Heather’s Team Pick: My Garbage Cat Wakes Me Up at 3AM Every Day
Meow and cry at the same time while kneading your dumb little paws, until you deplete your owner’s sleep meter and wake her up!
Daily Fix: London Chanel, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Philly and Other News Stories
The way the media reported on the deadly Waco shootout, a trans woman was stabbed in Philly, there’s new restrictions on military style equipment for the local police and more news stories!
Drawn to Comics: Have You Seen the Supergirl First Look Yet!?!?
I wasn’t really expecting a lot from this show, but I’m not gonna lie, I was crying by the end of this preview… and halfway through it…
Boob(s) On Your Tube: Fall TV Ends With a Whimper, Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant are Accidental Lesbians on SNL
Jane the Virgin, Arrow, and Grey’s Anatomy close out the TV season and ready us for the return of Orange Is the New Black.
Voting Yes: A Guide to the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum
Ireland could be the first country in the world to have voted, as a population, for marriage equality. Though she be small, she is mighty.
You Need Help: Negotiating A Queer Bachelorette Party
You want to have a bachelorette party together, but your girlfriend loves the spotlight and you don’t. Here’s how you navigate that.
50 Salads. Zero Lettuce.
What is a salad, really?
ABC Family Brings the Real-Life “Transparent” with “Becoming Us” (And That’s Not a Great Thing)
I found myself crying halfway through the first episode — not because the show was touching my heart, but because I couldn’t believe how Carly was being talked about by her family.
VIDEO: Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar’s “Bad Blood” Music Video Is Fucking Awesome
Remember when suddenly OLIVIA BENSON showed up though
Sorry Y’all, Cate Blanchett Didn’t Actually Have Many Relationships With Women
Let us mourn our loss together: the whisper of a promise of a world we never knew.
Sunday Funday’s All About the Tubmans, Baby (And These Super Gay Cities)
A fish you’ll wish you could snuggle, gay taxis and gay streetlights, Hillary Clinton’s heartfelt letter to the couple from her heartwarming campaign announcement, a prominent voice in Irish media comes out and doesn’t give a f*ck about her damn reputation, Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson tie the knot, the Church of Scotland opens doors for queers, and Harriet Tubman might be the new face of the $20 bill. How’s them apples?
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Being Inappropriate In A Hardware Store
Buying lube, being submissive, tweeting porn, (not) blaming your bad relationship with a person on your good relationship with your phone and more.
HBO’s “Bessie” is The Bisexual Badass Biopic Of Our Dreams
Watch Bessie. Do it for the moments of bisexual badassery. Do it for the love of the blues. But goddammit, watch Bessie because her legacy is an important part of our history as queers in this world.
What I Learned When I Asked the Internet if I Should Make a Reddit Account
Spoiler alert: I did wind up getting a Reddit account, and I’m enjoying myself so far.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #8
I’m not afraid.
Things I Read That I Love #175: The Return Of Witch-Hunting
Topics include Oscar the Grouch, Monster-in-Law, Uber, Key & Peele, the cruise industry, nail salons and more!
Fan Fiction Friday: 15 “Warehouse 13” Bering and Wells Stories to Honor Endless Wonder
Do you smell apples? I smell apples.
The Comment Awards Are Buzzing With Excitement
Queer prom adventures, Frosted Mini Wheats and bees!
Trans Women Prisoners Suffer Most From Failures To Stop Prison Rape
Many eyes are on Passion Star, but overall the urgency around prison rape has faltered in the 12 years since PREA passed, the Times notes. Regulations won’t do much if prisons and state governments don’t have cultures of taking sexual violence, especially against LGB and trans prisoners, seriously.
Friday Open Thread: Longing and Lusting for the Open Road
Oh, how I wish we could go on a road trip right now! Have you ever gone road trippin’? Tell me about your best road trip IRL or in your mind. Where did you go? Or where would you go? Alone or with a friend or lover? Describe it to me!