• About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
  • Shop
  • Sign In
  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles

Life

  • LGBT History
  • Health
  • Travel
  • Money + Work
  • Geekery
  • Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft
  • Holigays
  • Parenting & Family
  • Pregnancy

Etc.

  • Special Issues
  • Webcomics
  • Lists/Top Tens
  • Greatest Hits
  • Ranked by Lesbianism
  • Epic Lists
  • Shopping
  • Podcasts

  • Support Us
    • Give to Autostraddle
    • Become an AF+ Member
    • AF+ Gift Membership
    • Buy Our Merch
  • Sign In
  • Home
  • AF+
    • All AF+ Posts
    • Into the AF+ Advice Box
    • AF+ Discount Marketplace
    • Baby Steps
    • Our Sex/Life
    • The Parlour
    • Go Long
    • AF+ Roundtables
    • Personal Essays
    • Interview With My Ex
    • Interview with My Significant Other
    • S L I C K Erotica
  • Television
    • All Television Posts
    • LGBTQ Television Guide: What To Watch Now
    • TV Show Recaps
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Lists
    • TV News & Trailers
    • TV Features
    • The L Word: Generation Q
    • Autostraddle TV Awards
    • To L and Back Podcast
    • Boobs On Your Tube
  • Film
    • All Film Posts
    • The 100 Best Lesbian Movies Of All Time
    • The Autostraddle Encyclopedia of Lesbian Cinema
    • Movie Lists
    • Movie Reviews
    • Movie Features
    • Movie News & Trailers
  • Entertainment
    • Literature
    • Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)
    • Style
    • Music
    • Theater
    • Visual Art
    • Comedy
    • Sports
  • Love + Sex
    • All Love + Sex Posts
    • Dating
    • Sex
    • Sex Toys
    • Lesbian Dating Apps
    • Friendship
    • Breakups
    • Relationships
    • Lesbian Weddings
    • Shibari 101
    • Tops & Bottoms
  • News
    • Politics + Activism
    • Society + Culture
    • Pop Culture Fix
  • Community
    • Culture
    • Straddleverse
    • The Autostraddle Yearbook
    • LGBTQ+ Businesses
    • LGBT Pride
    • Autostraddle Reader Data
  • Identity
    • First Person
    • Coming Out
    • Gender
    • The QTPOC Speakeasy
    • Disability
    • Bisexuality
  • Home
    • Crafts & DIY Projects
    • Food and Drink
    • House & Garden
    • Pets & Animals
  • Games
    • Quizzes
    • Puzzles
  • Shop
  • About
    • About Autostraddle
    • Meet The Team
    • Jobs
    • Advertise
    • Press
    • Events
    • Contact
    • Comment Policy
Politics + Activism

Anti-Gay Rhetoric By Any Other Name in Tennessee

No one will notice you’re homophobic if you talk about economics enough!

Rachel November 15, 2011 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

It Gets Worse: Radio Host Uses Penn State Sex Abuse to Discuss Gay Adoption

What does the Penn State sex abuse scandal have to do with gay adoptive families? Oh, that’s right, nothing.

Riese November 15, 2011 28 Comments
Music

Allison Weiss Wants To Do It Again, Needs Your Help, Is Adorable

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: When Allison Weiss wants to make a new album, by god, you help her make it!

Intern Grace November 15, 2011 10 Comments
School

Yale Bans Week Celebrating Consensual Sex To Eradicate Sexual Assault

Yale pulls its name and resources from the infamous Sex Week at Yale for murky reasons.

Brittani November 15, 2011 12 Comments
Community

Viral Bear

Riese’s Team Pick: This picture Laneia made of a bear

Riese November 15, 2011 44 Comments
Queer Fashion

You Need Help: Being the Visible Femme

You like pretty dresses but everyone always thinks you’re straight. Featuring: My Favorite Boots.

Lizz November 14, 2011 172 Comments
House & Garden

19 Things About Living Alone

Because hell is other people.

taylor November 14, 2011 120 Comments
TV Reviews

You Can Watch “Circus” on Netflix Right Now and Probably Should

Look there’s a teevee show about the circus!

