“We never ask young people what they are willing to sacrifice to make the world better and that’s one of the biggest problems in this country.”

The lesbian USWNT player opens up about the Olympics, the future of women’s soccer, her bff Megan Rapinoe and coming out at Applebee’s.

Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus (“The Nanny Diaries”) re-imagine the story of how Britney Spears ended up under her father’s permanent legal control in their new novel.

Australian actors Renee Lim (Alex) and Debra Ades (Scarlet) open up about their experiences shooting The Newtown Girls. Also, watch the season finale!

Melissa Ferrick on her inspiration for the lesbian sex anthem, “Drive,” her new music and why she was never “The Other Melissa.”

Musician Allison Weiss talked to Autostraddle and ate a loaf of white bread one slice at a time. It doesn’t get more down-to-earth than that.

Jess chats with Southwest refugee Camila Grey, who gives us the Behind the Music treatment on touring with Adam Lambert and Uh Huh Her’s brand new record, Nocturnes, finally out October 11th.

“My favorite color is plaid.” Autostraddle cozies up with rising YouTube star and homo-next-door heartthrob Hannah Hart.

“Like yes, am I a lesbian who has sex and falls in love and gets my heart broken and gets drunk? Yes, but I’m a lot of other things too.”

In which we talk about the future with Bklyn Boihood, “a collective that provides visibility and promotes the empowerment of masculine of center bois, lesbians, queers, trans-identified studs, doms, butches and AGs of color.”

If you’ve listened to Pink’s Missundazstood album approx 20 times, cried at X-Tina’s “Beautiful” video care about the future of pop music, you need to read this interview.

Where the hell had Courtney Trouble been all my life?

Jess talks to Whitney about the NY/LA divide, her thoughts on our Real L Word recaps and parody video, growing up as a different and androgynous child, her life changing experiences in Hawaii and Thailand and the very first time she was compared to Shane.

The Real L Word’s Stamie Karakasidis talks to Autostraddle about adjusting to reality fame with Tracy Ryerson, coming out in a Greek family, The Kids Are All Right, the glowing vag poster and the cast’s real opinion of TRLW.

We talk to Margaret Cho about tattoos, her romantic relationships with gay men, celebrities who come out later in their careers, her pick for “the next Gaga,” Adam Lambert, Ani DiFranco, Sex & the City and more.

Ashleigh Sumner is the adorable, every-girl star of the sexy lesbian romantic comedy, And Then Came Lola. Jess chats with her about her first on-camera sex scenes, seeing herself on the big screen, LA vs. San Francisco, gays & superheroes, and her artwork.

Welcome to Brooke Means Business — your look at the future of the lesbian marketplace. We debut with the lesbian party promoter responsible for all those girls oil-wrestling in bikinis at Club Skirts’ Dinah parties — the grand master Mariah Hanson.

Season 2 of United States of Tara kicks things up a notch with homo-sexy goodness with Joey Lauren Adams and further explores her gay son Marshall’s sexuality. We met up with the woman of a thousand looks and accents to talk about straddling the line of gender roles and norms, her preparation for playing multiple characters within the same TV series, what major role she turned down and more!

Feminist author and nineties enthusiast Marisa Meltzer talks to Laneia about her new book, Girl Power. Also: zines, music, movies and even Lilith Fair, for crying out loud!

Jess talks to polarizing musician Elizabeth Ziff: “Honestly, I’m queer more than I am gay. I’m peripheral. I’ve never been conformist, I’ve never been status quo, it’s never even entered my brain. I’ve been in a band for 25 years, that’s what I’ve done. Traveled the world, fucked, got wasted, been political, and created.”