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Politics + Activism

A Light Has Gone Out: Champion of Social Democracy Jack Layton is Dead

“Jack Layton was a hero. The thing about heroes though, is that they never really die. “

Emily August 23, 2011 30 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

FEMINIST HULK is a 28-Year Old Queer Vegan Ph.D Student in Iowa

“HULK’S LITERARY LIFE-PARTNER SAYS HELLO TO INTERNETS”

Riese August 22, 2011 17 Comments
Politics + Activism

Binational Lesbian Couple’s Deportation Halted; Immigration Law Is “Fluid,” Confusing

Two same-sex binational couples can breathe a sigh of relief about deportation, but it’s not necessarily because new immigration guidelines are working.

Rachel August 22, 2011 7 Comments
Health

You Need Help: Binding Breasts and Stretching Marks

Advice on binding and making peace with your stretch marks.

Riese August 22, 2011 56 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich Blame Gays for the Economic Crisis

Plus Dan Savage’s inevitable response.

Rose August 22, 2011 30 Comments
Travel

I’m Going to Manchester Gay Pride!

In which I’m going to the UK for Manchester Pride, I bet it’s gonna be just like “Queer as Folk.”

Riese August 22, 2011 66 Comments
Geekery

Secret Hiding Places 101: Because None Of Us Are Really Over Harriet the Spy

Rachel’s Team Pick: Now no one can ever steal my candy!

Rachel August 22, 2011 14 Comments
Sports

Introducing the Lingerie Basketball League; Featuring My Headache

Introducing the Lingerie Basketball League. Their slogan is “where beauty meets the hardwood.” Doesn’t that make you want to puke? If it doesn’t it’s because you didn’t catch the “hardwood” pun the first time.

Brittani August 22, 2011 34 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: So Many Things to Discover!

Clitoris, masturbation, asexuals, having sex vs. being sexual, A to Z sex, jane fonda’s sex secret, taboos, and some breaking news about gay insect sex.

Riese August 21, 2011 23 Comments
Sex

Ethics of Lust: All About Scantily Clad Women

“The laws surrounding what you can and cannot show of your own body in public are so complex and convoluted that I could not even begin to cover them all in a single blog post.”

Queerie Bradshaw August 21, 2011 55 Comments
Dating

OKCupid: We Read Your Profile

On a typical Friday night you are: “Finding a place to put all these dead bodies.”

Laneia August 21, 2011 124 Comments
Society + Culture

Let Them Eat Cake (To Celebrate Gay Rights) This Sunday Funday

Today a bunch of celebrities are doing things that may or may not affect your rights, lesbo. So why not indulge in the rainbow cake mix?

Carmen August 21, 2011 45 Comments
Society + Culture

Joanna Brooks Proves That Feminist, Gay-Friendly Mormons Can Exist

“What’s a liberal, feminist, gay-friendly, Democratic girl like you doing in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?” “I was born this way, to borrow a phrase.”

Rachel August 20, 2011 22 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Geena Davis Is My Feminist Hero

Six years ago, Geena Davis — actor, Olympic archer, president on Commander in Chief — started an institute to study gender in media, in response to the inadequate representation of girls she saw on her kids’ TV shows. And now it’s doing things!

Ryan Yates August 20, 2011 33 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Did Lesbian Content Really Drive General Mills & REMAX to Pull Ads?

Did RE/MAX and General Mills really pull advertising from Pretty Little Liars just because the Florida Family Association asked them to? We called them and here’s what we found out.

Rachel August 19, 2011 32 Comments
Lesbian Weddings Money + Work

Listling With Minimal Commentary: Selections From Anti-Lesbian Bridal Salon’s 868 Yelp Reviews

“Tried to find the place on a map, but apparently they’re stuck somewhere in 1956.”

Riese August 19, 2011 25 Comments
Book Features

100 Awesome Magazine Covers Starring Lesbians

This gallery is seriously epic, and will appeal to anyone who likes lesbians and/or time travel.

Riese August 19, 2011 61 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars Fashioncap 210: Bathrobes and Mouse Shirts and Chaps, Oh My!

Obviously lesbian-in-a-robe is a classic fashion archetype, right? Why isn’t there a lesbians in robes tumblr? There should be greater recognition of all that lesbians have done for bathrobes.

Lizz August 19, 2011 12 Comments
Straddleverse

Los Premios de Comentarios – Comment Award Friday

I honestly can’t say if this is the right way to say “comment awards” in Spanish. I can tell you how Ben and Marina feel about adopciones.

Laura August 19, 2011 9 Comments
School

You Need Help: Lesbian Back-To-School Edition

So you’re going to your first semester at college! Do you have to come out to your roommate?

Rachel August 19, 2011 71 Comments
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