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Pop Culture Fix

Logo’s 2011 NewNowNext Awards Will Predict the Future

The list of Logo’s 2011 NewNowNext nominees may provide clues to upcoming gay things of importance. Skins, Darren Criss and Amber Heard are among nominees.

Jess February 8, 2011 12 Comments
Beauty Shopping

How to Smell Good 101: Cologne & Perfume Guide for Queers

Wanna smell like a really rich man? Wanna smell like a flower? Wanna smell like Julie Goldman or Deanne Smith? Presenting a cornucopia of smell-good advice for peoples of varied gender identities!

the team February 7, 2011 206 Comments
Music

Hercules & Love Affair Go All Picasso On Everybody’s Asses

Hercules & Love Affair’s new album, Blue Songs, is more Chicago house than Studio 54.

Lindsay Eanet February 7, 2011 6 Comments
Gender

“Injustice At Every Turn”: Report on Discrimination Against Trans & Genderqueer People Pretty Much As Bad As It Sounds

The first long-range national study on the experience of discrimination for trans and genderqueer people has been released.

Rachel February 7, 2011 32 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

Ilene Chaiken Drops Medical Show, Finds New CBS Crime Drama To Ruin (I Mean Run)

“The number of questions I have for Ilene grows by the day.”

Jess February 7, 2011 26 Comments
TV Feature

Play Our “Parents Television Council Match Game,” Win a Thing

“Like a recurrent bout of dysentery, this show is the gift that keeps on giving.”

Riese February 7, 2011 33 Comments
Straddleverse

Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Ashley and Kelli are January & February’s Girls

We’re getting fancy this year with a kick-ass behind-the-scenes video, some behind-the-scenes photos and some preview shots of January and February’s girls.

Robin February 6, 2011 77 Comments
Sex Toys

JimmyJane’s Form 2 Clitoral Massager & OhMiBod Club Dive Reviews

I plan on spreading chocolate sauce all over my body and eating strawberries off my knees this Valentines Day. You?

Riese February 6, 2011 18 Comments
Sports

2011 Superbowl Liveblog: Two Football Teams Will Play a Game, Declare a Winner

In the fourth quarter, a kicker will make downs, passes, field goals and other scoring situations and I will eat a nacho and drink a beer, and at some point GLEE will be on. Right?

Riese February 6, 2011 102 Comments
Society + Culture

Science Proves Homophobia is Really Screwing With Our Homogay Heads

THIS DATA IS A SCIENTIFIC REASON TO CHALLENGE HOMOPHOBIA, VIOLENCE, AND HARASSMENT, EVERYONE.

Carmen February 6, 2011 40 Comments
Theater

Kelsey’s Team Pick: Camp Wanatachi – A New Musical for the Queer Camper in All of Us

This ain’t your mama’s high school production of Oklahoma! Camp Wanatachi is a new musical that’s taking names and kissing girls in the name of Jesus H. Christ.

kelsey February 5, 2011 18 Comments
Geekery

Get Sh*t Done: 5 Productivity Posts to Pull Your Life Together

Because getting-shit-doneliness is next to Godliness.

taylor February 4, 2011 45 Comments
Travel

Sarah’s Team Pick: GayTravel.com is Awesome for Gays that Travel

In which GayTravel.com sends our managing editor to Whistler Winter Gay Pride in Canada, where maybe she will learn how to ski.

Sarah February 4, 2011 11 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

Your Turn to Help Some Helpless Queers: How About a Little Formspring in Your Friday?

We have already told you this week what kind of legwarmers to wear and what it means to put bacon on a cat. We cannot also tell you whether the girl at the checkout desk at the library is a lesbian. Don’t give up hope, though; maybe someone else can!

Riese February 4, 2011 106 Comments
Politics + Activism

Don’t Set Glass Houses On Fire: When Insurers Balk, Lesbian Arson Victims Sue

“..it’s the story of a system that is so indifferent to violence against people that are queer, people who are poor or of color or trans or female or mentally ill or physically disabled, that it’s basically perpetrating it.”

Rachel February 4, 2011 23 Comments
Music

Record Club: Holly Miranda’s “The Magician’s Private Library”

“I’m not here to cheer you up, if you want “happy” music turn on the radio. You probably won’t find me there… but most music I hear on the radio doesn’t make me feel happy.”

Crystal February 4, 2011 35 Comments
Straddleverse

Then The Snow Started Falling On Your Comment Awards

We were stuck out in your car.

Emily February 4, 2011 10 Comments
Holigays

Alex’s Team Pick: FoxDesignBrooklyn’s Gay Valentines Day Cards

Valentines Day is lame, but these cute (AND GAY!) cards from Susanne Fox at FoxDesignBrooklyn (via Etsy) save the day.

Alex February 4, 2011 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

Shock Me Shock Me Shock Me With That Deviant Gay-Related Behavior

What happens when homosexuals and conservatives come together? Something different every time, apparently! Stories from Maryland’s gay marriage debate, the Conservative Political Action Conference, the National Prayer Breakfast and more.

Ryan Yates February 3, 2011 12 Comments
Queer Fashion

2011 Style Is Your Own Personal Brand of Homodelicious

Hey! I waited a month to tell you this, but Happy New Year! I want to tell you something really important about style.

Becky February 3, 2011 33 Comments
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