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Society + Culture

NPR Appreciation Post: Top 10 Gayest This American Life Episodes

“NPR is like a blanket; my parents didn’t believe in listening to music in the car and I did not really know there were other radio stations until my older sister drove me home from ice skating one day and my 6 year old brain exploded.”

Laura L February 24, 2011 39 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #4: Has Anyone Ever Heard of This ‘Andrea Gibson?’

So in order to include Andrea Gibson in this article, because we know you want us to, we (Carmen and KC Danger) decided to pay homage to her by watching her on YouTube and writing in notebooks.”

phoenix February 24, 2011 32 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Glee 214 Recap: Blame It On the Alcohol, For Real

This week we all learned about what can happen if you drink too much. For example this recap.

Riese February 24, 2011 44 Comments
Politics + Activism

Stay on Prop 8 Ban Could Potentially Be Lifted: It’s All Really Happening

The day that ALL THE MARRIAGE THINGS happened!

Rachel February 24, 2011 15 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #3: Anis Mojgani

“I was here. I was here motherf*cker. And ain’t none of y’all can write that in the spot that I just wrote it in.”

Crystal February 23, 2011 16 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #2: Eileen Myles

“Every time I read a new Eileen Myles book, I ended up carrying it on me for weeks. I think I’m going to end up with a good collection. I would never lose it.”

Carmen February 23, 2011 26 Comments
Politics + Activism

Obama Administration is Over DOMA (UPDATED: Sen. Feinstein Will Now Introduce DOMA Repeal Legislation!)

In which Barack Obama declares that he officially has our backs, seemingly out of nowhere.

Rachel February 23, 2011 62 Comments
Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry Week Starts Now! With Pure Poetry Post #1: Def Jam

We have declared this week Autostraddle Pure Poetry Week, when we are going to talk about poets we like all the time! First up is T.S. Eliot. Just kidding it’s Def Jam.

Riese February 23, 2011 69 Comments
Politics + Activism

Lady Gaga Makes Sh*t Happen, Demands Target Play Nice With the Gays

Lady Gaga lays the smackdown on Target and demands that they support the LGBT community if they want a piece of her Born This Way action.

Jess February 23, 2011 32 Comments
Parenting & Family

What It Feels Like For A Lesbian Household: Recent Studies On Gay Families

Lesbian families are a thing – but to the scientific community, they still sometimes seem like an enigma wrapped in a mystery wrapped in Melissa Etheridge. Here are some of the hard facts.

Rachel February 22, 2011 16 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Rosie O’Donnell & Girlfriend Split, More Importantly Rosie Joins Twitter

Rosie and her girlfriend break up, Rosie joins Twitter, and you can watch “Who Do You Think You Are?” in which Rosie hunts down her family tree from Jersey to Montreal to Ireland.

Jess February 22, 2011 10 Comments
Friendship

How to Be Gay When All Your Friends Are Strai But Probably Love You Anyway

Tips for introducing that girl you’ve been dating to your uber-hetero friends. Plus how to throw a gin bucket party! So much relevancy to so many of your interests.

Guest February 22, 2011 66 Comments
Movie Features

Riese’s Team Pick: Waiting for Superman & The Lottery

These documentaries will teach you more about the American Public Education System than the American Public Education System will teach you about calculus, or something.

Riese February 22, 2011 37 Comments
Society + Culture

When Will Anti-Gay Conservative Christians Need Us More Than We Fear Them?

“Who will they demonize if not the gays?”

guest February 21, 2011 14 Comments
LGBT History

Happy Presidents Day! Here’s the Women Who Did All The Work.

The Top Ten bestest first ladies of all time, including the semi-lezzer and a Michelle Obama appreciation collage.

Riese February 21, 2011 61 Comments
Music

Crystal’s Team Pick: Thom Yorke Gets His Groove On

Don’t be fancy just get dancey.

Crystal February 20, 2011 15 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Keeps Your Sex Toys a Secret

“Why, yes, my new belt is fabulous! You should feel it whipping across your back.”

Queerie Bradshaw February 20, 2011 17 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Lindsay/Sam “Lesbian Affair” Thing Will Outlast The Heat Death Of The Universe

Here’s to hoping we never reach a day when we can’t headline a post with Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson. In other news, this is probably one of the best Sunday Fundays of all time.

Rachel February 20, 2011 50 Comments
Movie Features

Hey Oscar Why Wasn’t “For Colored Girls” Enuf?

“Her man throws her kids out of the f-cking window. Shouldn’t that get a chick an OSCAR NOM???? “

gabby February 19, 2011 124 Comments
Politics + Activism

House Votes to Pull Federal Funding from Planned Parenthood, Does Not Know How to Treat a Woman

The bill will never pass the Senate, but the message to women is hard to mistake: your government doesn’t care about you or your right to reproductive health services.

Sarah February 18, 2011 32 Comments
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