Jacqueline Nantumbwe Must Stay: Why the Current UK System For LGB Asylum Seekers is Broken
The UK Border Agency has detained Ugandan asylum seeker Jacqueline Nantumbwe, placing her at risk of abuse and deportation unless she can “prove” she’s gay.
We Need Help: Seeking New Fashion Writers
If you’ve ever felt like Autostraddle could be the perfect place to put your words about fashion, style & beauty for a smart queer lady audience, your time has come!
The Problem With The Reaction to the Reaction to Coke’s “America the Beautiful” Commercial
It’s easy to be enraged by these kind of tweets and statuses but it’s really just lazy journalism that obscures the real issues.
Five Things You Should Know About the New Report on Low Abortion Rates in the U.S.
I know you’re thinking it’s definitely because of the 205 draconian abortion laws enacted over the past few years, but this study actually suggests that abortion rates are going down because of birth control and family planning. And the economy.
Latin Lovers and Spicy Bombshells: What “The L Word” Got Wrong About Latinas
The truth is that Carmen and Papi are Latina characters who perpetuated sweeping generalizations about Latin@ Folks and ultimately made matters worse.
Top 15 Things I Wrote In My Journal Without Context: January Edition
“I guess if I freak the fuck out so much at the prospect of someone reading my journal then I should probably stop doing the things I end up writing about but that seems unattainable at this point in my life.”
Playlist: Let’s Get These Teen Hearts Beating Faster
A collection of mostly pop punk songs designed to send you down a rabbit hole of spirited angst.
Star Trek N00b, Episode 9: Miri (Why Kids Are Great In Horror Movies)
Spock and Bones use their fancy future tech and floppy disks to answer a pressing questions: How does the human race continue for 300 years on a planet without adults?
Top 10 Gayest Rihanna Music Videos of All Time
The new Shakira and Rihanna video got me thinking and I realized something. Rihanna does some gay shit. So I ranked her gayest videos.
Sunday Top Ten: My Favorite “Friday Night Lights” Characters
To be honest the only football teams I’ve ever cared about were in Dillon, Texas.
2014 Super Bowl Liveblog: Seahawks vs. Broncos vs. Seven-Layer Dip
The Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos are playing a very important football game today and I’m liveblogging it. America is so fun.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes The Way You Taste
Vintage porn, really vintage porn, fixing lesbian bed death/sex drive differences, sex and books as the cure for insomnia and more.
Philip Seymour Hoffman is Dead: Brilliant Actor, “Capote” Star, Legendarily Uncool
“I didn’t go out looking for negative characters; I went out looking for people who have a struggle and a fight to tackle. That’s what interests me.”
Rihanna and 17 Trans* Models Are On My (Superbowl) Sunday Funday Fantasy Football Team
And none for you, GOP.
#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Exactly What I Wanted
“Tom and I in Amsterdam, cuz yeah… that’d be dangerous and hilarous. Or Jamie and I in Seoul, Korean food #FTW. Lastly Jenny and I in Brazil, for the beautiful women.”
Google Glass Was Framed! Do You Like It?
This week Google announced that they were going to make glass look less Cyborg-esque and less squinty by launching four titanium frames that can accommodate both the Glass hardware and your prescription!
Saturday Morning Cartoons: World War Ex
Welcome to Saturday Morning Cartoons! This week, find out how Megan deals with the dating undead.
VIDEO: Laverne Cox Speaks On The Revolutionary Act Of Loving Trans Women At Creating Change 2014
“I’ve always been like, ‘Love myself? How the heck am I supposed to do that?’ I believe, now, I’m starting to understand a little bit of what it means.”
The Comment Awards Would Never Abandon Their Gay Cats
much awards. so straddle. wow.
You Should Go: DapperQ Fashion Show Extravaganza
The DapperQ Fashion Show, is an act of revolt. It’s a fist in the air for dykes, queer people, gender neutral people, trans people, all the fucking fabulous beautiful people to shout We belong here and We will create our own spaces.