Unchained NYC: Flogging, Spanking, and Dommes, Oh My!
“I just need to hit you with this,” said the woman at the door. She held up a rubber stamp and I held out my hand. “Well, not hit you hit you. But it is that kind of party.”
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Katie is Miss August
“I came out to bosses and people I had just met and guys who hit on me and former boyfriends and doctors and professors and relatives and Facebook and even the grocery store cashiers. I wanted to assert myself, my identity.”
Ellen Is Hosting The Oscars, Which Will Have 100% More Gay and 100% Less Seth MacFarlane
Here’s hoping she gives Gladys a call during the show!
“Orange Is The New Black” Episode 107 Recap: Butches and Dogs! Dogs and Butches!
Butches and dogs! Dogs and butches! What can be better? Nothing, actually. Nothing is better than butches and dogs.
Things I Read That I Love #86: An Outsider Is Likely To See Things That Insiders Will Not See
Topics include Kimani Grey, stripping in a boomtown, grief, Reddit and the Boston Bombing, Rodney King, “Sex and the City,” Mary Gaitskill, sexism in the Texas legislature, travel guides and more!
Captain’s Log: Chick Bands Get Loud
This month’s edition is all about chick bands – badass women who play their own guitars, program their own beats and hit their own things with their very own sticks.
Guilty Pleasures, Girl Power, and Jamie Babbit: The Autostraddle Interview
We talk about being a queer filmmaker, guilty pleasure movies, and the complicated politics of sex scenes.
Cheryl Boone Isaacs Appointed First Black President of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Is Badass
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took a big step into the present by selecting its first ever African-American president and third woman president.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back for Trans Anti-Discrimination Work in Malaysia
Reactionary conservatism stands in the way of the Southeast Asian nation’s first state-based transgender welfare committee, but change could still happen with its first out trans political appointee.
You Should Go: Lez Out This Friday with Julie and Brandy at Fubar
If you’re going to be in Southern California and you’re not at this party, I don’t think we can be friends anymore.
“The Fosters” Episode 109 Recap: The Pneumolorax, Who Speaks For The Fosters
“Brandon asks Mike why Stef wasn’t wearing a vest. Geez Brandon! Not all lesbians wear vests! But then I realize he means “bulletproof vest” and let this slide.”
Tampons, Chocolate and “Massagers”: Welcome to the World of Boxes for Your Box
For those days when your uterus is like “REMEMBER ME?” and you have zero tampons in your purse and your Midol bottle is empty and there is no ice cream in the freezer and SHIT IS ABOUT TO GET REAL.
“Big Brother Australia” Episode 101 Recap: Just The Lesbian Scenes
Did you watch the launch of Big Brother Australia on Monday night? No, me either. Then I found out Tully Smyth was in it, and now I’ve recapped this show for you.
Brittani’s Video Party: TLC is Thought Stopping Like It’s Shark Week
TLC’s biopic, shark week, and a fake women’s news magazine are making this video party a safe space.
Queering the F*ck Out of Musical Theater: “Not Just Another Coming Out Story”
Not Just Another Coming Out Story illustrates the lifelong process of coming out and the struggles that don’t magically disappear after the first time you come out as an LGBT person.
Why Does My Identity Require Turning SafeSearch On?: “Lesbians” vs. Pornography
Now that I’m older, it weirds me out that an internet search on lesbian + anything turns up with porn. Massive amounts of it. And most of the stuff that comes up is terrible. Why does the internet equate “lesbian” with “explicit sex”?
You Should Go: Staceyann Chin and Anna/Kate Performing In NYC
Poet and playwright Staceyann Chin and queer folk-pop duo Anna/Kate are performing at the Women Center Stage Festival this Friday night!
“Orange Is The New Black” Episode 106 Recap: They Put a Mustache On It
Someday I will write an article comparing this entire show to Harry Potter, but today is not that day.
Quist Brings Global LGBTQ History to Your Smartphone
Sarah Prager created Quist to make navigating our past a little bit easier.
Style Thief: How To Dress Like Megan Rapinoe
Megan Rapinoe looks great in more than just jerseys.