Results for: comics
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Female Comics: You Can Be A Douchebag, Just Don’t Talk About Douche Bags
A TV columnist is attacking Sarah Silverman for “trying to be as dirty as the guys” in her stand-up routine. Seriously, when are men going to stop telling women what we can and can’t tell jokes about?
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Three Cheers For Women of Color In Comics! But Can We Please See More Of Them On Screen?
Marvel and DC Comics added some much needed diversity by debuting a teenage Muslim girl from New Jersey as Ms. Marvel and a new First Nations superhero. But where are the women of color on screen?
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Cameron Esposito’s “Same Sex Symbol” is Optimistic, Specific, and Fantastic
At one point Cameron characterizes Chicago as optimistic and Portland as specific and “Same Sex Symbol” perfectly embodies both of those things.
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Badass Lesbian Latina Detective Renee Montoya is Coming to Your TV This Fall on “Gotham”
Everyone’s favorite Gotham City Detective will be a regular on the hotly anticipated new show from Fox.
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Warner Bros Working on a Supergirl TV Show; Here’s Who It Should Star
Warner Bros. has announced that they are working on a Supergirl TV show written by out TV writer and producer Ali Adler. Although no actors are attached yet, I’ve got some ideas of who I’d like to see.
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Holy Moly Alison Bechdel Won A MacArthur Genius Grant
Lesbian cartoonist and graphic novelist Alison Bechdel was named one of 21 MacArthur geniuses for 2014.
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Archie Comics Gets Its First Gay Kiss, Takes On One Million Moms
Which isn’t a big deal, but also totally is.
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“Painkiller Jane,” Woman-Directed Bisexual Woman Superhero Movie, Announced While Marvel and DC Twiddle Thumbs
The Soska sisters, a pair of female directors were announced to be helming a brand-new “Painkiller Jane” movie, based on the comic book about a bisexual superpowered cop with healing abilities.
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Highlights of Comic-Con 2013: Queer Geeks and Cute Ladies in Costumes
Need-to-know, queer-ish highlights from the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Because nerds.
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“Fake Gamer Girls” Make Up 48% of Gamers, Play More Video Games Than Teenage Boys
A new survey shows that adult women are one of the largest demographics when it comes to who plays video games.
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VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Meet Maki Yamazaki, Your New Favourite Nerdy Queer Non-Monogamousaurus
For 24 hours, watch Maki’s video only here on Autostraddle dot com as part of Patchwork, a series exploring trans lives in Britain.
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DeAnne Smith’s Cute Face is on Television Tonight Making Your Cute Face HaHa
Straight people really like the tell it to my balls joke, I think.
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2014 Lambda Literary Award Winners Announced, Include Alison Bechdel, Imogen Binnie And More
This year’s Lambda Award winners were announced yesterday evening and now it’s time to read ALL OF THEM.
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Kate McKinnon, Super Funny Queer Comedian, Wins American Comedy Award
Guess who won an American Comedy Award!
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Ubisoft Can’t Have Female Characters Because “Women Are Too Difficult To Animate;” One Million Eyes Are Rolled
Although the E3 convention has brought us some great news about women in video games, Ubisoft is stealing the show with it’s steadfast reluctance to include women in it’s games.
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Your Primer on TV Upfronts 2014: A Mixed Bag
ABC, NBC, and FOX have released their upfronts for this fall’s new shows and I have a lot of feelings.
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Black Canary is a Totally Bisexual Superhero on “Arrow,” Kissed A Hot Lady On TV Last Night
On last night’s episode of the CW show “Arrow,” super hero Black Canary was revealed to be queer.
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GLAAD Awards Nominees Include OITNB, Tegan & Sara, That Long French Movie About Lesbian Sex, Batwoman
Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.
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Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Bill Into Law and the U.S. Might Be Making Things Worse
President Museveni of Uganda signs into law a bill that sentences LGBTQ people convicted of sodomy, gay marriage, or promotion of homosexual activities to life imprisonment.
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Gal Gadot to Play Wonder Woman in Upcoming Batman vs. Superman
Warner Bros. is finally making a movie with Wonder Woman! They’ve announced that actress Gal Gadot will be playing the Amazonian warrior in the upcoming Batman vs. Superman movie.