Saturday Morning Cartoons: Amplified Voice
I am a queer immigrant.
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!
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.
The Comment Awards Are Weekending in Cherry Grove
Come for Dark Willow, stay for Soft Butch Princess Di!
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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!
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!
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.
Lez Liberty Lit: Hazy Golden Light
Lambda Literary Award nominees have been announced, Zines will outlive the internet, a bookstore-bar in the Bronx, sexual assault in creative fields, California periods and more.
Queer Crip Love Fest: The Two Great Loves of My Life
“There are people who, when I say I have a chronic illness and try to talk about it, will be like ‘Well, you’re just an adult now.’ I mean, yes, but also, this is real. It does keep me at home a lot. I do have a weakened immune system. I’m not making this up.”
Rachel Maddow Proves, Once Again, That America Prefers Asinine Bluster Over Brilliant Women
We don’t want context, history, expertise; we want a Hunger Games-style bloodbath we can understand and react to in a single tweet. Sad! Bad! Mad! We proved it again last night.
International Autostraddle Meet-Up Week Spring 2017: Resist/Persist
From Tuesday, March 21 – Tuesday, April 4, all over the world, Straddlers are gonna meet up and hang out and plan the revolution. Are you in?
The Fosters Episode 416 Recap: The Notebook
Lesbian moms making out in the rain alert!
Texas Senate Passes Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill, Now Closer to Becoming Law No One Asked For
Once the bill receives final chamber approval, SB6 will move forward to the House, which is dominated by Republicans but whose members are not as eager to take it up.
Foolish Child #18: Kindergarten and the Gender Binary
“Pink is for girls!”
Pop Culture Fix: NBC Sitcom To Feature Jane Lynch As Womanizing Divorce Attorney Not Named Joyce Wischnia and Other Stories
Jane Lynch’s new sitcom, Gina Rodriguez wants to play America Chavez, a new project from Shonali Bose of “Margarita With a Straw,” the history Queer TV movies, an interview with Nabila Hossain of “Brown Girls,” an interview with Tegan & Sara about diversity, Charlize Theron gets asked about kissing women AGAIN and SO MUCH MORE.
No Filter: Not Only Can Cara Delevingne Read Books, She Wrote One
Hey, remember when Cara was in Paper Towns and a sexist interviewer asked her if she had read the book? WELL SHE WROTE ONE. Also, Annie Clark has a special request, and there might be a ghost trapped inside Janelle Monáe.