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Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is From The Future: Good News For Gaylight Savings Time

Hello today there is good news re: scholarships for gay kids and also gay marriage and also EUROVISION which is obvs most important. May or may not contain an otter, I can’t make any promises.

By Rachel | March 13, 2011 | 14 Comments
Book Features

Pure Poetry #23: NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows Sex is Pure Poetry

“Oh, to be ready for it, unf*cked, ever-f*cked.”

By Riese | March 13, 2011 | 30 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #22: William Carlos Williams and Beyond

This is just a post (mostly) about old white men. But it’s happy. It’s Autostraddle is Pure Poetry week and this is how we do it.

By Becky | March 12, 2011 | 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

Carl Kruger’s Twofer: Corruption Scheme Plus “Secret Gay Lover!”

This is an actual news headline. Senator Carl Kruger took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribe money – and then laundered it through his secret boyfriend.

By Rachel | March 12, 2011 | 9 Comments
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Just Kidding, Maryland Isn’t Getting Gay Marriage Anytime Soon

“But Democrats… have managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”

By Rachel | March 11, 2011 | 23 Comments
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2011 Summer Music Festival Guide

It’s music festival season! Where are you going this year and, more importantly, do you have an extra ticket?

By the team | March 11, 2011 | 74 Comments
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Jess’s Team Pick: Autostraddle’s Broadway Benefit Concert Photos & Video

A super cute 11-year-old girl sings “For Good” from Wicked!

By Jess | March 11, 2011 | 9 Comments
Society + Culture

Japan’s Devastating 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Spawns Tsunami, Destroys Things

“Due to the tsunami advisory, filming of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn has been delayed. All cast and crew were evacuated to the movie production’s base camp. Everyone is safe and sound.”

By Riese | March 11, 2011 | 27 Comments
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Here’s An Award For Your Feelings, This Week Was Full of Them

Please say you love me back.

By Emily | March 11, 2011 | 20 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Franky Likes People: Skins UK Episode 507 is a Pansexual Ending to a Very Queer Week of TV

Skins UK’s Franky isn’t a lesbian and she isn’t bisexual and she isn’t straight. Franky just likes people. No really, Franky just likes people.

By Riese | March 11, 2011 | 61 Comments
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The Internet is Ruining the Social Lives of Gay People! HIDE YOUR CATS! AND BEARS!

I read an article about “how as the web flourishes, gay groups watch enrollments dwindle,” had some feelings on it, and was interested in sharing them with you in hopes that you will share your feelings with me.

By Riese | March 10, 2011 | 28 Comments
Pop Culture

Sarah McLachlan Ends Lilith Fair, Real World Goes to Vegas and Other Pressing News

Lilith Fair is officially dunzo. Plus, Glee releasing an album of The Warblers, Jonathan Murray talks 25 years of The Real World, Jodi Picoult’s new novel, Michelle Rodriguez doth protest too much.

By Jess | March 10, 2011 | 17 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 215 Recap: HomoSexy

Santana joins an unprecedented number of queer teens on TV right now, and looks damn good doing it.

By Riese | March 10, 2011 | 104 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga + Target = Gay BFFs No More

Turns out Target is 100% made of anti-gay assholes so Lady Gaga officially broke up with them.

By Jess | March 10, 2011 | 40 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gay Youth: We’re Who You’re Not F*cking With

Gay bullying is not a “fact of life,” and it needs to stop. And well, we’re in luck- because it soon may be a thing of the past. GET READY FOR A BUNCH OF EXCITING UPDATES!

By Carmen | March 10, 2011 | 23 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #20: Veronica Franco, the Courtesan

“Veronica Franco became an icon for women to leave the confines of the home and enter the world of men. Unfortunately, in those days the only real way to do so was to become a prostitute.”

By Queerie Bradshaw | March 9, 2011 | 10 Comments
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Veronica’s Team Pick: Charlie Sheen Browser Blocker

Browse the internet without having to look upon the name of one particularly unfortunate and suddenly ubiquitous celebrity!

By intern veronica | March 9, 2011 | 14 Comments
Straddleverse

It’s Autostraddle’s Second Birthday!

Autostraddle got born two years ago!

By the team | March 9, 2011 | 122 Comments
Society + Culture

Mazel Tov, Flour Bluff High School Gets a GSA – For Now

The administrators of Flour Bluff High School are making major strides, all it took was the threat of a lawsuit from the ACLU to get them to reluctantly grant a hospitalized teen temporary permission to have a GSA!

By Rachel | March 9, 2011 | 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga Endorses This Message: When Celebrities Get Political

“Lady Gaga has made it very clear in the past that she is more than willing to join the legions of pop stars with strong political opinions. But usually, it doesn’t work out as nicely.”

By Ryan Yates | March 9, 2011 | 10 Comments
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