Let’s Be Frank: Mitt Gets Worse and Worser on Gay Rights
Barney Frank is the latest and greatest oral historian for the Mitt Gets Worse project.
Canadian Government Figured Out You’re Gay, and All It Had To Do Was Secretly Track Your Internet Use
“As a regular recipient of Gmail and Facebook ads for dog food and gay cruises, I’m well aware that companies are trying to make money off my personal information. While it’s a little creepy but expected that Target will try to use my private information to market to me, I hold the Canadian government to much higher standards.”
It’s Officially Okay To Preach Against the Gays on Bourbon Street Again
Eight NOLA preachers were apprehended in conjunction with New Orleans’ “aggressive solicitation” ordinance, which instructs people to not “loiter or congregate on Bourbon Street for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise,” and now the ordinance is gone.
Your VAG Abroad: How to Vote if You Don’t Reside in the U.S.
Did you know that you can vote in US elections from abroad? Our constitutional rights to vote don’t go away when we wave goodbye to the U.S. border for an extended period of time.
Controversy Breaks Out Over the Right Way to Be Ex-Gay
Team Closet vs Team Cure, battling to come up with the best (read: worst) way to force heterosexuality on queers.
Australian Government Votes Against Gay Marriage Bill and For Inequality
“I do not regret that our daughter has Sophie and I as parents. I do regret that she lives in a world where some will tell her that her family is not normal. “
Your Local VAG: “Voting, an Autostraddle Guide” On Why Local Elections Matter
With the upcoming U.S. Presidential election getting All The Press And Attention, here’s a few reasons why you shouldn’t let your local election go unnoticed.
Secret Mitt Romney Video Leaks, Is A Cluster F*ck
If you don’t have anything nice to say, maybe don’t run for President?
Autostraddle’s Women of Color Ask: What Does WOC Mean To Me?
“When I see lesbian couple after lesbian couple with not only matching haircuts and clothes but matching skin colours, I feel alone.”
Once Upon A Time in Charlotte: The Democratic National Convention Recap
“But we also believe in something called citizenship citizenship, a word at the very heart of our founding, a word at the very essence of our democracy, the idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations.”
LGBT Caucus Realness Goes Down at the DNC
For the first time, there is at least one LGBT delegate from every state. Obviously, the time of LGBT influence is now.
Michelle Obama Gives The Speech To End All Speeches, Is More Impressive Than Ever
Seriously, why are we not voting for this woman yet?
New GOProud Video Explaining Gay Conservatism Is GOPathetic
Our least favorite conservative gay group should have made a dance video instead.
Cheater’s Guide to Obama vs. Romney on the Big Four “Gay Issues”
Over on their DC Decoder page, the Christian Science Monitor published a helpful guide on where both President Obama and Mittsy stand on what they at their newspaper call “gay issues” but what I like to call “issues that concern U.S. citizens who are also humans.”
Cowboy Hats, Peanuts, and Regret: The 2012 Republican National Convention Recap
Or, “The One Where Clint Eastwood Does That Thing With The Chair, Oh My God.”
Keeping Pussy’s Power: The Complications of Reclamation
For better or for worse, “pussy” is on the tip of everyone’s tongue — is its magical naughtiness about to be sacrificed in the name of reclaiming?
Australia’s Anti-Homophobia Ads Are Awesome, A Long Way Off For America
A new anti-homophobia ad has come out in Australia and it made me tear up a little bit. Luckily, I won’t have to see anything like them in America.
Gay Reporter Infiltrates NOM’s Youth Conference, Finds It Even More Awful Than Expected
“I’d heard this kind of anti-gay rhetoric hundreds of times before… So why was I getting so upset?”
Anti-“Conversion Therapy” Bill Passes in the CA State Senate
“The bill is one of the government’s many first steps toward defending the mental and physical health of LGBTQ youth. Courts and politicians are starting to become more aware that the mental health of America’s children also means the mental health of LGBTQ teens and children.”
Unidentified Members of Pussy Riot Flee Russia, Call Foreign Feminists To Action
“Who knows, this could be the start of a whole new thing, a whole new motivating source for a globally connected unapologetic punk feminist art and music scene. A catalyst, no matter what it gets called. Anything is possible, if anything, this band has reminded us of that.”