youth and teenagers

advice

youth and teenagers

af+

A+ MEMBER COMMUNITY POST: What Advice Would You Give Your Tween Self?

sometime this year you are going to steal your first pack of cigarettes from *redacted*’s mom: please don’t ? you will like them far too much and also will feel…

Nico —

Mar 9, 2021

youth and teenagers

af+

A+ Members! A Question: What Advice Would You Give Your Tween Self?

Birthdays are a great (terrible?) time for self-reflection — and what better occasion to mentally travel through time back to being a tween than Autostraddle’s 12th birthday which is on…

Nico —

Mar 4, 2021

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

children's books

book lists

8 Awesome Queer Books for the Youth and Tweens in Your Life

LGBT fiction for the tween / young teen in your life, or for anyone who likes a good queer book (spoiler: that’s everyone).

Casey —

Apr 9, 2019

but make it fashion

youth and teenagers

coming out

Controlling the Image: Obsessive Compulsion and the Closet

“When I asked my friends from high school if they remembered me ever mentioning my records, most of them had no idea. Just as most of them had no inkling…

Sionnain Buckley —

Nov 1, 2018

autostraddle behind the scenes

Lists/Top 10s

music

The Autostraddle Team’s Ten Most Influential Teen Albums

The music you listen to in your teen years mixes with your hormones and emotions and overwhelms you and permanently molds you. You make mix tapes, you go to shows,…

Mey —

Jan 19, 2017

gay

youth and teenagers

music

Playlist: Middle School Dance While Unknowingly Gay

Slow-dancing.

Erin —

Dec 26, 2016

'zines/magazines

girl power

pop culture fix

<em>Bright Lite</em> Magazine Empowers Preteen Girls, Restores Our Faith in Humanity

Enter Bright Lite — the badass magazine for girls that, true to its name, will bring light to your world, a grin to your face, and much-needed hope to your…

Carrie —

Nov 23, 2016

bisexuality

disney

television

Bella Thorne Is Bisexual: The Disney Star/Actress Comes Out On Twitter

The star of the Disney Channel’s Shake it Off, a dance show co-starring Zendaya, answered a fan who sent the question “are you bisexual?” with a simple “yes.”

Mey —

Aug 24, 2016

LGBT youth

link roundup

politics + activism

LGBT Youth Get New GSA Name and Tagline; LGBT Elders Get Left Out of Key Legislation

The GSA is now more inclusive of all genders and sexualities but the Older Americans Act isn’t inclusive of LGBT elders; Islan Nettles’ killer will go to prison for 12…

Rachel —

Apr 21, 2016

girl power

LGBT youth

lgbt book reviews

Read a F*cking Book: “(RE)Sisters” Knows That to Be Queer Is to Be Powerful

Through rule-breaking, more than one unauthorized hot air balloon flight, and a lot of other creative and brave attempts at escape, (RE)Sisters reveals truths about what we know, but may…

Maddie —

Feb 11, 2016

trans women

trans youth

lgbt book reviews

Were We Ever So Young: Rereading Julie Anne Peters’ “Luna” for the Seventh Time

Luna opened a door for me — no, it opened a thousand doors, doors that I’ve been confidently walking through ever since I came out.

Mey —

Dec 28, 2015

LGBT youth

Queer Youth

lgbt book reviews

Were We Ever So Young: Revisiting “Empress of the World”

The names of the main characters, Nic and Battle, were gender neutral enough that I projected heterosexuality onto them, not yet knowing that gay YA lit was something even there…

Maddie —

Nov 12, 2015