! We’all have a shower and laundry for you. <3
(ps my pic in this gallery is like 4/5ths of the way down, Nina Vuoso outdoor educator in hotsprings :))
I loved this! I stayed up way too late reading all of these.
I love and appreciate all you babes so much! Also ~Canadian queers~ I love how you all showed up!!!!!!!!! anyone wanting a hiking buddy I’m all around alberta and BC this summer so get at me
I say it’s high time for a Western Canada Autostraddle hiking meet-up
100% yes
100% yes
Um yes please to this!
This makes me so happy. Falling in love with all of you!
Oh Emily of Saskatoon, this made me tear up:
“These transitions have been much needed, soul filling, confusing, frustrating, wonderful and exhausting, and have had me deeply questioning what I’m doing and why I’m doing it, but last night the northern lights were so vibrant, dancing magnificently above as we walked by the river, and they told me I am exactly where I need to be.”
I love and admire you so very much!
Dani Z I fucking LOVE YOU so fucking much!!!!!!!!
One of my college roommates is from Vacaville and always said it was an alright city. Didn’t know it looks that beautiful and vibrant.
Yay, I’m Autostraddle!
I don’t quite know that I’d describe Vacaville itself as beautiful and vibrant, but the nature surround it it!
It does look nice around it.
It did not occur to me that I could send a photo from any time… all this month I’ve been like ‘it is gross outside. i will not be queer outside. only inside.’
Dear person who named their cat Alice Pawl, you are amazing.
Bran’s “You have died of colonization” shirt!
Isn’t it great? I asked Bran about it and it was designed by a friend of theirs…
https://society6.com/product/you-have-died-of-colonization_t-shirt#s6-4592653p15a4v75a5v18a11v49
You can totally snag one here! :) https://society6.com/product/you-have-died-of-colonization_t-shirt
I’m sorry my queer outdoor photo didn’t make it into the gallery. I might post it here later.
Theme suggestions:
Queers at Work
Queers with pets
Queers on the move (bikes, buses, cars, unicycles)
Deborah at the Shire! Sir Bud looking magnificent! Emily at a glacier! Vanessa on the PCT! Really, just everybody. Yay.
Queer femme botanists!! In the Columbia Gorge! I am one of those! That’s where I am!!! Sofia if you see this I would love to botanize with y’all, I’ll bring fresh bread :’)
This gallery posted waaaaay more queer botanists and arborists than I would ever have anticipated!
Michael in Toronto, if you’re reading this: I’d like to read more about your opinion on Basic Income! Where could I find it?
Seconded!
The Rural Dykes of America make me so happy! Seeing rural Wisconsin represented in the last TWO galleries just makes my heart sing! So much love for my fellow committed rural-dwelling Midwesterners!
This was meant to be a comment on its own. Damnit.
you’re all so beautiful in the great outdoors! i’m very inspired to do a shit-ton of hiking/camping/gardening/other activities in dirt this summer.
also: Rural Dykes of America sounds like the greatest thing in the world and i’m suddenly really bummed that i don’t live in southern wisconsin.
THIS IS LIFE
I love Iceland but didn’t get the chance to hike while I was there and am now even more determined to go back.
Elena Gross is the coolest person I know!! *hearteyes emoji* (I’m on a desktop, ok?) @likeghosts
Ow wow Amazing! That we all exist!
Wow, we really love National Parks! Also, I’m moving to Northern California next year. Does anyone have some hiking trail recommendations for Santa Clara County and/or San Mateo County?
i’m partial to San Pedro Valley Park and Mount Tamalpais — the Dipsea Trail is intense but totally worth it. this has a ton of very detailed trail/park reviews: http://bahiker.com/extras/best.html
welcome to the bay area! best place in the world!
I meant to take a picture for this, but I forgot to go outside.
Shout out to the ‘Strayans who submitted their gorg photos – wootwoot! :)
And hopefully next time more photos from Asia / the Philippines!
Thanks for putting this together, Laneia! Will there be another batch?? :)
Oh and thanks for including my photos! I finally made it in an Autostraddle photo gallery! :D #DayMade #LifeMade!!!
hot damn y’all are cool
Awww man the couples pictures. In my head a picture had to be super recent and my girl is currently 3,000 miles away, but we have some awesome pictures of us being hella gay outdoors when she’s visited. Whoops.
So many cool people doing cool things!
Also, so many people in Scotland!!! Where were you all when I still lived there, haha
Hey Diana on Page 4, I live walking distance from that beer garden and was just there last weekend! I’ll definitely be there more often over the summer, so keep an eye out for purple hair – or just DM me, whichever’s easier.
YO LETS BE FRIENDS YES
Rural Dykes of America sounds so wonderful and something that I wish I could be a part of.
This gallery makes me want to go hiking and find other queer people in the wild! And it made me miss beautiful Britain. I forget how nice the countryside is back home. But I’m living in the Basque Country at the moment, and it’s pretty gorgeous here too.
Laneia! This is my favourite Queer IRL so far! (And not just because my doggo and I are featured in it). I LOVE IT.
Kerri, you are living the life of my dreams – Scottish graveyard catspotting.
It’s true – in that moment, the stars were 100% aligned!
(A backstory: on that trip, I accidentally miscommunicated with the neighbors looking after my own cat, and the poor guy didn’t eat for three days. I was an absolute wreck about it, even though the neighbors rushed over and found that he was cranky but fine. Scottish graveyard cat was like a soothing feline balm for my frazzled heart!)
Woohoo, I am glad that I could be the lucky one to represent Connecticut in this album! (Also happy I am not the ONLY person to not have myself in my picture!)
I grew up in Connecticut and was so happy to see a place next door from my hometown!
Well these are all just dandy! What an awesome collection of photos reflecting the diversity of our queer world.
Although I can’t help but notice that I am the official ‘eldergay’ #42goingon24 ?
Well these are all just dandy! What an awesome collection of photos reflecting the diversity of our queer world.
Although I can’t help but notice that I am the official ‘eldergay’ #42goingon24 ?
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Yay, hello from Slovakia to folks from Czech republic and Hungary! :-)
Unfortunately I missed this call for photos, I love hiking and biking and being outside.
Everybody is visiting such beautiful places. I really liked this gallery.
Hi there, I was wondering if my photos could be removed from this gallery? I know I submitted them myself but I gave my full name and now they come up when you search my name on Google which, unfortunately, is not professionally wise for me :( Please let me know!
Hi SJ! If you email me at laneia@autostraddle.com with your name as it appears in this gallery, I’ll get the photos removed ASAP! Thanks!