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Autostraddle
Autostraddle is a queer and trans-owned online magazine and social network for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women (cis and trans), as well as non-binary people and trans people of all genders. The website is a "politically progressive queer feminist media source" that features content covering LGBTQ and feminist news, politics, opinion, culture, arts and entertainment as well as lifestyle content such as DIY crafting, sex, relationships, fashion, food and technology.
Autostraddle was founded in 2009 by Riese Bernard, the current CEO and CFO, and former Design Director Alexandra Vega. In June 2020, Kamala Puligandla succeeded Bernard as editor-in-chief. In June 2021, Carmen Phillips was named the new editor-in-chief. In August 2023, Autostraddle was acquired by For Them, with Kylo Freeman as CEO. In July 2024, Phillips stepped down as editor-in-chief.
The site received 400,000 unique visitors and 2 million views per month in 2012.[citation needed] In 2016 these numbers had risen to one million unique visitors and 3.5 million views per month.[citation needed] In 2023, the site received 2.5 million unique views per month.[citation needed] The website received GLAAD's Outstanding Blog Award in 2015, and was nominated in 2013, 2014, and 2018.[non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed]
Riese Bernard founded Autostraddle in March 2009 with Alexandra Vega, the website's former Design Director. She wanted to create a website for queer women that was unlike other sites that existed at the time. The senior team currently consists of Kylo Freeman, Riese Bernard, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, and Drew Burnett Gregory.
In a 2016 article for Nylon Magazine, founder Riese Bernard discussed Autostraddle's alternative revenue strategies in the context of the rapid disintegration of queer women-oriented publications and online spaces. She has noted that advertisers largely do not buy ad space on the website. Autostraddle's funding model relies heavily on memberships, merchandise, and community fundraising.
In May 2023, Bernard announced that a decline in advertising revenue that began in 2020 had forced Autostraddle to reduce spending by cutting expenses and concluding some independent contractor roles. The independent contractors whose contracts were terminated were given three months of paid notice and invited to remain as team freelance writers.
In August 2023, Autostraddle was acquired by For Them, a company founded in 2021 that designs and manufactures chest binders, and the website was rebranded as "Autostraddle by For Them".
Autostraddle publishes content on relationship dynamics, radical queer politics, economic injustice, among other things. In 2019, Riese Bernard and Buffering the Vampire Slayer's Kristin Russo started To L and Back, a podcast recapping every single episode of The L Word in order, one by one. Filmmaker Carly Usdin took over for Russo as co-host starting in season 2, and the show began featuring regular special guests.
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Autostraddle
Autostraddle is a queer and trans-owned online magazine and social network for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women (cis and trans), as well as non-binary people and trans people of all genders. The website is a "politically progressive queer feminist media source" that features content covering LGBTQ and feminist news, politics, opinion, culture, arts and entertainment as well as lifestyle content such as DIY crafting, sex, relationships, fashion, food and technology.
Autostraddle was founded in 2009 by Riese Bernard, the current CEO and CFO, and former Design Director Alexandra Vega. In June 2020, Kamala Puligandla succeeded Bernard as editor-in-chief. In June 2021, Carmen Phillips was named the new editor-in-chief. In August 2023, Autostraddle was acquired by For Them, with Kylo Freeman as CEO. In July 2024, Phillips stepped down as editor-in-chief.
The site received 400,000 unique visitors and 2 million views per month in 2012.[citation needed] In 2016 these numbers had risen to one million unique visitors and 3.5 million views per month.[citation needed] In 2023, the site received 2.5 million unique views per month.[citation needed] The website received GLAAD's Outstanding Blog Award in 2015, and was nominated in 2013, 2014, and 2018.[non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed][non-primary source needed]
Riese Bernard founded Autostraddle in March 2009 with Alexandra Vega, the website's former Design Director. She wanted to create a website for queer women that was unlike other sites that existed at the time. The senior team currently consists of Kylo Freeman, Riese Bernard, Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, and Drew Burnett Gregory.
In a 2016 article for Nylon Magazine, founder Riese Bernard discussed Autostraddle's alternative revenue strategies in the context of the rapid disintegration of queer women-oriented publications and online spaces. She has noted that advertisers largely do not buy ad space on the website. Autostraddle's funding model relies heavily on memberships, merchandise, and community fundraising.
In May 2023, Bernard announced that a decline in advertising revenue that began in 2020 had forced Autostraddle to reduce spending by cutting expenses and concluding some independent contractor roles. The independent contractors whose contracts were terminated were given three months of paid notice and invited to remain as team freelance writers.
In August 2023, Autostraddle was acquired by For Them, a company founded in 2021 that designs and manufactures chest binders, and the website was rebranded as "Autostraddle by For Them".
Autostraddle publishes content on relationship dynamics, radical queer politics, economic injustice, among other things. In 2019, Riese Bernard and Buffering the Vampire Slayer's Kristin Russo started To L and Back, a podcast recapping every single episode of The L Word in order, one by one. Filmmaker Carly Usdin took over for Russo as co-host starting in season 2, and the show began featuring regular special guests.