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LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book: Barbara Sjoholm’s “Incognito Street”

This is a book about being a queer girl in the 1970s, about traveling the world, and about trying to be a writer by the woman who would go on to co-found Seal Press and write award-winning books because who says you can’t accomplish what you dream of doing?

Malaika February 25, 2013 9 Comments
Movie Features

The 2013 Academy Awards Liveblog and Open Thread

It’s the 85th annual Academy Awards! Let’s cross our fingers, ooh and ahh at tuxedos and make fun of everyone!

Lizz February 24, 2013 60 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is Hysterical About History

This week on NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: feminist porn, Fat Sex Week, live sex-ed advice and more.

Ryan Yates February 24, 2013 10 Comments
Society + Culture

Jon Huntsman’s Just Like President Obama This Sunday Funday ‘Cause He Totally Loves The Gays Now

Obama outdoes himself, Jon Huntsman records in writing his support for same-sex marriage, and then an animal adopts another animal. This is real life.

Carmen February 24, 2013 13 Comments
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Sex Toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: Hello Touch

Jimmy Jane promises that the Hello Touch is perfect “for everyone who likes to touch or be touched.” Was that our experience? Well…

Guest February 24, 2013 11 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars Recap 320: Hawt Water

This week on Pretty Little Liars, Emily gets majorly jealous of Paige as we’re introduced to a brand new lesbian character.

Lizz February 23, 2013 21 Comments
Movie Features

Tami Lane, Academy Award Nominee: The Autostraddle Interview

Tami Lane is your favorite out makeup artist and she’s nominated for an Academy Award for her work on The Hobbit. Someone gay to root for on Sunday night!

Jess February 23, 2013 8 Comments
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Politics + Activism

The Chelsea Clinton Gay Marriage Ad NBC Tried To Take Away From You Now Available to Keep In Your Heart

Carmen’s Team Pick: If you love marriage equality or Chelsea Clinton’s face, you’ll probably love this video and hate NBC for taking it away from you.

Carmen February 23, 2013 7 Comments
Geekery

Queer Your Tech With Fun: Google Glass Means You Wear A Computer on Your Eyes

Google Glass is just that – a pair of glasses. But instead of having sunglass lenses or prescription lenses, they’ve got a computer instead

A.E. Osworth February 23, 2013 32 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Will Eat You Up

Girl Scout cookies, cookie butter and a serious commitment to grilled cheese. We’re chewing our way through the comment awards this week!

carrie February 22, 2013 3 Comments
First Person

Butch Please: Where Do We Go From Here

The most important question I can ask is what do you want from Butch Please? What do you want to see in this space?

Kate February 22, 2013 95 Comments
Sex

You Need Help: The Quest For Awesome Queer Feminist Porn

“I’d like to see if porn does anything for me, would you have any (ethical, lesbian) recommendations for the first try of a young adult with an eye for the femmier?”

A.E. Osworth February 22, 2013 54 Comments
Recipes

You Can Take It With You: Chickpea Pesto Salad and Strawberries

We’re tackling the essential kitchen skill of pesto-making for this savory/sweet mix.

Laura February 22, 2013 14 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Spectacular Speculoos Cookie Butter Bars

If you haven’t tried Trader Joe’s cookie butter yet, your whole world is about to change.

Vanessa February 22, 2013 39 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #64: Giddy, Girlish and Deeply Shallow

Topics include sorority rush, circus sideshow acts, murder, Jeopardy, college in China, Utopian musical communities, the post office, the mall, the pope, the post office and more!

Riese February 22, 2013 7 Comments
Visual Art

Hey NYC LGBTQ Artists, Submit Your Stuff To “Love Out Loud” Group Show

Vanessa’s Team Pick: An open call for LGBT artists, photographers, and sculptors in the New York City metropolitan area.

Vanessa February 22, 2013 3 Comments
First Person

A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Racisms

Since I easily dismissed the strange looks people gave my white mom and her three brown-skinned little kids and the questions about where I was from as just ignorant things people said, I grew up not very aware of racism and micro-aggressions. I didn’t think of myself as black or as white.

Malaika February 21, 2013 85 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: Three Love Stories and an Otter

A model and basketball player find love, a pianist searches for his violinist wife, THE couple meets their match, and a sea otter is athletically adorable.

Brittani February 21, 2013 9 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #14: I Love The Smell Of Novellas In The Morning

Batwoman’s lesbian wedding, queer fiction for Black History Month, Jeanette Winterson on Virginia Woolf and confessions from an analogue-obsessed book sniffer, book cakes and so much more!

Ryan Yates February 21, 2013 14 Comments
School

College Lesbianage Class of 2016: Winter Wunderkinds

This month’s update finds our Lesbianagelings finishing up their finals and heading back to their homelands. What have they learned about the world and themselves during this first semester of college?

Lesbianage February 21, 2013 8 Comments
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