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Pop Culture Fix

Katy Perry Wins Yet Another Gay Allyship Award, Admits She More-Than-Kissed A Girl, Only Kinda Liked It

This weekend, Katy Perry received the HRC’s “highest honor,” the National Equality Award, and everybody’s talking about her inspirational speech — but does Katy Perry really deserve an award for LGBT advocacy in the first place? And does it even matter, really, when you consider the impending heat death of the universe, etc.

Riese March 20, 2017 47 Comments
House & Garden

Helping You Help Yourself #47

DIY cat houses, how to avoid losing things, pigs can learn to scream, ditching bad Tinder dates and more!

Rachel March 20, 2017 9 Comments
Society + Culture

YouTube Restricts LGBTQ+ Content to “Protect Children” and Pisses Me the F*ck Off

151 out of the 216 advice videos I helped create over the span of six years — answering questions submitted by young people — have been blocked, and our entire channel is no longer listed in the search for “Everyone Is Gay.”

Kristin March 20, 2017 56 Comments
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Sex

What I Wish I’d Learned in Sex Ed

Your curriculum isn’t “one size fits all” if “all” means “nondisabled straight people.”

Carrie March 20, 2017 21 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“The Good Fight” Episode 106 Recap: Bad Troll Rising

You can’t have a ripped-from-the-headlines legal show without a Milo Yiannopoulos episode.

Dorothy Snarker March 20, 2017 20 Comments
Food Lists

40 Recipes Celebrating Onion Diversity

I’m not crying because I’m cutting onions. I’m crying because I’m thinking about how beautiful onions are.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 20, 2017 11 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

Sunday Funday is Packing for Hawai’i and Fighting Discrimination at Home

Rural states standing up for LGBT rights, a Hawaiian tourism campaign aimed at gays, Lifestyles of the Queer and Famous, Buffy bootcamp, and more!

KaeLyn March 19, 2017 24 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is All Possibility

Netflix and relationships, science finally learns about the clitoris (sort of), the We-Vibe “scandal,” what we owe to sex worker activism and more.

Ryan Yates March 19, 2017 6 Comments
Geekery

Cee and Eli Do Lesbians Who Tech (for the First Time in Four Years!)

In which Autostraddle tech duo Cee and Eli revisit Lesbians Who Tech and have loads of thoughts about how it’s grown and where it might grow next.

cee March 18, 2017 6 Comments
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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Amplified Voice

I am a queer immigrant.

Yao Xiao March 18, 2017 17 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Gal Pals Gone Wild!

How are you! Are your gal pals getting wild this Spring Break? Jump in and tell me about it in this week’s Friday Open Thread!

Ari March 17, 2017 142 Comments
TV Reviews

The New “Great British Bake Off” Maintains Pre-Existing Level of Lesbians

The new Bake Off line-up has been announced and it’s as confusing as everything else in 2017.

Heather Davidson March 17, 2017 32 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Weekending in Cherry Grove

Come for Dark Willow, stay for Soft Butch Princess Di!

Darcy March 17, 2017 17 Comments
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Food and Drink

Liquor in the Mint: A Classic Mojito

This build-in-glass classic breaks all the rules and is super easy and it comes with a bit of esoteric knowledge in case a bartender starts a pissing contest with you.

A.E. Osworth March 17, 2017 10 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Queer Fashion

Aesthetic Rising: Your Astrological Fashion Forecast Featuring Pisces

Here’s the thing: you’re an actual star walking on this earth. And you’re very, very good with clothes.

Cecelia March 17, 2017 15 Comments
Politics + Activism

PHOTOESSAY: Crossroad to Black Trans Liberation National Day of Action

Yesterday was a national day of action to protect, support, and amplify our black trans family and their voices. As you know, this intersection is at the highest risk for violence and hate from both our communities and the state.

Molly March 16, 2017 4 Comments
First Person Issues

87 Weeks Ago: The Night Mykki Blanco Made a Small Girl Feel Big

“I pushed and shoved and laughed and danced in big black shoes that would later bruise my feet, next to a girl who would later love me back.”

Peyton Dix March 16, 2017 19 Comments
Straddleverse

We Need Help: Now Hiring a Fashion & Beauty Editor and Staff Writers

We’re looking for a Fashion/Beauty Editor and a few new Staff Writers to join our team! Also: we pay!

The Editors March 16, 2017 49 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Small LGBTQ-Friendly Cities in Conservative America Are Trying Really Hard, Y’all, and Other Stories

Humpback whales are doing things, Modcloth to be owned by Walmart because hell has apparently frozen right over, thoughts on self-care as a queer black muslim, supporting LGBTQ youth, and so very much more!

Laneia March 16, 2017 34 Comments
Geekery

Mass Effect Characters, Ranked By Prominence In My Sexual Fantasies

You’ve got five day to catch up on Mass Effect before Andromeda comes out. Might be time to quit your job.

Jenna March 16, 2017 71 Comments
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