Get Baked: Gingerbread Cookie Butter HoliGAY Cake
This cake will impress absolutely everyone you know, making it the perfect dessert for any holiGAY situation. Also in this post: a video of Cara singing Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas.”
Big Queer Pimples, or How I Learned to Love (or Tolerate) My Acne
“When the doctor said that such and such a treatment was linked to health problems later in life, I didn’t even blink. I’ll hit 50 and keel over? Fine, I don’t care, get rid of these fucking pimples.”
Abby Wambach Makes All-Time Women’s National Team Best XI
Abby Wambach continues to become one of the most decorated queer athletes ever.
Things I Read That I Love #106: I’ve Lost Myself Again And I Feel Unsafe
Topics include Christopher Dorner, Six Feet Under, factory farms, Bed-Sty, quicksand, painkiller addiction, Gretchen Molanenen and moar!
Ari Fitz Is Exploding “The Real World”: The Autostraddle Interview
“I represented my community and I think there are a lot of other people in the house that kind of did them and we just did us and I think that’s what makes the show a really good, almost – if I can say this – positive Real World. I think it’s awesome because we’re us and we lived and we cried and we fucked.”
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Gifts For The Cyclist Who Has It All
Shiny things for bike lovers that aren’t bicycles or bike accessories, including tiny computers, bottle openers and (vegan!) floggers.
Holigay Gift Guide 2013: Choosing the Perfect Vibrator
Whether you’re looking for your first vibrator or your latest, this guide can help!
Homespun Love: Sew a Wearable Guitar
For the big or small wanna-be rocker in your life.
Dear Queer Diary: You Need a Cup of Tea
What I want to talk about is journaling with tea, a practice that has, over the last several years, woven itself firmly into the metaphorical fabric (specifically chambray) of my being.
22 Kickass Queer Women Who Came Out in 2013
It was quite a year for Team Lezalicious — let’s take a look at the diverse group of ladies who blessed our hearts with their queerness this year. It takes all kinds, after all.
Mourning Madiba: South African Queers Grapple With An Uncertain Future
The rainbow nation is a country of contradictions and complexities when it comes to its queer citizens, and as LGBT South Africans mourn Mandela they also worry about the future.
Imagining a Better World For Trans Women Survivors Of Domestic Violence
Being a survivor has taught me that resiliency is in the marrow of my bones and with it I can imagine a better world.
How To Keep A Girl For 10 Years: My Top Five Most Ridiculous Arguments And You
Throughout the years, my girlfriend and I have mastered the ancient art of “when to hold ’em and when to fold ’em” popularized by Kenny Rogers, though it took many years of bickering over truly absurd and frivolous matters to get here.
Kids Face Their Fears and Explore a New World in “Demon Street”
If you’re looking for a beautiful comic about a butt-kicking girl, a boy looking for adventure, breathtaking new worlds, and bizarre creatures, you’ll definitely want to check out Demon Street.
Hearts and Crafts: Émilie Mulcahey & A Dapper Collar Pin
Émilie’s work is whimsical and fun, but still poignant and beautiful. She’s amazing. Then she shows us how to make a cute dapper collar pin!
2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Presidential Delegation Includes Two Lesbians
Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow, two openly gay athletes, are representing the “diversity” of America.
Brittani’s Video Party: Hannah Hart and Samira Wiley Ride a Bike to Broad City
Samira Wiley has a new film, Hannah Hart is Miley Cyrus, lesbian “SNL” writer Paula Pell’s webseries, a teaser for “Broad City” and the people that reinvented the wheel have a party involving videos.
Also.Also.Also: Flipping the Bird to Every Member of the GOP in a Custom Lesbian Wedding Dress and Other Stories We Missed This Week
When you’re gettin’ married / To another chick / Who you gonna call?
Win a New Tablet With Your Unstoppably Extraordinary Lesbian Mom Story
Did you once kill a wasp with your bare hands so it wouldn’t sting your daughter? Did you raise a thriving family in a homophobic community? Was there some seemingly insignificant moment that was anything but which made you realize that you were unstoppable in your own unique way? We want to hear about it!
BPM: Kate Boy, The One with The Fictitious Androgynous Band Member
Booze Paired With Music: Some incredible androgynous dance music, torrential rain that washes away regrets, and also a whiskey drink. Nothing not to love here.