Results for: austin, texas
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Monday Roundtable: The Makeup That Changed Our Lives
“A bold lip is my femme secret to instant confidence. I could be wearing day-old sweatpants and bed head and a red lip makes me feel READY TO BE SEEN.”
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33 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Travelers You Should Follow on Instagram
When I can’t travel myself, I turn to Instagram to soak up all the glorious travels of other queer women! They share glimpses of other realities and inspire me to get out of my bubble.Â
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Jael From America’s Next Top Model Is Sober, Reflective, Also A Lesbian Apparently
ANTM contestants Jael Strauss and Renee Alway have been in the closet all this time, says Jael.
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5 Million Resist Trump: 100 Pictures Of Queer Power At Women’s Marches Worldwide
The Women’s March was a record-breaking worldwide protest against Donald Trump, and you’re gonna love all these photos of lesbians, queers, gays, bisexuals and allies who rallied for the occasion.
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Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.
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There Will Be Blood, the Bike Ride: Cyclists for Menstrual Cycles
How the Sustainable Cycles bike collective is making menstruation products accessible and fighting stigma.
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Birth of The Nintendo Generation
It was the end of my innocence when I realized that being Black or being Queer in this country could get you killed. This was the time before Hurricane Katrina, before 9/11, before Ferguson. Before. Before. Before.
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Monday Roundtable: I Was Not Myself Those Days
We all have periods of time in our lives when we find ourselves conforming to an identity or a style that isn’t quite… us.
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Texas Senate Passes Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill, Now Closer to Becoming Law No One Asked For
Once the bill receives final chamber approval, SB6 will move forward to the House, which is dominated by Republicans but whose members are not as eager to take it up.
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Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #20
“Sally? Sally, are you here? Are you selling those shirts?”
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Austin, TX 3/22: Austin Autostraddle Meet-Up
Let’s get together to call/write postcards to our representatives about the fucked up 2017 budget plan Trump proposed!!
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Anti-Trans Bathroom Bills Get A Makeover into “Privacy Acts,” Take Hold in These Six States
With just a few days into the new year, lawmakers in Alabama, Missouri, South Carolina, Virginia, Texas and Washington have introduced new bathroom bills they’re calling “privacy acts” and ensuring we have a long year of battles ahead of us.
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Austin 1/22: Austin Autostraddlers Build Care Packages
Austin Cares Homeless initiative is putting together care packages for folks experiencing homelessness the weekend of Jan 21-22. Since I know a few of us are interested in marching on Saturday, I thought we could get together on Sunday and do some work with our hands that can benefit folks in a more immediate way.
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PHOTO GALLERY: Queer on Holiday
Where did you go on your summer vacation? These queers went all over the place and everyone is very cute (but you already knew that). Your latest community gallery is here!
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Angry Transgender Woman Writes Story About Texas Bathroom Bill, Changes the World
“I refuse to place myself in danger because it makes some fools at the Texas capital uncomfortable that girls like me exist publicly. I will not be limited to a sexual fantasy or some kind of untouchable position in society because I am a transgender woman.”
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International Autostraddle Meet-Up Week Spring 2017: Resist/Persist
From Tuesday, March 21 – Tuesday, April 4, all over the world, Straddlers are gonna meet up and hang out and plan the revolution. Are you in?
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Finally Free! Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Cleared on All Charges by Texas Court
More than twenty years since they were convicted of a horrific crime, a Texas criminal appeals court declared four Latina lesbians innocent and exonerated. The San Antonio Four’s exoneration serves as a ray of hope in these dark times and reminds us to continue to fight like hell for justice.
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Faking It Episode 307: What Dreams Of Fake Lesbianism May Come
This week on Faking It, everybody has a great time at Game Night and Karma gets very jealous about the new girl in town!
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I Am Excited About My Future And This President Won’t Change That: A List
I’m excited about my future. I’m a little nervous also, but I’m more excited than nervous, because just as the seasons change, our president will as well.
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Trans Latina Monica Loera Murdered in Texas, Misgendered by Police and Media for a Week
To add to the tragedy, when Loera was murdered, she was misgendered by the Austin Police and local media, something that happens far too often.