The Discerning Butch: A Gift Guide for the Masculine-of-Center Person In Your Life
What to get the queer who has everything. Or what to get yourself because hey, you deserve a present today.
Things I Read That I Love #39: Explain Things To Me
Topics include education, how reported rapes are (mis)handled in DC, reality TV, psychosis, mansplaining, TED, hate crimes and so many other things!
Artist Spotlight: Rachael Ward
“Ward is a singer-songwriter from Monroe, Georgia. She has hair like Lissie and a wardrobe rivaling Idgie Threadgoode’s. Most importantly, she has more husk in her voice than a stalk of corn.”
Indonesian LBT Women Exposed to Backlash
CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
$80K Celebration: Raffling Off Two September A-Camperships & Taking Straddle-Gif Requests
We made it to 80k! That means you can request gifs from Brianna’s brilliant straddle-gifs tumblr AND we’re raffling off two camperships for September for anyone looking for a last-minute vaycay!
Five Female Athletes Who Will Knock You Out
“Brought to you by my love for athletic women, here’s a list of sporty women to watch out for.”
Get That Gay Off My TV and That Corn Into My Mouth
Midwestern 18-24 year olds don’t watch Glee. Does that mean they hate all queers or just Ryan Murphy?
Jess Scone, Vegan Visionary: The Autostraddle Interview
“I feel like once you open your mind and your heart to one type of revolutionary thinking, you’re able to open your mind and heart to other things as well.”
Dykeadence: Southern Hospitality With A Side of Debauchery
If heaven is a place on earth, all of the girls there are queer, covered in glitter and have lilting accents.
Playlist: Go Your Own Way
Songs for breaking away from your family, finding your independence, and heading off to a new and better life.
Uganda Doesn’t Want You To See “The River and The Mountain”
The River and the Mountain, by British playwright Beau Hopkins, might be the most dangerous play in town. Because that town is Kampala, Uganda, and this play is about a gay person.
Charlie Made The Whole Thing Up: How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Lesbian Faking a Hate Crime?
Police have determined that the 33-year-old lesbian who claimed she was attacked in an anti-gay hate crime made the whole thing up.
Also.Also.Also: Rosie Had A Heart Attack and Other Stories We Missed This Week
There are so many embed codes coming to life in this article. Everyone’s on video, you guys.
Andrew Shirvell Ordered to Pay $4.5 Million for Anti-Gay Attack Blog
There’s a difference between freedom of speech and hate speech.
Jewelle Gomez, Lesbian Trailblazer: The Autostraddle Interview
“There was a great heyday in the 80’s in which I felt like you could publish anything, you could say anything – any of the initials, L, G, B, or T.”
Michele Smith Makes History: A Love Letter to Title IX and Women in Sports
Ladies, you are now welcome in the wide-world of baseball analysis, at least according to one broadcasting booth. And if you are as awesome as Michele Smith.
How To Name Your Child After Beer, Brunch and Roller Derby
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Give your future child the hipstery indie DIY name they so richly deserve.
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Canada Whitewashes the New $100 Bill
The Bank of Canada of going back to the drawing board after a focus group decided that the scientist on the $100 bill looked “too Asian.”
Run Anyway: Real Talk About Abusive Lesbian Relationships
“The further away I got, the clearer it became. She had been my first serious girlfriend after a succession of boyfriends, and I was more in love than I had ever been before. But the relationship stretched and accommodated behavior I likely would have never taken from a man.”
Todd Akin Is Terrible Tip of Terrible Iceberg That Is the Republican Party
Todd Akin is awful, but the idea of “legitimate rape” isn’t going to go away if he does.