• About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
  • Shop
  • Sign In
  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles

Life

  • LGBT History
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Money + Work
  • Geekery
  • Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft
  • Holigays
  • Parenting & Family
  • Pregnancy

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Webcomics
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked by Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Shopping
  • Podcasts

  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Anonymous Job Confessions
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • Things I’ve Never Asked
    • The Autostraddle Insider
    • Some Answers to Some Questions
    • Sex Diaries
    • S L I C K Erotica
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Excerpts From My Secret Diary
    • Annual Report
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles
  • Shop
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
Politics + Activism

Asst AG Fights U-Mich Student President’s “Gay Extremism” With Homophobic Extremism

If there’s any more bad news today, we’re just going to shut down for the day and start over again tomorrow, because this is fucking ridiculous. The Assistant Attorney General of Michigan is stalking and harassing a college student, because he’s insane and the student is gay. We hate everything.

Rachel September 30, 2010 45 Comments
Politics + Activism

We’ll Always Have Prop 8 I Mean Paris: Goodbye, Judge Walker

Judge Walker, our collective judicial heartthrob, has announced that he’ll be leaving the bench at the end of this year in a decision he says has nothing to do with Proposition 8.

Rachel September 30, 2010 9 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lesbian Martial Artist Rescues Girlfriend From Ex-Gay Camp: OMFG

Is this real. What is happening. I don’t even

Rachel September 29, 2010 33 Comments
Politics + Activism

Ann Coulter As Headliner For Gay Homocon 2010: Well, That Happened

The conclusion to our brief and largely ironic community romance with Ann Coulter. “Blacks must be looking at the gays saying, ‘Why can’t we be oppressed like that?’”

Rachel September 27, 2010 31 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gay Adoption in Florida: You Lose Some/Often But You Win Some Too

This week has been disheartening for a lot of us queer activists, but cheer up a little bit because Legal Eagle Jessica is here to share some GOOD NEWS about gay adoptions in Florida.

Jessica September 24, 2010 8 Comments
Politics + Activism

Oh My F*cking God, Another DADT Roadblock, What Is Wrong With You People

When Judge Phillips ruled Don’t Ask Don’t Tell unconstitutional, she issued an injunction so that no more soldiers could be discharged until the case was resolved. It would have been relatively simple for Obama and the Department of Justice to let the injunction stand and let the issue rest. HEY, GUESS WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ISN’T DOING.

Rachel September 24, 2010 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gays and Honor: Some Truths About Lying

There are jokes about how politicians lie so much. How do you know a politician is lying? His mouth is moving. Something like that.

Riese September 22, 2010 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Fail Hangover Day: Bill Clinton and Rachel Maddow Tell the Truth

Bill Clinton did not think DADT was gonna be like this, Rachel Maddow explains why DADT opponents are full of sh*t, and John McCain is either totally ignorant or lying. Either way, don’t ask anybody or tell anybody anything.

the team September 22, 2010 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

10 Ways of Looking at John McCain: DADT Filibuster Art Therapy Special

When you have a lot of feelings about Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the best way to express those feelings is through art. You should express your art on John McCain’s face, ideally.

the team September 22, 2010 41 Comments
Politics + Activism

OPEN THREAD: DADT Repeal Vote Moves Forward Today, At Least We Hope

It’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell vote day! Finally! Come watch with us, and then we can laugh, cry, yell, drink, or all of the above together after the Senate votes.

Sarah September 21, 2010 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga Rocks Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Rally and If You Don’t Like It, Go Home [Photo Gallery]

Lady Gaga had a DADT rally today. She did research and wrote a speech and on a scale of one to bajillion, it was pretty f*cking awesome. I feel like she’s going to be remembered for this. Imagine all the people living life in peace, y’all. [Now with a photo gallery of the speech/rally]

Alex September 21, 2010 19 Comments
Politics + Activism

A**holes Still Living in Fear of Prop 8 and Gays in General, Taking Irrational Actions Against Us

This excerpt announces new efforts from strange people to repeal Prop 8 for everyone except like 4 people, make homosexuality illegal in Montana, and vote in favor of DADT.

the team September 20, 2010 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

Repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell: It’s a Thing

Lady Gaga has inspired lots of little monsters to make their own videos. Are there any senators with room on their voice mailbox? Precisely how cute does Lady Gaga look in glasses? The answers are inside.

