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Straddleverse

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.”

Robin August 2, 2013 47 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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!

Kaitlyn August 2, 2013 12 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“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.

Kate August 2, 2013 40 Comments
Literature

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!

Riese August 2, 2013 6 Comments
Music

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.

Stef August 2, 2013 18 Comments
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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.

Kate August 2, 2013 4 Comments
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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.

Mey August 2, 2013 5 Comments
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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.

Fikri August 1, 2013 4 Comments
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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.

Brittani August 1, 2013 7 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“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.”

Vikki Reich August 1, 2013 21 Comments
Health

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.

Laurie August 1, 2013 48 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“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.

Crystal August 1, 2013 12 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

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.

Brittani August 1, 2013 25 Comments
Theater

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.

JuliaOA August 1, 2013 3 Comments
Geekery

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”?

Laura Mandanas August 1, 2013 12 Comments
Music

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!

Crystal July 31, 2013 2 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“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.

Kate July 31, 2013 56 Comments
Geekery

Quist Brings Global LGBTQ History to Your Smartphone

Sarah Prager created Quist to make navigating our past a little bit easier.

Kristen July 31, 2013 6 Comments
Queer Fashion

Style Thief: How To Dress Like Megan Rapinoe

Megan Rapinoe looks great in more than just jerseys.

Hansen July 31, 2013 15 Comments
LGBT History

More Pride, Less Prejudice: 5 More Bitches for the Banknotes

Here are some women – queer, feminist, or courageous long before either of those terms was invented – whose names ought to be common currency, and on it too.

Alice S July 31, 2013 13 Comments
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