Weekday Update: Autostraddle Fun(d)raising & Headhunting
Important updates regarding how we’re raising money to keep Autostraddle alive & kicking! Also, we love you.
Sarah’s Team Pick: Don’t F*ck With Otters
You’ll regret it.
Are You Sexually Fluid? The Real L Word’s Nikki & Jill Want You.
Casting call! “Whether you’re gay, straight or bisexual, you just go with the flow.”
Boehner Hires Really Expensive Lawyer to Defend DOMA, Is a Real Anti-Gay Go-Getter
If you were worried that your tax dollars weren’t going to be used to defend DOMA any longer, well, you can probably rest easy now.
Playlist: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Feel all the feelings.
We Love Documentaries: 5 Documentaries Relevant to Your Interests
The incredibly true story of a girl in love with Netflix instant who watched 4 GLBTQ-related documentaries and one about politics and hip-hop and would like to share her experience with you.
Evan Rachel Wood is Bisexual, Toppy, Romantic, Will Pay For Dinner
“I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls … I’m into androgyny in general.”
Gay Website Queerty Closes, Now Queerty Can’t Write Snarky Headline About Queerty Closing
I wonder what Queerty would say about Queerty closing?
The Trouble With Counting The Gays
This article is an example of a lesbian putting her B.A in Sociology to good use, regarding controversy surrounding a recent study that only 3.5% of the US population identifies as LGBT.
Carmen’s Team Pick: This Lemonade Stand
Autostraddlers in New York City are going to be selling lemonade like cute little girls do, with a lemonade stand, on April 23 to raise money for pediatric cancer research!
Gay Tolerant Environments Make Life Feel Tolerable for Gays, Study Shows
A new study from Oregon shows that when you treat queer teens like actual humans, they are significantly more likely to want to be alive. (Being in a democrat-majority county is also helpful, sidenote)
We Love You
Fundraising for Autostraddle to keep on existing — it’s a thing.
LISTEN: Rosie O’Donnell & Howard Stern Talk Return To TV & Moving To Trump’s Chicago Hotel for Oprah
“I have a lot of feelings about Oprah. I want to deliver for Oprah.” -Rosie O’Donnell
Riese’s Team Pick: Bill Moyers Interviews David Simon (The Guy Who Made “The Wire”)
“I am very cynical about institutions and their willingness to address themselves to reform. I am not cynical when it comes to individuals and people.”
Delaware Makes Best Civil Unions Ever Happen
Delaware, land of my credit card bills, makes Civil Unions happen.
California Schoolkids, Adam Lambert Are Winners This Sunday Funday
California children are one step closer to being allowed to find out that gay people exist, Adam Lambert sets us straight on nail polish, and Anita Bryant got pied for real.
Emily’s Team Pick: Vote Mob
I will keep bothering everyone about the election until the election is over.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday: The Beginning of Sex, The End of Bed Death
Straight people have appropriated lesbian bed death. Also: butch bottoms, a lez learning to masturbate, some new tumblrs and dirty sheets.
Score One For Gay Marriage, Zero For Maggie Gallagher And Anti-Gay Republicans
Rep. Trent Franks and Maggie Gallagher both had a lot of feelings about gay marriage being bad, but it turns out no one cared about them.
We Need Help
Autostraddle needs: 1. money, 2. people who know how to get more money. Businessey addy type people. Details inside.