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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
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?
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.
VIDEO: “Little Horribles” Episode 8: Armrest
Are there any airplane trips that don’t suck?
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.
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!
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!
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.
Almost Famous: These Knees
Sun-soaked indie rock from Cleveland, OH!