This was a big reason I didn’t stick with AE as well: I always thought the actual articles were okay and inclusive, but there was way too much biphobia in the community, in the comments and forums, and the moderators were really loathe to do anything about it. Autostraddle used to have that problem, too, but dealt…

AfterElton becoming The Backlot bummed me out because it seems like The Backlot is more geared toward women who like slash fanfiction and shipping than it is toward actual queer men.

I think you kind of spelled out the issue. Trans men aren’t “women who aren’t super femme,” they’re men. Autostraddle actually did cover trans men and had a trans guy writing for them on trans issues earlier on in their run, but they stopped doing that because readers pointed out the unfortunate implications of…