Puerto Rico did in fact get that lesbian Supreme Court Chief Justice after all, Italy’s same-sex civil unions bill is gaining steam, Taylor Victor is gonna get to wear her badass lesbian tee shirt to school whenever the f*ck she wants, some Peeps re-enacted Hamilton for you, and the Independent Spirit Awards made trans history!
“We can not use a law from 1789 to regulate a digital space in such an overreaching way.”
“This is gonna be our first apartment together, so it has to be perfect!”
The 100 is so unbelievably gay now, Billie Jean King shines on Fresh Off the Boat, and How to Get Away With Murder gets even more convoluted.
There’s only one (horrible) person responsible for the terrifying legal situation Kesha is in, and unfortunately he’s the only person who can actually set her free.
Topics include Jay-Z, adult braces, heroin, women & guns, tumblr teens, San Jose, the Titanic, murder, teenagers & social media and more!
Things that are stressful: my thesis and Jessica Jones. Things that are great: talking with you in the Friday Open Thread! GET IN HERE AND TELL ME ABOUT YOUR WEEK.
We’ve got pasta currency, bows for your bush, pond scum and so much more!
Welcome to Straddler Nation, a brand-spankin’-new series in which two rockstar meet-up group captains talk to folks building Autostraddle communities IRL around the world. For their first installment, they talked to some folks who started or are taking the reigns over their local groups.
“I made dinner and our entire website fell apart”
NC Governor Pat McCrory is having a meltdown over a Charlotte ordinance that protects LGBT rights, new data shows that up to half of gay and bisexual black men are at risk for HIV, abortion restrictions go into law in Louisiana, and more news.
Regina George was right: You invite a lesbian to a pool party, and it’s gonna get gay.
“My initial reaction was terror and denial mixed with just shock and despair. It was like my life that I knew was shattered.”
Mary Meriam doesn’t flinch at female eroticism, at emotional turmoil, at social upheaval, at the truth of human cruelty. She also doesn’t flinch at rhyme, rhythm, formal constraint, or ancient forms of poetry and language.
In our first episode of a brand-new travel column, we go to a little town in Wisconsin and stay in a very big mansion on a very tall bed.
The Liars all have grand epiphanies about love, except for Emily who runs around in the woods for an hour trying not to get run under (again).
“The Satanic Temple has fully endorsed this movie, so this isn’t a date movie per se but it’s also not not a date movie.”
Life imitates app; here are ten toys from Neko Atsume that you and your cat can enjoy even when your phone is off.
Your heroes on what it’s like to not be a straight white male in Hollywood, 72% of LGBT speaking characters are men, an Oscar voter on why Carol “gets on his nerves,” Kate McKinnon on Ellen, Cameron Esposito’s new show, Ava DuVernay’s “Wrinkle in Time” adaptation and more!
Please enjoy this roundup of tarot bits and bobs on my radar right now. Mostly queer; otherwise, just good stuff you should know about.