The Autostraddle Yearbook: A Decade Of Gay Work
2016
“I don’t know how to be hopeful right now, but that doesn’t mean I’m going to stop writing or working or fighting, and I know everyone at Autostraddle stands firmly with me.”
MEY RUDE, TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, NOVEMBER 2016
Resting Bitch Face Appreciation Society at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Molly TK Adams) 
Staff in a Tub before Fall A-Camp (Mukwanago, WI) 
Riese & Sarah lead pool games at the Olivia Club Med Takeover (Ixtapa, Mexico) 
Al(aina) Monts at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Robin Roemer) 
Cecelia, Carmen and Nurse Viv at the A-Camp Gala (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Molly TK Adams) 
Kristin and Marni LOLing (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Robin Roemer) 
Riese, Rachel and Yvonne load up (Ypsilanti, MI) 
Audrey dancing at the A-Camp Gala (Angelus Oaks, CA) 
Senior Editors enjoying the 4th of July in a normal way (Ypsilanti, MI) 
3 Girls 1 Golf Cart: Laneia, Carrie and Yvonne at A-Camp Wisconsin (Mukwonago, WI) 
Fourth of July Shakedown (Ypsilanti, MI) 
Audrey, Maddie, Kaitlyn, Heather & Austen at the EIG/AS All-Ages Pride Party (New York, NY) 
Sarah Sarwar is ready for this (Angelus Oaks, CA) (photo by Molly TK Adams) 
The A-Camp QTPOC Speakeasy(Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Robin Roemer) 
Senior Staff on a truck (Ypsilanti, MI) 
Erin with her nose in a hole (Nashville, TN) 
Alex at the GLAAD Awards with LENA WAITHE (Los Angeles, CA) 
Mey, Al(aina) & Cecelia at Fall A-Camp (Mukwonago, WI) 
Erin and Lauren at the A-Camp Met Gala (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Molly TK Adams) 
Laneia as Dana Fairbanks for the Dead Lesbian Characters Haunted House at A-Camp (Mukwonago, WI) 
Heather, Maddie and Yvonne prepping for A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Robin Roemer) 
Sarah listening to Riese thinking about how smart and wise she is (Angelus Oaks, CA) (Photo by Robin Roemer) 
Heather leads Bitches Brew at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)
If I had to pick my favorite thing about working here over the last decade, I’d really have to say it’s how fucking gay Kristen Stewart has become and how busy she keeps me. I am ever grateful for her pivot to Shane. I owe her my livelihood. The day Alicia Cargile held her shoes on the red carpet at Cannes was a day I will never forget.
Stef Schwartz
freshmen
Sarah Sarwar, Design & Marketing Director 
Al Monts, Writer 
Nora Whelan, Fashion Editor 
Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Writer 
Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Writer 
Erin Sullivan, Writer 
Isa Alcantara, Writer 
Sarah Dufrau, Contributor 
Valerie Simon, Contributor 
Jenna Lykes, Contributor 
Maree Hamilton, Writer 
Siobhan, Contributor 
Heather Davidson, Contributor 
Alyssa Andrews, Cartoonist 
Dickens, Cartoonist 
Casey Stepaniuk, Columnist 
Carrie Wade, Writer 
Kristin Russo, A-Camp Co-Director
Read Kayla Upadhyaya’s memory >
Remember that time I essentially live-blogged the deterioration of my longest and most fulfilling relationship right here on Autostraddle dot com? I sure do because it’s all still happening right here right now as part of my For Your Consideration series!!!! In all seriousness, I am so appreciative of Autostraddle because it feels like one of the only spaces where it would even be possible for me to open up in the ways that I have with my writing here. I mean, I was still pretty freshly out of the closet when I started working here in 2015, which is crazy to think about. Even though I write full time all over the place, I really do feel like it’s here where I found my voice. And I’ve made incredible friends here who have helped me through the worst year of my life, so not to be dramatic but idk what I would do without Autostraddle!!!!! Happy birthday, bb!
—Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
most popular posts
- All the Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters on TV, and How They Died, by Riese
- Style Thief: How To Dress Like Dr. Jillian Holtzmann, by A.E. Osworth
- Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Womanizer, by Anonymous
- 13 TV Shows With Lesbian and Bisexual Female Characters Who Are Getting It Right, by Riese
- The “Carol” Oscars Snub: The Problem Isn’t Lesbians, It’s Misandry, by Heather
- Rowan Blanchard Is Queer: 14-Year-Old “Girl Meets World” Actress Comes Out On Twitter, by Mey
- Rebecca Sugar is Bisexual: “Steven Universe” Creator Comes Out at Comic-Con, by Mey
- Kate McKinnon’s 10 Gayest ‘Ghostbusters’ Gay Moments of Gay, by Kayla
- Aubrey Plaza is Bisexual, Knows You’re Into Her, Is Cool With It, by Riese
- Lesbian Movies on Netflix: Everything Streaming and What’s Worth Watching, by Riese
the year of us
this year we did a lot of…
- Dead lesbian and bisexual TV characters
- Ghostbusters
- Election content
- Alt-queer sex/dating columns (View From The Top, Bottoms Up, Poly Pocket)
- Celebrity coming out posts
- Disability and accessibility content!
awards
- GLAAD Award Nomination: Outstanding Digital Journalism (Riese, “105 Trans Women On TV: A History and Analysis“)
- GO 100 Women We Love (Riese, Aja, Gabby Rivera, Mary Tully, Molly TK Adams)
most prolific writers
the year of…
tv
- Jane the Virgin
- Supergirl
- Transparent
- Take My Wife
- Faking It
- Wynonna Earp
- Wentworth
- Black Mirror/San Junipero
pop culture
- Glee’s farewell season
- Lexa dies on The 100, Poussey dies on OITNB, we launch our Dead Lesbian and Bisexual TV Characters List
- Sara Ramirez comes out as bisexual
- Stephanie Beatriz comes out as bisexual
- Aubrey Plaza comes out as bisexual
- Everybody is obsessed with the Great British Bakeoff
- Jeanne Córdova dies, leaving Autostraddle as one of the many beneficiaries of her estate
