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Catwoman is Bisexual, Confirms All of Our Lifelong Crushes
Catwoman is one of DC’s most iconic characters, she’s not just a part of comic book culture, she’s a part of mainstream American culture. And now we know that she’s bisexual.
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How “Batgirl #37” Undid a Year and a Half of Positive Trans Representation in a Single Page (Updated)
In this latest issue, not only do the writers play with some very dangerous transmisogynistic tropes, but they toss Barbara Gordon’s character development out the window and turn her from being the close friend and ally to a trans woman to an outright transphobe.
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A Queer Girl’s Epic Roundup of New York Comic Con 2014
With lots of amazing cosplay photos. Because, seriously, wow.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2014: “Mockingjay” Gets a Trailer! Mockingbird Joins “SHIELD!” “The Last of Us” Gets a Movie!
San Diego Comic-Con 2014 just happened! Here’s all the news that’s relevant to your life!
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Ubisoft Can’t Have Female Characters Because “Women Are Too Difficult To Animate;” One Million Eyes Are Rolled
Although the E3 convention has brought us some great news about women in video games, Ubisoft is stealing the show with it’s steadfast reluctance to include women in it’s games.
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New Comic Series You’ll Love: Autostraddle’s Own Intern Grace Co-Creates “Lumberjanes”
Our very own Forever Intern Grace Ellis, along with Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen, have combined forces for the comic book “Lumberjanes,” about five girls at camp having fun and fighting monsters.
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Equaldex: Exploring the New Virtual Information-Sharing Network for Global LGBT Rights
Equaldex is giving LGBT folks around the world the ability to define and explain their own movements for the rest of us. And it’s helping us all to learn from one another in our parallel movements for equality.
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Three Cheers For Women of Color In Comics! But Can We Please See More Of Them On Screen?
Marvel and DC Comics added some much needed diversity by debuting a teenage Muslim girl from New Jersey as Ms. Marvel and a new First Nations superhero. But where are the women of color on screen?
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Archie Comics Gets Its First Gay Kiss, Takes On One Million Moms
Which isn’t a big deal, but also totally is.
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Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage
“With their decision to prohibit not only Batwoman’s marriage, but also several other character developments, it seems like DC has gone too far.”
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Highlights of Comic-Con 2013: Queer Geeks and Cute Ladies in Costumes
Need-to-know, queer-ish highlights from the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Because nerds.
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Why Does My Identity Require Turning SafeSearch On?: “Lesbians” vs. Pornography
Now that I’m older, it weirds me out that an internet search on lesbian + anything turns up with porn. Massive amounts of it. And most of the stuff that comes up is terrible. Why does the internet equate “lesbian” with “explicit sex”?
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Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl’s Alysia Yeoh Is Trans
“It’s important not just to have characters that challenge ideas about gender and sex, but to also have them in realistic settings.”
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New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men
Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!
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Video Game Roundup: Five New iPhone And iPad Games For Your Gaming Pleasure
I love being able to play games while waiting on line at the DMV.
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Birds of Prey Reboot Features Potential Lesbian, Is Also Potentially Problematic
DC’s comic book series, “Birds of Prey,” has a hard-hitting, whiskey-swilling, Betty Page-lookalike who miiiight also be a lesbian. WHAT.
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Why The Gay Squid Actually Isn’t
A species of deep-sea squid has been found to have a lot of gay sex. But calling it gay to demonstrate progress destroys actual progress! This is more exciting than is sounds.
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Batwoman is a Lesbian: DC Comics’ Gay Superheroes Stepping Out of the Subtext and Into the Light
DC Comics announced last June that they were starting fresh. The Advocate interviews DC Co-Publisher about precisely how gay this fresh start is gonna be.
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Let’s Talk About Lesbian Batwoman Some More
Earlier this week we published one opinion on DC Comics’ lesbian Batwoman reboot; now here’s a different perspective!
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Gays No Longer Curable via iPhone!
Being gay is “one of many conditions that beset fallen humanity,” and Exodus International wants to help you!, through prayer and the Internet.