2013

“five years from now when i’m living in a tree writing tracts about how monsanto is part of the illuminati cabal on recycled seventh-generation paper bags, you can pinpoint this as the moment it started.”

RACHEL KINCAID, MARCH 31, 2013
  • So many cuties, so little room in this picture for all of them (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Carly & Robin as Gomez and Morticia Addams, an idea Stef started a change.org petition to realize (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Thrilling announcements (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Carolyn, Austen, Azul & Taylor at A-Camp Prom (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Riese & Alex at the GLAAD Awards (San Francisco, CA) We lost that year and Riese got drunk and yelled at men
  • Gabrielle, Vanessa, Malaika and Lizz Rubin (New York, NY)
  • GET IN THE BUS WE’RE GOING TO A-CAMP
  • Laneia, Riese & Rachel ready to greet campers at Snow Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Vanessa & Mey are flower girls (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Riese & Intern Grace (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Dapper was a big thing that year (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Geneva, Carmen, Liz & Brittani at the A-Camp Prom (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Robin’s Calendar Girls Gallery Show!!! (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Lea DeLaria talks to Lizz and Gabrielle Korn at Marimacho’s Fashion Week Debut (New York, NY)
  • Vikki, Riese, Alex and Deb at the Salon LGBTQ Conference (Atlanta, GA)
  • SNOW CAMP! (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Bree & Kai are two 2014 Calendar Girls in a blanket! (photo by Robin Roemer)
  • Lizz & Vanessa at the GLAAD Awards (New York, NY)
  • Crystal with Tegan and Sara (Sydney, Australia)
  • Carmen, Rory & Chelsea enjoy Pita Chips at A-Camp (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Swagger 101 Starts Now (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Austen & Now-Wife Abby at the Phresh Cutz Fundraiser (New York, NY)
  • Sindu does makeup for the internet (Boston, MA)
  • Cunty (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Hello this is Carly at the GLAAD Awards (Los Angeles, CA)
  • The 2014 Calendar Girls
  • Riese and Carly (Angelus Oaks, CA)
  • Gabby & Phoenix host Speed Dating at the Strand (New York, NY)
  • Welcome Friends!!!! (Angelus Oaks, CA)
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freshmen

  • Yvonne Marquez, Associate Editor
  • Lane Moore, Associate Editor
  • Mey Rude, Writer
  • Fikri, Writer
  • Gabrielle, Columnist
  • Audrey White, Writer
  • Archie Bongiovanni, Cartoonist
  • Chelsea Steiner, Contributor
  • Kaylah Wilson, Moderator
  • Kaitlyn Jakola, Writer
  • SJ Sindu, Contributor
  • Aja Aguire, Fashion Editor
  • Laura Mandanas, Writer
  • Cameron Glavin, Cartoonist
  • Maddie Taterka, Writer
“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”
Read Audrey White’s memory >

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

most popular posts

  1. How To Own It: The Queer Grrl’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Gabrielle Korn
  2. 22 Kickass Queer Women Who Came Out in 2013, by Riese
  3. Your Completely Queer Guide To Horoscope Hookups, by Kate Severance
  4. The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls, by Riese
  5. How “Real” Is “Orange Is The New Black”? Comparing The Show To The Memoir To The Numbers, by Riese
  6. You Need Help: Real Talk About Your First Strap-On, by A.E. Osworth
  7. Fat-Booty Butch Wears Leggings — Confuses World, Confronts Self, by Gabby Rivera
  8. Let’s All Write Open Letters To Miley Cyrus And Also Your Mom Forever And Ever, by Rachel and Riese
  9. How To Have Lesbian Sex 102: Cunnilingus Edition, by A.E. Osworth
  10. 14 Genuinely Awesome Times We Saw An Actress’s Boobs [NSFW], by Riese

I wrote Dear Queer Diary from 2013-2014 while teaching English at a boarding school. I lived in a tragically carpeted dorm with about 20 eighth and ninth graders, and I used to write my columns in between helping them write papers and reminding them to brush their teeth. Autostraddle was my secret identity and my first regular writing gig, and I’m still proud and grateful.

Maggie Cooper
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the year of us

this year we did a lot of…

awards

most prolific writers

  1. Riese Bernard
  2. Carmen Rios
  3. Vanessa Friedman
  4. A.E. Osworth
  5. Brittani Nichols
  6. Carolyn Yates
  7. Sarah Hansen
  8. Lizz Rubin
  9. Kristen Ford
  10. Kate Severance

the year of…

tv

pop culture

movies

politics

  • U.S. Supreme court rules Section 3 of DOMA unconstitutional
  • California, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware, Minnesota, Hawaii, Illinois and New Mexico join the same-sex marriage bandwagon

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