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Issues LGBT History

20 Lesbian Slang Terms You’ve Never Heard Before

You’ll never hold a bowling ball the same way again.

Riese June 12, 2012 86 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Garlic with Pasta and Swiss Chard

You read that headline correctly.

Ryan Yates June 12, 2012 12 Comments
Music

Against Me! and Joan Jett Cover “Androgynous” In Queerest Moment Ever

Lemon’s Team Pick: I have so many feelings about these humans, this song, and these humans performing this song.

Lemon June 12, 2012 17 Comments
Issues LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book: “Odd Girls & Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in 20th-Century America”

If I had the power to declare this the official book of Herstory Month, I would. But I don’t have that power. Only you have that power. And you should read this book!

Riese June 11, 2012 18 Comments
Society + Culture

New Study Questions Whether There Really Is “No Difference” Between Gay and Straight Parents

“This study cannot answer political questions about same-sex relationships and their legal legitimacy.”

Rachel June 11, 2012 21 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

“Carolina girls are the best in the world.”

Ashley June 11, 2012 14 Comments
Music

Fiona Apple’s “The Idler Wheel…” Is Streaming on NPR, Probably You Should Listen

Rachel’s Team Pick: Preview Fiona Apple’s new album and swoon a little!

Rachel June 11, 2012 14 Comments
Dating

5 Tips On Dating a Girl Who Is Only Kinda Sorta Maybe Out To Her Family And Friends

“Give her time, give her love and support and when she’s ready to whack the rainbow flag bumper sticker on her car, then she will.”

Tully June 11, 2012 58 Comments
Issues LGBT History

Before “The L Word,” There Was Lesbian Pulp Fiction

Unfortunate representation of queer communities may piss us off but it doesn’t mean it won’t help in some wacked out way. Just look at lesbian pulp fiction novels.

Brittani June 11, 2012 18 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

The 2012 Tony Awards Super Ultra Mega Gay Liveblog Situation

Will Neil Patrick Harris rap again? Find out here!

Intern Grace June 10, 2012 26 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Wants to Taste the Rainbow in Your Pants

This week on NSFW Sunday: couples with roommates, feminist porn, bike smut, and tasting the rainbow in your pants.

Guest June 10, 2012 12 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Needs a Gaycation

Lady Gaga is done with her next album and Obama is making good speeches again. Now let’s go to the beach.

Carmen June 10, 2012 25 Comments
Politics + Activism

Charlotte Bunch Is Important: The Autostraddle Interview

“I mean, we would not have violence against women or any issues of women’s rights on the agenda if we had waited for the human rights boys to say it was time.”

Jamie J. Hagen June 9, 2012 17 Comments
Society + Culture

Jamaica’s First Lesbian Wedding Ever In History Is Adorable, Deeply Moving

This is by far the best thing to happen this month. Maybe this lifetime.

Carmen June 9, 2012 20 Comments
Society + Culture

Lesbians Win “Cutest Couple” In High School Yearbook, Are In Fact The Cutest Couple

Students in an allegedly ‘conservative’ rural county in California vote a lesbian couple as “cutest couple,” and it wasn’t a prank or anything.

Riese June 8, 2012 29 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Bursting With Pride!

The Managerettes love you so much that they hijacked the Comment Awards this week.

carrie June 8, 2012 10 Comments
Issues LGBT History

The Unaccountable Life of Gender-Bending Rebel Charlie Brown

“This little book… is to my mind the progenitor of all funny queer blogs written in the first-person. Yes, this is the story of the first queer blogger.”

Jemima June 8, 2012 8 Comments
Politics + Activism

VIDEO: Texas Baptist Pastor Defends Obama’s Gay Marriage Position, Suggests Anti-Gays “Take A Chill Pill”

“He swore to protect and uphold the constitution, not the Bible, but the Constitution of the United States. He is not the pastor of the United States, he’s the President of the United States.”

Riese June 8, 2012 47 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Things I Read That I Love #28: Only Hellos

Today’s topics include plane crashes, cannibals, the army, Quiz Bowl, Gossip Girl, transgender children and so much more!

Riese June 8, 2012 21 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Peanut Noodles

Delicious summertime lunch hot or cold!

Rachel June 8, 2012 20 Comments
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