Lez Liberty Lit #70: These Libraries, Those Libraries
Books by people of color are more likely to be banned, Cherríe Moraga on the re-release of This Bridge Called My Back, a new webseries that’s basically lesbian pulp fiction come to life and more!
The QTPOC Speakeasy Speaks Out On Walter Scott and Eric Harris
“The Speakeasy has been restless this past week, working through our feelings, and trying to understand what justice looks like to us. Some of us believe in the abolishment of prisons, others just want to see criminals treated equally regardless of skin color. We are trying to reconcile our short-term needs with our long-term goals.”
Makin’ Babies: How I Self-Inseminated and You Can, Too
Welcome to a new series about how we made our babies! This week you’ll learn how to inseminate yourself and the importance of the pillow-to-butt ratio!
34 Excerpts From Riese’s Diaries, 2008 – 2014
“I feel that I have no idea what will happen next. Does anyone else on this plane understand this or feel this way.”
Daily Fix: Republicans Didn’t Rise to the Occasion for Equal Pay Day and More News Stories
The state of conversion therapy, campus sexual assault protests at Columbia, Marylin Zuniga and get-well cards for Mumia, an anti-trans bathroom bill in Nevada, abortion laws in Oklahoma, and more!
VIDEO: Button and Bly’s Travel Show in Big Bear, California
Big Bear, where bears are big and beer flights are awesome.
The A+ Bee Issue Eighteen: You Otter Know
Here you will find the cutest damn otter puzzle you’ve ever seen, a peek into what the Cincy straddlers have been up to, a haiku from Carmen Rios herself AND SO MUCH MORE.
Five Reasons the Fight for $15 Matters for LGBT People
Raising the minimum wage is a critical piece in a complex puzzle of alleviating economic struggle for queer and trans people.
What We’re Gonna Talk About When We Talk About Hillary Clinton
“Throughout our coverage of this campaign, no single writer’s work will represent an official Autostraddle stance on her candidacy or policies.”
Daily Fix: “Orange is the New Black” Releases 45 Seconds Of Season Three and Other Breaking Pop Culture News Stories
Poussey and Suzanne have a disagreement, Liz Feldman gets funny with UHH and Lauren Morelli, Faustina Agolley comes out, Michelle Rodriguez finds bisexuality very organic, ABC Family is sexy and other super-important pop culture stories in your face!
6 Ways to Get Your Crush’s Pet to be Obsessed With You
Please fight every urge you have to chase them down and squeeze the dog/cat’s face with your own face or hands while very loudly exclaiming HOW MUCH YOU JUST FREAKIN’ LOVE CATS OR DOGS ZOMGSRSLY. Don’t be this guy.
50 Fascinating Things You Really Wanted Us To Know About How You Have Sex
“I say a lot of things about myself during sex that I would not say about myself at any other time, primarily phrases like “I’m your bitch.”
Top 8 Weirdo Things I Ate During Passover
“I couldn’t read the ingredient list but I’m pretty sure it was kosher. I ate it on matzah, duh.”
Clone Club Group Text: Tatiana Maslany Is Every Emoji on “Orphan Black”
Season three lands on Saturday, y’all! It’s time to get psyched!
Daily Fix: Indiana’s In a Hurry to Rebrand and More News Stories
A trans woman wins her lawsuit against her former discriminatory employer, a Wiccan priestess leads the Iowa legislature in prayer, law enforcement has killed at least 5,600 people since 2000 and more news stories!
The Fugly Dyke Chronicles: How Getting Trolled About My Insecurities Is The Best Thing That Ever Happened to My Self-Esteem
“I didn’t even tell her when the notes started getting specific. Someone calling out my “crossed eyes” in a Tumblr ask. My “pocked skin” in an email. My “hillbilly teeth” on Twitter.”
Drawn to Comics: “Rock and Riot,” the Queer ’50s High School Girl Gang Webcomic That You Need to Read Now
This comic is the one that I want. Oo, oo, oo, honey.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Mad Men” Almost Goes There With Peggy Olson
Lucy Lawless gets gay on Salem, Maggie names Liza’s vagina on Younger, The Bold and the Beautiful keeps borking up its trans storyline.
Playlist: Let’s Have The Time Of Our Lives
Nothing makes me feel like all I need is hard work, determination and a little pop music to achieve my goals, find love and obliterate racist poverty structures like DANCE MOVIES.
Queer Women Masturbate More Than Straight Women, Our Sex Survey Says
On the masturbation practices of the 8,566 humans who took our Ultimate Lesbian Sex Survey — how they do it, for how long, how often, and “how much more than everybody else.”