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.
Postcards from Uganda: An American Lesbian Abroad
The incredibly true story of my first two months in Kampala, Uganda, where I really can’t tell anyone that I’m gay.
“Corrective Rape” in South Africa: Not Getting Better
The contempt, and rage, felt toward the lesbian community in South Africa is pretty devastating, and the meeting with the LGBTQ activists wasn’t the catalyst we’d hoped for…
Day of Silence OPEN THREAD
Today thousands of students will be silent for all or part of the school day to call attention to the harassment and discrimination faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth.
LISTEN: Lady Gaga’s Second Single “Judas” Premieres
Listen to the premiere of the new Gaga single, “Judas.” Plus, two queer indie bands Sick of Sarah and Brooklyn-based, Mitten.
Song Spotlight: Lykke Li x Gold Panda
British producer Gold Panda has remixed Lykke Li’s “Sadness is a Blessing.” Click, listen, fawn!
Glenn Beck, Other Republicans Obviously Love Gay People Duh, Stop Being Paranoid
It turns out that the Republicans have no issues with gay people or homophobia at all! Glenn Beck said so. So it’s cool.
You’re All Fabulous, Happy Comment Award Friday!
Is it significant that I eat bananas as I write this?
100 Pictures of Shane
“I bet you have 100 pictures of Shane on your computer”
Kobe Bryant Acts Like a [Redacted], Gets Fined $100,000
That’s only ok when Janis says it.
One Canadian’s Mission to Help GLBTQ Refugees Find a Kinder, Colder Home
David Pepper is traveling around Canada to mobilize the LGBT community to sponsor people being persecuted because of their sexual orientation or gender expression.
Playlist: Get Off the Couch and Go to the G*ddamn Party
Get pumped and get out the door and go make some friends IRL. This mixtape will help!
Emily’s Team Pick: Sh*t Harper Did
That’s ‘shit’ like the poop, ‘Harper’ like the poop, and ‘did’ like what Harper does with shit, ‘dot com’ like what you do on the internet.
‘OUT’ Celebrates Powerful White Men, ‘Marie Claire’ Clears Up Achele Rumors
What’s happening in the magazines, you ask? Well, it’s the 5th Annual Power 50 over at OUT and boy are they WHITE! Meanwhile, Marie Claire features the girls of Glee and I ramble on about power or something.
Britain To Change Gay Male Blood Donation Policy To Slightly Different Version Of The Same Policy
“It’s supremely bloody homophobic, extremely discriminatory and potentially dangerous for thousands of patients in need of transfusions. The inequality has just got worse, not better.”
Lily’s College Lesbianage #12: Quarter-Life Crisis and Red Carpet Ricky Martin
Lily has done a lot since the last time she wrote this article: she turned 20, changed her major, pretended to be Mariah Carey, attended the red carpet of the GLAAD Media Awards, and formed a Mandy Moore cover-band (kind-of).