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To a Chubby Mexican Lesbian: I’m With You, I See You, I Love You

This video is for you, homeslice.

gabby September 20, 2013 12 Comments
Pope Francis waving and looking friendly
Politics + Activism

Pope Francis Extends Message of Tolerance for LGBT People, Women and Abortion

Although no change in policy has been proposed, the Pope’s remarks further signal a significant departure in tone and style from predecessors.

Laura Mandanas September 20, 2013 19 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #93: It Makes No Sense And It Makes Perfect Sense

Topics include SF’s highest-paid call girl, Brownsville, selfies, Aaron Carter, Leif Garrett’s online fandom, love, gentrification, HIV and male power, bartending and moar!

Riese September 20, 2013 6 Comments
Coming Out Geekery

OPEN THREAD: Coming Out In The Sciences, Let’s Discuss!

Often, we feel we have to keep our science self and our queer self separate, but this is the perfect space to merge them. Let’s talk about coming out in the science fields!

Vivian September 20, 2013 92 Comments
Queer Fashion

Queer Outfit of the Week: A Wicked Important Meeting

I can’t tell you what your big meeting is about, but you’ve gotta look serious and extra no-nonsense this time.

Lizz September 20, 2013 13 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Burlington, VT

It’s a difficult task to find a place that isn’t gay-friendly. It’s Vermont, you guys. You want to know where the gaybourhood is? Burlington is the gaybourhood.

Lettie September 20, 2013 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

California Appeals Court Considers Whether Gays Qualify to Be On A “Jury of One’s Peers”

What started in 2011 as an antitrust case between two pharmaceutical companies may now hinge on whether judges believe Abbott violated the rights of a gay man who was excluded from the jury.

Kaitlyn September 20, 2013 5 Comments
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BREAKING: Samira Wiley Needs a Boo, Eats String Cheese

Bonus: 20 pictures of Samira Wiley to help you make up your mind about whether or not you’re ready to be America’s Next Top Bottom Boo.

Riese September 19, 2013 49 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #29: Against Stupidity, Apathy, And Zombification

This week in queer lit: women winning prizes, discussions about diversity, library-related crises, an excerpt from Sarah Schulman’s “After Dolores” and more.

Ryan Yates September 19, 2013 7 Comments
Music

Spice Girls’ Occasionally Lady-Loving Mel B Actually Has Gotten With Her Friends

It seems that there was perhaps more going on in the Union Jack-emblazoned double decker Spice Bus than our fragile teenage brains could have handled at the time. Who can say what the heart wants, what it really really wants?

Stef September 19, 2013 42 Comments
Food and Drink

You Brew You: Homebrewing 101

You can have a two-gallon keg in your city apartment, or you can have a farm where you grow the barley and hops yourself. Anyone can homebrew! Even you.

SJ Sindu September 19, 2013 17 Comments
First Person

Dear Queer Diary: This is the First Day of the Rest of Your Journal

While this may seem obvious, anyone who has faced the terror of the blank page knows how difficult—indeed, how treacherous—this step can be. How will you begin?

Maggie September 19, 2013 18 Comments
Food and Drink

Liquor In The Icebox: Homemade French 75 Boozy Popsicles

What’s the best way to get a girl to kiss you on a rooftop in Brooklyn? Make her homemade boozy popsicles! The French 75 gets the job done nicely.

Vanessa September 19, 2013 16 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: Tegan and Sara Battle Factory Farming with Sarah Silverman

I can’t believe how good this video party is. Seriously. Tegan and Sara’s video, a new lesbian web series, Sarah Silverman…and a scarecrow?

Brittani September 19, 2013 7 Comments
Society + Culture

Dean of Women’s College at Rutgers May or May Not Hate Lesbians

…which, if she does, would be super unfortunate for her, since Douglass is filled with a bunch of lesbians. I was one of them.

A.E. Osworth September 18, 2013 3 Comments
Comedy

VIDEO: “Little Horribles” Episode 8: Armrest

Are there any airplane trips that don’t suck?

Brittani September 18, 2013 3 Comments
Community

The Poet and the Scientist: What Happens in the Beltway…

We were greeted with open arms, that sexy rasp, and the cutest little dog these cat lovers ever fell for.

Ashley Catharine September 18, 2013 6 Comments
Community

Meet Autostraddle’s Newest Contributing Editors

We brought on a bunch of new people and you should probably get to know them a little better. Someone’s cat just had kittens! Neat!

the team September 18, 2013 53 Comments
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You Should Go: Get Amped For A-Camp, NYC Edition

New York City A-Campers of the past, present, and future, get excited. Two brand new A-Campers have organized a pre-camp event at the Lesbian Herstory Archives for this Saturday!

Vanessa September 18, 2013 16 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Nothing Is The Same After Girl Sex And Other Stories We Missed This Week

I’ve got fifteen new Drake songs stuck in my head, the best puppy vine of all time on my hands, and Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, and some random football couple waiting in the wings with a lot to say.

Carmen September 18, 2013 9 Comments
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