• Life & Style’s Shiloh Jolie-Pitt Tomboy-Panic Cover Borderline Offensive

    Life&Style Magazine wants to know WHY IS ANGELINA TURNING SHILOH INTO A BOY? and we want to know when this shit gets officially offensive, ’cause quoting Focus on the Family is scaring us. Also; Funny or Die’s presidential reunion, guns are everywhere in Starbucks, big tobacco loves the gays, and ice dancers take cultural appropriation to new lows.

  • Weekly Music Fix: Bonnaroo Lineup, Nicki Minaj’s Monkey & Riot Grrrl Revolution

    2010 Bonnaroo Lineup, Bonnie “Prince” Billy announces new album, Nicki Minaj finds her monkey, Soul Trail, St. Vincent, Google commits blogocide, and so much more! Oh also, Audiostraddle needs a new writer. Inquire within!

  • The Girls of Candy Slice Comedy: The Autostraddle Photoshoot & Interview

    Candy Slice Comedy’s parody of Lady Gaga & Beyoncè’s “Video Phone” blasted the all-girl improv group into the starry galaxies of YouTube fame. We catch up with the crazy, sexy, hilarious girls for a killer photoshoot & an interview that will make you ROFL all night long. Topics discussed include vagina dialogues, how babies ruin improv, and brand overlords.

  • Daily Fix 4.1.09 – From Boyish Girls to Bisexual Disco Queens

    Japan okays same-sex marriage abroad, and Zurich okays their very own lesbian mayor; also, New York Magazine gets to spend 125 whole minutes with Lady Gaga!

  • Houston Largest City to Elect Openly Gay Mayor, Don’t Mess With Texas Srsly

    This Sunday Funday Fix has a still frame of Lady Gaga kissing a lady, and it’s not even Christmas yet! Also, Annise Parker becomes the first lesbian mayor of a major US city, life lessons learned from ’00s teen girls, and Bruno has saved all the gays in Austria.

  • Lady Sovereign is Over the Closet: She Likes Girls & Says So

    Cutie British rapper Lady Sovereign is speaking openly about her sexuality, despite publicist pressure not to. (Does this mean Autostraddle will get our gay-canceled interview back?) Also; Kurt’s gonna get a boyfriend and Sue’s gonna get a musical number on GLEE, FourFour on Lady Gaga, Glambert & Drake hooking up again, John Mayer talking sexy men, and more!

  • Sports & Gender: Do Olympics Fans Prefer Men Together, Women Alone?

    Gender & politics in the Olympic Games from Lindsay Vonn to Johnny Weir. Also; Australian ex-gays, Miss Beverly Hills also not into gays, feminism for kids, going to the gym for free and Tegan & Sara’s missed connection.

  • VIDEO: Dani Campbell Does Miami, With Pam Grier & Rea Carey

    As promised, Dani Campbell took Autostraddle with her to this year’s Winter Party Festival in Miami Beach, Florida; where she chatted it up with Pam Grier (Kit Porter from “The L Word” and FOXY F*CKING BROWN), who is actually the most awesome person of all time. Dani gets tips on becoming a better activist from Rea Carey, the Executive Director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force. The camera loves Dani Campbell, it just told me so!

  • Adam Lambert Snags UHH’s Camila Grey for Magical Gay Mystery Tour

    This Sunday is extra Funday! Camila Grey is Adam Lambert’s new keyboardist, Gay Mardi Gras rocks Sydney, Harry Potter is going to save gays from suicide, Chris Rock schools you about healthcare, Sad Magazine will make you feel good, and recovery from anorexia is possible. Also, Lilo’s looking hawt.

  • 61% of New Lesbian & Gay Couples Met Online, Probs Looked Just Like Their Picture

    Lesbians don’t just love the internet, they love meeting each other on the internet. Also; New York City’s Gay-Town entertainment complex proposal, Oprah has the transgendered quarterback turned lesbian filmmaker, Lt. Dan Choi’s Pride Parade plans, Phyllis Lyon interview, and our Valentine’s Day Plans at Stilleto’s UNITE in Fashion.

