The Comment Awards Are Going On Staycation
Meet you in the pillow fort!
Win or Get An A+ Membership and Be There For Our A+ AMA Advice-a-Thon On March 9th
We’re having an Advice-a-Thon/AMA on A+ on Monday to celebrate our sixth birthday with tons of Autostraddle editors and special guests like La Loba Loca, Mallory Ortberg, Dannielle Owens-Reid and more! We’re also giving away some free A+ memberships to ‘Straddlers-in-need and THIS is the post wherein you can get yourself in the running!
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Hello Internet, I’m Back! I Missed You So Much!
Hello I had no Internet for a week and I forgot I existed. Come tell me all about the world around you so I can once again feel the thrill of posting a comment in response to you on this very website! GET IN HERE SO WE CAN LOVE EACH OTHER, DAMN IT.
Things I Read That I Love #169: More Stories We Tell Ourselves In Order to Live
Topics include same-sex adoption, the 50 Shades movie, Keurig cups, the Ferguson Police Department, Susan Berman, the missing Malaysia Airlines flight and moar!
Get Baked: This Chocolate Cake
Sometimes you want a chocolate cake to hit you in the face like a moist, fragrant, delicious brick. With sprinkles.
Lez Liberty Lit #67: Sick Day Reading
Lambda finalists, queer representation in comics, Emily Books getting more awesome and more.
Playlist: I Am Absolutely Not Going Back Outside
It’s going to snow forever and I am completely fucking sick of it.
UK Home Office Says Aderonke Apata Can’t Be Gay Because She Has Children, Duh
“By ignoring the complexities of coming out both those who identify as bisexuals and lesbians with mixed dating histories like Ms. Apata are seen as demonstrating the idea that people can choose their identities with relative ease, and therefore the threat they face is technically self-inflicted.”
You Need Help: Coming Out In Your Mid/Late 20s
The fact that you’re working through all this now doesn’t say anything negative about you or the way you moved through life for the past 24 years. What you did then was valid, and what you’re doing now is valid.
Family Equality Council Honors Glee, Mayor Annise Parker and More at Awards Dinner
The Family Equality Council threw a fabulous shindig that honored the different ways in which people are fighting for LGBTQ equality. Plus, they had an excellent dessert selection.
The Fosters Episode 218 Recap: The Mating Rituals Of Meerkats
Lena and Stef chat about some sexy handcuff situations, while Jude and Connor kiss right on the mouth.
9 Pretty Delightful Lesbian & Queer Comedies You Can Watch Online
AREN’T WE HILARIOUS??!!
Let’s Meet Up and Stay In: Autostraddle’s International Staycation Spectacular is March 14!
We want you – yes, YOU! – to take a staycation, dude. With your fellow ‘straddlers, of course.
5 Ways To Support Ethical Porn (Even If You Can’t Afford It)
Ethical porn can exist, but it needs your help.
Interview With My Ex-Girlfriend: Allison Weiss
The moment I stepped out of the moving truck and saw you, I was like: “something’s not right.”
Alabama Continues Its On-Again, Off-Again Relationship With Same-Sex Marriage
Alabama’s Supreme Court has ordered probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples immediately.
Rebel Girls: Consider This Your Women’s Herstory Month Syllabus
I want us to embark on some serious herstorical journeys through time, but I simply cannot condense herstory into one post, so I’m gonna condense everyone else’s pieces, books, movies, and projects about women’s history into one instead!
Arrest Made in Brutal Murder of Black Trans Woman Islan Nettles
A year and a half after Islan Nettles’ murder, James Dixon has been charged with manslaughter and felony assault in connection with her death.
27 Things I Didn’t Say Out Loud While Watching Teevee
Sure, some things need to be said when they need to be said, but apparently “that’s the guy from Lost!” is not one of those things?
Pretty Little Liars Episode 521 Recap: Vengeance Is Mine
Everyone visits Ali in jail to apologize for getting her arrested for a murder she didn’t commit. And Emily effin’ dances.