road trip

road trip

music

The Best Queer Albums To Listen To on a Road Trip

Plus, perfect car snack pairings for every album.

Stef Rubino —

Sep 19, 2024

road trip

the travel issue

issues

Where Road Trips Meet Rituals

Once the itinerary is printed and your bag is packed, travel forces us out of our own limitations, the boundaries we create in our heads.

Sarah Alexander —

Aug 14, 2019

friday open thread

open thread

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What’s on Your Big Gay Roadtrip Playlist?

How hard do you go on the Hayley Kiyoko when making your summer road trip playlist?

Valerie Anne —

Jul 19, 2019

lesbian travel

road trip

comedy

Every Hotel Breakfast I Ate On My Cross-Country Road Trip, Ranked

This isn’t the Saturday Morning Cartoon you were expecting, but it’ll probably be better than drinking a $5 cup of coffee with powdered creamer, you know?

Riese —

Dec 2, 2017

beyonce

family

first person

A Road Trip With Your Father In Honor of His 74th Birthday, In Playlist Form

A road trip which happens to coincide with the occasion of Prince’s death and the release of “Lemonade.”

Aisha —

Jun 9, 2016

california

Miniseries

first person

Wild Child West: The End of the Road

Now I start over, and rebuild, and confront fear and learn to drive alone and figure out how to secure Eli in the loft so I can still snuggle with…

Carmen —

Oct 5, 2015

lesbian travel

Lists/Top 10s

food lists

Wild Child West: Our Top 10 Road Trip Snacks

We’ve finally picked out our road trip snack shopping list, and it’s a thing of beauty.

Carmen —

Sep 7, 2015

Dear Queer Diary

journaling

travel

Dear Queer Diary: Notes from The Road

By which I mean I am tapping this into an iPhone note on a bus jostling through the English countryside.

Maggie —

Jun 26, 2014

gay road trip

hip-hop

playlists

Playlist: Road Trip Turn Up

This is my break glass in case of emergency road trip playlist. I can turn up all by myself.

Brittani —

Sep 23, 2013

gay road trip

genderqueer

first person

Leaving a Mark on the American Heartland With My Solo Queer Trans* Woman Roadtrip

“This past year of my transition, 2012, has been one of road travel with many miles revisited across numerous American states… Not the least of my concerns was driving my…

Amy —

Jun 14, 2013

california

new york

first person

Westward Homo: Dog Is My Co-Pilot

Carly and Robin meander through the Great American West! “Look, I know you think you live here, but we don’t. You probably think we live nowhere, and in a way,…

Robin —

Feb 6, 2013

california

new york

first person

Westward Homo! The Road to Columbus and St Louis (and Intern Grace!)

“We kidnapped Intern Grace on our first snowy evening and took her to the Red Roof Inn where we forced her to eat pizza and watch the 30 Rock finale…

Robin —

Feb 2, 2013