Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Jennifer is Miss January
Welcome to our very first month of Autostraddle Calendar Girls. Ladies and those two gents who read this, we’d like you to meet Miss January!
Final Word on Tila Tequila from Dani Campbell, Autostraddle & The Publicist
Dani Campbell reacts to Tila Tequila’s meltdown, and we have some reactions of our own. Adam Lambert released a music video for “Whataya Want From Me,” and Tegan & Sara released a video for “Feel It In My Bones.” Autostraddle BFF Carlytron has a DJ gig coming up and you should all attend! Plus, the Golden Globes are coming up, we have some lesbian art to show you, and Matt Morrison from Glee got a record deal!
Comment Explosion! It’s Hey! Did You See That Comment Friday
OMG YOU ARE SO FUNNY and spot-on in the comments and although we cannot award all of you b/c there’s so little time and so much to do, we’re definitely awarding SOME of you. And it’s pretty spectacular, not gonna lie.
Alex’s Team Pick: You’re Gonna Go GAGA For This Site
You guys are gonna go ‘Gaga’ for the BEST WEBSITE EVER. It hurts my eyes SOO GOOD!
Tegan & Sara Answer Ten Questions About Love
Have you ever wondered what it takes to win the heart of a Quin? If you guessed “The Boss” or “financial security”, you’re half-way there. Read on to see what happened when Audiostraddle’s guest contributor Kat Von Dyke quizzed Tegan and Sara on love, relationships and their ideal dates.
Google and China’s Censorship War, Spiderman 4 Canceled and June is Soon for the New iPhone
Nerd news goes crazy! Chinese censorship gets even sketchier, Sam Raimi abandons Spiderman 4 and oh hey, I can see your WoW from here!
Jess’s Team Pick: Ten Years Of Magazines In Two Minutes
92 Magazine Covers that represent the decade that was, visually calling to mind ten years of events and experiences that shaped our country and our world — from September 11 to Hurricane Katrina to Obama’s election, the phenomena of Google, Apple and Tina Fey — in just two minutes.
Day Four of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Ilan Meyer on Social Stigma & Prejudice FTW
Day Four of the Prop 8 Trial and the other side is getting really desperate. But we’ve got our game faces on for testimony on the effects of prejudice & social stigma on gays and of gay marriage on the economy. But funnier!
Work for Autostraddle: Where Your Burning Passion is Our Free Labor
Are you the most talented, innovative, complicated, dynamic, forward-thinking, self-starting, multi-tasking, multi-jointed human being EVER? Then you should work for Autostraddle.
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Atlanta is the Gayest City in the USA, Sorry WeHo!
Atlanta tops the list of the gayest cities in the USA — and you’ll be surprised who didn’t even rank. Also; Caster Semenya update, Haiti relief efforts, transgender high school quarterback turned lesbian filmmaker, dog people vs. cat people and would Martin Luther King have been an LGBT advocate?
Day Three of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Let’s Get Offensive
Day Three of the Prop 8 Trial recap, in which the other side wants to talk about how gay men sleep around, schools teach children how to be gay, and that because we have Will & Grace, we don’t need equal rights. What they don’t know is that Will & Grace has been off the air for a few years. The plot thickens…
“I Want the World to Know” Invites YOU to Share Your Coming Out Story
“I Want the World to Know” invites YOU to share your own coming out story with the goal of humanizing the gay rights movement and diminishing homophobia. Jess sits down with Becca Katz, the filmmaker and activist who created the site that gives everyone a voice and opportunity to share their story.
Lesbian Soldier Skyler James Won Her Appeal: The Follow-Up Interview
In October we interviewed Skyler James, a lesbian soldier denied the DADT discharge she expected when outed — she wanted you to know the true story of her appeal to Canada for asylum. In November Skyler WON her appeal, so we caught up with Skyler regarding Skyler’s plans for the future (her first Tegan & Sara concert, for starters).
Want Lesbian TV? Try the BBC.
The BBC’s Spring/Winter 2010 trailer features a Shane-esque blonde in lesbian drama “Lip Service” and overall the BBC’s got more lesbians on tap this year than the entire USA. Logo announces new shows, Michael Urie makes a gay statement, Kristin Chenowith & Kerry Washington are looking to hook up on screen and the Tila/Casey story is never going to end.
Revealed! Glaad Awards Lesbian Nominees, J-Beals’ L Word Book, Tila Tequila’s Whereabouts
GLAAD nominees are announced and will specially honor Miranda Hobbes for being so sassy I MEAN CYNTHIA NIXON for advocating equal rights! Also; Jennifer Beals’ interview & L Word Book, Rihanna on W Magazine, Tila Tequila’s emotional interview, InTouch magazine’s anti-choice Palin cover and the second-best Lady Gaga Bad Romance YouTube video ever.
The Lure of Hating on “The Lure of Dating an Ex-Lesbian”
Details celebrates the joys of “dating a hasbian” by interviewing a bunch of guys and mentioning Anne Heche. Also; gays & lezzies smoke way more than everyone else, hookup culture, Dear Abby, more from V’s size issue, why women love Law & Order (Mariska?) and reasons to hate Oprah.
Weekly Music Fix: Passion Pit, Owen Pallet, Tila, M.I.A, T&S, Kelly Rowland & More
Welcome to the first ever Weekly Music Fix! Here we’ll fill you in on some of the latest news, comebacks, tours and releases in music. This week we’re kicking it off with news on Kelly Rowland, Tegan & Sara, Alice In Wonderland, the Ono Plastic Band and Owen Pallett, as well as new clips from Melissa Auf der Maur, Gabriella Cilmi and M.I.A.
Day Two of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Anita Bryant Strikes Back
Prop 8 Trial: The Recap. In Day Two, we analyze the history of marriage and the history of anti-gay propaganda, and we fantasize about a West Wing Prop 8 Trial Musical Revue, with lots of graphics!
Day One of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Judgment Daze
We’ll be recapping the Prop 8 Trial for you every day, and sorry for being a little late today! We’ve got all your Day One info, testimony, links, videos and analysis for our kickoff Judgement Daze.