Technology For Table Top Gamers
What happens when you mix technology and table top games? These apps! And these games!
The Comment Awards Want To Marry You
Best Pride month ever!
21 Times The Gay Marriage Dissenters Stomped Their Feet Like Petulant Children
The gentleman on the losing side of the gay marriage decision didn’t go quietly. Here’s some of the worst of their grumbling.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Tongue Depressor #5
“When I was in high school, I punched a wall to feel something besides the tightness in my chest.”
30 Things That Made Us Cry On Marriage Equality Day, Take A Kleenex
“It is so ordered.”
Queer Histories Matter: How Ancient History Played a Starring Role in the Marriage Equality Case
“Queer histories matter not only for our own sense of identity and pride, but because they impact our legal realities, too.”
VIDEO: Watch Obama’s Stunning Eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney in Charleston
The president touched on gun control, the poverty cycle, the pandemic of police offers committing acts of racist violence, America’s embedded legacy of racism, the failures of the United States’ criminal justice system, the terror of the Confederate flag, and so much more.
Things I Read That I Love #178: Silence Is So Often Applauded and Those Who Speak Out Are Often Called Tasteless
Topics include Charleston, Columbia House, Disney superfans, the sharing economy, romance novels, Margaret Cho and more!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Let’s Do The Limbo
What are you waiting for? Let’s wait together.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Greenlights Marriage Equality, WE WON A MAJOR THING
In a historic decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right.
Orange Is the New Black Episode 304 Recap: Butch Please, Life’s A Butch, Etc.
“Yes, I’ve been ousted from Internet retirement by the sweet harkening of a fellow bulldyke on TV. And truly, I was not disappointed.”
Support SNAPSHOT: Queer Women Of Color Making Sexy Porn
Support SNAPSHOT, the queer love story that focuses on Women of Color and amazing, totally consensual sex! We’re the love interests, the doms, the desirable ones and we are in control of our narratives. Shine Louise Houston is giving us the goods.
Lez Liberty Lit #75: Don’t Read Twice, It’s All Right
Queer Book Club has lots of great recommendations, a new short story by Malinda Lo, a feminist coloring book and more!
23 Extra-Special Things You Wanted Us To Know About You On Our Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey
“I went on a date with Laneia once.”
A+ Podcast Episode Four: The Baby Queer Years
Our baby queer years were a confusing yet special time in our lives with lots of mishaps talking to girls in bars, exploring the lesbian internet, coming out to friends and navigating our first loves. Get in here and listen to the latest A+ Podcast!
VIDEO: Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Six — Finding Out the Sex
“It wasn’t until after I heard confirmation from the doctor that our baby did in fact look healthy and well, until after I wiped the gel off my stomach and pulled my shirt back down — until I got outside even, on the way to our car — that it really sunk in. I was having a ****. I am having a ****.”
Research Shows Supporting Families so They Can Better Support LGBT Youth is Key
“Families are the most predictive of well-being, but families are still not seen as important as peers and community support services,” said Dr. Caitlin Ryan.
News Fix: Supreme Court Backs Fair Housing Act and Affordable Care Act and More News Stories
Jennicet Gutiérrez of FAMILIA TQLM ejected from a White House reception for speaking out about LGBT detainees, Mo’ne Davis is drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters, a new report from the ACLU about the wealth gap between black and white Americans, court cases regarding witches, and more!
Playlist: Songs I Used to Play at Parties in College
Maybe I’m romaticizing, maybe I’m nostalgic, maybe I’m drunk. But all I know is, I used to ride around with the windows down singing Nicki Minaj and everything was perfect and nothing hurt.
VIDEO: Button and Bly’s Travel Show in Provincetown
Ptown, as it’s lovingly known, is a fun-filled beach town packed to the brim with pool parties, a great nightlife and even a booze cruise!