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Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Saratoga Springs, NY

“Saratoga lacks the frenzied bustle of a big city, but it’s somehow both lively and laid-back at the same time. It is the epitome of the quintessential northeastern town: easy-going, liberal and gay-friendly.”

Katie July 6, 2012 21 Comments
School

Call For Submissions: Seeking Autostraddle’s Next College Lesbianagette

Are you a gay lady about to start your first year of college? Are you a writer? Well, this opportunity might be just right for you.

Riese July 5, 2012 62 Comments
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Queer Girl City Guide: Denver, CO

There’s no better place to be gay in the Rockies.

alison July 5, 2012 95 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Richmond, VA

“Richmond is the antithesis of everything terrible you’ve ever heard about Virginia. I can tell you in complete honesty that RVA is, hands down, one of the gayest cities in the American South.”

Mary July 2, 2012 46 Comments
Health

The SCOTUS Health Care Ruling: What Does It Mean?

The Supreme Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act and its mandate that Americans carry health insurance or else face a tax is constitutional.

Rachel June 28, 2012 30 Comments
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What’s It Like Growing Up With A Transgender Parent? Sharon Shattuck Knows.

“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I just sequestered that part of my life and didn’t talk about it with my friends or acquaintances.”

Gina June 28, 2012 42 Comments
Money + Work

Broke as F*ck: The Lifestyle Guide

With the right strategies and the right recipes, I’m gonna make it.

Carmen June 18, 2012 86 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: There’s No Place Like NOLA

Hey there, Dawlin’!

Caroline June 16, 2012 69 Comments
Health

Gays Beat Straights When It Comes To Keeping Their Special Friends Healthy, Study Says

A new study on “health work” in relationships shows that women take care of their men, women take care of their women, and men take care of their men. In other words, gay people are the best.

Riese June 14, 2012 29 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Chicago, Illinois

Forget everything you know about the Midwest, Chicago’s got as much big-city queer action as either coast.

Rachel W June 13, 2012 54 Comments
School

You Need Help: You Just Graduated From College and Everything Is Awful

Moving back in with your parents after college because you’re unemployed can feel like the end of the world, but is probably not actually the end of the world.

Rachel June 13, 2012 36 Comments
Health

Seriously, All of Us Really Need to Go the Fuck to Sleep

Maybe we need to start an Occupy Bedrooms movement.

Jezebel June 12, 2012 25 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

“Carolina girls are the best in the world.”

Ashley June 11, 2012 14 Comments
Money + Work

Gay Journalist Marc Ambinder Thanks “The Gay Mafia” For His Career Success

Marc Ambinder, political journalist, says being gay actually helped him get ahead.

Carmen June 6, 2012 7 Comments
Money + Work

JCPenney Gets Even Gayer With Super-Gay Father’s Day Ad

One Million Moms got really pissed about Ellen DeGeneres — imagine how they’re gonna feel about These Two Dads!

Riese May 31, 2012 38 Comments
School

Congrats, New Grads! By the Way, You Don’t Know Anything

11. Don’t get confused, though: Unless you are actually poor, you are not actually poor.

Jezebel May 29, 2012 69 Comments
Health

Sunburn Cures For Your Sunburned Ass

I have a hot ass. A burning hot sunburned ass.

Lizz May 28, 2012 64 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: St. Louis, Missouri

Are you ready for a hood-by-hood walking tour through the queerest parts of The Lou?

Liza May 23, 2012 42 Comments
School

The Biola Queer Underground Isn’t Afraid

The BQU wants to “change hearts,” and it’s hard to read their story without feeling something in yours.

Carmen May 22, 2012 9 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Taipei, Taiwan

“Taipei has outstanding food, outstanding public transportation and outstanding lesbians.” What more can you ask for?

Audrey R. Hollis May 21, 2012 79 Comments
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