The Comment Awards Are In Full Swing
The sun is out, Pride is happening, and summer is on it’s way!
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.
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!
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.”
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.
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.”
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.
Get Baked: Doggie Style
Because humans aren’t the only ones who want to get baked.
16 Vintage “Gay” Advertisements That Are Funny Now That “Gay” Means “GAY”
“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”
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!
Good At Sports? You Might Be a Man, Says IAAF
“It’s still the old patriarchal fear, or doubt, that women can do outstanding athletic performances. If they do, they can’t be real women. It’s that clear, it’s that prejudicial.” -Bruce Kidd
In 1973, Pamela Learned That Posing in Drag With A Topless Woman Is Forever
“During Gay Pride Week, Pamela’s father came to the Village to take her out to dinner… and that’s when Pamela saw it: plastered literally all over the place, on every wall and phone booth, was her own face staring back at her.”
Romney Nixed Anti-Bullying Manual For Using Scary Words Like “Bisexual” and “Transgender”
In 2006, then-governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney opposed the publication of an anti-bullying guide because it included the words “bisexual” and “transgender.” What a nice guy!
Queer Girl City Guide: Chicago, Illinois
Forget everything you know about the Midwest, Chicago’s got as much big-city queer action as either coast.
Grrrls! Grrrls! Grrrls!: What I Learned From Riot
Riot showed us what revolution could look like. We had a new concept of what power could be. We could find it within ourselves and in each other — and we didn’t have to ask.
You Need Help: You Just Graduated From College and Everything Is Awful
Moving back in with your parents after college because you’re unemployed can feel like the end of the world, but is probably not actually the end of the world.
Alexa Meade Turns Realism On Its Head
Laura’s Team Pick: This stuff takes that whole “life imitates art” thing to the next level.
NOM Launches New Anti-Same-Sex-Parenting Propaganda Inspired By Sketchy Study
NOM was more than ready to misconstrue the findings of the latest study on gay families to make gay families look as bad as possible.
VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Celebrates Gay Pride With A Very Nice Statement
“Until full and equal rights are a reality for everyone, our work is not done.”
Seriously, All of Us Really Need to Go the Fuck to Sleep
Maybe we need to start an Occupy Bedrooms movement.