A Louisiana justice of the peace denied a straight interracial couple a marriage license out of concern for their future children. A high school student in Mississippi is kicked out of the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. And where’s the progress on DADT?
Our final thoughts on the National Equality March: Katrina reports and recaps the entire day, including her interview with Cynthia Nixon. Riese presents Autostraddle’s NEM VIDEO, with appearances by Haviland, Dan Choi and Kristin Chenoweth.
The State of the American Women: They’re all straight, and half of ’em think it’s better for women to stay at home while men work. Also; Daily Show does the equality march, celebs told to stay off twitter, and Sarah Haskins is on Rachel Maddow!
A big day for gender! Gender-free bathrooms at Princeton, a progressive look at Intersex Female Athletes, and more women in college than men. Also: Jezebel’s Anna Holmes interviewed, vampires are gay, and you tell us: WHERE DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP TOMORROW?
The CW has something Ilene Chaiken could be good at. Meanwhile, Jane Lynch is having a very good year, Lady Gaga’s got tour dates and admirers in Madonna & Michael Moore, Chenoweth is back to Broadway, the Spice Girls plan another reunion and someone hates Glee.
After this weekend you’d expect the gay rights movement to be more united than ever. Instead, it seems to be dividing. A special comment from Autostraddle on what happens next.
Lindsay has more 140-character feelings, flickr is a hotbed of LESBIAN BARBIES, Jordan Catalano wants equal rights for us too, Sister Spit hits the road, and Claire kisses a girl on Heroes!
On one of the last straggling days of summery skies and subsequent sunburns, Equality Across America lured queer freedom fighters, the out & proud, the ambitious allies and the hungover & downtrodden to Washington, D.C. for The National Equality March for GLBTQ rights.
Kate Moennig’s a new interview, Tegan & Sara’s new tour dates & Anyone But Me’s new second season premiere date. Also, sex tips from Bound, celebs finally quit your twitter, Kim Stolz’s Crib & Lady Gaga interviewed.
Misogyny misogyny everywhere and nary a lady to think! Vile “lesbian romp” story inspires vile comments, teenage girls starve themselves, and Elizabeth Wurtzel tries to sell a man on the merits of a Brazilian Bikini wax!
Somewhere between 20,000 and 200,000 gays & supporters marched on Washington on Sunday — a commentary roundup. Also; speeches by Lady Gaga & Cynthia Nixon (and Gaga’s HRC Dinner performance of “imagine,” a bus breakdown derails Chicago marchers, black people feel left out of gay rights agenda, and the haters hate back.
Team Autostraddle attended the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. this weekend. Images from the weekend’s events, including Lady Gaga, Dan Choi, Kristen Chenoweth, clever signage, cute Interns and Haviland Stillwell Gorgeous.
Obama to the HRC: “I’m here with a simple message. I’m here with you, in that fight.” Obama pinky-swore and pretty-promised to do everything we want him to do. So, lesbians – what now?
Autostraddle’s Best Saturday Ever: we’re heading off to the National Equality March and Haviland & Riese made a video for you.
Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize after only nine months in office, surprising everyone in the world including him. Lesbians suffer more under DADT, and the possibility of gay marriage in D.C & New Jersey.
Wanna see Claire’s big lesbian kiss scene? We got it. Wanna be sure no one knows you’re gay? No homo. Plus, in defense of Lindsay Lohan, in defense of radio, and Jim & Pam get married!
He did it with a girl for science! A cross-dressing boy threatened with expulsion! The Daily Show on DADT! This funny list of thoughts we found! Bike-friendly cities! Being het is AWESOME!
Ellen Page is basically Lordess of Hipsters now with a new HBO comedy series about Williamsburg hipsters moving to L.A. Plus; Lady Gaga, Jane Lynch, Madonna, Heroes’ lesbian kiss, Tina Fey and Queen Latifah will never come out, we must make peace with this.
Skyler James grew up believing that joining the military “was the best thing you could do to make your parents and your country proud.” Now 21, James was denied the DADT discharge she expected and wants you to know the true story of her appeal to Canada for asylum.
Only four days left to make dramatic statements about Obama’s HRC speech on Friday! Stories of gay Iraqis escaping to New York to avoid getting beaten, tortured and killed at home. Anderson Cooper tries to get Elaine Donnelly to make a good point for DADT and stop talking over Dan Choi. And HAVILAND’s new column!