Surprise, Katy Perry said something really transphobic!

“Why should I care about this music or its “brilliance” when the message is so repulsive and irresponsible?”

Dharun Ravi wants all charges against him dismissed — and the papers filed in his defense offer new insights into what happened to Tyler Clementi.

House messes with DADT. Obama fights back. Did you know that Obama officially “supports DOMA’s repeal?” ‘Cause he does. Bam.

What happens when a family decides to kick “It’s a boy!”/”It’s a girl!” to the curb.

Gay donors are expected to give Obama a lot of cash for his 2012 re-election campaign, which is probably our best shot yet at getting equal rights, eventually.

You guys, what if Republican donors made gay marriage happen in New York. Like really, what if.

That’s only ok when Janis says it.

So, casual dating is dead, and I’m on a mission to bring it back with this handy guide to classifying what the hell is going on with you and that girl.

New York gets closer and closer to same-sex marriage, even Slick Willy wants in. Meanwhile in Minnesota, 60 smart people are telling the government to stop being stupid.

Ideally this arrest puts us much closer to actually finding Lisa Miller and her daughter because this is one of the most heartbreaking lesbian custody battles of all time.

In which I go off on a tangent about gay male spaces claiming to be lesbian spaces when they totally are not.

“I don’t want to sound misogynist, degrading, crude, or technical. So what am I left with? Am I being overly prudish and PC?”

Autostraddle got born two years ago!

When I hear the words “Civil Union” or “Domestic Partnership,” I think “inequality” and “separate but equal.”

Did you know that “Auld Lang Syne” means “Once upon a time”? Go donate to Wikipedia. And us.

This shit don’t pay for itself.

We have already told you this week what kind of legwarmers to wear and what it means to put bacon on a cat. We cannot also tell you whether the girl at the checkout desk at the library is a lesbian. Don’t give up hope, though; maybe someone else can!

Required listening for Johnny Weir fans. Find out why Johnny can’t relate to Kurt on Glee and get all the dirty details of his sex life via Howard Stern.

The story of the day the President told the people to get their shit together.