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.
Brittani’s Team Pick: Roseanne Writes about Sexism in Hollywood
“I will win this battle if I have to kill every last white bitch in high heels around here.”
Anti-Gay Hate Crimes in Liverpool, A Glimmer of Hope and A Serious Question
What do you do when the actions of a few reinforce the worst stereotypes about a place or a people you love?
Veronica’s Team Pick: Body by Rachel Robinson
Rachel Robinson has a workout video!
Get Baked With Autostraddle: Kale Edition
Kale is superior to any other cabbage-like vegetable! Get Baked proves it with hummus, stir-fry, chips and pure, unadulterated love.
Will the Murder of a Lesbian Force South Africa to Step it Up?
Even if change isn’t easy to come by regarding hate crimes, lesbians, and South Africa, the active movement to end hate crimes in the KwaZulu-Natal region is another testament to the strength of the LGBT community and the resilience of its leading activists there.