  • The Big Reveal: Glambert’s Gay Impact, Jennifer Beals’ L-Plot Choice, Gaga’s Feminism

    Guardian writer misses the point on Lady Gaga, Desperate Housewives’ lesbian update and Dana Delaney on Jennifer Beals’ choice to reject Sen Grisham to stay true to her character/Tina, will Adam Lambert change pop music for the queers, Johnny Weir posed for Vanity Fair recently. Kathy Griffin will be on SVU tomorrow. The stars of Glee will be on tour this May. And Daniel Radcliffe loves the gays.

  • Do School Libraries Need Books? (Yes! We needed “Annie on my Mind”!)

    Many schools are considering doing away with books — NYTimes debates the issue with Experts, and we have feelings. Also; gay Canadian teens in rural areas are lonely, lesbian activist marries gay man to prove a point, transgender woman on Oprah, first African-American gay speaker of the house in Rhode Island, Utah GBLTs won’t be ignored, and a kickass parody of the offensive Dodge Charger Superbowl Ads.

  • Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial Closing Arguments Recap: This Time It’s Personal

    Are you ready to get this Prop 8 thing taken care of once and for all? SO ARE WE. We recap today’s closing arguments on the Prop 8 trial on gay marriage in California, with characteristic Autostraddle style and class.

  • I’m In Love With Australian Musician Sia: Top Ten Reasons Why

    When quirky Australian-born, NY-based singer/songwriter Sia recently returned to her homeland to tour, it was everything Audiostraddle music editor Crystal had hoped for and then so much more. And now, from dating JD Samson to nonsensical tweeting to making sweet music with X-tina: Crystal explains exactly what it is about this goofy singer that she loves so hard.

  • Small Screen Homo: Lez Webseries Battle, MTV’s Lesbian “Douchebag” & Desperate Lesbian Housewives

    Announcing Dinah Shore’s Battle of the Lesbian Webseries, MTV’s “I Can’t Believe You’re Dating Him” features a female couple and it’s kinda amazing and Desperate Housewives’ lesbian plot starts tonight. Also; Elton John, Lady Gaga condoms, DADT, eating disorders in models, Adam Lambert & Ke$ha, Tila Tequila, Westboro’s Gaga parody, Lindsay Lohan & more!

  • Queering Fashion Week: Tasha Tilberg’s Gay-Married & Freja Beha’s Busy

    Fashion Week’s gayest elements/models (Tasha Tilberg married her girlfriend! Adam Lambert is getting cozy in the front row with a special man!), including Jenny Shimizu and memories of Amanda Moore. Also; Tegan & Sara, Lady Gaga’s Brit Awards cleanup, Gabourey Sidibe, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey’s new music video and Gawker staff shuffle.

  • Let’s Talk About Tops & Bottoms, Baby, It’s NSFW Sexy Sunday

    Tops and bottoms. What do you think? Is it that simple? Also; sex toy gift guide for you and/or your lovah, masturbation mapping, confessions of a teenage bisexual, someone just noticed spring awakening, sex worker blogs and an education in orgasms.

  • Keeping Gays Illegal: Florida’s Mulleted Lesbians & Top 10 Reasons DADT Rocks!

    Top 10 Reasons Homosexuals Should Not Be Allowed in the Military (a world wide web roundup), how Florida used default scary lesbians to scare conservatives about gay adoption, Hot 100 Lists Dissected, Casey Johnson & Brittany Murphy’s cause of death reports revealed, the Guardian rips into Perez Hilton, GLBT suicide risk, Tyra’s multiple vagina show, Wanda Sykes and The Dollhouse social network.

  • In Defense of Dressing Up: On Trans Surgery, Fashion Writing & the “Natural Body” Myth

    Fashion blogger Meg Clark on why fashion blogging matters, trans activist lawyer Dean Spade unpacking feminist discourse around trans surgery. Though very different people/topics, both touch on how a “looks don’t matter” perspective disables us from having important conversations about gender/society/self. Also; 39% of young Swedish ladies lust for other ladies, fancy perfume, marriage officials love love, Margaret Cho directs a kickin’ new video, and Lesbians deal with HIV.

  • Real L Word LA Gears Up, Tabatha Takes Over, Glee Casts & Celebrates, Three Rivers Flatlines

    Three Rivers is axed, Showtime’s 2010 TCA Press Tour happens & The Real L Word will debut this summer, the GLEE cast has a celebration party, Tila may or may not go on Larry King, Katy Perry & The Real World DC send dubious messages about sexuality, Ke$ha vs. Gaga and Tabatha doesn’t want your sperm. Keep that to yourself.