Rachel November 14, 2011 6 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Behind-the-Scenes VIDEO: Unicorn Plan-It Presents “Being a Professional”

1.5 nonstop minutes of long walks on the beach, Haviland’s Sarah Croce impression, Alex on drums and so much more!

Riese November 13, 2011 12 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is Following Its Gay Heart to the Altar and the Internet

Since it’s Sunday Funday I get to warm your heart with stories of gays defying expectations, following their dreams, and getting a little love. Also a zebra.

Carmen November 13, 2011 19 Comments
Geekery

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, A Boundless Fantasy World to Devour You Whole

“Skyrim is an example of a game that pushes the bounds of gaming as we know it, peeling back the surface layer to reveal just what video games can do as a medium for something more.”

taylor November 12, 2011 50 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Televisionary: It’s Awkward to Do Model UN, Be Scared of Birds, and Move

This week on TV, everyone is doing things that make them both excited and uncomfortable. Check out our recaps of Parks and Recreation, Community and Big Bang Theory.

Brittani November 12, 2011 15 Comments
Politics + Activism

100,000 Signatures to Shut Down Ex-Gay “Torture Clinics” in Ecuador

The Ecuadorian government has shut down about 30 abusive ex-gay clinics, but over 200 remain.

Rachel November 11, 2011 13 Comments
Music

OPEN THREAD: Jessica Lowndes Wishes She Was Gay in New Music Video

Really the only selling point here is burlesque.

Laneia November 11, 2011 68 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Autostraddle Book Club #4: Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

“I am literally incapable of talking about a memoir about a queer woman grappling with a fraught, distant, infuriating relationship with her father without talking about myself.”

Rachel November 11, 2011 45 Comments
Politics + Activism

We Won a Thing: Mississippi Votes Against Classifying All Embryos As People

Mississippi voted against changing the legal definition of “person” to include “every human being from the moment of fertilization.”

Jamie J. Hagen November 11, 2011 19 Comments
Straddleverse

It’s Time For Hey! Did You See That Comment? Friday

Hey! What did you eat for lunch today?

Laura November 11, 2011 5 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 305 Recap: The First Time Sex Episode

Who has sex with their socks on? Watch this episode of Glee to find out!

Riese November 11, 2011 69 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Cece Sleeps Over and Nothing Gay Happens on “New Girl”

“New Girl” is the only show usually covered to show a new episode this week. So lonely right now.

Brittani November 10, 2011 6 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Real L Word 3 Is Casting: Why Read the Recaps When You Could Be IN THEM?!!!

Are you comfortable with nudity and crying on camera? This opportunity has your name written all over it in lipstick, just like how there was lipstick on Romi’s mirror in the opening credits.

Riese November 10, 2011 49 Comments
← Previous Page 1 … 1,249 1,250 1,251 1,252 1,253 1,254 1,255 … 1,436 Next Page →

From the Archives

  • Quiz: Which Planet Should You Move To?
  • Rhymes with Witches: Drew Barrymore in 90’s Cult Classic, “Poison Ivy”
  • Things I Read That I Love #99: Ending Is Hard But It’s Easier Than Loving You

Latest Comments

  • badicecream Yep, You Can Be Gay and/or Trans and/or Nonbinary in “Baldur’s Gate 3” "Wow, this article totally nails why Baldur’s Gate 3 feels so fresh and fun—finally, a game where you can just…"

  • KatieRainyDay Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025 "Once again yall devastate my library holds list! Especially excited for Positive Obsession (EVERYONE read Octavia Butler) and Mad Sisters…"

  • Maggie McMuffin Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus "Black Lesbian Jesus is giving me so much hope, as is very tall queer Judas. Definitely one of the people…"

  • castrol engine oil What Is a Girlypop Masc? "castrol engine oil https://castrolengineoil.com/"

Latest Posts

  • No Filter: It’s Jinkx Monsoon Summer
  • ‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’
  • Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025
  • Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus
  • 78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

Our Network

  • Store
  • For Them

About Us

  • What is AS?
  • Meet The Team
  • Press
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Write for Us
  • Cookie Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Follow Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • Tumblr
  • Instagram
  • RSS

Copyright 2009 - 2025 The Excitant Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Comment Policy

Read ad-free: join AF MEDIA