Why Claiming Republicans Are “Hardly Anti-Gay” Makes Hardly Any Sense
Spoiler alert: it takes more than “tolerance.”
Retroactive Retirement Is All The Rage: The Deal with Romney and Bain Capital
Here’s what the Mitt Romney news has looked like for the past few days: Bain Capital, retired, 1999, 2002, Bain Capital Bain Capital Bain Capital. Autostraddle is here for you in your time of need, with a simplified primer on what it all means and why you should care.
Actually a Good Thing: England Delays Decision on Female Bishops
Ridiculously though, it was the best possible result for women.
Romney Receives Low Ratio of Applause to Boos at the NAACP Convention
In which the audience applauded upholding traditional family and booed the elimination of Obamacare, and Mitt Romney remained an idiot.
Edwin Leslie Stands Up To Governor Jan Brewer, Makes a Lot of Sense About Cents
Edwin Leslie, appointed by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to the State of Arizona Tourism Advisory Council, resigned on Tuesday in protest of Brewer’s attempt to discontinue healthcare benefits for same-sex partners of state employees. He deserves our applause.
Young Conservatives for the Freedom to Marry: Gay Marriage is Family Values
“By taking out the ‘moral’ question of marriage equality and instead communicating it in Republican lingo itself, this campaign may have found a way to get someone to listen.”
Lesbian Super PAC New Milestone For Large Sums of Money in Politics
A group of high-powered lesbians have started a super PAC to work for issues that matter to women and LGBT people.
Defunding of Queer Health Resources Means It Kinda Sucks To Be Gay In Queensland Right Now
Queensland’s government health organisation, led by health minister Lawrence Springborg, has removed funding for the Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC), which supports LGBTQI health throughout the State.
London’s World Pride 2012: This Is What “Plan B” Looks Like
“It’s already mental that we are expecting people to come from far and wide to dance about in our pitiful wet July weather, but the fact that we cannot get our own mayor to cough up the cash for this event is just making us bitter.”
Dukes v. Wal-Mart and What the Supreme Court Thinks About Oppression
“…a class of people large enough to constitute a population majority—as women did—could not feasibly be “oppressed…”
Texas Teen Lesbian Shooting Victim Remembers That Night, Eyewitness Comes Forward
19-year-old Kristene Chapa is recovering (without health insurance) from the shooting that killed her 18-year-old girlfriend. Also, new information from her family and the Portland Police Department.
Even Exodus International Doesn’t Want to Talk About “Curing” Gays Anymore
Alan Chambers, president of Exodus International and married to Leslie Chambers with two adopted children, now says his group will no longer operate around claims of being able to “cure” anyone.
Germany Sends Lesbian Refugee Back To Iran With a Little Advice: Pretend To Be Straight
Samira Ghorbani Danesh faces imprisonment and torture if German courts don’t reverse a recent decision.
Gay Rights Are Not Queer Liberation
“I’m not sorry we can now enter the military, and I’m not sorry that we can now marry. But frankly I come from a moment in time, and a radical vision in time, that never made marriage or the military my criteria of success.”
Marriage Equality Not the Same Thing As Divorce Equality for Gay Couples
What happens if you’re gay married but don’t want to be anymore? It might be incredibly difficult.
Navy Officer Actually Fired For Letting Anti-Gay Hazing Go On For Eight Months
In which there are actual consequences for the hazing and harassment of a gay sailor.
Here’s What’s Happening With Gay Marriage In The UK
David Cameron says yay, the church says nay, Parliament has the final say.
The Atlantic Tells Us Why Women Can’t “Have It All” and What We Should Do About It
Having a job, having a family, having feminist principles and having it all.
Lawsuit Challenges DOMA’s Almighty Power Over New York Law
A Westchester woman is suing her employer for denying her wife medical coverage.
GOProud’s Gay Lunkheads Endorse Mitt Romney
GOProud has endorsed Mitt Romney and remain obnoxiously short-sighted about what a Romney presidency would mean for the LGBT community.