A+ Fireside Chat #1: After AfterEllen and Gay Doritos
This episode of Fireside Chat deals mostly with the demise of AfterEllen, but it also has a segment by Erin that’s guaranteed to make this day worth living. Get in here!
WATCH: Tegan and Sara Are Unfazed by Suggestive Ring Pop in “Stop Desire” Video
Tegan and Sara are running errands at otherwise-mundane spaces — the laundromat, the post office, the market — where they are bombarded by innuendo in everything from envelope-licking to ears of corn. The result is very funny and very sexy.
Impossible Machinery: On (Not) Coming Out to My Dad as Bisexual
“I feel as if I am filled to the brim, fit to spill, with how much I love her and how much I resent being a secret. It makes me feel invisible and alone but I stand by her. I stand by her until I can’t anymore. When we break up, I am more determined than ever to come out to my father.”
Follow Your Arrow: Hinterland’s Jolene and Trinia on Doing Business With Your Partner
The line between work and life is definitely blurred. Work events become social events, chance meetings become networking and because we are always wearing Hinterland gear and up to no good, theres always an opportunity for a photo shoot!
Hashtag…Repeat: Protests Erupt Over Fatal Police Shootings in Tulsa and Charlotte
From queer activists friends on the ground in Charlotte reporting on Facebook, I’m hearing stories that the police are using tear gas, shooting protestors with rubber bullets, and the media has confirmed that police officers have shot a protestor in the head who is in critical condition.
“Limbo” Will Haunt and Decapitate You (In A Fun Way)
Limbo looks adorable, but it’s a haunting 2-D puzzle game with a dark mystery and a bizarro ending.
If Women’s Magazine Covers Were Aimed at Queer Women, Pt. 2
Featuring: Evan Rachel Wood, Kate McKinnon and Stephanie Beatriz!
Poly Pocket: Building Intentional Community and Relationship Anarchy
Here’s how a 33-year-old queer, polyamorous, white, trans woman living in Chicago who’s married and has a long-term girlfriend does poly.
Burn Your Hipster Headdresses: Native Fashion Here & Now!
You love Native designs, support racial justice, and want to contribute to the growth of Native fashion and communities? You’re in luck!
Pop Culture Fix: I Definitely Spotted a Lesbian In The JonBenet Ramsey Documentary, So
As of Friday AfterEllen will be in the hands of a straight cis man instead of lesbian & bisexual women, meet the sexiest queerest H&M ad of all time, The Guardian thinks queers are the coolest, Jill Soloway talks Transparent Season Three and regrets over casting a cis man, a lot of Hari Nef in general and more crucial pop culture stories for your day!
Oh Hey! It’s Alyssa #5: A Woman To Love
“Her? She was different.”
No Filter: Holland Taylor And Sarah Paulson Are The Only Proof Love Still Exists
A lot of celebrities are making questionable health choices, but Brittani Nichols is making all the right choices 100% of the time.
Autostraddle + Sorte: A Merch Match Made In Heaven
We’re collaborating with Venezuelan design and clothing company Sorte Tienda to bring handmade, screenprinted, and very queer t-shirts into your life.
Fool’s Journey: The Key Cards That Make or Break a Tarot Deck
When I’m looking at new tarot decks, there are a few particular cards I like to check out first, to see how the artist has interpreted them.
AfterEllen Is Shutting Down
AfterEllen’s contribution to lesbian and bisexual visibility is incalculable. Friday is the website’s last day.
Wisconsin Lesbian Couple Win Discrimination Lawsuit Over Their Child’s Birth Certificate
A federal judge ruled last Wednesday that Wisconsin officials discriminated against a married lesbian couple for not allowing the non-biological mother’s name on their child’s birth certificate.
A Gay Girl’s Guide to Fall 2016 TV: Featuring All The Queer Lady Characters Who Haven’t Died (Yet)
Sappho protect us.
Drawn to Comics: Power & Magic Brings Women of Color and Witches Together in The Best Anthology Ever
“I hope queer readers of color walk away with that slightly breathless feeling that happens after finishing a great story. I want that to occur without the awful heart-sinking anxiety that wells in your chest when you realize no one in the story looks or loves like you do (again).”
Annotated: Julia Nunes, “All The Same”
“Hi, I’m Julia Nunes and I’m a recovering people pleaser.”
Pumpkin Spice Lattes: Brought to You By Brown & Indigenous People
As a smol, Brown consumer of Pumpkin Spice Lattes, I want to make the case that the PSL is *not* the Basic One in that latte-white girl relationship.