Two white teenagers in Mississippi beat a black man, then drove over him in a pickup truck.

“First of all, I’m always sad. Secondly, all my knives are made out of rubber. Thirdly, it’s like my house is on fire.”

(from Intern Lily & w/a 12-year-old boy who lives with Laneia) – “Silverstein writes what children see. He reminds us all of what it is like to view the world in its purest form. A world without stereotypes, biases, and social norms.”

“Who will they demonize if not the gays?”

Emily Hall Smith explains why you should check out ‘The Anatomy EP’ – the lastest release from all-female alt-rock outfit, Vanity Theft.

I kissed a girl and I liked it and way later, I showed up on a website called “People of Public Transport.”

A lot of us feel like books saved our life during our teen years; also, though, sometimes books can actually save your life! A list of ten YA novels that deal with the themes of suicide for gay youth.

The lovely, talented and possibly ambidextrous guest contributor, Danielle, gives us the low-down on the best gaming podcasts so we can all go into tiny escapist cocoons and ride out the storm. Thanks, Danielle!

The TedxOilSpill conference features a talk by notorious Twitter brand-hijacker, @BPGlobalPR, on the disaster in the Gulf. And how the little guy can piss people off in a big way — for the common good and stuff.

Aussie photographer and writer Stef Mitchell brings us a review and photos of the Cold War Kids’ sold out concert at the Williamsburg Music Hall.

If you’ve been following the Prop 8 trial this week, you might have a lot of questions about the law and stuff, or perhaps like us you only KINDA understand what’s going on. Our resident legal expert Jessica is here to help! Here’s part one of two of Jessica the Legal Eagle Lawyer Explains It All– if you’ve got questions, she’s got answers.

Have you ever wondered what it takes to win the heart of a Quin? If you guessed “The Boss” or “financial security”, you’re half-way there. Read on to see what happened when Audiostraddle’s guest contributor Kat Von Dyke quizzed Tegan and Sara on love, relationships and their ideal dates.

Lesbian Lindsay was a virgin to the The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival but this year she gave it a shot and it changed her whole life! With recap cartoons provided by Stef.

“In my years with the Minneapolis Lesbian Avengers, we defaced anti-choice billboards, participated in visibility actions at schools, constructed a giant paper machè bomb piñata filled with lube and dental dams, helped plan the first of many Dyke Marches, designed and built a boat out of milk cartons for the Aquatennial Milk Carton Boat Race (dubbed The “Lez Boat” and pronounced with a hard “z” – no mystery there) and ate fire on countless occasions.”