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The Problem With The Reaction to the Reaction to Coke’s “America the Beautiful” Commercial

It’s easy to be enraged by these kind of tweets and statuses but it’s really just lazy journalism that obscures the real issues.

Yvonne February 3, 2014 37 Comments
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Rihanna and 17 Trans* Models Are On My (Superbowl) Sunday Funday Fantasy Football Team

And none for you, GOP.

Carmen February 2, 2014 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Um, I Think There Are Gay People in Sochi, and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Brittney Griner could receive the honor of her lifetime, a rainbow army is going to Russia, and Virginia Woolf got born a long long time ago.

Carmen January 29, 2014 10 Comments
Society + Culture

Hey United States, Get Ready for Snacks and Civic Engagement on Big Block of Cheese Day!

The White House is taking to social media (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram and Google+ hangout) so Americans can ask questions to dozens of White House officials.

A.E. Osworth January 28, 2014 2 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Drinking Stoli Vodka in Vegas With Her Two Moms

From Russia, with love.

Carmen January 26, 2014 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: LGBT Americans Love to Smoke, Supermodels Love to #Fork, and Other Stories We Missed This Week

From Russia to Pennsylvania, we’re all just trying to spoon.

Carmen January 22, 2014 2 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday, Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual, and Fortune Feimster Are Ladies Against Humanity

Take a deep breath and get real high.

Carmen January 19, 2014 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: CeCe McDonald, Beyoncé, and Laura Jane Grace Raise Their Middle Fingers to the Man and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Bow down, bitches.

Carmen January 15, 2014 10 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Endorses Lily Tomlin’s Love for Congress

Marsha Hunt writes your wedding song, Lily Tomlin ties the knot, a 12-year-old boy stands up for his gay moms, and a bunch of cats survive the best years of your life.

Carmen January 12, 2014 7 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: CeCe McDonald Gets Free While Issa Rae Gets Famous and Other Stories We Missed This Week

A historic lesbian union, a failed hunger strike, queer ladies in the lap of luxury, and the ultimate “fuck you” to Linda Harvey’s anti-gay bullshit.

Carmen January 8, 2014 15 Comments
Society + Culture

It’s Sunday Funday in a Post-Windsor World and The Gays Are Doing Great

The good news is, we’ve got lots of good news to work as we finish our last Christmas cookies.

Carmen January 5, 2014 3 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Why We Really Need Gay Bars and Other Stories We Missed This Week

The more we talk about things, the better they get. 2013 was proof.

Carmen January 1, 2014 14 Comments
Society + Culture

It’s Sunday Funday and a Bunch of Sh*t Just Got Gayer

Live from Russia, Utah, Alabama, and Ireland, it’s Saturday Night! Or at least it’s the day where we talk about Saturday night.

Carmen December 29, 2013 9 Comments
Society + Culture

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.

Carmen December 25, 2013 6 Comments
Society + Culture

There’s No Day Like Sunday Funday To Sing a Love Song to Mrs. Claus

Penguin love in the age of Mary Lambert, all coming to you live from the Lego-sized set of The Golden Girls.

Carmen December 22, 2013 9 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Flipping the Bird to Every Member of the GOP in a Custom Lesbian Wedding Dress and Other Stories We Missed This Week

When you’re gettin’ married / To another chick / Who you gonna call?

Carmen December 18, 2013 15 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is #GayForADay from Mexico to India to the USA

Let’s dig into the good gay news dispatches from around the world and never look back.

Carmen December 15, 2013 13 Comments
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: Edith Windsor (C), 83, acknowledges her supporters as she leaves the Supreme Court March 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case 'Edith Schlain Windsor, in Her Capacity as Executor of the Estate of Thea Clara Spyer, Petitioner v. United States,' which challenges the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the second case about same-sex marriage this week. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Society + Culture

Edie Windsor Recognized On Time’s Person of the Year Short List

In turn, the “matriarch of the gay-rights movement” released a statement recognizing the gay community. Recognition all around!

Laura Mandanas December 11, 2013 20 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday’s Suffragist Cats Are Going Down Under

Let’s put the LGBT in D and go strolling through the snow.

Carmen December 8, 2013 23 Comments
Society + Culture

Trans* Activists Degender Wesleyan Bathrooms, Face Charges and Fines

“We demand that Wesleyan University stop segregating bathrooms along gender lines and provide all-gender bathrooms in all buildings in the University.”

SJ Sindu December 4, 2013 27 Comments
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