Riese September 19, 2010 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Christine O’Donnell Reminds Us That Gay Family Members Do Not a Homo-Friendly Politician Make

Did you hear the one about the [homophobic politician] and their gay [daughter/sister/brother/friend]? So did we, and you know, it’s really not funny anymore.

Rachel September 17, 2010 36 Comments
Politics + Activism

Is School a Battlefield For Your Homogay Heart?

Some things change and some things stay the same, like kids getting bullied in school for their sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Also, a new survey reveals that most Americans think gay families are kinda normal-ish.

Rachel September 16, 2010 24 Comments
Politics + Activism

Senate Taking Up Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Repeal Next Week, With Strings Attached

Things continue to move forward remarkably rapidly in terms of a repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell! Senator Harry Reid announces that the bill dealing with a possible repeal will be brought to the Senate floor this week.

Rachel September 14, 2010 5 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga Brings DADT Discharges to VMAs, Is a Dreamer, Is Not the Only One

In which things continue to happen w/r/t Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, including Lady Gaga, and we wonder to what extent they will maybe bring us incrementally closer to an actual repeal someday.

Rachel September 13, 2010 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

DADT Ruled Unconstitutional: Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is Told Not To Ask, We’re Told

Today a US District Court judge ruled that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell violates the First and Fifth amendments, and issued an injunction to stop the military from further discharges. We also had no idea this was even happening today.

Rachel September 10, 2010 49 Comments
Politics + Activism

Apparently Everyone Just F*cking Loves Us Now

The official record of this one day when a bunch of stories on Google News made it seem as though the world cared about us, like we were real people. We have no explanation.

Rachel September 9, 2010 31 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Long Slow March Towards A DADT Repeal: A Story Told In Screenshots

Happy Labor Day, we got you these infuriating screencaps of the Department of Defense’s “online inbox” to survey soldiers on a “possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” It’s a good thing you have the day off because all we feel able to do is “lie in bed and mourn the soul of America.”

Rachel September 6, 2010 3 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 … 117 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Femme Brûlée: Broken Hearted Snickerdoodles
  • Wilder Hungers: Long Lost Friends and Pomegranate-Glazed Eggplant
  • The Top 10 Lesbian Films NOT on Our Best Lesbian Films List

Latest Comments

  • z The History of LGBTQ+ Reality TV Dating Shows From ‘NeXT’ to ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ "Obligatory comment about Princess Charming (Germany) Would be fun to see Autostraddle spotlight some of the more obscure web dating…"

  • Professor Queermo ‘Do Lesbians Really Expect Hours and Hours of Sex’ "As an allosexual but completely exhausted human with chronic illness and disability, can confirm: I do not want long sex!…"

  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Season 2, Episodes 8 and 9 Recap: Who Proposed? "😂 hahahaha all good. again, thank you for reading, I’m glad you enjoyed!"

  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Season 2, Episodes 8 and 9 Recap: Who Proposed? "hahahhaha thank you so much for reading!!!"

Latest Posts

  • ‘Do Lesbians Really Expect Hours and Hours of Sex’
  • I Treat My Wife Like a Barbie Doll and She Likes It
  • A Queer History of the Muppets
  • The History of LGBTQ+ Reality TV Dating Shows From ‘NeXT’ to ‘The Ultimatum: Queer Love’
  • On ‘King of Drag’ Nothing Is Scarier Than Trauma

Our Network

  • Store
  • For Them

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2025 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

Read ad-free: join AF MEDIA