Crystal’s Team Pick: Soundwave Revolution with Hole and The Pretty Reckless
Horns up, Australia. Courtney Love is coming to a city near you.
Marni’s Team Pick: Rock to Walk
PARTY IN BROOKLYN (for a good cause)!
Rachel’s Team Pick: BUST Magazine Craftacular
This is an event involving handmade crafts and DIY goods, free issues of BUST Magazine, as well as local/organic/vegan/gluten-free food and a food truck. There is no defensible reason to not attend this event.
Yesterday Was Thursday. Today Is Friday. That Means Comment Awards. Fun Fun Fun.
we, we so excited.
Glee 220 Recap: Prom, Queen of the Desert
PROM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN TO YOU IN ALL OF LIFE. This week, we join the Glee students as they experience their junior prom and hit each other in the face.
DeAnne Smith and That Airy Fairy Stuff
“Psychic Sarah asked me to meditate with her. I did.”
Crystal’s Team Pick: Behind The Scenes With The Kills
“she’s my sister, I’d do anything for her.”
Lesbians in Tuxedos: #1 Threat to Our Nation’s Schools
Jade Goodwin-Carter wanted to wear a tuxedo to prom. As you can imagine, all hell broke lose (literally) at St. Francis High, and now she’s allowed to wear the tuxedo because we won a thing.
Ottawa’s Mayor Signs Anti-Abortion Proclamation, May or May Not be a Tool
Jim Watson, the Mayor of Ottawa, has signed an anti-abortion proclamation that uses phrases like “sanctity of human life” and which declared that today is “Respect for Life Day.” In other news, 10,000 people are going to protest abortion in front of Parliament this afternoon. Apparently both of these things happen every year but no one noticed before Twitter.
100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Graduation: LGBTs Winning Hearts and Minds
This weekend, one third of Michigan Law’s 2011 class walked out of their own graduation ceremony to protest an anti-gay graduation speaker. Lucky for us, Sarah was there for the whole thing.
“Becoming Chaz” Review: About a Boy or About a Body?
“There are few things I hate more than highly public discussions of how testosterone changes your personality.”
Jess’s Team Pick: Shiny Happy Gay People on So You’re EnGAYged.com
Wanna look at cute and happy in love gay people who just got engaged?
Uganda Drops “Kill The Gays” Bill – Something That We Did Worked [UPDATE: JK NOT REALLY]
Online petitions had over 1.4 million signatures as of yesterday afternoon, and the impending vote on Uganda’s “Kill The Gays” bill is temporarily called off.
Lizz’s Latest Thing: F*ck Yeah Leather Jackets
“ZOMG I wear dresses, and they don’t look gay. Make me look gay please???” The answer is a leather jacket. That’s it.
NOM Debuts Deceptive Crazy TV Ad To Stop Gay Marriage in New York
It’s called “Consequences” except all the consequences are made up. Also, if you’re a Republican senator, NOM will pay you $1 million to vote their way!
Chaz Bono Doesn’t Speak for Me: Reluctance About “The Reluctant Transgender Role Model”
“There’s such a lack of nuance here—it’s not always that neat equation of once I was suffering, but now life is perfect.”
Lady Gaga’s “Judas” Music Video: The Mini-Recap
Clearly my Catholic school teacher should’ve taught me the gospel with more motorcycles, bikinis and leather.
How to Make a Zine (We Made Some for You!)
Make your own zine! Buy one of our zines! Arts and crafts are fun!
You Need ‘Feel It Break,’ The New Album From Austra YOU NEED IT
Feel It Break is one of the most interesting and addictive records I’ve heard this year, it’s a thing.
Burnaby Parents Will Fight for Their Kids’ Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Students
A group of parents in British Columbia are planning to hold a protest later this evening over the Burnaby school district’s proposed anti-sexual-orientation-based-discrimination policy.