family

family

gender affirming surgery

gender

I Wish I’d Medically Transitioned Before Giving Birth

Less than a year after giving birth, I decided to medically transition. I wish I’d done it sooner.

Sage Agee —

Mar 24, 2022

family

personality quiz

quizzes

Holigay Quiz: How Will You ‘Ruin’ Your Family’s Holiday Gathering This Year?

What’s supposed to be a “warm and fuzzy” gathering could easily end in a blowout, and you might be blamed.

Ro White —

Nov 21, 2021

family

Roundtables

identity

Do You Know Where Your Straight People Are?: Interviews With Allies (Including Two Cats)

In honor of our biannual Straight People Day, we interviewed two heterosexual friends, two cishet cats, and one past self.

the team —

Oct 12, 2021

family

reproductive health

health

NY Needs More Midwives: Here’s How You Can Help

The violence against Black and Indigenous birthing people is intergenerational violence and trauma happening in real time, in each birth. Healing it – by making midwifery more accessible for more…

Christina Tesoro —

Jun 9, 2021

family

look into this

parenting & family

You Need Help: Should I Cut Off My Racist Dad?

My family is part of the problem, but if I choose to just ignore this fact, do I become part of the problem too?

Ro White —

Jul 2, 2020

family

fullscreen

visual art

One American Goes to See “30 Americans”

“And I thought how interesting is it that America can be this dark star, death star, and also at the same time this incredible shining light.”

Aisha —

Jun 12, 2020

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American

first person

The Illusion Of Safety

I don’t want to be caught parading around in last generation’s false sense of security. I’m kicking off Autostraddle’s first Asian Pacific Islander American (APIA) Heritage month by exploring the…

Kamala Puligandla —

May 1, 2020

family

personal essay

first person

There Are Some Ghosts I’m Still Waiting For

Someone once told me that if you’re Asian American, or mixed, or whatever, you have a grandmother poem in you that you need to write. This is mine.

Claire Oliver Haug —

Jan 7, 2020

family

identity

first person

My Parents Made Me Gay

Being focused on women never seemed remarkable to me. I grew up in a household with my mom, my younger sister, and my dad, so even if we were just…

Kamala Puligandla —

Dec 31, 2019

family

hanukkah

christmas

How To Be The Estranged Gay Kid This Holiday Season

Because you’re gay — and maybe a host of other reasons — you and your family don’t speak. Get through it by exclusively listening to music from your parents’ era and…

danijanae —

Dec 17, 2019

family

queer sex coven

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Queer Sex Coven: Protect Yourself From Homophobic Parents

Queers, allow me to introduce you to Saint Martha.

Sophie Saint Thomas —

Dec 6, 2019

family

personal essay

first person

Uncovering My Secret Queer Family History

Both Marge and Madeline chose to find family within each other, and from there I understood, as I heard these stories from Marge after my grandmother had died, and then…

J.E. Reich —

Nov 14, 2019