The Comment Awards Are Faster, Higher, Stronger
Tatu will not be performing in this edition of the Comment Awards.
Sochi Olympics 2014 Opening Ceremony OPEN THREAD
This is where your witty observations and Olympics related jokes should live.
Things I Read That I Love #113: In A Way, We’re All Here To Be Swallowed Up
Topics include Fox News, The Illinois State Fair, Johnny Lewis, Mean Girls, Woody Allen, medical actors, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and moar!
Lez Liberty Lit #39: Speed Reading
Reading women, reading other humans, what counts as queer writing, library theft and more.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: Yuna Kim And The Physics of Figure Skating
Today we pause, momentarily, for a half-step sideways into the intersection of two other awesome international spectacles intermittently fraught with weird political controversy: science and the gayest Olympic sport since the IOC dropped wrestling.
Wilder Hungers: Chinese New Year and Chococado Cake
Turns out it’s the year of the horse, which is my Chinese zodiac, so it was basically like my birthday party. Confetti was blasted on the roof.
REFUGE Restrooms: New Website Helps You Find Gender-Safe Public Restrooms
We talked with Teagan Widmer about her new site for transgender, intersex, and gender noncomforming folks, and how YOU can help develop the app even further.
Surprise: Tatu Not Having A Great Time At The Sochi Olympics
t.A.t.U. news! You have no idea how happy I am right now.
8 Unintentionally Gay Vintage Wartime Posters
Reading lesbian subtext in everything since World War I.
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Toyfriend Seti
The Toyfriend Seti is like a little satellite dish, if satellite dishes honed in on your clit.
25 Titles We Considered For This Story About Sappho
8. You Need To Watch This Video of Sappho Calling Out Congress From Thousands of Years Ago
Playing for Our Team: The 7 Out Gay Olympians at Sochi
There are only seven, and all of them are women. Let’s meet Team Gay!
Two “New” Poems By Sappho Uncovered and Translated, Prove She’s Still Got It
After having been lost to the world for a couple thousand years, two poems written by Sappho have unexpectedly turned up in London following an anonymous collector’s submission to Oxford.
I Heart Valentine’s Day: The Gay Girl’s Great Big Gift Guide
Gifts for blackhearts, strawberry kisses, white knights, red hot lovers, hearts of gold, blue valentines, you and your girlfriend. Really it’s all in here. All of it. Try me.
8 Great Long-Distance Dates for A Really Gay Valentine’s Day
Even if we can’t spring for round-trip tickets for two to a shared favorite destination or get enough time off work to visit for a long weekend, we can make it an adorable night.
DeAnne Smith and Internet Addiction Quiz
“You’ll never see the color blue THE SAME WAY AGAIN because you’ll be genuinely HIPPOSHIT CRAZY and unable to process primary colors without COLLAPSING INTO A BUCKET OF TEARS.”
6 Reasons Journalists Are Freaked Out About Sochi
“There are some real problems facing Sochi with regard to buildings actually having floors.”
Black Canary is a Totally Bisexual Superhero on “Arrow,” Kissed A Hot Lady On TV Last Night
On last night’s episode of the CW show “Arrow,” super hero Black Canary was revealed to be queer.
I Went to Futuristic Queerness with Sistah Sinema And I Loved It
Get ready to launch into a sci-fi future on film, as imagined by queers of color! Watch those films online and check out Sistah Sinema’s upcoming Valentine’s Day screenings.
Janet Mock Returned to Piers Morgan Live Tonight: Here’s What Went Down
After being misgendered and disrespected by Piers Morgan last night, Janet Mock returned to his show hoping to get through to him on how hurtful and offensive he was being.