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Faraway Friends With Pens: A Look At Letters And Notes
Posted 9 hours ago

What do you do when you love people who live far away? You break out your best stationery and write a friendship into existence, obviously.

A-Camp Recap Day 3
A-Camp Recap Day #3: We've Got Talent
Posted 2 days ago

Day Three's activities included the sex panel, the talent show, the queer women of color panel, the picking up chicks workshop, 'zine-making, the dance and SO MUCH MORE!

Lip Service Episode 204 Recap
Lip Service Episode 204 Recap: Royal Lady Mounds
Posted 3 days ago

Are there really only 2 episodes left in the series 2? But it's just starting to get good again!

A-Camp Recap Day 2
A-Camp Recap Day #2: The (Word) Limit Does Not Exist!
Posted 5 days ago

On the first full day of A-Camp, we pressed flowers, talked about gender, played basketball, cabin-bombed and super-soaked.

A-Camp Recap Day 1
A-Camp Recap #1: Movin' On Up (The Mountain)
Posted 6 days ago

In which we recap the days leading up to A-Camp and the first day of A-Camp, which was a bit of a saga.

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3481331137 May 16, 2012

Five Years of Zanele Muholi's Photos of LGBT Lives in Africa Stolen From Her Apartment

“I’ve dedicated my entire life to documenting queer lives. I wanted to make sure I document (LGBTI) lives. All my major projects are gone.”

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Jamie
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Sarah McBride: The Autostraddle Interview

If you’ve been reading about Sarah McBride elsewhere on the Internet, you may already have realized that when she came out, the world cracked open. Or at least it shook.

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Carmen
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A Poem: A Guide To Words

“It’s like diet-cunt, because cunt is the Queen Bitch.”

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Lizzie A.
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Faraway Friends With Pens: A Look At Letters And Notes

What do you do when you love people who live far away? You break out your best stationery and write a friendship into existence, obviously.

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Emily
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Ani Difranco Wants Your Videos For Her New Song "Mariachi"

“Let’s get this party started, let’s squeeze the lime.”

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Jamie
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Listling Without Commentary: People You Geniuses Voted For in the Autostraddle Hot 100

It’s gonna be a big night for Olivia Benson, That Hot Femme Bartender and Ali Defranco!

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riese
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Obama, Gay Marriage and America One Week Later

President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, and then what happened?

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Rachel
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TV Fix: True Blood, Mindy Kaling's Project, The New Normal

So much TV news these days! This post is mostly about True Blood’s Season Five, but also includes trailers for Mindy Kaling’s new show and Ryan Murphy’s new gay sitcom.

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riese
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You Need Help: You Like Her But She Keeps Bringing Up Boys

Your focus shouldn’t be ‘Is she straight or gay?’. Wondering about that leads to madness, drunk phone calls and other forms of hot messery.

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gabrielle
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We Got 99 Haters But Jay-Z Ain't One

Jay-Z thinks Obama’s decision to support gay marriage is “the right thing to do.” What a man.

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Carmen
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Argentina Is Trans* Rights All-Star, Chile and Cuba On The Gay Rights Upswing

Argentina, Chile and Cuba all made strides in LGBT rights last week! What a wonderful world we live in!

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Lizz
TNG feature May 15, 2012

The Newtown Girls Interview And Season Finale

Australian actors Renee Lim (Alex) and Debra Ades (Scarlet) open up about their experiences shooting The Newtown Girls. Also, watch the season finale!

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Crystal
joanna May 14, 2012

Joanna Johnson is a Lesbian: "Bold & The Beautiful" Star Comes Out

When Joanna Johnson’s character on “Bold and the Beautiful” came out, it seemed like a good time for Joanna Johnson herself to come out. So she did! Today!

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riese
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Parents Just Don't Understand, But Maybe Young People Don't Either (About Gay Rights)

Maybe young people aren’t going to be the saviors of the campaign for equal rights for gays.

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Rachel
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Glee's Season 4 Will Feature NYC-Based "Show-Within-a-Show," Santana, Carrie Bradshaw

We’ve got the scoop on Glee’s Season Four plans and it sounds pretty crazy. Plus, who’s returning for another year of this hot hot mess?

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riese
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Seven Female Rappers Who Are Not Nicki Minaj Or Kreayshawn

Here’s a league of talented female MCs who deserve your attention.

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Ericka
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Queer Girl City Guide: Granada, Spain

“What you may not have heard is that in this tiny little city of about 270,000, there are by my count, 70,000 lesbians. At least.”

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Nicole
padseeew May 14, 2012

Get Baked: Vegan Pad See Ew

Because rice noodles are nice noodles.

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Jamie
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Here's To You: A Graduation Playlist In Two Parts

Let’s party. Then let’s cry.

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Carmen
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Going Down in History

This week on NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: historical gayness, porn, and non-monogamy.

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anon
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Sunday Funday Supports Gay Marriage and Graduates

Keaton Fuller is graduating happy, Obama’s sailing in a pool of gay money, and also PHOTOBOMBING ANIMALS.

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Carmen
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Get Baked Mother's Day Special: Dutch Baby

Not to be confused with “butch baby,” which is also a wonderful thing.

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Laura
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Romney Says He's Not a Bully, Just Likes Pranks And Stuff

In high school Mitt Romney and his friends jumped some kid and forcibly cut off all his hair while he screamed and cried. Romney thinks this is mostly NBD.

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Lizz