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Society + Culture

Also. Also. Also: Aren’t You GLAAD We Didn’t Say Banana?

GLAAD’s TV report, Smith College’s Quidditch team, how to be femme and visibly gay, a homophobic honeymoon and about 500 other stories we missed!

the team September 30, 2011 31 Comments
Issues LGBT History

20 Years Ago Today in Gay History: The AB101 Veto Riots Would’ve Blown Your Mind

Twenty years ago today, the queers of San Francisco set fires, broke windows and got arrested, and they did it for you.

Rachel September 30, 2011 30 Comments
Geekery

Why Facebook’s Biggest Change Ever Will Make You Freak Out (Maybe In A Good Way)

Facebook’s Big New Thing and why you’re going to totally love it or want to kill it with fire.

taylor September 30, 2011 41 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Televisionary: Modern Fam, Up All Night, New Girl, Big Bang & Happy Endings

Brittani and Liz have a lot of television to discuss with you today.

Brittani September 30, 2011 13 Comments
Music

Check Your Emotional Baggage Or Take Someone Else’s

Emily’s Team Pick: You’ll say, let me carry that, give that to me, and you will take the heavy stuff.

Emily September 30, 2011 16 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 302 Recap: I Am Unicorn Plan-ner

When you’re a Jet, you’re a Jet all the way from Quinn’s first cigarette to this storyline’s last dying day

Riese September 30, 2011 66 Comments
Geekery

Google Queers Queries With Gaydar and Android’s Got “Is My Son Gay?”

Google’s got this unannounced “gaydar” feature and someone else has got this “is your son gay?” app and unfortunately, none of them work as well as your gut, ladies.

Laura September 29, 2011 25 Comments
Parenting & Family

How to Live With Kids: Chores and Responsibilities

The joys of child labor and indentured servitude.

Laneia September 29, 2011 42 Comments
Health

You Need Help: What The Hell is Happening To Me

“I’m kind of scared and I don’t know what’s going on and I don’t want to tell anyone in case something is wrong.”

Riese September 29, 2011 31 Comments
Book Features

Autostraddle Book Club #4: We’re Reading Fun Home!

We’re going to read Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and it’s going to be great.

Rachel September 29, 2011 56 Comments
Recipes

Get Baked: Lokshen Kugel for Rosh Hashanah

Do you love kugel? I love kugel.

Lizz September 29, 2011 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

Educar, No Lucrar: Students In Chile Demanding Change

”We do not want to improve the actual system; we want a profound change – to stop seeing education as a consumer good, to see education as a right where the state provides a guarantee.”

phoenix September 29, 2011 19 Comments
Music

Top 10 Hilary Duff Songs

Crystal’s Team Pick: “Today is a very important day. Perhaps the most important day of the year. It’s Hilary Duff’s birthday.”

Crystal September 28, 2011 21 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Wanda Sykes Talks to Ellen About Breast Cancer, Leisha & Cam Animated (Rough Week for Celesbians)

It’s been a rough week for celesbians: Wanda Sykes had a double mastectomy following breast cancer, Ellen had chest pains, and you can relive the Leisha Hailey / Camila Grey Southwest situation as anime.

Jess September 28, 2011 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

If Gay Teen Jamey’s Suicide Hasn’t Stopped Bullies From Bullying Him, What Will?

“They have no heart, is what it basically comes down to for me.”

Riese September 28, 2011 65 Comments
Book Features

(Un)Official Declaration of Visit Your Local Independent Bookstore Day

Borders is in the process of no longer existing, Amazon mistreats its employees, and it’s banned books week. Get thee to a(n independent) bookstore!

Ryan Yates September 28, 2011 10 Comments
Music

Hannah Hart Shows Us Her Noms, Rap Skills, Cute V-Necks

Intern Grace’s Team Pick: In which Harto raps and reminds us that “eating your feelings is healthy for you.” This is really gay.

Intern Grace September 28, 2011 51 Comments
Politics + Activism

Gays May Win “Most Effective Activist” Award When It Comes to Obama

“Whatever it was, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans had had enough.”

Rachel September 28, 2011 7 Comments
TV Show Recaps

2 Broke Girls: A Conundrum Wrapped in an Enigma Wrapped in Boobs

“2 Broke Girls is secretly an HBO comedy that’s trapped on CBS.”

Brittani September 27, 2011 44 Comments
Money + Work

Southwest Refugees Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey are Making a Statement

“We want to make it clear we were not making out or creating any kind of spectacle of ourselves, it was one, modest kiss. We are responsible adult women who walk through the world with dignity.”

Riese September 27, 2011 38 Comments
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