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Shooting at Orlando Gay Nightclub Leaves 50 Dead

One thing is clear — this was a homophobic attack.

Yvonne June 12, 2016 117 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Evan Rachel Wood Has Some Bisexual Feelings For Pride Month

Evan Rachel Wood discusses what it’s like to be a bisexual human being in the world, and it is perfect.

Stef June 11, 2016 32 Comments
Book Lists Geekery

Queer Your Tech’s Summer Reading List: Books About Technology

I want to spend some time this summer really cracking in to books about technology, especially when the ideas therein have special and specific interaction with the queer digital space I occupy for so much of my time. Here’s my list.

A.E. Osworth June 11, 2016 10 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #22

“Turn off the noises in your head.”

Yao Xiao June 11, 2016 11 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: SHE IS RISEN!

French Slytherins never die.

Heather Hogan June 10, 2016 44 Comments
Book Features

Every Jane Austen Novel If They Were Gay and Also Historically Inaccurate

Insufferable uptight raw vegan Fanny Price has been raised by her rich aunt and uncle, because her immediate family is poor and does not have the money for the Vitamix and fruit dehydrator she requires.

Rachel June 10, 2016 47 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Pretty on Fleek

I’m feeling myself this week. Are you? Get in here and tell me about it!

Ari June 10, 2016 240 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Learns To Live Again

We’ve got fan fiction, threesomes, Heather Hogan’s sister and so much more!

Bren June 10, 2016 8 Comments
Queer Fashion

Straight White Men’s Ring Placements and Their Meanings: A Guide

Making an appearance: the turquoise ring.

Erin June 10, 2016 56 Comments
Politics + Activism

The Movement to Save Sarah Proves “Praying Away the Gay” Still a Real Danger

How her extended family is trying to save Sarah from a Christian “pray away the gay” camp, new ads in NY affirming trans people’s bathroom rights, a lesbian chef attacked in Charlotte, NC, and more.

Rachel June 9, 2016 13 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit #99: I Hate Queen Victoria But Love Bisexuality

The 2016 Lambda Literary Award winners, summer reading suggestions, why hardcover is the new vinyl, why language is colonized and more.

Ryan Yates June 9, 2016 9 Comments
TV Lists

21 Fictional Ghosts, Ranked

Before Ghostbusters arrives in theaters and ushers in the Matriarchy and destroys all evidence that men ever existed in movies or in real life, let us celebrate the best ghosts.

Heather Hogan June 9, 2016 26 Comments
First Person

A Road Trip With Your Father In Honor of His 74th Birthday, In Playlist Form

A road trip which happens to coincide with the occasion of Prince’s death and the release of “Lemonade.”

Aisha June 9, 2016 8 Comments
LGBT History

10 Times These Fake Sociologists Marveled That Lesbian Femmes Exist

“These women are called femmes, and their appearance is often deceiving. They dress in clothing associated with wholly feminine women, and an uninitatied person would never suspect them of sexual deviation.”

Riese June 9, 2016 37 Comments
Breakups Playlists

Playlist: Instead Of Texting Your Ex, Listen To These Songs

There’s no better distraction than music to keep your heart and hands from sending a message you might regret.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 9, 2016 12 Comments
Politics + Activism

Rebel Girls: 9 Queer Glass Ceiling Crashers Currently Doing Good Sh*t

There’s a whole lot of patriarchy left to shatter in this cruel world, including at every level of our government. And we need people to crash through glass ceilings in politics who aren’t just straight women.

Carmen June 8, 2016 11 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Pop Culture Fix: “Supergirl” Is Getting Gay With Detective Maggie Sawyer

Batwoman’s girlfriend is coming to National City, another sneak peek of Finding Dory, queer comedians tell the most important jokes, white dudes continue to rule TV, and Bobby Brown says Whitney Houston was bi after all.

Heather Hogan June 8, 2016 28 Comments
Straddleverse

Meet Autostraddle’s Newest Staff Writers!

You’ve read their writing so now let’s officially meet them!

the team June 8, 2016 53 Comments
Money + Work

This Business Of Art Fix #30: Where Do You Work (From Home)?

Topics include sitting on the couch, the most popular political candidates on social media, work/life balance, changes at Longform and moar!

Riese June 8, 2016 19 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Jenny Owen Youngs Leads The Green Team To Victory

Also, Ellen Page is making short films about her dog, Amandla Stenberg is smoldering and Jiz Lee is taking us on a journey to the butch ballet.

Stef June 8, 2016 16 Comments
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