I first started reading Autostraddle in 2012 for the political commentary, I’m not even kidding you. I was such a good straight ally! In 2013 I got my shit together, came out as bi, pitched a one-off article, and that turned into 130 articles, four A-Camps, some of my very best friends, finding out I am trans, occasional heartache, and a whole lot of joy over the last five years. Life is a highway!

All that to say, it’s hard to choose a single good memory. Is it the time I did Justin Bieber strip drag and made 300 of you scream? Is it the time I got to interview Mara Wilson or Danny Ortberg or some of my most admired bisexual elders? Is it still to come, when I get to share space with Roxane Gay at A-Camp 11? Is it those long-gone pre-Slack days of 150-email threads every day where we shared story ideas and the minutiae of our lives from across the country and world?

When I am an old genderqueer grandparent on a front porch looking out upon my goats, I am going to remember being part of Autostraddle as one of the greatest things I ever did. That is for damn sure. Love y’all <3

—Audrey White