Playlist: Just Fruit
A playlist because I don’t know, I just like fruit. For each fruit, I picked up to 3 song(s) fitting some criteria, and here we are.
“Queen Sugar” Does Black Lives Matter Storytelling Right
Unlike Orange Is the New Black, Queen Sugar’s approach to Black Lives Matter storytelling works because it doesn’t resort to excessive violence or torture porn to make its point.
How to Love Your Neighbor and Love Yourself by Reading the Bible for Pride
I can’t make every passage better. There are some passages that are still, even after months of study, hard to accept. But I try to remind myself that it’s okay to be critical of what’s written and that questions can help my faith grow.
“Orphan Black” Episode 503 Recap: Welcome to the Trip, Alison
Orphan Black takes us back to the very beginning and introduces us to Alison all over again.
Supreme Court Partially Enacts the F*cking Travel Ban, Zeroes In On “Religious Freedom”
The Supreme Court propped up Trump’s “travel ban” while agreeing to hear the case this fall. They’ve also got some of those good ol’ “religious freedom” challenges that endanger LGBT people in the hopper.
PHOTOESSAY: San Francisco Dyke March 2017
“Dyke is not just a sexual orientation. It’s a political identity. It stands for community. It stands for solidarity. It stands for radical fight.”
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 203 Recap: The One with the Cheerleading
Waverly, what in the bleeding heck is going on with you?!
Orange Is the New Black Episode 513 Review: Poussey Washington Was More Than a Martyr
“Thirteen hours of television later, and season five’s cliffhanger ends nearly exactly as season four: with women, many of whom are queer, many of whom are of color, in peril and facing an unknown future. Instead of grounding this season in a fight for social justice, they gleefully reveled in unnecessary violence and humiliation.”
San Francisco Trans March: “Celebrating Resilience with Love and Resistance”
It was an honor to stand in solidarity and support with all of the beautiful humans at the Trans March in San Francisco. Here’s what it looked like.
Team Pick: “Nancy” Goes To A-Camp
Kathy Tu and Tobin Low create a sound-venture of queerness from the perspective of two Asian-American homogays. And now, they have an episode in which Kathy goes to A-Camp for the first time.
Into The A+ Advice Box #2: The OLDEST Queer Gal Problem In The Book
In which the whole team gets together to answer your pressing questions on topics including being never kissed, living in the suburbs, fashion tips for a trans woman with Cerebral Palsy, getting back into the dating game, starting a freelance career and so much more!
3 A.M.: The Note From Ruth
“You aren’t dreaming.”
Sunday Funday Is Wishing Us All a Joyous Laverne Cox Day!
It’s Laverne Cox Day in NYC, a whole lotta’ Pride, Vogue mother Leiomy Maldonado stars in Nike ad, Gabby Rivera show us her writing process, a sneak peek of Hannah Hart’s new show, third gender ID’s offered in Pakistan, and more good news!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Has Some Questions About The Babadong
Mostly: “Why???” Also, why waiting for a crush to text back is the worst, why going to weddings is also the worst, self-sabotage, thinking through different relationship styles and more.
Orange Is the New Black Episode 512 Review: Half-Baked Proposal
The SWAT team approaches and Larry returns. LARRY.
6 Useful Tech Tools for Pride
Six pieces of technology that might be useful as you parade, protest and party.
Some Things: Dancing
Tip #1: Surround yourself with weirdos who don’t give a single fuck.
Pride Style Guide: How To Get The Babalook
With these tips, you’ll be turning heads (off people’s necks) in no time. BadabaDOOK.
The Comment Awards are Ken of Center
“Dear Barbie: I’m not sure if you visit Autostraddle.com, but the more I think about it, the more I start to believe that you probably do.”
A Lifetime of Aftermath: Roxane Gay’s “Hunger” Dares You Not to Look Away
In a time when the word “healing” feels thinner than ever, affixed as it is to too many pictures of skinny, silhouetted yogis on beaches, we need to reacquaint ourselves with the severity of that process. This book is a generous offering to a society that may not know what to do with it.