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Society + Culture

Sunday Funday, Fortune Feimster, and Laverne Cox Wanna Make Your Queer Dreams Come True

Fortune Feimster is living the dream, a puppy is playing soccer better than I ever have, Matalan loves gay families and so does Hillary Clinton, and also did I mention there’s a cat in here that is also a nurse and also Jazz honoring Laverne Cox? Don’t miss out. Get in here!

Carmen April 19, 2015 3 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Call You Filthy Names

Problems with the Feminist Porn Awards, mandatory LGBT sexuality- and gender-related education for everyone (and what happens in abstinence-based sex ed classes), poly dating and more.

Ryan Yates April 19, 2015 5 Comments
Geekery

So You Want to Host Your Website

You’ve come up with the concept, you’ve bought the domain name, you might even have built it already — now, how do you get it on the internet?

A.E. Osworth April 18, 2015 15 Comments
Community

It’s Time For Autostraddle’s International Meet Me At The Record Store Day 2015

From Dolly Parton to the Pizza Underground, we’ve got you covered.

Stef April 18, 2015 8 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Baopu #7

“It didn’t matter that it snowed so much.”

Yao Xiao April 18, 2015 10 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Getting On About Getting It On

Let’s get down to business.

carrie April 17, 2015 7 Comments
TV Feature

Fan Fiction Friday: Get In the Mood to Make Crazy Science With 15 “Orphan Black” Fics

Enough Cosima and Delphine sweetness (and smut) to keep you occupied until this weekend’s season three premiere.

Heather Hogan April 17, 2015 17 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #173: Blame Our Generation For Overanalyzing Everything

Topics include being childless by choice, “white trash food,” Christopher Columbus the mass murderer, Hillary Clinton, the Millennials’ Sexual Revolution, gun violence and more!

Riese April 17, 2015 6 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Do You Take With You?

What do you pack when you have to pack lightly? (Not in that sense of packing.) (Or is it???)

Ryan Yates April 17, 2015 106 Comments
Culture

What Does It Mean To Be A Queer Adult? The Autostraddle Roundtable

What does it mean to be a queer adult? We’ve got mini-essays from our writers over thirty and three glorious infographics that look at census data and our own Autostraddle Grown-Ups Survey Data to get a grip on what happens next.

Riese April 17, 2015 107 Comments
Movie Features

GLAAD Studio Responsibility Index Reveals Queer Women Basically Don’t Exist In Movies

“Yep, that’s right. Out of 314 major Hollywood film releases, one single film — Melissa McCarthy’s Tammy — passed the Vito Russo test with queer female characters.”

Heather Hogan April 16, 2015 36 Comments
Literature

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!

Ryan Yates April 16, 2015 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.”

The Speakeasy April 16, 2015 9 Comments
Queer Pregnancy

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!

Lindsay April 16, 2015 33 Comments
AF+

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.”

Riese April 16, 2015 54 Comments
Politics + Activism

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!

Rachel April 16, 2015 10 Comments
Travel

VIDEO: Button and Bly’s Travel Show in Big Bear, California

Big Bear, where bears are big and beer flights are awesome.

Button and Bly April 15, 2015 5 Comments
AF+

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.

Chelsey April 15, 2015 27 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

Maddie April 15, 2015 30 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.”

the team April 15, 2015 28 Comments
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