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New Poll Shows Latino/a Voters Largely Support Gay Marriage, Unfortunately for GOP

But is this really all that big of a shift?

Rose October 5, 2012 2 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #44: Screaming Sounds

Topics include Harriet the Spy, bipolar disorder, Jerry Sandusky, promiscuous reading, rock criticism, right-wing podcasts and online dating!

Riese October 5, 2012 10 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Carrot Ginger Soup

Words cannot describe how easy this soup is, because it actually takes more effort to describe than to make.

Ryan Yates October 5, 2012 18 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #4: I Kept Always Two Books In My Pocket

This week in lit: banned books, Vagina, and lots of lesbian storylines.

Ryan Yates October 4, 2012 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

GChatting For Freedom: The First Presidential Debate

“I’m going to live my whole life and die right here in front of my laptop while Romney talks.”

Rachel October 4, 2012 30 Comments
Book Features

Read Banned Books, Be The Revolution

Banned Books Week is like Christmas for me: it allows me to queer my reading like I queer my gender. Party hard with some inappropriate reading!

A.E. Osworth October 4, 2012 12 Comments
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International Autostraddle Meet-Up Weeks: You’ve Earned It

We want to hang out. Like, a lot.

Vanessa October 4, 2012 519 Comments
Gender

PSAs Aim To Prepare Citizens Who Are “Voting While Trans”

Vanessa’s Team Pick: More than 25,000 transgender American citizens may face stiff barriers to voting in the November 2012 election; the National Center for Transgender Equality wants to change that.

Vanessa October 4, 2012 7 Comments
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A Custom Fit: Container Gardening

Take everything you know — or don’t know — about gardening and put it in a bunch of neat containers all over the place!

Laura October 4, 2012 30 Comments
Politics + Activism

New Guidelines Make Binational Gay Couple Deportation “Low Priority,” But Not “Non-Priority”

The Department of Homeland Security has now drafted up written guidelines for binational and immigrant same-sex couples and families to now be considered “low-priority” in deportation cases.

Hansen October 4, 2012 7 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

You’re Not Wasting Time: Looking At Baby Animals Helps Productivity

Did we really need a study to tell us that looking at pictures of cute animals improves our lives?

Hansen October 4, 2012 30 Comments
The Scene

You Should Go: The Queer Women of Color Poetry Revival Is Finally Here

I promised you a revival. And now it’s here.

Carmen October 4, 2012 10 Comments
Society + Culture

“The Four 2012” Marriage Equality Ads: All The Feelings

Ali’s Team Pick: This November, four states have marriage equality on the ballot: Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington. Here’s an ad straight from Maine, the first of a four-part series.

A.E. Osworth October 3, 2012 29 Comments
TV Feature

VIDEO – The Premiere Is Here: Unicorn Plan-It Episode 201 “And So It Is”

Unicorn Plan-It grows up and gets big: it’s Season Two and a whole new ballgame.

Laneia October 3, 2012 48 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Canadian Book, Eh: Alex Leslie’s “People Who Disappear”

Leslie’s stories speak to my top interests in life: gay women, the environment, and Canada.

Malaika October 3, 2012 11 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Oh My God, Autumn

I’ve grown to love sweaters. I’ve grown to love the juxtaposition of a hot drink in your hand and the brisk air at your cheeks. This is a playlist for all of that. Hello Fall. Welcome.

A.E. Osworth October 3, 2012 43 Comments
First Person Relationships

The (Over)Thinker: On How To Be A Human With Another Human

I wrote a letter to myself about over thinking in a relationship. Maybe I wrote this letter to you as well.

Brittani October 3, 2012 47 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: You Are Not Your DNA and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Sahara Davenport has passed, but No Doubt and Wonder Woman are back.

Carmen October 3, 2012 11 Comments
Gender

Top Six Tumblrs Featuring Butches Doing Things

This is what the inside of my heart looks like.

Gabrielle Korn October 2, 2012 137 Comments
Politics + Activism

Restrictive Voter ID Laws Halted in PA, but Voter Disenfranchisement Marches On

Judge Robert Simpson ruled that “authorities had not done enough to ensure that potential voters had access to the new documents.”

Rachel October 2, 2012 13 Comments
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