look into this

christianity

donald trump

parenting & family

You Need Help: Your Christian Family Loves Trump’s Debauchery, Hates Your Gayness

Jesus doesn’t have anything to say about gay people, but he has PLENTY to say about the kinds of religious leaders who support a man like Donald Trump.

Heather Hogan —

Apr 5, 2018

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Mary Oliver

identity

You Need Help: What Should You Do With Your One Wild and Precious Life?

Queer time moves differently than regular time; we’re on our own schedule; we exist outside the rigidity of the patriarchal space-time continuum.

Heather Hogan —

Dec 14, 2017

bisexuality

butch

gender

You Need Help: My Mom Supports My Bisexuality, but Not My Butchness

Kristin of Everyone Is Gay and My Kid Is Gay gives advice for a 16-year-old and her mom trying to deal with coming out as bisexual and gender nonconforming!

Kristin —

Apr 20, 2017

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thanksgiving

How To Be Alone on Thanksgiving

So, you’re spending Thanksgiving 2016 alone. I’m here to let you know that spending Thanksgiving alone is not only just fine, it’s also damn fun.

Ari —

Nov 21, 2016

#affiliatemarketing

#buyindiebuyqueer

style

Shut Up And Take My Money: 15 Super Queer Etsy Stores

There are so many things you can queer your life with: chokers, buttons, zines, prints, coffee mugs, shirts! Everything you can’t find at a thrift store, you can find on…

Cecelia —

Oct 12, 2016

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mental health

health

You Need Help: Emerging From Your Hermitage

Like, I think about buying a coffee and then am like “no no self, you can’t do that – you would need to speak to a person.”

Riese —

Nov 24, 2015

advice

family

gender

You Need Help Helping Your Parents: Cis People Teaching Cis Parents To Be Trans Allies

It will take time. It will take a lot of patience. It will be worth it.

Maddie —

Jul 6, 2015

coming out a little later

greatest hits

coming out

You Need Help: Coming Out In Your Mid/Late 20s

The fact that you’re working through all this now doesn’t say anything negative about you or the way you moved through life for the past 24 years. What you did…

Laura Mandanas —

Mar 5, 2015

bisexuality

look into this

identity

You Need Help: 7 Highly Effective Habits of Dealing with Biphobes

Just kidding it’s not quite 7. They’re still good ones though.

Rachel —

Mar 3, 2015

family

hanukkah

christmas

10 Tips For Surviving Your First Family Holiday After Coming Out

So you’ve recently come out to your family, and it’s the first time you’ve been to holigay dinner since it happened. Autostraddle is here to help you through it.

Mari Brighe —

Dec 18, 2014

curated comments

lesbian nightlife

the scene

Listling Without Commentary: 29 Excerpts From 1-Star Reviews Of Lesbian Bars

“The patrons there were lucky I didn’t use my ninja skills on their @$$!!!”

Riese —

Nov 11, 2014

bisexuality

islam

love + sex

You Need Help: Attraction to Women and Feeling Like A “Bad Muslim”

“Remember that everyone around you, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, is grappling with a lot of the same things that you are right now: about what they want “family” to look…

Fikri —

Nov 7, 2014