It’s All Happening: Welcome To International Autostraddle Meet-Up Weeks!
OMFG IT’S TIME TO MEET-UP! Find your city on the list and wash your lucky shirt.
Australian PM Julia Gillard Receives Backlash For Being Honest, Because of the Patriarchy
If it’s clear to us that Gillard’s speech was amazing, then why are people attacking Gillard for being a hypocrite and saying she has damaged her own integrity?
Tig Notaro’s “Live” Is Everything They Said It Would Be
Brittani’s Team Pick: “Tragedy + time = comedy. But I don’t have the benefit of time. So I’m just going to tell you the tragedy and know that everything is going to be okay.”
Coming Out As An Amorphous Weirdo
“It wasn’t until I kissed the second girl that even my therapist at the time laughed at me and told me maybe it was time to accept that my sexuality was not as cut-and-dry as I’d always imagined.”
National Coming Out Day OPEN THREAD Wants To Hear Your Stories
The most important part about coming out is talking about it! Let’s all share our feelings in this open thread.
Times, They Are A-Changin’: Republican Allies and Gay Marriage
We have some allies in the Republican Party. So that means they aren’t all evil. No, seriously. Hear me out.
Maddow and Ellen, Team Dreamboat, Talk Politics, Dancing and Jersey Shore
Vanessa’s Team Pick: If I had to choose between Maddow and Ellen I would probably die so it’s a good thing I don’t have to!
Sosan Firooz: Afghanistan’s First Female Rapper Deserves Major Props
Everyone has to step aside: Sosan Firooz is the baddest bitch.
Cats Against Catcalling Are Cats Worth Scrolling Through
Cats + anti-street harassment slogans = match made in Tumblr heaven.
Bonnaroo 2012: Travel Diary and Feelings Atrium
A mostly unedited, unabridged spin through what it felt like to be me at Bonnaroo last summer. Not a recap.
Also.Also.Also: P!nk is an “Honorary Lesbian” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Dan Savage wants a fight, Serbian gays want their city back, and P!nk wants record sales. And I want a drink, stat.
VIDEO! “Words With Girls” Episode 5: Mimicry
In which the term “reverse toaster” is coined.
Top Six Queer Cooking Blogs
You loved pictures of them cooking. Now let’s talk about WHAT they are cooking!
Buying and Tying: A Guide For The Scarf-Wearing Laddy or Lass
Because sometimes you can’t help but wonder what in the world you’re supposed to do with this pretty piece of wool in your hands.
Glee 404 Recap: Break-Up My Lesbian Heart
In which Brittana faces the reality of a long distance relationship and we all cry.
Anti-Gay Bigots File Lawsuit Against California’s Ex-Gay Therapy Ban, Are Unfortunately In Good Company
California is making “ex-gay therapy” history, but unfortunately the rest of the country is still far behind.
A-Camp September Recamp #2: Blame It On The Altitude
On Thursday, geeks and introverts met each other, girls in white got wet, everyone got wild and we all had mature discussions about intense topics like gender and being a queer woman of color!
I’m Not Interested in Finding a Truce in the Culture War. I’m Interested in Winning It.
“There’s this prevailing attitude that the “culture war” is some kind of ‘discussion’ that we’re all having. But you know what? Fuuuuuuck that.”
Remembrance of PSAs Past: A Retrospective of the Top 9 Anti-Gay Ads
As new anti-gay marriage campaigns are released in anticipation of the 2012 referendums, let’s see how far homophobic ads have come (or not).
“Same Love” Video Melts Your Heart, Invigorates Your Politics
Hold this close to your heart.