Lord Ivar Mountbatten is Bisexual, First Member of Royal Family to Come Out
Lord Ivar Mountbatten, cousin to Queen Elizabeth, has become the first member of the British Royal Family to come out.
Queer Women Take Over The 2016 Emmys
Kate McKinnon and Sarah Paulson and Jill Soloway (and Ellen and Hillary and Laverne and Tatiana Maslany and Regina King and Marcia Clark and Holland Taylor), oh my!
It’s Autostraddle Babe-B-Q Season Again!
You’ve got one wild and precious life to live. Why not spend a day of it with a spatula in your hand while someone else preps the Tofurkey sausages and then sit back in a lawn chair and put some coleslaw in your face surrounded by a bunch of people you’ll soon find yourself hopelessly in love with?
Telling Myself the Truth: 5 Strategies for Fighting Internalized Ableism
“…it’s still completely acceptable for disabled people to hate ourselves.”
Helping You Help Yourself #35
Building credit, innovative DIY dog toys, when self-care isn’t fun, a plant you really actually can’t kill (we hope), and more.
Rise and Grind: Become a Mortar and Pestle Snob With These 25 Recipes
Food processors are for 21st-century chumps. Go old-school and feel so much better than your technology-dependent friends.
Whoopi Goldberg Is Celebrating Trans People of Color This Sunday Funday
Whoopi Goldberg’s new show, Strut, focuses on a trans modeling agency. Idina Menzel is still on board with making Elsa Gay. And 2016 Pride marches on!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Loves Spanking
Why people love spanking, why prop 60 is bad, why being a badass and a bottom is not a contradiction, why it’s hard to come out as non-monogamous and more.
Acknowledge Your Universal Truth In This New Jane Austen MMO
No one who had ever seen MMOs in their infancy would have supposed them to be taken over by Janeites.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Ready for Fall
We’re hyped. For Fall. Please insert your Fall feelings here.
Crystal Edmonds is the Second Black Trans Woman Murdered This Week, At Least 21st This Year
Edmonds is at least the 21st trans person murdered in the US this year. We knew of at least 23 last year.
“Carmilla” Returns To Kiss The 2016 TV Blues Away
Carmilla and Laura are back and they can’t keep their hands off each other. Also: summoning circles! And Keith Mars!
Trans Asylee Sues Mike Pence Because Noncitizens Can’t Legally Change Their Names
A trans man from Mexico filed a lawsuit against an Indiana law that prevents noncitizens from legally changing their name, an El Paso man was arrested for the murder of trans woman Erykah Tijerina, a 13-year-old boy was shot and killed by Ohio police, Sandra Bland’s mother receives a million dollar settlement and more news.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: This Spider Almost Destroyed Me
Everything’s fine but for a moment it was almost not! Life is a highway!! Join me inside for a story about home infestation. (Plus my dog in a wig!)
The Comment Awards Walks On
This week we’ve got meta Oreos, blood wine, imperfect nachos and so much more!
Witch Hunt: Are you New Age, Old Age or Something Else?
My favorite season — “Halloween”, a gay witchy music video, the new Blair Witch movie, taking some time to create, and discussing what it means to be New Agey.
Chelsea Manning Ends Hunger Strike, Makes History as Army Says She Can Access Transition-Related Care
Chelsea Manning’s five-day hunger strike is over as the Army reportedly tells her she can access gender confirmation surgery — but questions remain on how quickly they’ll take action.
Day in the Life: Stuzo With dapperQ at New York Fashion Week
Last week, Molly accompanied LA-based Stuzo to New York Fashion Week’s largest queer fashion show, iD, presented by dapperQ.
Sexts From My Sickbed: How I Learned to Love My Queer Sick Body by Getting Naked
“How could an incapacitated person feel let alone be sexy, I catch myself thinking. Now, when I have those thoughts, I take out my camera.”
Gigi Gorgeous Is a Lesbian: Transgender Youtube Star Comes Out, Loves Her Girlfriend Nats Getty
“I fell in love with somebody, and that person happens to be a female.”