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Politics + Activism

Don’t Relax Just Because Pathological Liar Donald Trump Says He Won’t Go After Marriage Equality

The ways Trump’s administration will hurt gay and trans people go far beyond marriage equality — and he’s proven we can’t believe a word he says.

Heather Hogan November 14, 2016 85 Comments
Health

There Will Be Blood, the Bike Ride: Cyclists for Menstrual Cycles

How the Sustainable Cycles bike collective is making menstruation products accessible and fighting stigma.

Liza Mcdonald November 14, 2016 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Be the Change: 5 Ways to Stand Up to Trump’s Tyranny Right Now

Let’s start a discussion about what we can do as activists, right now in this moment, in the wake of the apocalypse/election.

KaeLyn November 14, 2016 87 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is Still Not Having Sex Even Though The Election Is Over

Victorian ideas about sex, cranberry juice and UTIs, whether it’s time to have sex or not right now and more.

Ryan Yates November 13, 2016 39 Comments
Society + Culture

Take a Break from the Apocalypse and Soak Up Some Good Gay News This Sunday Funday

This week f*cking sucked. Here’s some levity, some light, some love, and some puppies to make it all better for a minute.

Carmen November 13, 2016 10 Comments
LGBT History

VIDEO: It’s A Cold And It’s A Broken Hallelujah

Kate McKinnon’s cold open on tonight’s Saturday Night Live wasn’t funny at all, but it was something else.

Riese November 12, 2016 70 Comments
Geekery

Recurring Electronic Donations: Create a Subscription Service to Your Rights

How to use the technology of recurring monthly payments to build a subscription service to all the rights they’re gonna try to take from us.

A.E. Osworth November 12, 2016 36 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Blue

“No way.”

Cameron November 12, 2016 37 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Jane The Virgin” Makes Luisa A Real Human Again

Luisa gets a storyline with Rogelio, Pippy and TMI go dancing, Maggie hosts Sapphic Shabbat, and Stef wonders what Betty and Tara are getting up to.

Heather Hogan November 11, 2016 34 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Superqueero Roundup Recap: The World Needs Heroes

Catch up with bisexual badass Sara Lance in the ’80s, and the badass women of Arrow in the right nows.

Valerie Anne November 11, 2016 6 Comments
Politics + Activism

Hate Crimes, and Protests Against Hate, Carried Out Across US After Trump’s Election

Looking at protests, Trump’s potential transition team, the National Organization for Marriage gearing up against LGBT rights, and more.

Rachel November 11, 2016 29 Comments
Health

Feelings Rookie: Coping Skills

Coping is a huge part of our lives and we all have our schemes, whether they’re conscious or not. In this particularly troubling time, it’s more important than ever.

Molly Priddy November 11, 2016 22 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Tell Me Something Good

Lay it all out there and bring hope to our world. It’s what you do best.

Carrie November 11, 2016 278 Comments
Coming Out Holigays

The 11 Best Holidays For Coming Out To Your Family and Friends

Here’s what you do: write “I’m Gay” (or trans or bi or queer or whatever) on a piece of paper and put it inside an Easter Egg for the Easter Egg Hunt. Someone at your family gathering will find it, and it will lead to mass confusion as everyone tries to figure out who the “I” is referring to in the note. Now your Easter party is a Mystery party!

Mey November 11, 2016 48 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Invents Time Machine

This week we’ve got feelings about the election, Supergirl and Erin. Need we say more?

Bren November 11, 2016 9 Comments
Politics + Activism

Noony Norwood Becomes the 23rd Trans Woman We Know Of Killed In This Tragic, Violent Year

Attention and action around the epidemic of deadly violence towards trans women of color is more important now than ever, as we’ll only see it heightened in the coming months.

Rachel November 10, 2016 5 Comments
Comedy

Mike Pence Will Buy Me My Lesbian Vampire Themed Tampons

The government should already be buying me my tampons, but they’re not, and so Mike Pence will.

Erin November 10, 2016 56 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Wonder Woman for President

Literary ASMR, exclamation points and emoji, queer retellings as reclamation, Zadie Smith, recordings of Black women poets and more.

Ryan Yates November 10, 2016 3 Comments
Crafts & DIY Projects

Learn Basic Embroidery With These Essential Stitches

“I get a real sense of satisfaction from making something cute and domestic, just a bit deviant. Whether it’s a cake piped with ‘Happy Fucking Birthday’ or a set of kitchen towels with embroidered ball gags and whips — I just can’t get enough.”

Katie November 10, 2016 31 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rebel Girls Reading List: 16 Things Hillary Clinton Meant

Hillary Clinton is not President of the United States.

Carmen November 9, 2016 17 Comments
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