VIDEO: Ellen DeGeneres Is The New Black
Turns out Ellen was the mysterious inmate housed next door to Piper in the SHU.
You Should Go: Fun Home the Musical is Finally Real, Going to Be Magic
Alison Bechdel’s “family tragicomic” hits off-Broadway this September. I need to know if there’ll be any dancing, so you need to go for me to find out.
Captain’s Log: Britney Spears Solves America’s Job Crisis With “Work Bitch”
As summer’s come to a close and the air’s gotten a bit cooler, I’ve found myself in downtempo synthpop land.
Campership Alert: Hannah Hart Wants To Send You On An All-Expenses Paid Trip To A-Camp!
Hannah Hart wants to give one lucky Straddler a full campership to October’s A-Camp — and she’ll pay your travel expenses, too!
Survey Says: Gay is Okay in the UK, Will Probably Continue to Be
The annual British Social Attitudes survey indicates increasing acceptance of homosexuality, though same-sex adoption and parenting remain controversial.
Ode to My Pantry: Ramen
Time to stretch those noodle packets and make them last an entire semester.
Straddler On The Street: Emily G.
Emily talks about the badass A-Camp tumblr she runs and her camp feelings, her incredible rainbow hair, and how she wants to collaborate with all of you power queer Straddlers.
VIDEO: “What Lesbians Think About Bisexuals” Is Hopefully Not What Lesbians Think About Bisexuals
Perhaps could be more accurately titled “what bitches think about bisexuals.”
Sunday Funday’s Got A Whole Lotta Money (And Love) for The Gays
Good news for the gays from Manitoba to New Mexico (and all the letters of the alphabet before and after M and N)! With added surfing puppies for your viewing pleasure.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Actually Attracted To Androids
This week on NSFW Sunday: the feminist porn revolution, kissing and sex, queer porn-y comics and more.
VIDEO: Meet The “Me & My Bois” Team and Hear About Their Big Plans For A-Camp
Lex & Megan (aka Emotions the P.O.E.T) are really excited about coming to A-Camp! Hear all about it in this kickass video.
CW Developing Transgender Teen Drama, Will Hopefully Cast Actual Trans* Actor
The CW, a station most famous for Tyra Banks, The Winchester Brothers and Teen Vampire Romance is currently developing a new drama that will focus on a transgender teenager’s life.
Special Autostraddle Fallen London Access Codes In This Post!
Run, don’t walk, to our special Autostraddle Fallen London in-game goodies codes and the chance to learn a bit more about Failbetter’s new game, Sunless Sea.
The Comment Awards Are In Like With You
and also in love, obvs.
Top 5 Queerest Things About Janelle Monae’s “The Electric Lady”
“How do you know robot love is queer if you haven’t tried it?” Plus: lots of pictures.
Things I Read That I Love #92: More Like Staying Drunk
Topics include Detroit, leaving New York, the illegal online network for discarding unwanted adopted children, toxic hair straightening, bikini waxing, airport security, The O.C., racism, hockey journalism, The History Channel and moar!
Please Don’t Thank Me for Loving My Wife
My transgender wife and I are both people with a lot of serious challenges to face, and we chose to confront those challenges as a team. That’s not heroism. It’s love.
Get Baked: Baked Cinnamon French Toast
Revolutionize your brunch.
Queered Science: Why Social Justice and STEM Fields Should Hang Out More Often
“There is no space for subjects that could be classified as social, like talking about inequalities. Of course, this is a false differentiation, because there is really no way to entirely separate the two — social dynamics are just as important as technical abilities.”
Trans* Rights Gain 12 Million Backers As AFL-CIO Adds Workplace Protection To Constitution
The nation’s largest group of unions recently announced that it would be adding workplace protection for transgender people to it’s constitution in an effort to better represent all workers.