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Also.Also.Also: Latina Superhero La Boriqueña Stands With Orlando and Other Stories for Your Weekend

“I need a hero! I’m holding out for La Boriqueña ’til the end of the night!” Also, a Broadway benefit for Orlando, a secret feminist society, #QueerSelfLove, the Dream Defenders go to Israel and Palestine, the top five feminist conspiracies, and the Canadian national anthem gets a gender update.

KaeLyn June 17, 2016 18 Comments
Straddleverse

OPEN THREAD: Poussey Washington Has My Heart; Who Has Yours?

How have you been taking care of yourself this week? How far into the season are you? Get in here and tell me everything.

Laura Mandanas June 17, 2016 181 Comments
Politics + Activism

Democrats Force Vote on Gun Control as Republicans Block Vote for LGBT Employment Protections

Votes on gun control and a failure to vote on LGBT employment protections, more news in the aftermath of the Pulse shooting in Orlando, reading the Stanford rape victim’s letter in Congress, and more.

Rachel June 16, 2016 13 Comments
First Person

Moments Like These (Where People Are Repulsed By My Existence)

Like the time we got kicked out of a restaurant mid-meal by the owner because of a kiss.

Erin June 16, 2016 118 Comments
Money + Work

Follow Your Arrow: Coach Elizabeth Cooper on Grounding Her Business in Self Care

“An integral part of my business is to create and cultivate positive, meaningful, supportive relationships with everybody from my clients to my colleagues, people I’m renting space from, potential clients, etc. It’s important to me that my actions demonstrate my values that every person and every body deserves love, respect, and care.”

Beth June 16, 2016 7 Comments
Geekery Shopping

Relevant To Your Interests: Cooperative Boardgames for Tough Times

Some of these boardgames have individual winners at the end, some don’t, but all allow you to band together for a short time and take on a much more manageable enemy than “hate,” “the patriarchy,” and “the rest of the whole damn world.”

A.E. Osworth June 16, 2016 29 Comments
Community

“Escúchame For Orlando” Lets LGBTQ Latinxs Share Their Voice On The Pulse Shooting

Escúchame for Orlando is “a place for queer Latinxs to come together and let our voices be heard about the massacre in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. This is an anonymous space because whether you’re out to the whole world, or just to yourself, you deserve to be heard.”

Mey June 15, 2016 5 Comments
First Person

Not Quite There Yet: Safety and Progress In Light of the Pulse Shooting

“The morning after the horrific shooting, and the days that followed, I understood part of my father’s fear. Animosity towards LGBTQ people has not gone the way of black and white T.V. sets, phone booths, or travel by horse and carriage. It was and is very much alive.”

Angelica Liz June 15, 2016 28 Comments
Politics + Activism

Queer Latinxs Share Love, Rage, Sadness and Strength For Our Family Lost in Orlando

Here are just a few of the many, many LGBTQ Latinxs in our community who are speaking up and speaking out to make sure that queer Latinxs are not erased.

Mey June 15, 2016 32 Comments
Politics + Activism

Notes From A Queer Engineer: What’s the Most Effective Gun Control Strategy?

If we allow gun violence to continue blighting communities of color, we have failed. But if we enact gun control measures that aid the police state in criminalizing Black and brown bodies, we have also failed.

Laura Mandanas June 15, 2016 71 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Oh God Tegan And Sara Are Ruining My Life In These Masks

Also, the cast of Orange Is The New Black are being extra adorable, Demi Lovato is on the warpath and Ruby Rose maybe has a new girlfriend.

Stef June 15, 2016 30 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Orange is The New Black” S4 Promises Delightful Poussey and Soso Situation

“Orange is the New Black” is almost here and spoilers and (tepid) reviews abound! Also: transgender visibility on TV, Whitney Houston, and the Lifetime remake of Mother May I Sleep With Danger With a Lesbian Vampire Twist.

Riese June 15, 2016 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

Black Trans Woman Goddess Diamond Is The 14th Trans Person Murdered in the U.S. This Year

“She was very loved, and was very kind,” her co-worker told a New Orleans newspaper. “And that’s what makes this more difficult. In addition to losing a friend, we lost an LGBT leader.”

Heather Hogan June 14, 2016 34 Comments
Politics + Activism

What We Know About the Pulse Shooting in Orlando So Far

Links, updates, and further reading on the Pulse shooting, the aftermath, the victims, the gunman, gun control, politics, some resources and centering queer Latinx voices.

Yvonne June 14, 2016 21 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Mara Wilson is Queer: Actress Felt Moved To Say She’s One Of Us

“If Mara’s coming out helps even one more Kinsey 2 realize they have the right to support and love among other queers, then that is the rich fruit borne of a celebrity making herself visible.”

Adrian June 14, 2016 37 Comments
AF+

A+ Inbox LIVE #9: Who’s Cleaning Up That Whipped Cream?

*Available to all A+ members, including Cobalt and Bronze.* On this week’s show, we discuss underwears and the personal evolution thereof, crushing on your bestie roommate, and how you’re feeling about this redesign. Also, hey, what was the Saved By The Bell of your generation?

Laneia June 14, 2016 23 Comments
Politics + Activism

These Are The Seven Women Who Were Killed In Orlando

Seven women of color were killed this weekend at Pulse in Orlando and these are their stories.

Riese June 14, 2016 27 Comments
Geekery

Drawn to Comics: “Strangers In Paradise” Is An Old Reminder Of The Power Of Happily Ever After

Over a decade ago, Terry Moore realized what so many storytellers before and after him have been too obtuse to see — that happy endings for gay people aren’t cliche. They’re not the norm. They’re rare and remarkable and we hold them in our hearts forever.

Heather Hogan June 14, 2016 16 Comments
TV Reviews

“Steven Universe: The Return” Brings Your Favorite Gay Space Rocks To DVD!

Imagine you’re a child today and you’re watching Steven Universe: The Return and you finally see yourself not only represented on a show that’s specifically made for you, but treated with respect, love and reverence — and then imagine that you’re finally able feel those things about yourself.

Mey June 14, 2016 5 Comments
Sex

Bottoms Up: My Time In The Dungeon

“I was on my ninth cigarette when the dom about to give me the most affirming experience I’d had as a sub came to stand next to me.”

Ari June 14, 2016 9 Comments
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