Rhode Island House Approves Civil Unions, But With Restrictions
The bill still has to pass the Senate and be signed by the governor, but legislators say this is just a step toward full equality down the road.
Laura’s Team Pick: Patrick Wolf’s “House”
This is the greatest peace I’ve ever known.
We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby, It’s Time For Some Comment Awards
My heart’s in the strangest place.
Photoshopping Lesbians into the Great Depression, In the Name of Art
What would the 1930s look like if it reflected a queer reality? Now you can find out.
Riese’s Team Pick: Julie Goldman in BONES Season Finale
When you need to cast a “mannish lesbian,” who you gonna call?
Listling Without Commentary: Statements (NOT QUESTIONS) Left for Riese and Laneia on Formspring (Part #3)
“I’m high now and these pants are UNBEARABLE.”
Jess’s Team Pick: EveNYC Kicks Off Summertime Happy Hour for NYC Jewish Lesbians
Meet cute Jewish girls your mom would definitely approve of at EveNYC.
ACLU Wins Fight Over Your Right to Learn Other Gays Exist Via Internet
Some high school students in Missouri can maybe access the GLSEN website as of Monday!
Glee 221 Recap: “Funeral”, or “Back to Black”
fame! i wanna live forever, i wanna know how to fly FAME! i wanna live forever, except this episode i have to go to a funeral.
33 Women Music Critics You Must Read
“Ideally, you wouldn’t need a list like this, which might sound as patronizing as a “women in rock” magazine issue, but like most other professions, music journalism is still mostly a sausage fest”
Alabama’s First Openly Gay Rep Isn’t Wasting Any Time, Re: LGBT Employee Rights
“Teachers in Alabama schools are afraid to come out, or even risk being thought of as gay, because they could be fired for it.”
Sarah’s Team Pick: Beautiful Women Falling Down
Just another romantic comedy cliché.
Jess’s Team Pick: What The F*ck Should I Make For Dinner?
This hilarious site offers recipes and endless meal ideas for the indecisive, both veggie and meat-eating!
OPEN THREAD: Beyoncé’s New Music Video – Run The World (Girls)
“Brace yourself for some riverdancing, vehicle explosions, a Mozambician dance troupe, awkward product placements, killer thigh muscles, male militia and girls, hundreds of girls. Let’s watch!”
Carolyn’s Team Pick: Altoids Tin Gardens
Sometimes it’s raining and sometimes you’re lazy and sometimes you just want your own garden to reassure you that your urban existence isn’t all bleak minimalism and IKEA furniture, you know?
The Unfortunately True Story of Two Lesbians Outed and Disciplined for Holding Hands
In which a principal rolls up in his golf cart, tells the lesbians to stop holding hands, calls their parents, and threatens to suspend them.
State of Nevada, Courts Give Trans People Some Justice
Today some people were finally held accountable for violence against trans people, and also employment protections in Nevada!
OPEN THREAD: What’s Your Beer’s Gender Identity?
Carlsberg knows that you, as a woman, can’t handle the masculine design of other beers, so they made a new beer for you. What kind of beer do you drink anyhow, lesbo?
Becky’s Team Pick: Newt Gingrich Glitter Attack
Newt Gingrich will not support gay rights, protester will not refrain from dumping glitter on his head.
Two Supreme Court Justices Retiring: Which Dark Forces Will Harper Unleash Upon Our People?
Five of the nine justices on Canada’s Supreme Court will retire while Harper is in power. And surprisingly, you don’t need to make plans to leave the country.