Holiday Merch Alert: Safe Space Sweatshirts, Throwback Tees, New Enamel Pins and MORE!
We’re bringing back some old favorites in new colors, some fresh tees and sweaters, and a ton of colorful enamel pins to decorate yourself with! Get in here!
Holigay Gift Guide: Support Nonprofits And Celebrate Your Loved Ones
Give your friends and family a gift that will make a difference in the lives of people most likely to be affected by a Trump-Pence administration by supporting a worthy nonprofit or activist organization in their name.
Holigay Gift Guide: Seasonally Relevant Things for People in Warmer Climates
How do I embrace all the things about the season that I love in a place where sometimes I don’t even remember the leaves change color? Obviously by conning one of you into buying me this sh*t.
Oakland Ghost Ship Fire Kills Artists, Queers, Weirdos, Dreamers and Dreams
At least two queer women of color and three trans women and 30+ other young people died tragically in a fire in Oakland on Friday Night. Underground spaces are important and so is chosen family and so are these souls.
Feelings Rookie: When It All Adds Up
Feelings about feelings: How do they work and why are they so awful?
Drawn to Comics: Gifts to Impress Your Queer Comics Crush
In light of this acceptance that I’m attracted to nerds, and with the understanding that there are probably lots of you who are attracted to nerds too, I decided that I’d put together some suggestions for gifts you can get for that special nerdy crush in your life.
Cleaning As Self-Care: Powering Through Your Post-Election Grief By Organizing Your Life
Knowing I could take on a task and see it through, start to finish, reminds me that the same is true for my writing and my activism, too. I will literally start 2017 with my house in order — and the work I’ll do from there will be much better for it.
Disney Villain/North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Finally Admits He Lost The Election
Grassroots activism wins the day!
Relevant To Your Interests: You and Your Dog Are Both Nerds
I adopted a dog, named her Edie Windsor and have decided that, like me, she is a nerd. So probably your dog is a nerd too.
20 Christmas Candy Recipes For When You Get Tired of That Bowl Full of Jelly
It’s almost Christmas! Still doesn’t feel like it, though. But maybe that’s because we’re not eating enough homemade seasonal candy, y’know?
Holigay Gift Guide: Gear For The Traveling Photographer
Cameras and bags and tents and lenses and cameras and cameras and cameras.
Be the Change: The Nuts and Bolts of a Campaign Plan
How to build a winnable campaign from scratch, what hummus has to do with bisexual liberation, and what it means to build collective power. Come learn something new or share your campaign organizing tips!
8 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needs
Like, Guy Gavriel Kay, but queer. Tolkien, but queer. Melanie Rawn, but queer.
How to Dress Like Cate Blanchett’s Ocean’s 8 Character, Who Is Definitely Queer, Right?
I’m pretty sure Blanchett’s character will wear approximately 75 different outfits over the course of the film and is only involved in this heist as a way to increase her leather pants budget, which is already astronomical.
Finally Actual Good News: Standing Rock Sioux Win, Army Corps of Engineers Denies DAPL Easement
Regardless of the challenges that still lie ahead, from the DAPL project to Native safety and sovereignty in general, this news is a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies.
Sunday Funday, Kristin Chenoweth, and Lady Gaga are Changing the World with Love Stories
Lady Gaga popped in to the Ali Forney Center, Mike Pence’s neighbors fucking hate him, Kristin Chenoweth isn’t about the right’s homophobia, Pat McCrory is still losing, a temporary victory for federal LGBT employees, and seven love stories where women change the world together and also look deeply into each other’s eyes because obviously.
NSFW Sunday Is Paying For Porn
The state of queer and feminist porn, why paying for it is crucial, Sailor Moon teaches sex ed, the difference between spanking and slapping and more.
Step Up Your Infosec In The Era of Trump and Throw Yourself a Password Party
Now I recognize that the following things I’m going to suggest that you do are, in fact, a pain in the ass. That’s why I recommend getting a group of friends together at a dining room table and doing this all together. Don’t share your passwords or passphrases, but do share snacks and beverages and a sense of accomplishment.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Upside Down
“I love LA. Nothing could ever go wrong here.”
Superqueero Roundup Recap: Legends of SuperFlArrow
There’s no such thing as too much Supergirl.