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Travel

The 21 Most Lesbianish Cities in the US: The Autostraddle Guide

We did our own highly scientific research to determine where in the country you’re most likely to meet other queer ladies, hang out with other queer ladies and admit that you’re a queer lady in public!

the team January 24, 2012 312 Comments
Book Features

Who Runs the Literary World? These Girls!

Rachel’s Team Pick: Trying to make a list of only 10 badass women writers is really hard.

Rachel January 24, 2012 15 Comments
Comedy

“How to Write Like a Funny Woman” Says Be Present, Make Strong Choices

Lizz’s Team Pick: Tip #2: Play to the top of your intelligence. “I am trying to write a book. The book begins with me as a college student, a nineteen-year-old girl. I did a lot of dumb shit at that age.”

Lizz January 23, 2012 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

Washington Has Enough Votes For Gay Marriage Bill to Pass, We May Win A Thing

“What we’re asking you to do is vote in favor of civil rights. Not what your district says,”

Rachel January 23, 2012 18 Comments
School

Muji: Look at This F*cking Notebook

Go ahead girl, put yo poetry in it.

phoenix January 23, 2012 40 Comments
Book Lists

8 Queerish Short Story Books

So many short story books have at least a little touch of queer — like these from Dorothy Allison, Mary Gaitskill, Thisbe Nissen, Amy Bloom and more!

Riese January 23, 2012 52 Comments
Straddleverse

We Need Help: Seeking Community Managerettes

Do you spend way too much time on this website? Here’s how you can keep on doing that, but call it “work.”

Riese January 23, 2012 42 Comments
Politics + Activism

GLSEN Study Finds Anti-Gay Bullying and Uncomfortable Teachers in Elementary Schools

“Less than half of the teachers surveyed believe a gender nonconforming individual would feel comfortable at their school. “

Jamie J. Hagen January 23, 2012 15 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: I’m The Sh*t

To keep you motivated, feeling yourself and letting anyone within beat thumping distance know you are too.

gabby January 23, 2012 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

14-Year-Old Gay Teen Phillip Parker Kills Himself in Tennesee

Phillip Parker was 14 years old. He was gay and he lived in Tennessee and now he is dead.

Riese January 22, 2012 82 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Hiding Her Screen In Starbucks

This week on NSFW Sunday: lesbian erotica, the G-spot, corsets, and the Lingerie Bowl.

Guest January 22, 2012 32 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is a Totally Hardcore Badass Babe

Also, does anyone else want a sandwich?

Carmen January 22, 2012 42 Comments
The Scene

Having Fun at a Gay Bar 101: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

At some point, between the night where my friend walked to her ex’s house with my keys, phone and money in her boot, the night where I sobbed to strangers about losing my credit card in the bathroom and the one where I held my friend’s hair as she vomited onto the street, I realized “Oh shit, this sucks.”

Lizz January 21, 2012 155 Comments
Politics + Activism

“I Am UndocuQueer” Shares the Stories of Undocumented Queers, Wants to Hear Yours

Comic book style drawings of queers and quotes in curvy font provide a face and a narrative for queers who live under governments trying to squash their rights, build fences to keep them out and create legislation for swift deportation, among other things.

gabby January 21, 2012 20 Comments
Food Lists

Top 10 Best Candy Situations You Can Buy at a Gas Station

Actually, this post contains Top 10 Candy Situations You Can Buy at a Drugstore and 6 Underrated Candy Situations, so the headline doesn’t even approach the amazingness of this post.

Riese January 20, 2012 211 Comments
Politics + Activism

Mayors, Microsoft, Allies for Gay Marriage Carry the Day

Gay marriage is inching closer to a legal reality in America thanks to mayors, and in Washington thanks to Microsoft.

Rachel January 20, 2012 7 Comments
Music

Etta James Passes Away at 73

Etta James, crooner of “At Last,” and “The Wallflower,” died today. Etta, you will be missed.

Whitney Pow January 20, 2012 13 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

New Gay Documentary Is Only A Trailer And Is Already Wildly Successful, Deeply Moving

” I did not feel one with the human race in that moment. That was the moment it had a direct effect on me & my rights – that is when I decided to make this documentary.”

Carmen January 20, 2012 44 Comments
LGBT History

The Loving Story: New Look at Couple Who Challenged Law Against Interracial Marriage, Won

Photographs from a new exhibition on Mildred and Richard Loving, who fought for their right to live as a married couple in Virginia despite being of different races and henceforth changed the whole world forever.

Riese January 20, 2012 31 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Going Crazy

We’re all in good company.

Laura January 20, 2012 8 Comments
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