When Community Complicates Healthcare for Sex Workers
“It became a running joke between my partners and I, that I was both too stigmatized and too famous to get my needs met.”
Bottoms Up: Ch-ch-changes
As my gender expression changes, so does who I’m attracted to.
Drawn to Comics: 8 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Comics Storylines I’m Hoping For in 2017
I’m trying to calm down a little this year and not have too many expectations, I don’t think I can take as much disappointment as I could have in the last two years. But still, I am hoping for a few things.
Why I’ve Decided to Let Myself Get Angry (Despite What Ableism Taught Me)
“I’m a Nice Person — I have one of those irrepressibly pleasant faces that makes people want to sit next to me on public transportation — but I can be nice and angry, I can be smart and angry, and I can be worth listening to and angry.”
2016 By The Numbers: An A+ Member Exclusive
Just some numbers and charts and graphs about this year we all experienced together!
Republicans Forge Ahead with ACA Repeal, Promise to Definitely Figure Out Replacement Later
Republicans haven’t been able to figure out what they think should replace the Affordable Care Act since it was introduced in 2010, and repealing it now will leave millions of Americans uninsured, but they’re not letting that stop them! They say they’re going to try to move forward on a repeal by the end of the week.
“Growing Up Coy” Is A Timely Documentary That Should Melt Any Transphobe’s Heart
The new documentary Growing Up Coy examines what it’s like to grow up as a young trans girl in a country that is constantly creating laws that target you.
High Femme: Best Strains and Activities for Surviving This New Shitbag Government!
It’s all too easy to sink into a cloud of depression/smoke, and stew in your bad feelings and paranoia. To combat that, I’ve come up with a list of activities and strains paired to make your life a little bit better.
Helping You Help Yourself #42
The ideal way to stack nachos, proactive steps for a Trumpian world, getting compensation from airlines, some important ketchup info and more!
Angry Transgender Woman Writes Story About Texas Bathroom Bill, Changes the World
“I refuse to place myself in danger because it makes some fools at the Texas capital uncomfortable that girls like me exist publicly. I will not be limited to a sexual fantasy or some kind of untouchable position in society because I am a transgender woman.”
Evan Rachel Wood Wears A Goddamn Tuxedo To The Golden Globes, Everyone Faints
Evan Rachel Wood is here to squire you to prom.
NSFW Sunday Resolved To Have More Sex
Sex-related New Years resolutions, best and worst sex toys of 2016, porn on Tumblr, a new sex toy storage box and more.
Sunday Funday Will Join Your Bechdel Brigade
Totally gay companies, a totally gay District Attorney, a bunch of totally gay policies at the state level, some totally gay women in theater, and also some good news about The Golden Girls.
Two-Spirit Lakota Woman Jamie Lee Wounded Arrow Is the Second Reported Trans Woman Murdered in the US This Year
Wounded Arrow was loved by many and will be sorely missed. Her murder is hitting the community hard. The Sioux Falls Two-Spirit group said “our hearts are broke as we will miss her very much. So again, prayers are needed. Pilamaye.”
GOP Approves Fine for Streaming Video of Protests, Makes Government Less Transparent
To be clear, photography on the House floor is already disallowed. They’ve just added a fine for it. So it’s not really unprecedented, nor is it unconstitutional, to enforce a rule that already exists. But I still think it’s wrong. Here’s why.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Fingerguns Nihilism
On 2017 resolutions and coping mechanisms.
BREAKING: Netflix’s “One Day At A Time” Shouts Out Autostraddle But You’ll Love This Latina Lesbian Storyline Regardless
Netflix’s new sitcom eschews the long white tradition of TV comedies and focuses on a Latinx family with a lesbian daughter and a mom who reads our website!
Golden Globe Drinking Games That’ll Keep You Stone Cold Sober
Drink every time the camera cuts to Jennifer Lawrence and she’s not drinking directly out of the table’s Moet bottle.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Be Honest, How Is The 2017 You Doing?
THIS IS A NO JUDGEMENT ZONE.
The Comment Awards Makes Headlines
This week we’ve got murder, turtles, stolen hearts and so much more!