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Issues LGBT History

The Very Lesbian Life of Miss Anne Lister

“I give you a selection of the extremely gay life of Miss Anne Lister, a contemporary of Jane Austen and a precursor to Shane McCutcheon.”

Laura L June 18, 2012 29 Comments
Music

Artist Spotlight: Exitmusic

The lesbian from Boardwalk Empire sings in an awesome band.

Jess G. June 18, 2012 6 Comments
Issues LGBT History

15 Ways To Spot A Lesbian According To Some Really Old Medical Journals

“Has a firmness to her walk, a long step, and a rather heavy timbre to her voice.”

Riese June 17, 2012 146 Comments
LGBT Pride Queer Fashion

Pride Fashion: You Do You in Rain or Shine

Pick out your gay outfit for Pride, appropriate for wind, rain, sun, or snow! (Just kidding, if there’s snow, stay home.)

Lizz June 17, 2012 35 Comments
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It’s A Beautiful Day In The Gayborhood This Sunday Funday

Gay people are extremely important. Seriously. Just ask other important people.

Carmen June 17, 2012 8 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants More, More, More, And Maybe Also More

This week on NSFW Sunday: the history of sexual repression, really expensive vibrators, hot sex when it’s hot out, and hands.

Guest June 17, 2012 8 Comments
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Queer Girl City Guide: There’s No Place Like NOLA

Hey there, Dawlin’!

Caroline June 16, 2012 69 Comments
Lesbian Weddings

Gallery: 50 Adorable Lesbian Couples Having Adorable Lesbian Weddings

I don’t even have a news peg for this.

Ryan Yates June 15, 2012 91 Comments
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
Movie News & Trailers

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
Recipes

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
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