Carmen’s Team Pick: This Lemonade Stand
Autostraddlers in New York City are going to be selling lemonade like cute little girls do, with a lemonade stand, on April 23 to raise money for pediatric cancer research!
Gay Tolerant Environments Make Life Feel Tolerable for Gays, Study Shows
A new study from Oregon shows that when you treat queer teens like actual humans, they are significantly more likely to want to be alive. (Being in a democrat-majority county is also helpful, sidenote)
We Love You
Fundraising for Autostraddle to keep on existing — it’s a thing.
LISTEN: Rosie O’Donnell & Howard Stern Talk Return To TV & Moving To Trump’s Chicago Hotel for Oprah
“I have a lot of feelings about Oprah. I want to deliver for Oprah.” -Rosie O’Donnell
Riese’s Team Pick: Bill Moyers Interviews David Simon (The Guy Who Made “The Wire”)
“I am very cynical about institutions and their willingness to address themselves to reform. I am not cynical when it comes to individuals and people.”
Delaware Makes Best Civil Unions Ever Happen
Delaware, land of my credit card bills, makes Civil Unions happen.
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.