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Straddleverse

We Need Help: Our Big Fundraiser To Build A Better Autostraddle

We’ve spent the last year trying quick fixes and cheap labor for our broken website and there’s no way around it: it’s time to turn this shed into an actual building — luckily, we just made a really kickass Indiegogo campaign for that!

the team July 25, 2012 377 Comments
TV Reviews

Real Life Lesbian Jessica Clark Gets Naked For True Blood

Don’t tell me this wasn’t the highlight of your week.

Gabrielle Korn July 25, 2012 14 Comments
Sports

Olympic Women’s Soccer Open Thread: US vs. France

In which we watch and discuss the US Women’s Soccer Team vs France. This is the most important thing you’ll do today.

Intern Grace July 25, 2012 63 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Songs About Sally

Because of our Sally Ride feelings.

A.E. Osworth July 25, 2012 11 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book: “No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics”

A definitive collection of queer comics through the past four decades.

Hansen July 25, 2012 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

Congress Doesn’t Want You To Get Gay Married on Military Property, Passes Irrational Ban About It

Representative Steve King restates the law, wastes time, and is terrifying. But really, is that news?

A.E. Osworth July 24, 2012 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Horrifying Attack Against Lesbian In Nebraska Is Horrifying, Appalling, Heartbreaking

“When someone takes the time to handcuff someone with a zip tie and carve derogatory comments or words into somebody else’s body, that’s sheer hate and at this point, this is a hate crime.”

fonseca July 24, 2012 56 Comments
Politics + Activism

Eddie Griffin Assaults and Humiliates Lesbian; Takes No Responsibility

Griffin air humped an audience member’s face, telling her that all she needs is a good man; and comedy remains a space where bullying is somehow acceptable.

Gabrielle Korn July 24, 2012 47 Comments
Society + Culture

America Finds Out That Sally Ride, First Female Astronaut, Was Also First Lesbian Astronaut

What does it mean that most people had no idea about Sally Ride’s partner for 27 years?

Rachel July 24, 2012 37 Comments
Book Lists

Yet Another Top 10 Lesbian Romance Novels

Love stories featuring lesbian Secret Service agents, doctors, super spies, life coaches, personal trainers and women of many other professions.

Crystal July 24, 2012 41 Comments
Society + Culture

New York Mag’s Lesbian Sex Diarist Tries Having Sex With Other Girls

” She is totally naked, and I’m still basically fully clothed. Her bedroom is not air-conditioned.”

Riese July 24, 2012 23 Comments
Society + Culture

This Is A Rick Mercer Appreciation Post

Because we said so. Let’s just take a few minutes to talk about Rick Mercer, Canada’s smartlarious teevee sensation.

Malaika July 24, 2012 36 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: You Have Too Many Mangos

Mangos every which way.

Stef July 24, 2012 38 Comments
LGBT History

Sally Ride Is Dead

Sally Ride, a lesbian, the first American woman in space and one of my childhood heroes, died today at the age of 61.

Riese July 23, 2012 50 Comments
First Person

On Loving My Republican Brother Who Loves Me

What can we reasonably expect from our relatives when it comes to voting?

Vanessa July 23, 2012 100 Comments
Community

Who Run the World? Brown Grrrlz

“The Brown Grrrlz Project seems to view femininity as a form of resistance in a world where brown women are either terrorized or ignored. “

phoenix July 23, 2012 10 Comments
Geekery

All The Small Things: Comic-Con Dug Into Some Progressive Politics, Other Cool Shit

At the San Diego ComicCon’s smaller events, your free swag is knowledge.

Ash July 23, 2012 19 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Real L Word 302 Recap: A Leap Of Faith Into a Puddle Of Nonsense

This week on The Real L Word, I took a long nap, Kiyomi drank too much, Whitney popped the question and Amanda inhaled toxic paint fumes.

Riese July 23, 2012 107 Comments
LGBT History Music

Ladies of Note: A Brief History of Women Composers, Queer and Otherwise

You know about Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, but what about the women who wrote classical music?

Rose July 23, 2012 55 Comments
Visual Art

It’s Time To Add Your Queer Voice To The Sketchbook Project

The Sketchbook Project is “a traveling library created by thousands of people from across the globe,” and I think you should sign up to participate.

Vanessa July 23, 2012 25 Comments
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