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You Should Go: Lambda Literary Awards Nominees Mingle and Drink at the Dalloway

What are you doing tomorrow night? You should go meet new literary-minded LGBTQ individuals and enjoy a fancy cocktail with Jeanne Thornton, OR Books, Volume 1 Brooklyn and Autostraddle at The Dalloway.

Stef June 3, 2013 4 Comments
Straddleverse

Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Danielle is Miss June

“I had to fight for this body. Since the day I was diagnosed with bone cancer at age fifteen, I began to wage wars on multiple fronts. I fought to be normal – and when that failed, I fought to appear normal.”

Robin June 3, 2013 61 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Gluten-Free Black Sesame Buckwheat Muffins

Muffins are a great place to start when baking gluten-free, because they’re easy to whip up, high on flavor, and fairly forgiving.

Meghan M June 3, 2013 5 Comments
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Straddler On The Street: Launa

Launa is a writer, editor, freelance artist and film producer, exotic dance teacher, and nanny… and that’s not all. Basically, she’s a superhero and you definitely want to hear what she has to say.

Vanessa June 3, 2013 35 Comments
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Charice Is Gay: Filipina Actress and Singer Comes Out, It’s A Big Deal

Filipina singer Charice came out and it’s kind of a big deal.

Riese June 3, 2013 49 Comments
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday May Or May Not Be Having Sex At Work

This week on NSFW Sunday: porn on Tumblr, expanding your BDSM toy box, sex at work, identifying orgasms, kink and consent and more.

Ryan Yates June 2, 2013 24 Comments
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Sunday Funday Is Getting Fed and Getting Proud, In The Gayest Ways

It’s all happening.

Carmen June 2, 2013 15 Comments
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Team Pick: Toi Scott’s Piece Teaches Us How to Queer Food Justice

Instead of judging people on whether or not they eat meat and have organic kale with every meal, we should be asking ourselves who has access to healthy food and why.

Malaika June 1, 2013 22 Comments
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Tech Spring Cleaning Part 5: RAM and Technicians Are Your Friends

This week is our last week, and it’s easy. Not like our previous week.

A.E. Osworth June 1, 2013 13 Comments
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Betty McRae and Jenny Schecter Join Cast Of “Lost Girl,” Ensuring Maximum Threesome Potential

Ali Liebert and Mia Kirshner and George Takei are joining Anna Silk’s breasts and the entire cast of “Lost Girl” for its fourth triumphant season!

Riese May 31, 2013 42 Comments
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Butch Please: Butch in the Airport

Sometimes I am proud as a stone of my genderqueer identity. But sometimes I miss womanhood with a fierce hot ache that feels an awful lot like missing my mother, or my grandmother, or my ability to sit at their table for family meals.

Kate May 31, 2013 73 Comments
Sex

On Sex Positivity: My Weirdo Feelings About Lesbians Reacting to “Lesbian” Porn

There is not a right way to have lesbian sex. There is not a queer hierarchy. There is simply safety and the things you like to do in bed.

A.E. Osworth May 31, 2013 234 Comments
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Comment Awards Are Back On Your Level

This week in bears, summer Somer and a post-camp feelings!

carrie May 31, 2013 5 Comments
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Girl-on-World: Aloha Spirit Fingers In The Hawaiian Sky

My girlfriend took me on her work trip to Oahu, where I ate and beached and learned and museumed and only suffered one major physical injury!

Riese May 31, 2013 34 Comments
The Scene

You Should Go Eat Dinner With One Table, Ashley Merriman, and Vanessa

Come have dinner with me and the One Table crew in Brooklyn! Chef Ashley Merriman will be there! We love her.

Vanessa May 31, 2013 2 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #77: Rage, Rage Against The Coming Of The Light

Topics include binge-watching TV, wikipedia, Mary Kay, why The Great Gatsby sucks, Freedomland!, ANTM, Hunter S. Thompson, oversharing, lesbian nightlife romances and more!

Riese May 31, 2013 15 Comments
Recipes

You Can Take It With You: Zucchini Pakoras

Need something quick and delicious (if not necessarily nutritious?) We’ve got just the thing for all your snacking needs.

Laura May 31, 2013 10 Comments
Queer Fashion

Lez Get Dressed For Work: Hot & Sweaty Summertime Femme

How to emerge from that pool of sweat looking fabulous, for humans who wear dresses and makeup.

Gabrielle Korn May 31, 2013 96 Comments
Politics + Activism

Turning the Tide: How Activism to Protect Queer Students and Communities Works

How activists in Louisiana use everything from direct action to meetings with senators to try to pass laws that would protect queer and trans* students from bullying, queer and trans* employees from discrimination, and more. This is how your legal progress sausage is made.

Penelope May 30, 2013 10 Comments
First Person

A Prairie Homo Does New York: Race and the Subway

New York has histories and politics etched deep into the subway lines it could take me a lifetime to study; so I start by studying the woman seated across from me.

Malaika May 30, 2013 7 Comments
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