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Politics + Activism

Brazil Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions, Is (Not Really) Almost Paradise

Maybe Brazil is the new Canada

intern veronica May 6, 2011 38 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

Formspring Friday: Ten Chances to Make the World a More Well-Advised Place

It’s just not the weekend until you’ve spent a few hours giving advice to total strangers on the internet!

Laneia May 6, 2011 131 Comments
The Scene

Jess’s Team Pick: LA Gay & Lesbian Center Benefit – Lez Give Back

Are you Los Angeles looking for something to do Saturday night? You should obvs be going to the LA Gay & Lesbian Benefit, Lez Give Back. Open bar!

Jess May 6, 2011 4 Comments
Straddleverse

You Never Run Out of Jokes, We Never Run Out of Comment Awards

Another week where you guys are funny/amazing/special.

Emily May 6, 2011 37 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Deportation Hokey Pokey: Are Binational Gay Couples In Or Out?

Something good maybe happened as far as binational gay couples not getting deported anymore someday!

Rachel May 6, 2011 10 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Lindsay’s Team Pick: The Encyclopedia of Gratitude

“For those who want that warm, fuzzy feeling with sincerity but without the gross, Chicken Soup For The Soul-evoking feeling after.”

Lindsay Eanet May 6, 2011 6 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 219 Recap: Rumours are Super

This week on Glee, Glee Club has to face its toughest challenge yet: a bear attack. In the woods!

Riese May 6, 2011 109 Comments
Music

Lady Gaga’s “Judas” Music Video Premiere Gets Biblical: OPEN THREAD

“Imagine if Jesus was the head of a biker gang and you’ve basically got the gist of this music video.” -HuffPo

Jess May 5, 2011 135 Comments
Holigays

Give Your Mom the Gift of the Gay Agenda For Mother’s Day

Better than flowers.

Riese May 5, 2011 36 Comments
Politics + Activism

Today in Gay Marriage Supporters: Bill Clinton in New York, 60 Minnesota Law Professors

New York gets closer and closer to same-sex marriage, even Slick Willy wants in. Meanwhile in Minnesota, 60 smart people are telling the government to stop being stupid.

Riese May 5, 2011 16 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Secret Republican Plan To Save America By Making Abortions (AKA Healthcare) Inaccesible

Hope no one needs to go to a Planned Parenthood or, you know, have affordable healthcare ever again, hahaha!

Rachel May 5, 2011 22 Comments
Money + Work

SHOCK: Large Company (GayCities) Buys “LGBT” Blog (Queerty), Says It’ll Be Different This Time?

In which I go off on a tangent about gay male spaces claiming to be lesbian spaces when they totally are not.

Riese May 4, 2011 49 Comments
Politics + Activism

What Happened in the Canadian Election? or, “Do You Still Want to Move Here?”

Stephen Harper has managed to form a majority government in Canada, which is making a bunch of really nice people feel not very nice.

Ryan Yates May 4, 2011 48 Comments
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Straddleverse

Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Julie & Brandy are April, Stacee is May!

OH MY GOD WHAT DAY IS IT?! We better check the Autostraddle Calendar, ’cause Brandy Howard has her shirt off and we’re doing April and May AT THE SAME TIME!!

Robin May 4, 2011 100 Comments
Society + Culture

Rachel’s Team Pick: A Gay Girl In Damascus

“If I want it to happen, I have to begin by doing something bold and visible.”

Rachel May 4, 2011 25 Comments
Book Features

Oscar Wilde’s “Dorian Gray” Gets Uncensored and Totally Gay

Listen up, you heathen bookworms! The Picture of Dorian Gray’s uncensored, homogay tendencies have been restored.

Jess May 4, 2011 52 Comments
Movie Lists

Top 10 Queer Movies That Will Probably Make You Cry A Lot

Gays are really good at making really depressing movies, right?

Riese May 3, 2011 146 Comments
School

OneWheaton: Christian College Alums Unite to Keep Gay Students Sane

“If you are a student and this is part of your story, your sexual identity is not a tragic sign of the sinful nature of the world. You are not tragic. “

Carmen May 3, 2011 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

Minnesota House Committee Passes Anti Gay Marriage Amendment, Narrowly Subverts Nuclear War and Apocalypse

“I know what civil rights are, and gays in America have all the civil rights as anyone else.” RIGHT ON, BOB BATTLE, RIGHT ON

Riese May 3, 2011 59 Comments
Politics + Activism

Canadian Election Day Live-Blog & Open Thread For All Your Feelings

One of the most exciting/important elections in recent Canadian memory!

Emily May 2, 2011 162 Comments
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