Lez Liberty Lit #12: I Owe Everything To Being Queer
This week in literature: reading writers you hate, choosing your own adventure, evolving libraries, an interview with Eileen Myles, Gertrude Stein and more.
Brittani’s Video Party: Kid Appreciation Edition
Teenager comes out to high school class, Boston teens of color stand up to homophobia, 11-year-old girl writes to Obama about trans exclusion and more. By more I mean one other video about kids.
Hear Tegan & Sara’s New Album, ‘Heartthrob’ In Its Entirety
I know, I know, I know.
The Style Manual: Fashion Council On Call
Who do you turn to when you know everything there is to possibly know about shirts but STILL can’t find one to fit you? How about the editor of Qwear, two writers from DapperQ and a chick with a fashion degree?
Playlist: The Most Beautiful Song in the World
“I just want to know the song that made you say ‘Holy shit… I could die to this.'”
Things We Like: Customized Journaling with ‘Bound For Anything’
A travel journal, recipe journal, design journal, whatever you want journal cause you can customize the interior pages journal and I love it.
“We Support At-Risk LGBT Youth” Deemed “Offensive Language” By Youth Festival
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
Going Down (South): Profiles In Southern Queerness
Being queer is a lot like being Southern. Both identities refuse to be contained by border or stereotype.
Also.Also.Also: Tegan & Sara Hit Magazine Stands While Clea Duvall Hits That And Other Stories We Missed This Week
Karl Lagerfeld says it’s official – we are so in right now!
Here Are Some Cute Grandmas Showcasing Their Favourite Foods
Italian photographer Gabriele Galimberti carried out my dream job before I even managed to dream it: he travelled around the world visiting cute grandmas and asked them to make him their favourite foods.
The Style Manual: The Dress Shirt
Darts and plackets and yokes? You can’t get what you want if you don’t know how to ask for it! We’ve got everything you need to get yourself looking dashing.
Almost Famous: AG
Features a genderbending Beatles cover and an adorable dog named Bowie.
Gays and Lesbians Rule Las Vegas In New Ad Campaign
Las Vegas: the new gay and lesbian utopia of America.
More Than Words: Drag It Out Of Me
“We’re born naked and the rest is drag”
Modern Babies Totally Know How Gay And Drunk You Are
Personally, I blame the hit sequel “Heather’s Two Mommies Have Two Kegs Of Miller Lite.”
You Know You’re A Queer Catholic School Survivor If…
22. You can’t decide if you want to be or do your Confirmation saint.
Make A Thing: Puzzle Pieces and Book Necklaces
Making things tiny and wearable is a recipe for adorable success.
Choosing Jonah: A Family History of Abortion, Choice and Love
Sometimes the gulf between my own experience and “typical” parents is the same as that between parents and non-parents. And yet, on a fundamental level it’s also the same joy and the same challenge that we all face.
You Need Help: No One’s An Expert on Orgasms Right Away
“I’ve been hanging out/ hooking up with this girl for about a month. I have her pretty figured out physically and can get her off fairly quick, but the same can’t be said about her. I don’t have a problem with it, but it’s starting to make her upset. Help.”
We Were There: Phresh Cutz Pop-Up Barbershop Chopped Some Locks
We did a thing, and people are paying attention, because we deserve it like that. And more importantly: so do you. In case you don’t believe that, here’s a gallery of perfect pictures to prove it.