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Society + Culture

California Sexual Orientation Conversion Bill Could Inform Patients, Protect Minors

The California state Senate has a bill advancing that would require ex-gay therapists to get signed consent forms that acknowledge that ex-gay therapy is harmful and useless.

Lizz April 30, 2012 32 Comments
Camp Community Issues

OPEN THREAD: Let’s Talk About How Awesome A-Camp Was

From April 26th ’til April 29th, 163 of you and 35 of us went to the mountains for a weekend of kickass fun and transformation. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.

Riese April 30, 2012 595 Comments
Love + Sex

Shit White Parents Have Said to Me

“Minority youths are really just more violent than white ones. Seriously, you can’t argue with the news.”

gabby April 30, 2012 181 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Moving from Somewhere Old to Somewhere New

Get the hell outta Dodge.

Ryan Yates April 30, 2012 17 Comments
Comedy

My Drunk Kitchen Makes More Quesadillas, Is Forever Drunk

Quesadillas: The food so nice, Hannah Hart made it twice! That’s a lie, she only made it once, but there are two videos about it, so. Here we are.

Intern Grace April 30, 2012 12 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Lip Service Episode 202 Recap: Very Dramatic

Things get really intense in Episode Two of Lip Service Season Two. Didn’t this show used to be fizzy and fun?

scribegrrrl April 29, 2012 132 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Wants to Go to a Psychedelic Luau With Nicki Minaj, Obama

Today is Sunday and the Internet still exists. Here’s what you missed!

Lemon April 29, 2012 11 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is At Camp: 50 Girls Outside

Here are some pretty people in the outdoors.

Ryan Yates April 29, 2012 26 Comments
Love + Sex Poetry and Fiction

A Poem: kiss, kiss, bang, bang

This is a poem about kissing.

gabby April 28, 2012 25 Comments
Music

Top 10 Fictional Bands

Because sometimes fictional bands are better than real bands.

Crystal April 28, 2012 102 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

DIY Beauty Bar: Sweet and Tough Olive Oil Scrub

You’re just 5 minutes and a bit of kitchen chemistry away from smooth skin.

Laura April 28, 2012 24 Comments
First Person Issues

Five Small Contributions: On Being A Queer Person of Color

We wanted to sit down and share stories with you around this virtual campfire to somehow express one little piece of what it means to be queer and a person of color in this crazy, crazy world.

Brittani April 28, 2012 79 Comments
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Top 10 Childhood “Sports” I Still Wanna Play

Remember that giant rainbow parachute? Me too!

Sarah Croce April 28, 2012 81 Comments
Book Features

Mini Interview: Andrea Askowitz and “My Miserable, Lonely, Lesbian Pregnancy”

“Is it a queer memoir and/or a pregnancy memoir? Neither.”

Ryan Yates April 28, 2012 6 Comments
Book Features

Make Sweet Poetry With Us

First we’ll create poems from nothing and then we’ll write poetry out loud.

Whitney Pow April 27, 2012 27 Comments
Money + Work

Freelance Graphic Designer: The Kit

Stick it to the man and be your own boss! These are the resources and inspiration I use most often for designing and freelance.

Alex April 27, 2012 29 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Let’s Pick Flowers, Save Flowers, Make Flower-Saving Books Together

Get ready to get sunny, crafty, and a little more adorable.

Carmen April 27, 2012 5 Comments
Gender

Watch Out For Radfem Scorpions

Not into all the transphobia that radfems have to offer? Enter the Radfem Scorpion!

annika April 27, 2012 170 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love: Writers Writing About Writing

Here are some of my favorite things I’ve ever read on the internet about writing!

Riese April 27, 2012 7 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Made It to Camp!

God I hope that all the other Comment Awards are nice to my Comment Awards!

Lemon April 27, 2012 7 Comments
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