2+ hour, 29+ min ago   (913+ words) This piece comes from issue #03 of our print magazine, Sporty Spice. Your purchase or subscription helps Autostraddle stay afloat at an extremely perilous time for queer media. Get yours here. It’s been a busy year for women’s baseball — and in…...

3+ hour, 48+ min ago   (303+ words) I’ve been feeling this intense shame for years now, and I know that it takes time to figure out who you are, but I fear that in my situation, I’ll never get that experience. Is my journey valid despite its…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (126+ words) There are so many ways to be gay in the gym. This quiz goes out to all the beefy butches, twinky jocks, a cardio daddies, mega strong mommis, pickup basketball gays, lifting lesbians, and biceped bisexuals. Grab your nearest form…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (132+ words) Lesbians and queer women have always been central to sports history: as spectators and superfans of woefully undervalued women’s leagues, as out athletes paving the way for more inclusion and visibility, as diligent, gregarious builders of community through recreational and…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (392+ words) You have to protect your heart, even if it means losing a friend or having an uncomfy but not disastrous conversation. But will you really be able to enjoy this vacation with her if you feel like you’re hiding something…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (197+ words) Things aren’t all cartoon butterflies and fireworks. As the school year nears its end, worries about the future spring up; they hear people talking about how teenage relationships never last, they see Tao (William Gao) and Elle (Yasmin) break up…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (756+ words) Here’s what I remember: a wooden bowl. My father’s silver hair under the spotlit kitchen island. Hands busy mashing yolk and rind; the squeeze of a tube of anchovy paste, the clinks of spoon to jarred garlic. It was the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (108+ words) As summer marches on with all of its associated activities, you might be asking yourself if you are more of a “pool party with a DJ and a few go-go dancers” gal or more of a down-and-dirty “outside sex” gay....

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (157+ words) Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya is the managing editor of Autostraddle and a lesbian writer of essays, fiction, and pop culture criticism living in Orlando. She is the former managing editor of TriQuarterly, and her short stories appear in McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (242+ words) It sounds like you have a fairly good relationship. Finances are a serious topic worthy of discussion, so please talk to your wife about your feelings and whether she feels your contribution to the relationship is fair. In her view,…...