Whitney

You, too, can put together your own bead sprites in the shape of 1-up mushrooms, Pokémon and the TARDIS. Gather up your geeks and go.

This enormous gift guide full of nerdery and fun will make your holiday shopping super simple and really, really geeky. There’s a lot of Dr. Who in here, for the record.

I love being able to play games while waiting on line at the DMV.

“The bill is one of the government’s many first steps toward defending the mental and physical health of LGBTQ youth. Courts and politicians are starting to become more aware that the mental health of America’s children also means the mental health of LGBTQ teens and children.”

“Anthropy proves to us that video games can tell our stories as queer and trans* women. They can vent our frustrations in ways other people can experience. They can help us to communicate the things we go through in an unprecedented, interactive way.”

There’s a difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.

A new report published by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force looks at language and accessibility for APIA trans* and genderqueer individuals.

“Girl/Girl Scene” brings you Season 2 of the girl-on-girl scene in Lexington, Kentucky.

Are you Here and your friends Elsewhere? Maybe have a Skype movie date, a group blog, send a few postcards — the possibilities are endless.

“When they see you happy, they’ll accept it,” someone told me once. When there are tears about something unchangeable, people can only be optimistic. It’s the only thing that is left.

Queer photographers Yael Malkas and Cait Oppermann are going backpacking through Europe and making a queer photography book out of it. Help fund queer art!

First we’ll create poems from nothing and then we’ll write poetry out loud.

Asian stereotypes are everywhere. Let’s talk about them, yell about them and do something about them.

Whitney’s Team Pick: Want to buy some Guinness-infused ice cream? Or just want to make a Guinness ice cream float? I’ve got you covered.

Do you know how many times I’ve listened to “The Story”? It’s so much I have to count it with Imaginary numbers.

Portable gaming on your phone is the best for awkward family gatherings / awkward anything!

Have you had your daily dose of video-game-music inspired covers of songs by Tegan and Sara and The Cure? Here you go.

Gay marriage was just legalized in Maryland — but now religious anti-gay-marriage groups are already trying to overturn the law.

Whitney’s Team Pick: Ever wish you could sit down and talk to the girl who called you names, pulled your hair, or called you fat?

Schrag captures the anxiety of queer adolescence, will make your heart break, make you cry.

Affirmative action is going to the Supreme Court — maybe for the last time.

LGBTQA Filipino/a America in your face!

Hey guess what — using racial caricatures and stereotypes in your political ads won’t make you the most popular guy in the senate elections!

Whitney’s Team Pick: Are your feet cold? How about a nice pixelated fire for them frosty toes?

You helped fund the queer indie film, “Track Meet.” Now that the film is finished, all Autostraddlers are welcome to attend its NYC screening!