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Queer Fashion Shopping

You Need A Messenger Bag: A Bag for Everything and Everything in a Bag

Messenger bags are the ultimate queer carrying-things accessory. Let’s use our undying love for them to solve some common bag problems.

Lizz October 7, 2011 75 Comments
Life

You Need Help: A Lesson Before Dying

What to do when your best friend’s parent dies

Riese October 6, 2011 31 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Televisionary: New Girl, Happy Endings, Up All Night & Modern Family

“Uugh. Gross. Women on this show. Look at them with their confidence and personality quirks.”

Brittani October 6, 2011 12 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rachel Maddow Talks Gay Marriage, Conflicted Feelings

Rachel Maddow is on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter, and on the inside she’s talking about her feelings.

Carmen October 6, 2011 32 Comments
Politics + Activism

Equality California Won’t Try to Put Prop 8 on the Ballot for 2012, But Other Activists Will

“If EQCA abdicates their responsibility to fight for equality for the LGBT Community in California and to honor their prior commitments, Love Honor Cherish will fill the void.”

Rachel October 6, 2011 6 Comments
Dating

You Have A Lot of Feelings: The Wonderful World of D&Ms

If there is one thing lesbians love more than cats and beanies, it’s talking about their feelings.

Tully October 6, 2011 41 Comments
Politics + Activism

Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Took to the Streets and I Was There

“Now that the movement is gaining some mainstream members beyond the ragtag band of activists who began the occupation three weeks ago, will the Occupy Wall Street movement galvanize real change impacting the economic disparities in the country they are protesting?”

Jamie J. Hagen October 6, 2011 37 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 303 Recap: You’re Knockin’ Off That Piece

Who Run The World? (Brittany!)

Riese October 6, 2011 64 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Lez the Fuck Out (The B-Sides)

All of the musicians on this list have kissed a girl and liked it.

Riese October 6, 2011 22 Comments
TV News & Trailers

A Tribute to Zack Morris’s Oversize Cell Phone (and Lesbian Girlfriend)

Jess’s Team Pick: Featuring Tori, Zack’s edgy, leather jacket wearing, totally gay girlfriend!

Jess October 6, 2011 13 Comments
Geekery

Steve Jobs Is Dead at 56

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs died earlier this evening. He was 56. “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

Ryan Yates October 5, 2011 32 Comments
Politics + Activism

Controversial New Study on Gay Conversion Therapy Claims It May Actually Work

“Jones and Yarhouse found that “23% of the remaining people in the study were successful in changing their sexual orientation toward heterosexuality.”

Rachel October 5, 2011 42 Comments
Book Features

Marcel the Shell Has Shoes On, Also New Children’s Book

“Well, you know what they say: Lint is a shell’s best friend.”

Intern Grace October 5, 2011 13 Comments
Straddleverse

Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Lily & Jessica Are Super Hot for September & October

Continuing our 2012 Calendar series with our video for September and October — meet Lily and Jessica!

Robin October 5, 2011 44 Comments
Politics + Activism

“The Rainbow Struggle” Brings Gay International News Home

Incredible things are happening in this world, gay things are happening in this world…

Laura October 5, 2011 7 Comments
Music

In Which We Remember Legendary Guitarist Bert Jansch

Lindsay’s Team Pick: Having feelings? Still on the search for a fall soundtrack to listen to while sipping tea and pondering lost loves? Look no further than this late, great Glaswegian legend.

Lindsay Eanet October 5, 2011 5 Comments
Gender Health

Transgender People, Transitioning and Those Darn Standards of Care

“A disorder is a description of something with which a person might struggle, not a description of the person or the person’s identity.”

Sebastian October 5, 2011 39 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Be Still My Heart: Eileen Myles Tackles the Female Life; Black Lesbian Poets Hit the Road

I am convinced that something Eileen Myles loves is something I will love. That is, if I don’t love it already.

Carmen October 5, 2011 8 Comments
Music

Hear Rachael Yamagata’s New Album, ‘Chesapeake’

Crystal’s Team Pick: Rachael Yamagata has a new record and thanks to Paste Magazine, you don’t have to wait ’til next week to fall in love with it.

Crystal October 5, 2011 3 Comments
Visual Art

Regular People in Model “Poses” Critiquing the “Absurd and Artificial”

Carolyn’s Team Pick: Because challenging the dominant paradigm is a good thing.

Ryan Yates October 5, 2011 17 Comments
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