grown-ups

greatest hits

grown-ups

lesbian weddings

37 Extremely Important Questions You Must Answer Before Getting Married Or You’re Doomed

8. How many holidays per year are you prepared to spend with my grandmother in Florida?

Crystal —

Jul 14, 2015

gay moms

greatest hits

queer pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Seven — Help Name Our Baby!

No, seriously.

haley —

Jul 9, 2015

fitness

grown-ups

health

Working On It: My Fitness Quest for Immortality (Or as Close as I Can Get)

“This will become a regular thing — a weekly recap of what’s working for me and what isn’t on my personal quest for improved health and wellness. There’ll be a…

Crystal —

Jun 30, 2015

Autostraddle Reader Data

autostraddle reader survey

straddleverse

23 Extra-Special Things You Wanted Us To Know About You On Our Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey

“I went on a date with Laneia once.”

Riese —

Jun 25, 2015

gay moms

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Six — Finding Out the Sex

“It wasn’t until after I heard confirmation from the doctor that our baby did in fact look healthy and well, until after I wiped the gel off my stomach and…

haley —

Jun 25, 2015

gay moms

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Five – I Want To Be Pregnant Forever!

“I actually felt like the earth mother goddess I had envisioned becoming. I decided I wanted to be pregnant forever.”

haley —

Jun 11, 2015

gay moms

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Four — First Trimester Realness

Fatigue, nausea, boobs like bowling balls, mood swings, the sweetest moments you keep to yourself, and so much more. It’s the first trimester and wow it’s a roller coaster!

haley —

May 21, 2015

advice

grown-ups

lesbian weddings

You Need Help: Negotiating A Queer Bachelorette Party

You want to have a bachelorette party together, but your girlfriend loves the spotlight and you don’t. Here’s how you navigate that.

Mari Brighe —

May 18, 2015

grown-ups

parenthood

parenting & family

Baby Products I Never Needed: A Minimalist, Freeform Approach to Preparing for a New Baby

How I prepare my home and myself for the experience of birth and new parenthood, with as few products as possible.

guest —

May 8, 2015

gay moms

grown-ups

queer pregnancy

VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Three — Let’s Go Sperm Shopping!

“I kept having this ridiculous vision of, say, five years down the line being at a filmmaker meet up, looking across the room and recognizing my child in a stranger’s…

haley —

May 7, 2015

gay marriage

grown-ups

lesbian weddings

Visiting Family After Marrying my Wife, Part 2: In the Safe Zone

“I felt I was gradually becoming like those newly married Indian women with henna on their hands at JFK or Heathrow… Of course, I didn’t look anything like them and…

Jay —

Apr 24, 2015

gay families

grown-ups

culture

What Does It Mean To Be A Queer Adult? The Autostraddle Roundtable

What does it mean to be a queer adult? We’ve got mini-essays from our writers over thirty and three glorious infographics that look at census data and our own Autostraddle…

Riese —

Apr 17, 2015