Artist Spotlight: Rachael Ward
“Ward is a singer-songwriter from Monroe, Georgia. She has hair like Lissie and a wardrobe rivaling Idgie Threadgoode’s. Most importantly, she has more husk in her voice than a stalk of corn.”
“Ward is a singer-songwriter from Monroe, Georgia. She has hair like Lissie and a wardrobe rivaling Idgie Threadgoode’s. Most importantly, she has more husk in her voice than a stalk of corn.”
CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
We made it to 80k! That means you can request gifs from Brianna’s brilliant straddle-gifs tumblr AND we’re raffling off two camperships for September for anyone looking for a last-minute vaycay!
“Brought to you by my love for athletic women, here’s a list of sporty women to watch out for.”
Midwestern 18-24 year olds don’t watch Glee. Does that mean they hate all queers or just Ryan Murphy?
“I feel like once you open your mind and your heart to one type of revolutionary thinking, you’re able to open your mind and heart to other things as well.”
If heaven is a place on earth, all of the girls there are queer, covered in glitter and have lilting accents.
Songs for breaking away from your family, finding your independence, and heading off to a new and better life.
The River and the Mountain, by British playwright Beau Hopkins, might be the most dangerous play in town. Because that town is Kampala, Uganda, and this play is about a gay person.
Police have determined that the 33-year-old lesbian who claimed she was attacked in an anti-gay hate crime made the whole thing up.
There are so many embed codes coming to life in this article. Everyone’s on video, you guys.
There’s a difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.
“There was a great heyday in the 80’s in which I felt like you could publish anything, you could say anything – any of the initials, L, G, B, or T.”
Ladies, you are now welcome in the wide-world of baseball analysis, at least according to one broadcasting booth. And if you are as awesome as Michele Smith.
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Give your future child the hipstery indie DIY name they so richly deserve.
The Bank of Canada of going back to the drawing board after a focus group decided that the scientist on the $100 bill looked “too Asian.”
“The further away I got, the clearer it became. She had been my first serious girlfriend after a succession of boyfriends, and I was more in love than I had ever been before. But the relationship stretched and accommodated behavior I likely would have never taken from a man.”
Todd Akin is awful, but the idea of “legitimate rape” isn’t going to go away if he does.
Have a gay old time in the city with four seasons in one day.
The world of US voting is ever changing and, frankly, fairly complicated. Here’s a few more resources and fun facts about voting in the US Presidential Election. Remember, vote with your VAG (Voting: an Autostraddle Guide.) You’ll be glad you did.