Results for: representation
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Also.Also.Also. Rachel Maddow Should be the First Gay President and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Famous people are saying smart things about Hobby Lobby, anti-discrimination legislation isn’t as effective as it should be, and the kids of LGBT parents are all right.
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“R&B Divas” Star Monifah Carter Marries Longtime Girlfriend, Makes History
“Since most music industry folks go to great lengths to hide same-gender loving artists, it was great to have the opportunity to see how industry insiders on the show reacted to the relationship between Monifah and Terez. Their overwhelming support showed that people were not as unwilling to accept a season finale in which Monifah Carter had a same-sex relationship as many think. The stereotype of the homophobic R&B community was breaking down before our eyes.”
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Hallmark Now Cares Enough To Send Your “Lesbian Moms” The Very Best
Hallmark decides to be a little LGBT-friendly and make cards for families with multiple mommies.
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Also.Also.Also. A Lesbian Princess Confirmed Gay Federal Judges and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Exciting things are happening for LGBT people in the US, activists are critical of Pride, and there are tons of awesome events you should go to!
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Also.Also.Also. Migrant Women Celebrate LGBT History and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Here’s the news we missed while I was freaking out about a potential technological disaster.
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Also.Also.Also. Prison Strikes, Striking Musical Gold, and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Fighting for rights, celebrating identities, raising money, listening to good music, and making powerful critiques–news as usual this week!
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Gallup And Everyone Else Wants to Know: Were You Born This Gay?
42% of Americans believe that gay people are born rather than made.
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Also.Also.Also. Spider-Man Wants to Make a Zine about Gay Marriage and Other Stories We Missed This Week
North Carolina is fighting the criminalization of same-sex marriage, activist Cecily MacMillan is fighting for justice, and Spider-Man is fighting to teach kids about safe sex.
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Also.Also.Also: Melissa Harris-Perry and Beyoncé Could Kick Every Stupid Republican’s Butt and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Did you know that this week is the week where I ate multiple meals via finger foods? Here’s the stories we missed while I was opening another box of crackers.
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Rihanna and 17 Trans* Models Are On My (Superbowl) Sunday Funday Fantasy Football Team
And none for you, GOP.
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Also.Also.Also: Jean Grae and The Rando Have Their Eyes on The “Harvard Lampoon” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Romi Klinger’s getting divorced, Dot-Marie got married, trans* voices are getting published, and we’re celebrating the holidays in a special space where it’s just you, Ari Fitz, and the rest of the Internet.
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Also.Also.Also: Dana Fairbanks Goes #Mamming While Wanda Sykes Follows Around Her Wife’s Vagina
Everyone loves Autostraddle, except a bunch of icky Republicans. Also, India.Arie wants you to do you and Malala outsmarted Obama.
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Also.Also.Also: Most Women Are Totally Broke and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Reporting live from the cutest puppy-filled pumpkin patch of all time, with help from Louisiana’s new gay lawyers and vigilantes from around the globe.
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Also.Also.Also: This Is Not A “Super Sin” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Miley Cyrus dreams of Katy Perry and pubic lice yearn for an unwaxed abode.
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Also.Also.Also: P!nk is an “Honorary Lesbian” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Dan Savage wants a fight, Serbian gays want their city back, and P!nk wants record sales. And I want a drink, stat.
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New Study Suggests Buying Lots Of Makeup Won’t Make You Happier, Easier or Breezier
Also, maybe it’s the act of striving to achieve an impossible aesthetic that makes us miserable. Neat!
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Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: Canada Whitewashes the New $100 Bill
The Bank of Canada of going back to the drawing board after a focus group decided that the scientist on the $100 bill looked “too Asian.”
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Also.Also.Also: The First Ever Gay Marriage On A Military Base and Other Stories We Missed This Week
AAA Episode V: Brittani Nichols Strikes Back, and in the meantime people have feelings about gay marriage, Republicans are delusional/happy, and Megan Rapinoe jams out on video.
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New Study Questions Whether There Really Is “No Difference” Between Gay and Straight Parents
“This study cannot answer political questions about same-sex relationships and their legal legitimacy.”
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Gay Farmers Exist, Possibly Grow Your Organic Local Tuscan Kale
“I don’t make my work about me or being gay… But I feel like urban farmers are queering the food system. Just by bringing fresh food to this neighborhood we’re mixing it up.”