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Feminist Punk Rockers “Pussy Riot” Jailed And Moscow Bans Gay Pride March for 100 Years

Three alleged members of the band have been jailed and charged with “hooliganism”, facing up to 7 years criminal punishment.

By Jamie J. Hagen | June 15, 2012 | 13 Comments
Pop Culture

Things I Read That I Love #29: Going Back

Topics include lesbian separatism, quitting the drink, the incarceration of an innocent man, the life of an executive in 1955, poverty in Southeastern Kentucky, Orlando police officers and so much more!

By Riese | June 15, 2012 | 15 Comments
Herstory Issues

Trials and Titillation in Toronto: A Virtual Tour of the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives

“Happily, in the rainbow-tinted future we are surely headed for, where queer history is included in high school curriculum as a matter of routine, textbook editors will have somewhere to turn for their chapter content: The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives.”

By Chandra | June 15, 2012 | 15 Comments
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Gays Beat Straights When It Comes To Keeping Their Special Friends Healthy, Study Says

A new study on “health work” in relationships shows that women take care of their men, women take care of their women, and men take care of their men. In other words, gay people are the best.

By Riese | June 14, 2012 | 29 Comments
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Dear White People Trailer Storms (Parts of) the Internet

Brittani’s Team Pick: “The amount of black friends required to not seem racist has now been raised to two.”

By Brittani | June 14, 2012 | 49 Comments
Queer Fashion

He Said/We Said Brings Queer Sartorial Smarts To The Ivies

This time, the handsome models take on the country’s top universities and honey BBQ cheetos.

By dapperq | June 14, 2012 | 48 Comments
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Get Baked: Doggie Style

Because humans aren’t the only ones who want to get baked.

By Bren | June 14, 2012 | 24 Comments
Herstory Issues

16 Vintage “Gay” Advertisements That Are Funny Now That “Gay” Means “GAY”

“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”

By Riese | June 14, 2012 | 86 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

Check Out Bitch Flick’s Open Call for LGBTQI Submissions!

Share your thoughts, feelings, and feminist critique of LGBTQI film and television with the internet today!

By Jamie J. Hagen | June 14, 2012 | 17 Comments
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Good At Sports? You Might Be a Man, Says IAAF

“It’s still the old patriarchal fear, or doubt, that women can do outstanding athletic performances. If they do, they can’t be real women. It’s that clear, it’s that prejudicial.” -Bruce Kidd

By Brittani | June 13, 2012 | 48 Comments
Herstory Issues

In 1973, Pamela Learned That Posing in Drag With A Topless Woman Is Forever

“During Gay Pride Week, Pamela’s father came to the Village to take her out to dinner… and that’s when Pamela saw it: plastered literally all over the place, on every wall and phone booth, was her own face staring back at her.”

By Gabrielle Korn | June 13, 2012 | 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney Nixed Anti-Bullying Manual For Using Scary Words Like “Bisexual” and “Transgender”

In 2006, then-governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney opposed the publication of an anti-bullying guide because it included the words “bisexual” and “transgender.” What a nice guy!

By Carmen | June 13, 2012 | 9 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Chicago, Illinois

Forget everything you know about the Midwest, Chicago’s got as much big-city queer action as either coast.

By Rachel W | June 13, 2012 | 54 Comments
Herstory Issues Playlists

Grrrls! Grrrls! Grrrls!: What I Learned From Riot

Riot showed us what revolution could look like. We had a new concept of what power could be. We could find it within ourselves and in each other — and we didn’t have to ask.

By phoenix | June 13, 2012 | 30 Comments
School

You Need Help: You Just Graduated From College and Everything Is Awful

Moving back in with your parents after college because you’re unemployed can feel like the end of the world, but is probably not actually the end of the world.

By Rachel | June 13, 2012 | 36 Comments
Visual Art

Alexa Meade Turns Realism On Its Head

Laura’s Team Pick: This stuff takes that whole “life imitates art” thing to the next level.

By Laura | June 13, 2012 | 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

NOM Launches New Anti-Same-Sex-Parenting Propaganda Inspired By Sketchy Study

NOM was more than ready to misconstrue the findings of the latest study on gay families to make gay families look as bad as possible.

By Rachel | June 12, 2012 | 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Celebrates Gay Pride With A Very Nice Statement

“Until full and equal rights are a reality for everyone, our work is not done.”

By Riese | June 12, 2012 | 7 Comments
Health

Seriously, All of Us Really Need to Go the Fuck to Sleep

Maybe we need to start an Occupy Bedrooms movement.

By Jezebel | June 12, 2012 | 25 Comments
Book Features

Listling Without Commentary: Readers’ Descriptions Of Long-Lost Books From Whatsthatbook.com

“written around 1950’s with main character running in a cabbage patch wearing a diaper at end of novel”

By Riese | June 12, 2012 | 83 Comments
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