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WATCH: Brittani Nichols Raps, Is Dreamy
VIDEO: Brittani Nichols Releases Video for
Posted 2 days ago

The song is part of her upcoming and much-awaited mixtape, "Spirit Finger Gazebo," which until recently often felt like a distant dream.

Rebirth Of A PlayStation Fangirl
The Road Home: PS4 And The Rebirth Of A PlayStation Fangirl
Posted 3 days ago

How Sony's PS4 is bringing me back to my gaming roots.

My Midwestern Queer Trans* Roadtrip
Leaving a Mark on the American Heartland With My Solo Queer Trans* Woman Roadtrip
Posted 4 days ago

"This past year of my transition, 2012, has been one of road travel with many miles revisited across numerous American states... Not the least of my concerns was driving my…

How Cissexism Made My Marriage Legal
The Incredibly True Story Of How Cissexism Made My Same-Sex Marriage Legal
Posted 5 days ago

Thanks to a simple governmental regulation, my wife and I were able to exploit a legal loophole and obtain a federally recognized marriage.

Interview: Jenny Owen Youngs
Jenny Owen Youngs Is Super Gay: The Autostraddle Interview
Posted 6 days ago

Jenny Owen Youngs just officially came out on EveryoneIsGay.com!

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queerituality June 18, 2013

Team Pick: Queerituality Wants Your Queer Feelings About Spirituality, Is Traveling To You!

Vanessa’s Team Pick: Queerituality is a collection of portraits and stories from LGBTQ people about their religious journeys and their spiritual lives. If you are a queer person of faith, you should add your voice.

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Make A Thing paper weaving June 18, 2013

Make A Thing: Paper Weaving

Paper weaving is time consuming but easy and really pretty in the end.

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Hansen
sex toy review June 18, 2013

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: Kandi Kisses

If the alliterative name isn’t enough to get you turned on, perhaps the knowledge that it was created by Kandi Burruss of The Real Housewives of Atlanta will do the trick!

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amelia earhart June 18, 2013

Idol Worship: What I've Learned From Amelia Earhart

“I want to do it because I want to do it. Women must try to do things as men have tried.”

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Carmen
skins-emily June 17, 2013

This Is A "Skins Redux" Post: Lesbian Loins Are Burning Because These Girls Are On "Fire"

We could potentially spend more time speculating about Naomi and Emily’s future than we will spend actually watching the show when it premieres on July 1st. Potentially.

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riese
gender_book_page_identity_game June 17, 2013

Team Pick: "The Gender Book" Is The Best Thing You Will Read Online Today

Cara’s Team Pick: It’s illustrated, it’s interactive, it’s informative, and it’s not even done yet!

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via Pivot Legal June 17, 2013

Will The Canadian Supreme Court De-Criminalize Sex Work?

This past week, sex workers have been holding marches in big cities across the country to support Bedford v. The Government of Canada, which aims to decriminalize activities surrounding sex work.

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Malaika
Kelly Lockwood Larson as Scout and much of the Cast, photo by KL Thomas June 17, 2013

NYC Play Lesbian Love Octagon Gets Six Thumbs Up From Three Of Us, All The Thumbs

This one time Gabby, Ali and Vanessa all went to The Lesbian Love Octagon, in New York City and then we all got together at a bar and, over Red Stripe, hashed out some of the finer points on our feelings.

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OdetoSpam June 17, 2013

Ode to: Spam, Bitch

Spam gives people a lot of feelings. Some good, some not so good. But let’s turn all of those feelings into hunger (with a side of nostalgia) with Katrina!

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Jackie-SOTS-Feature-2 June 17, 2013

Straddler On The Street: Jackie

Jackie talks about her love for America, her connection with God and religion, and her non-traditional approach to school and higher education. This interview should be titled “Basically Every Subject You’re Supposed To Avoid At Dinner Parties.”

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Vanessa
2013-06-09 June 16, 2013

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Gallery: So Many Hand Bras

When you don’t have a bra, you can always just use your hands, as these 100 smokin’ hotties can attest.

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rope bondage June 16, 2013

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Melt Your Brain

In this week’s NSFW Sunday: pubic hair, how sex toys are created, a new NSFW queer comic and more.

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valedictorian salutatorian two moms June 16, 2013

This Sunday Funday, Gays Finally Get A Piece of the Pie

From politics to high school graduation, we’re moving on up.

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Carmen
Pretty_Little_Liars_S04E01_KissThemGoodbye_net_1109 June 15, 2013

Pretty Little Liars 401: A is for A-L-I-V-E, B is for B-U-T-C-H

The season premiere of Pretty Little Liars finally answered all of our burning questions! Like which college will Emily and Paige UHaul off to in the fall?!

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Lizz
woman-with-console June 15, 2013

The Road Home: PS4 And The Rebirth Of A PlayStation Fangirl

How Sony’s PS4 is bringing me back to my gaming roots.

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taylor
time on a keyboard June 15, 2013

Un-tech Your Tech: Sometimes You Just Need Real Things

Sometimes, it’s ok to take a break from tech.

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Ali
medium_199736547-1 June 14, 2013

Butch Please: Butch Gets Intimate

Is there a space within sex positivity for those of us who feel uncomfortable doing what sex positivism seems to ask of us?

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Kate
commenter-friday-7230911 June 14, 2013

The Comment Awards Are High On Pride

‘Tis the season to don our gay apparel.

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carrie
anti-gay activists stepping on a rainbow flag (via Reuters) June 14, 2013

Russia Poised to Pass Nationwide "Don't Say Gay" Bill

The law would make it illegal to provide information to minors if it promotes “non-traditional sexual relationships” or provides “a distorted notion of social equivalence of traditional and non-traditional sexual relationships.”

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Cara
feature June 14, 2013

The View from Pew: LGBT Acceptance At An All-Time High

We haven’t yet been accepted as gospel, but we’re lightyears ahead of where we were 10 years ago.

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Laura
via {Design*Sponge} June 14, 2013

Our Top Ten Favorite Design*Sponge Posts

The best of the best of Design*Sponge.

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Hansen
via June 14, 2013

Lez Get Dressed For Work: The Working Bois Of Summer

Today I want to talk about how to dress for work when it’s super fucking hot outside and you don’t wear dresses.

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Gabrielle
baby-breakfast June 14, 2013

Things I Read That I Love #79: Subterranean Homesick Blues

Topics include Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), web developers, poetry and death, meth, psychic Sylvia Browne, Coyote Ugly, Wikipedia, The Whole Earth Catalog and more!

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