It’s Hard To Simply Dismiss The “Simple” New Pope
Likes: long bus rides, quiet nights spent reading, home-cooked dinners. Dislikes: unfortunately, the same old suspects.
Getting With Girls Like Us: A Radical Guide to Dating Trans* Women for Cis Women
Okay ladies, let’s stop right here and get our game together.
You Should Go: Kickass Cocktail Party At Babeland For Autostraddle
Babeland is hosting a workshop just for Autostraddlers, and there are about a million reasons not to miss it.
Brittani’s Video Party: Tracy Ryerson is Lesbros with a Hooters Girl
Tracy Ryerson has a new web series, a Hooters girl isn’t clear on the rules of baseball, and After Earth looks like it’s going to be everything you want out of a Will Smith film.
January Rising: Lip Tar With A Purpose
OOC Makeup has an exclusive pink lip tar that’ll make you look hot while also helping to support one woman’s gender affirming surgeries. Win/win.
How To Own It: Personalized Fancy Keds
Be the designer collaboration you want to see in the world.
The Queen’s Commonwealth Charter and What It Really Means for the LGBTQI Population
March 11th was Commonwealth Day! The Queen did some stuff to celebrate: most notably, she signed an equal rights charter, which is the first time in her 61-year reign that she’s publicly supported gay rights.
Why Does Boston Have Two St. Patrick’s Day Parades? In A Word: Homophobia
It’s an exciting day for people across the Greater Boston region and Massachusetts – except for its LGBT citizens, apparently. Because even in the first state to gain marriage equality, there’s still discrimination, and one is in the city’s annual parade.
Also.Also.Also: Everything the Homophobes Told You Was A Lie and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Family matters, queer poetry, undocumented LGBT immigrants and more!
Crystal’s Track Stop Is Just About A Woman With Her Clothes On
This week we’ve got hot new tracks from Austra and Laura Marling, plus some addictive pieces from Bertie Blackman, Rudimental and Cold War Kids. Did I mention a new track from Austra?
This Is How We Shatter Rape Culture
If we #EducateCoaches, we’ll be educating the next generation of men. And it’s time for them to get schooled, and I’m at the forefront of the movement to make that happen.
West Coast dapperQs take on He Said/We Said: The Name of the Game is McQueen
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boi.
Almost Famous: Jess McAvoy
A Toronto based musician who has a special place in my heart. Includes a badass performance with Gotye.
Leaving It on the Court: When My World Changed, Sports Stayed
My teammates didn’t know that I was ending my run in this men’s league because I had to leave my male identity on the court.
Christine Quinn for (Openly Gay, Female) Mayor of New York City!
Totally qualified, totally awesome Christine Quinn wants to be the next mayor of New York City! Also, she walked down the aisle to Ave Maria… the Beyoncé version. I mean come on.
We Won A Thing: Colorado Civil Unions Pass The House
Colorado State Legislature has passed the Civil Unions bill!
Cacti For All: Don’t Let a Black Thumb of Death Get You Down
Can’t keep a plant alive to save your life? Try a cactus! Still too much commitment? Learn how to grow a fake one!
Wigging Out: How I Found Beauty in Baldness
Being bombarded by images of beautiful women with long hair while having male pattern baldness certainly made it easier to repress being transgender.
Make a Thing: Scrabble Tote
Nothing says, “I Like You” like knocking off a board game.
Idol Worship: Mabel Hampton Is Gay History
Mabel Hampton preserved our story when it was first starting. Now I wanna tell hers to you.