Three Ways To Skip The A-Camp 2016 Waitlist
We’ve got an A-Camp VIP Package plus opportunities for campers who are under 21 and a person of color with hair-cutting chops.
The Comment Awards Enjoys Tea and a Good Book
This week we’ve got flirting with straight people, Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual, Samira Wiley memories and so much more!
I Can’t Figure out Snapchat: Some More Internet Haikus
truly feel blessed that / i’m hard to find on facebook / shout out to my name
Be Your Best Self(ie): Tips From Our Faces To Yours
It’s important to see people who deserve to be celebrated — especially queer people and POC — using selfies to celebrate another day for themselves. We want to see your face out there, so we’ve put together some advice to help you be your best self(ie).
The A+ Bee Issue Thirty-Seven: I Bee-Lieve in a Thing Called Love
This issue has a magical haiku by the equally magical Audrey, a very gay Eye Spy, an A-Camp confession AND SO MUCH MORE. Get in here and get reading.
New Study with Conservative-Approved Methodology Shows Same-Sex Parents are Totally Legit
Even more proof that same-sex parents raise kids with good outcomes, a bathroom bill supporter in TN who’s a rampant sexual harasser, new data on police violence and more.
Lez Liberty Lit #95: My Puppy Ate My To-Read Pile
Weird books, subscription libraries, how to learn to like poetry, books and food and more.
Playlist: Best Songs Never Performed at P3
If you were a popular band in the late 90s/early 2000s but you never appeared on Charmed, then did you even exist in the first place?
Women on TV I’d Like to Befriend
“Jessica Williams would be the type of friend that would tell me to my face that my shirt is open and everyone can see my bra as plainly and swiftly as telling someone her drink order.”
Faking It Episode 305 Recap: We’re Gonna Ask Diane To Be Our Girlfriend!
This week on Faking It, everybody goes to SwingFest but it’s not the kind of SwingFest Karma’s parents thought it would be! HEY-O!
Pop Culture Fix: St. Vincent and Amandla Stenberg Are Making Feminist Movies For You
Plus also: Evan Rachel Wood tells us what perfume has in common with being bisexual, Marie Claire hangs out with Rowan Blanchard, everyone’s still talking about The 100, and many other entertainment news stories for your sweet faces.
Witch Hunt: Natural Remedies and Altar Essentials
We talk about some great episodes of the Lore Podcast, a few terrific essentials for starting off your altar, a bunch of amazing home remedies, and a drawing of a certain True Gay Icon as a witch.
Business Of Art Fix #26: Everybody Wants To Get Paid (Subscriptions)
Medium becomes a publishing platform, gay magazines are so very white, Facebook introduces live video, Spurned Elle Writer Goes On Totally Bananas Rant, proven conversation topics with strangers, Buzzfeed falls short of revenue projections and so much more!
Now Hiring: Full-Time Business Director For Indie LGBTQ Media Team
We’re looking for an ambitious business-savvy Southeast Michigan-based leader with big ideas who can take Autostraddle to the next level.
No Filter: Leisha Hailey Is Here To Fix Your Shed
We’ve got Angel Haze’s cereal monstrosities, Ellen Page all cuddled up and Jen Richards’ dogs finding it difficult to even.
Annotated: Margaret Cho’s Moving Tribute To Anna Nicole
In a new column just for A+ subscribers, some of our select favorite musicians will walk us through the creative process behind their favorite songs. We’re kicking off Annotated with Margaret Cho, who wrote a funny/heartbreaking tribute to Anna Nicole Smith for her new album American Myth.
Rebel Girls: Hegemonic Masculinity 101, As Exemplified By Donald Trump
When it comes to embodying the kind of toxic bullshit gender politics our culture has praised in men for eons, Donald Trump takes the cake.
North Carolina Governor Pretends He Cares About Equality With New Executive Order
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory saves face with an executive order to clarify HB2, but it doesn’t actually do anything; a New Jersey school district approves a pro-trans bathroom policy change; married lesbian couples in Indiana are suing the state for not allowing both parents to be on birth certificates, and more news!
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Wynonna Earp” Brings The Gay As Promised
Waverly and Haught sitting in a tree, F-L-I-R-T-I-N-G!
You Need Help: You’re Bisexual and Your Girlfriend Wishes You Weren’t
“Am I in denial? Should I view this as a total dealbreaker? What is a girl to do?”