What The F*ck Is Happening With DADT: Discharges Are Possible Once Again, Maybe
The legality of DADT changes overnight once again – it now appears that the military can discharge gay soldiers, at least for the next 24 hours and/or weekend.
Corey Jackson. 19. Gay. College Student. Killed Himself on Tuesday.
Corey Jackson, a sophomore at Oakland University in Michigan, was gay and killed himself.
Doctor Finds Homosexuality Cure, Involves A Better Diet, Less Alcohol, Exercise
A dude in Serbia thinks homosexuality can be “cured” if you drink enough water and think good thoughts! Also: put your purple on people, Hillary Clinton says it gets better.
Glee Gets After-School Sexy for GQ, Fuels “Lesbian” Fantasies & Conservative Fury
Lea Michele and Dianna Agron are scantily clad in this month’s GQ, and naturally various groups have assorted feelings about it. Cute bra, though.
Prop 19: Will California Voters Legalize Weed, Or Will Their Mellows Be Harshed?
Midterm elections are coming up! Aren’t you so excited? There’s a lot of people excited/not excited about Proposition 19 in California, it would legalize marijuana, wanna hear about it ok.
Riese’s Team Pick: Jimmy McMillan for The Rent is Too Damn High Party
“The Rent Is 2 Damn High Party feels if you want to marry a shoe, I’ll marry you.”
DADT Injunction Still Stands, Gays Can Enlist – But Don’t Get Too Comfortable
As of today, the military still can’t enforce Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and are forced to allow gays and lesbians to enlist – but with the Obama administration still fighting the ruling, there’s no telling how long that will last.
Adam Lambert Makes His “It Gets Better” Video, “The Talk” Premieres
Adam Lambert has made his “It Gets Better” video, new women’s show The Talk premieres, Cynthia Nixon & her partner all dressed up in D.C., Ramin Setoodeh quitting his People gig to return to Newsweek, Ke$ha on gay teen bullying.
Christina Aguilera Gets Divorced, Likes Girls After All, is Not Dating Samantha Ronson
Christina Aguilera and her husband are getting divorced because obviously Christina wants to make out with girls. Join the club NO REALLY JOIN THE CLUB.
From Secret To Separate But Equal – New, Terrible Ideas Regarding Gays In Military
In which it is revealed that the Pentagon has at the very least been seriously considering a gay/straight segregation option in the event of a DADT repeal, and in which our feelings range from “angry” to “unsurprised/resigned.”
Gay Bullying Update: Your Near-Daily Roundup Of Stuff That’s Happening
Largely positive, and largely in video form! A Fort Worth councilman breaks every part of your heart and then puts it back together again, awesome kids with awesome families fighting against queerphobia, and other people working to help our communities.
What The DADT Injunction Really Means: Something, or Nothing, Time Will Tell
It’s been two days since a federal judge put an injunction on enforcement of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. It sounds great, but there haven’t been many changes yet and the Department of Justice has already indicated clear plans to appeal the decision.
Gays Make Such A Good Statistic, Someone is Studying Us Now
The week that science was gay. We bring you ALL THE STUDIES. Did you know that lesbians love The L Word, Ani DiFranco, Tegan & Sara and other homosexuals? That’s just one of the many factoids we have to share with you today.
Perez Hilton Vows to Stop Bullying, Change His Ways: We Win a Thing!
Remember that time Autostraddle asked Perez Hilton to stop being a bully and be the change he wishes to see in the world? And then he went on Ellen’s show today and told the world he was gonna be the change he wishes to see in the world? Yeah, that happened.
Judge Orders Suspension of Gay Soldiers Discharge Under DADT For Real
As of 12 PST today, the military is barred from enforcing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, thanks to judge Virginia Phillips.
Adam Lambert Too Gay To Function In Malaysia
Adam Lambert has agreed to take some of the hot gay sex out of his show in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday in response to complaints from the Pan Malaysian Islamic Party, raising concerns that Malaysian teens will lose out on valuable education w/r/t hot gay sex, eyeliner application, and how to dance in platform shoes.
PLEASE STOP: Zach Harrington, Gay, Suicide At 19
We need gay and lesbian teens to stop killing themselves. Which means we need the rest of the world to stop making it so fucking hard for them that it feels like they would be better off dead.
Sarah’s Team Pick: Famous Authors as Cafe Customers
Do you like Rachel? Do you like The Awl? Great, so do we.
Grand Central Die-In, Saving Gay People One Commuter At A Time (Maybe)
This week 300 people participated in a large-scale public protest in the middle of Grand Central Station to call attention to the needless deaths of queer people by suicide and hate crimes. Did it work? You decide.
Liz Feldman Returns With New Episodes of “This Just Out”
Liz Feldman is back with a new season of This Just Out with Tracy Ryerson as her first guest. Kate Moennig cameos, per ushe.