Sunday Funday Is Wearing A Dress And Putting Gay Moms on TV
Spoiler alert: some dads are the best, California loves us, and wombats are the future.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes Your Hair
This week on NSFW Sunday: lesbian cougars, Edith Wharton erotica, pixel smut, constant orgasms, and epic pole dancing.
Cowboy Hats, Peanuts, and Regret: The 2012 Republican National Convention Recap
Or, “The One Where Clint Eastwood Does That Thing With The Chair, Oh My God.”
GLAAD 2012 Network Responsibility Index: Why Do Queer Women On Television All Look The Same?
Seriously, where the hell are all the butches?
The Comment Awards Are Working For The Weekend
What we wrote and what you said this week.
Keeping Pussy’s Power: The Complications of Reclamation
For better or for worse, “pussy” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue — is its magical naughtiness about to be sacrificed in the name of reclaiming?
Australia’s Anti-Homophobia Ads Are Awesome, A Long Way Off For America
A new anti-homophobia ad has come out in Australia and it made me tear up a little bit. Luckily, I won’t have to see anything like them in America.
College Lesbianage: Meet The Class Of 2016
In which we follow six fresh-faced freshmen through their very first year of higher education.
Things I Read That I Love #40: Over The Hill And Through The Woods
Topics include Occupy Oakland, Degrassi, alcoholism, surviving, bartending, trolling, Radiohead and hillbilly heroin!
“Fab or Drab” Only Saving Grace of Republican National Convention
Rachel’s Team Pick: “I know we’re in Florida, buuuut it’s a visor. You’re not supposed to wear these! BEYOND drab.”
The Stranger Helps You Be a Gay Person
Malaika’s Team Pick: “Let’s face it: this being a person thing is pretty challenging, and unfortunately being a gay person further complicates things.”
Playlist: Tour de Fat
This weekend, let’s dress up in costumes, ride bicycles in a parade, then drink beer while watching shows and circus acts and people dancing with bicycles.
Study on “That’s So Gay” Says Words Can, In Fact, Hurt You
How little words can have big effects in the everyday lives of marginalized groups.
Also.Also.Also: Barack Obama Crashes Reddit and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Due to high levels of Republicanism, I come bearing some bad news. But also some great essays.
Lez Liberty Lit #2: This Week You’re Here, Queer, Reading
This week: Eileen Myles, Emily Books, lesbians in comic books, Lady Business, technology and fiction, and what we’re reading.
Queer Girl Mini Guide: Miami, Florida
A lot has changed in Miami the last decade. Is it a new gay getaway hotspot? I took a visit, snapped a lot of photos, rode a vespa, visited a lot of restaurants and drank too much alcohol so I could find out.
Super Gay Things, Coming Soon To A Silver Screen Near You
Evil scissoring, lez werewolves, and finger-banging Marie Antoinette! Oh my!
OPEN THREAD: Pretty Little Liars Mid-Season Finale BetrAyal Feelings Spectacular
OMG OMG OMG
Gay Reporter Infiltrates NOM’s Youth Conference, Finds It Even More Awful Than Expected
“I’d heard this kind of anti-gay rhetoric hundreds of times before… So why was I getting so upset?”
Anti-“Conversion Therapy” Bill Passes in the CA State Senate
“The bill is one of the government’s many first steps toward defending the mental and physical health of LGBTQ youth. Courts and politicians are starting to become more aware that the mental health of America’s children also means the mental health of LGBTQ teens and children.”