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Target Really Wants Gay People to Hate Them, Despite Solid Stock of Cute Boyshorts

Target is suing a gay rights group for petitioning outside its stores, further complicating its relationship to the gay community.

9 to 5 For Radicals: How to Survive Your Soul-Sucking Office Job

When you have one of those days when you look at the container of paper clips on your desk and think “Is this all that I am now?”, it’s time to take action.

Lesbian Says She Was Fired For Being a Lesbian, is Suing The State of Indiana, DEA, Others

What’s worse than (possibly) getting fired for being gay? Having it maybe not be illegal?

Professionally Queer: Good News/Bad News About Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace

Times are hard, but no one knows better than the gays that if you work for it, things can get immeasurably better. Here’s a snapshot of what the job market looks like for us right now, and why we feel better about it than straight people do.

It Does Get Better, Exhibit A: Lesbians “Win the Pay Gap”

It’s hard out here for a lesbian in the job market but you know what? We make 6% more than straight women, because we’re badass.

Kelsey’s 5 Steps to Coping with Unemployment

It’s a really hard life being unemployed. Here are some of the ways that I cope.

Oh My God We Are All Unemployed: How Twentysomethings Live Now

Do you have a job? WELL THEN CLEARLY YOU AREN’T A TWENTYSOMETHING WITH A GRADUATE DEGREE. Are you hiring. Can I send you a resume.

Coming Out at Work: What a Way To Make a Living

Thinking about coming out to your boss and co-workers? Here’s a little advice from someone who’s done it a few times.

Top Ten Most Gayest Jobs: A Labor Day Special!

Happy Labor Day, betches! In honor of this esteemed holiday, we have assembled a list of the most gayest jobs of all time, according to an unscientific study of our stuffed animals.

BlogHer? But I Just Met Her! Internet Worlds Collide at the Blogher ’10 Conference

Our design director Alex spoke at the BlogHer ’10 Conference this year and it was fun! Wanna talk about it? Here’s kind of sort of what happened and why we should all go next year.

Flavors.me: An Insta-Resume or Portfolio Tool (Just Add Water!)

Check out Flavors.me for an amazing resume/portfolio creation resource– just add water! No seriously, it’s that easy; you don’t even have to add water or anything. Make a simple, elegant little website in about 10 minutes, start to finish. Yes, it’s cheating, but cheating never looked this good. Cheating usually looks likes punches and smeary mascara.

Lucky Dog Leather: Rockstar Style for Homos and Rebels

Jess sits down with Lucia Gerbino, owner of Lucky Dog Leather to find out the secret behind the unofficial wardrobe to the celesbians.

Be Queer, Buy Queer, Win $10,000: OUTmedia Wants Your Videos, College Kids!

Hey! Have you supported your community yet today? No? Don’t worry, it’s not too late! OUTmedia and Campus Pride are working to make you think about where your dollar is going, and we think you should help.

Brooke Means Business: Franco Stevens, Founder and Publisher of Curve Magazine

Time for the second edition of Brooke Means Business, in which Autostraddle COO Brooke Levin finds ladies who will talk to her about business. Today we bring you Franco Stevens, who was 22 years old when she decided to stop looking for a National lesbian glossy magazine and start her own — and thus CURVE was born.

Brooke Means Business: Talking to Dinah Shore Masterbrain Mariah Hanson

Welcome to Brooke Means Business — your look at the future of the lesbian marketplace. We debut with the lesbian party promoter responsible for all those girls oil-wrestling in bikinis at Club Skirts’ Dinah parties — the grand master Mariah Hanson.

Alex’s Team Pick: The Decade in Logos

Mediaite put together a nice little gallery of redesigned logos from the last 10 years. AOL & their hired design firm was obviously on LSD when they did their logo redesign… which I had no idea happened!

Sarah Warn Leaves Lesbian Website AfterEllen, Karman Kregloe Takes Over as Editor-in-Chief

After nearly seven years of building, developing and leading number-one lesbian website AfterEllen.com, Sarah Warn is stepping down as editor-in-chief.

Daily Fix: Hey Lesbians, Do Your Co-Workers Know What You Did Last Night? Probs Not.

It’s Time Travel Thursday! But also, in the here and now: 44% of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) participants feel unable to talk freely to co-workers about their partners, and up to 78% don’t feel comfortable bringing their partners to corporate social functions.

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