MSNBC Talks To And About Trans People For An Hour, Doesn’t F*ck It Up
MSNBC’s 20-minute segment on “Trans in America” is so good I can’t believe it actually happened. Guests include Kate Bornstein, Mara Keisling and Mel Wymore.
On Camp: Not Burning Your Skin, A Kit and Lifestyle Guide
The last thing I want when facing 200 other lesbians in the sun-filled woods is to look like I was cooked to rare and then set free at the Jersey Shore.
Roundtable: Let’s Talk About Cereal For Serious
In which the Team does some serious soul-searching and shares with you our deepest feelings about various cereals.
Check Out Open CourseWare, Because Using Your Brain is Fun
Rachel’s Team Pick: What if you could take a class called “Rethinking the Family, Sex, and Gender” (and more) for free? YOU CAN.
A Custom Fit: Making Your Space Your Own Space
“Don’t let anyone tell you how many bedrooms you have, is what I’m saying.”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Certain That Her G-Spot Exists
This week on NSFW Sunday: orgasms, g-spots, porn, pheromone parties, pregnancy fetishes, more from “Curvy Girls” and climate change erotica.
Sunday Funday Wishes Everyone Was More Like Hillary Clinton
This week we should all cuddle and then read a lot of interesting things and continue to create political change in Arizona. You in?
28 Books About Gay Geography That’ll Take You On Journeys Through Time and Place
If you like lesbian history as much as I do, then you’ll love all these books about queer life in various towns, states, cities and countries. Your input is welcome!
Also. Also. Also: Coming Out Associated With Better Health And Other Things We Missed
Boston University released a study suggesting that supportive parents improve long-term health for LGBT individuals. Also, what’s a Krisbian?
Things I Read That I Love #21: Eat, Sleep, Read
This week’s topics include gay reparation therapy, online sports message boards, Thomas Kinkade, Suzanne Collins and being a better writer!
Long Island PTA Chapter Will Exist Solely to Support Gay Teens and Be Totally Awesome
“You don’t have to live on Long Island to join. You don’t have to be gay or have a kid who is gay… All you have to do is believe in the movement.”
19 Terribly Interesting Tips On Raising A Trans Kid (From A Trans Kid)
“There is no Parenting Trans Kids 101 textbook. All there is is showing up to class.”
The Comment Awards Are Sick of Eating Easter Candy and Matzo
Or at least I am.
Glee 315 Recap: Big Brother Is Watching You And Is Kinda Bored
This week on Glee, Margaret Thatcher dog ate my heart and Blaine’s brother smiled with his eyes and Santana had two lines.
On Camp: Girl Scout Camp – Freedom, Feminism and Hobo Pies
“My awkwardness should have followed me along to Girl Scout camp, but somehow I managed to shed most of it in the 40 miles between the city and that patch of unremarkable forest.”
Lip Service Season 2: New Trailer Reinforces Fact That It’s Finally Happening
Lip Service Season Two, as you probably know by now, is a thing and it’s a thing that’ll be on your television in like two weeks. We have videos and pictures!
Study Supporting “Ex-Gay” Claims Finally Retracted to Much Rejoicing
“For all this concern about how I damage people, where is the damage?… don’t you think there’d be a busload of people who are damaged?” Yes.
Sweden’s Got A New Gender-Neutral Pronoun
And its critics are madder than a wet hen.
Valerie Weiss Is A Scientist Who Makes Movies: The Autostraddle Interview
In which I interview Valerie Weiss about her new film, Losing Control, and bringing women in science to the masses.
Get Baked: Matzo Pizza
Some people will tell you to just slap some sauce on a whole piece of matzo and stick it in the microwave. Some people would be wrong.