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The Comment Awards Are Already Spooked

Candy, fisting, politics. PERIOD.

carrie October 26, 2012 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Harvard Kennedy School LGBTQ Policy Journal Would Like Your Smartest Thoughts, Please

The world’s only graduate LGBTQ policy journal is seeking submissions! Get your proposals together by November 9th.

Cara October 26, 2012 2 Comments
Halloween Playlists

Playlist: Creepy Dancey Halloweeny

This mix does not have ‘Monster Mash’ on it.

Alice October 26, 2012 20 Comments
Book Features

Fonseca’s Team Pick – Leah Horlick

Leah Horlick is an ass-kicking, award-winning Canadian poet who is taking the queer literary world by storm.

fonseca October 26, 2012 5 Comments
Halloween

Your Best Halloween Costume Ever: Ridiculously Easy Ideas For Lazy, Broke or Busy Queers

Don’t spend more on a costume than you’d spend on a forty, and only wear what you’re willing to get stained.

Kate October 26, 2012 70 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #47: If It Makes Me Happy

Topics include happiness, solitary confinement, Cosmopolitan magazine, Elliot Smith, public education reform, “the world of a professional naked girl” and so much more!

Riese October 26, 2012 10 Comments
Health Sponsored

Totally True Tampon Tales!

Alex, Gabby and Riese share gripping accounts of their conversions to o.b.® tampons… with illustrations.

Alex October 26, 2012 113 Comments
Politics + Activism

Damnit France, Why Can’t You Be More Like the Netherlands?

Debates, protests and ridiculous videos over same-sex marriage aren’t limited to this side of the Atlantic.

Kristen October 26, 2012 32 Comments
Theater

‘5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche’ is Theatre of the Absurd in New York City

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. “No men. No meat. Just manners.”

Jess October 26, 2012 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

Obama Endorses All The Same-Sex Marriage Things In Maine and Washington!

Obama has announced his support of Washington, Maryland and Maine’s marriage equality initiatives! Hopefully most voters will agree with him, because the polls sure are close!

Riese October 25, 2012 17 Comments
Movie Reviews

Movie Review: ‘Jack & Diane’ is Weird, Gay and Kinda Good

Being young and in love makes you an idiot monster, and that’s what “Jack & Diane” is about.

Brittani October 25, 2012 38 Comments
Politics + Activism

Your Turn: Vote Early with President Obama

This afternoon, Barack Obama did indeed become the first sitting president to take advantage of early voting in person. The message behind these actions? You too can cast your vote. Right now.

A.E. Osworth October 25, 2012 13 Comments
Hair

Queer Girl Hairstory: Our Hair’s Not So Straight Either Part 3

Remember what it felt like to finally stop wishing you were straight? Well, we’re in the same boat. Only this time it’s not us we’re talking about, it’s our hair.

fonseca October 25, 2012 15 Comments
Politics + Activism

Petitioning Website Will No Longer Be As Progressive As You Once Thought

Something is ch-ch-ch-ch-changing over at Change.org, but unlike the Bowie song, someone definitely wants to be a richer man.

Kristen October 25, 2012 17 Comments
Queer Fashion

The Style Manual: Fashion Council to the Rescue

The experts are here to share the tips of the trade.

dapperq October 25, 2012 20 Comments
Halloween Recipes

Get Baked With A Tiny (Trick Or) Treat

A small thing you can make for your Halloweening experience. Let them eat teeny tiny cake!

Vanessa October 24, 2012 25 Comments
Gender

Lana Wachowski, Trans* Director of ‘The Matrix’, Gives Touching Speech That Will Probably Make You Cry

“Here in the absence of words to defend myself, without examples, without models, I began to believe voices in my head — that I was a freak, that I am broken, that there is something wrong with me, that I will never be lovable.”

annika October 24, 2012 48 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: A Million Here, A Million There for Gay Rights And Other Stories We Missed

Donation matching, gender swapping, fuck-giving, and another chance to hate on Mitt Romney. Again and again.

Carmen October 24, 2012 16 Comments
Queer Fashion

The Style Manual: Suits 201

To get the look, you need to know about sizing and fit. We’re talking buttons, lapels, jacket lengths and trouser drops! Sounds dirty but it isn’t.

dapperq October 24, 2012 24 Comments
Book Features

This NSFW Video Of Teresa Reading Jeanette Winterson Is Relevant To Interests

“While we can’t see what’s going on beneath the table, their physical reactions reveal that there is definitely a vibrator involved.”

Kate October 24, 2012 29 Comments
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