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Pure Poetry #13: Jack Spicer Breaks My Heart Into Small Pieces

“I think that anyone’s a fool to become a junkie or a poet… it’s the same kind of hook really, and it has the same withdrawal symptoms if you ever try it.”

By Riese | March 4, 2011 | 21 Comments
Pop Culture

New Gaga Song, LiLo, Meredith Baxter: Pop Friday Gay Grab Bag

The Real L Word Season 2 premiere date, Lindsay Lohan’s post-rehab interview, Meredith Baxter’s memoir, Lady Gaga debuts “Government Hooker,” and Pink has a comment on the XTina sitch.

By Jess | March 3, 2011 | 13 Comments
Straddleverse

OPEN THREAD: What Did You Do Without Autostraddle?

“I laughed, I cried, I was introduced to alcoholic whipped cream.”

By the team | March 3, 2011 | 212 Comments
Society + Culture

LGBTQ News Roundup: The Kids Weren’t Alright, and Neither Were All of The Adults

Anti-gay parents denied right to adopt, fighting for same-sex marriages to resume in California, a lesbian got sent home from the army for being “lovestruck,” and everything else you/we missed.

By Carmen | March 3, 2011 | 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Seriously, Who Does A Gay Teen Have To Petition To Get A GSA Around Here

This isn’t the first time a high school has threatened to cut all extracurricular clubs because they didn’t want to have a Gay Straight Alliance. But this week marks the first time someone actually has! Way to go, Flour Bluff High School in Texas!

By Rachel | March 3, 2011 | 24 Comments
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Pretty Little Liars 119 Recap: A Person of Interest is Interested in Making Out, Secretly

Talk about speed-dating.

By Riese | March 3, 2011 | 22 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Jess’s Team Pick: Mindy Kaling Tweets Her Unused ‘Office’ Storylines

‘The Office’ writer/actress Mindy Kaling tweeted out her unused storyline pitches for Steve Carell’s character, Michael Scott.

By Jess | March 3, 2011 | 8 Comments
Movie Features

VIDEO: Julie & Brandy in Your Box Office: The Sh*t You Didn’t See

“Obviously we’re gonna sound dumb, inarticulate, offensive, probably discriminatory, very middle class, uneducated, ill-informed, don’t read, only watch Joy Behar…”

By julie and brandy | March 2, 2011 | 25 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rep. John Boehner Scared Of Change, Gay People, Wants To Defend DOMA

You know what they say, if you give a mouse a cookie the Republicans will fight to keep oppressive legislation until someone pries it from their cold dead hands!

By Rachel | March 2, 2011 | 23 Comments
Comedy

DeAnne Smith Waxes On

“Also, you’re welcome. Because let’s be honest, that was a drunken and flexible decade.”

By DeAnne | March 2, 2011 | 39 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #11: Saul Williams

“Admittedly, as a 21-year-old middle-class queer Asian woman, I probably do not share that many experiences with Saul Williams, except for maybe being from New York and having a profound appreciation for women’s bodies.”

By phoenix | March 1, 2011 | 6 Comments
Music

Jessie J is Queer, Rocks G-A-Y, Releases “Who You Are” in the UK Today, Yay!

Jessie J confirms her bisexuality, releases a new album, gives a concert in a tore-up Mickey shirt, and goes on the Graham Norton Show with Charlie Salinger!

By Riese | March 1, 2011 | 27 Comments
Music

Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Music Video Premiere Gets Born: OPEN THREAD

Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way” Music Video Premieres on Vevo!

By the team | March 1, 2011 | 78 Comments
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Autostraddle Is Maybe Not Working Super Well, WE KNOW

WE’RE REALLY SORRY GUYS

By Riese | February 28, 2011 | 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

Mike Huckabee Takes “Gay Ick Factor” Campaign on the Road

“Huckabee has argued that Obama’s approach to the Defense of Marriage Act is just “wrong” for many ungrounded reasons which he would be happy to share with you at length.”

By Ryan Yates | February 28, 2011 | 10 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #10 : Michelle Tea

“hey now tall girl
aren’t you bored
all by yourself in your messy room”

By L | February 28, 2011 | 18 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Australia’s “Generation L”: Like “The Real L Word” But Hopefully Less Embarrassing

Generation L promises to be “a sensational new reality series that goes behind closed doors and into the lives and bedrooms of the new generation of gay women.” Neat, huh.

By Crystal | February 28, 2011 | 39 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #9: Shel Silverstein

(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.”

By Lily | February 28, 2011 | 19 Comments
Movie Features

83rd Annual Academy Awards Oscar Liveblog/Open Thread of Champions

Let us all gather around the proverbial cyber-fire to discuss this monumental evening in film AS IT HAPPENS.

By Riese | February 27, 2011 | 176 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: Sex Hurts, Sometimes

“I go to bed like I go to Karate”

By intern veronica | February 27, 2011 | 66 Comments
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