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Society + Culture

Inequality As Seen From Outer Space

I’ll give you one chance to guess what the average salary is for the Vancouverites in this neighborhood.

Laura June 15, 2012 11 Comments
Book Features Issues LGBT History

Ann Bannon, Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Autostraddle Interview

“And so while I would have loved to have done what Laura did, to go to New York and try to find myself, I did the more conventional thing, and I think I was not alone in that.”

Ryan Yates June 15, 2012 13 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are In Full Swing

The sun is out, Pride is happening, and summer is on it’s way!

Laura June 15, 2012 3 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Feminist Punk Rockers “Pussy Riot” Jailed And Moscow Bans Gay Pride March for 100 Years

Three alleged members of the band have been jailed and charged with “hooliganism”, facing up to 7 years criminal punishment.

Jamie J. Hagen June 15, 2012 13 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Things I Read That I Love #29: Going Back

Topics include lesbian separatism, quitting the drink, the incarceration of an innocent man, the life of an executive in 1955, poverty in Southeastern Kentucky, Orlando police officers and so much more!

Riese June 15, 2012 15 Comments
Issues LGBT History

Trials and Titillation in Toronto: A Virtual Tour of the Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives

“Happily, in the rainbow-tinted future we are surely headed for, where queer history is included in high school curriculum as a matter of routine, textbook editors will have somewhere to turn for their chapter content: The Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives.”

Chandra June 15, 2012 15 Comments
Health

Gays Beat Straights When It Comes To Keeping Their Special Friends Healthy, Study Says

A new study on “health work” in relationships shows that women take care of their men, women take care of their women, and men take care of their men. In other words, gay people are the best.

Riese June 14, 2012 29 Comments
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Dear White People Trailer Storms (Parts of) the Internet

Brittani’s Team Pick: “The amount of black friends required to not seem racist has now been raised to two.”

Brittani June 14, 2012 49 Comments
Queer Fashion

He Said/We Said Brings Queer Sartorial Smarts To The Ivies

This time, the handsome models take on the country’s top universities and honey BBQ cheetos.

dapperq June 14, 2012 48 Comments
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Get Baked: Doggie Style

Because humans aren’t the only ones who want to get baked.

Bren June 14, 2012 24 Comments
Issues LGBT History

16 Vintage “Gay” Advertisements That Are Funny Now That “Gay” Means “GAY”

“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”

Riese June 14, 2012 86 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

Check Out Bitch Flick’s Open Call for LGBTQI Submissions!

Share your thoughts, feelings, and feminist critique of LGBTQI film and television with the internet today!

Jamie J. Hagen June 14, 2012 17 Comments
Sports

Good At Sports? You Might Be a Man, Says IAAF

“It’s still the old patriarchal fear, or doubt, that women can do outstanding athletic performances. If they do, they can’t be real women. It’s that clear, it’s that prejudicial.” -Bruce Kidd

Brittani June 13, 2012 48 Comments
Issues LGBT History

In 1973, Pamela Learned That Posing in Drag With A Topless Woman Is Forever

“During Gay Pride Week, Pamela’s father came to the Village to take her out to dinner… and that’s when Pamela saw it: plastered literally all over the place, on every wall and phone booth, was her own face staring back at her.”

Gabrielle Korn June 13, 2012 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

Romney Nixed Anti-Bullying Manual For Using Scary Words Like “Bisexual” and “Transgender”

In 2006, then-governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney opposed the publication of an anti-bullying guide because it included the words “bisexual” and “transgender.” What a nice guy!

Carmen June 13, 2012 9 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Chicago, Illinois

Forget everything you know about the Midwest, Chicago’s got as much big-city queer action as either coast.

Rachel W June 13, 2012 54 Comments
Issues LGBT History Playlists

Grrrls! Grrrls! Grrrls!: What I Learned From Riot

Riot showed us what revolution could look like. We had a new concept of what power could be. We could find it within ourselves and in each other — and we didn’t have to ask.

phoenix June 13, 2012 30 Comments
School

You Need Help: You Just Graduated From College and Everything Is Awful

Moving back in with your parents after college because you’re unemployed can feel like the end of the world, but is probably not actually the end of the world.

Rachel June 13, 2012 36 Comments
Visual Art

Alexa Meade Turns Realism On Its Head

Laura’s Team Pick: This stuff takes that whole “life imitates art” thing to the next level.

Laura June 13, 2012 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

NOM Launches New Anti-Same-Sex-Parenting Propaganda Inspired By Sketchy Study

NOM was more than ready to misconstrue the findings of the latest study on gay families to make gay families look as bad as possible.

Rachel June 12, 2012 13 Comments
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