the midwest

a-camp

a-camp september 2016

camp

A-Camp Midwest: There’s Still Time To Sign Up and You Really Should

We wanna see you in Wisconsin! Some regular spots have opened up PLUS we’ve also got some VIP Apartments if that’s more your style!

Riese —

Sep 7, 2016

a-camp

a-camp september 2016

camp

Introducing Camp Autostraddle 7.5: Midwest Edition

We’re bringing A-Camp to the midwest and we wanna see you there!

Riese —

Aug 4, 2016

ann arbor meet-up

autostraddle live

community

Ann Arbor Meet-Up 7/1: Senior Editors Emerging From Hibernation To Drink Whiskey With You

Riese, Rachel, Yvonne, Heather, Laneia & Sarah want to hang out with you!

Sarah —

Jun 27, 2016

lesbian travel

the midwest

travel

Weekenders: Allyn Mansion in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

In our first episode of a brand-new travel column, we go to a little town in Wisconsin and stay in a very big mansion on a very tall bed.

Riese —

Feb 25, 2016

autostraddle ohio

lesbian travel

travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Cincinnati, Ohio

The city isn’t very outwardly hostile, and once you find a pocket of queer friends to start connecting you to others (one thing this guide will hopefully help you do!),…

Nyles Claire —

Sep 12, 2015

a+ photoessay

af+ personal essay

af+

Going Home To My Ghosts: A Photoessay

The entire story of our entire trip from California to Michigan and also all the bigger stories and the smaller ones, too.

Riese —

Sep 10, 2015

90s nostalgia

food service

food and drink

Sunday Top Ten: Heartwarming Midwestern and Southern Restaurant Chains I Miss

Nobody does breakfast like Bob Evans.

Riese —

Feb 22, 2015

a+ photoessay

af+ personal essay

af+

Admitting That You’re Home: A Photo Diary

A girl spends 19 days in rural Tennessee with her girlfriend and her family, takes a million pictures, then tells her whole life story in just under 4,000 words. What’s…

Laneia —

Sep 4, 2014

autostraddle ohio

gay games

sports

Queer Girl Mini Guide: Cleveland, Ohio and the Gay Games

Positively Cleveland and the Gay Games invited Autostraddle to take a look at their facilities for the games and experience some of food and fun Cleveland has to offer the…

A.E. Osworth —

Jan 2, 2014

gay road trip

lesbian travel

community

The Poet and the Scientist: Taking Back Sandwiches in the Midwest

The girls are cute, the beers are cold and Andrea Gibson is in town. Need we say more?

Ashley Catharine —

Sep 30, 2013

Queer Girl City Guide

the midwest

travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Nashville, Tennessee

The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the…

Erin —

May 13, 2013