Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel
A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.
So You Can Fuck Us; What’s Next? Going Beyond Sex With Trans Women
The recent cultural trend of supporting trans women has made us highly prized assets; somehow you can prove your radicalness by being the example of someone who has worked through transmisogyny enough to view us as worthy of sex and love. But what kind of love views us as disposable?
Why Lyft and Uber Endanger Both Passengers and Drivers: A Former Lyft Driver Speaks Out
Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are a great idea in theory, but in actuality they’re quite dangerous — for the passenger and the driver. I should know; I’ve been both.
Movie Review: “Life Partners” is About a Lesbian, Not a Man
I know you probably read the longline (Two codependent best friends — one straight girl, one lesbian — and the man who comes between them.) and wanted to shoot yourself, but this movie isn’t about a man at all AND it’s pretty good.
Fool’s Journey: What Do Tarot Readers Do All Day?
Oh you know, we sit in darkened rooms communing with the spirit world. Not really! Here’s a peek at a day in the life of a few professional tarot peeps… and their cats.
The NFL Scores and FIFA Flops: LGBT Inclusion in Sports Organizations Shouldn’t Be Sidelined
The NFL says hi to LGBT businesses, the World Cup may be like Sochi or worse, and queer women in sports continue to be ignored. Go team, go!
Jury Duty For (Anti-Racist) Dummies
If anything good is going to come out of this jury duty business, maybe it’s that I’m about to kick my ass into gear.
How We Survived Lesbian Bed Death
This is not as rewarding as that “spice up your marriage” advice columnist promised it would be.
Playlist: You’ll Be Traveling For Thanksgiving
Because Serial isn’t long enough yet.
Renee Montoya, Steph Brown, Cass Cain and Oracle are Back in DC’s “Convergence!”
Guess who’s back!
Remembering Us When We’re Gone, Ignoring Us While We’re Here: Trans Women Deserve More
As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.
MO Governor Jay Nixon Enacts Preemptive State of Emergency, Activates National Guard as Response to Ferguson Activism
While the indictment of Wilson is a powder keg issue that could incite riots, it’s not the only end goal of these massive protests. With that said, one way to ensure that the protests will remain peaceful is to put away the military-grade weaponry and indict Darren Wilson: “No Justice, No Peace.”
This Marked-Up 1998 dELiA*s Catalog Is Everything We’ll Miss About Our Fave Teen Retailer
What better way to pay homage to the demise of dELiA*s than by making me scan an entire 1998 catalog that my friend Loren wrote all over?
Some Things Are Impossible: How A Rural Queer Lives With Depression
“Farm work was everything my depressive body was screaming against: sunlight, physical activity, and tiny symbols of the fragility of life all around that I couldn’t remember how to value.”
All 6 Seasons of The L Word Retold By Kittens and Puppies
Yes, Papi. Really.
Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Lesbian, Activist, Author, and Revolutionary Dies at 65
Leslie Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, NY, with hir partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at hir side. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”
53 Recipes For Your Gluten-Free Thanksgiving
We’ve got everything from the things you feed that cousin who always shows up at 9 am to the crazy delicious desserts that will make you forget all that wheat your body hates.
A+ Bee Issue Eight: Your Cup of Bee
This issue is jam-packed full of vitamins and minerals to help you grow big and strong, so don’t worry about eating your vegetables today.
Evan Rachel Wood And Kate Moennig Break Up, Earth Implodes, Sadness Ensues
Just because 99.9% of their relationship happened in my own imagination doesn’t mean it wasn’t real.
Boob(s on Your) Tube: Is Kalinda Sharma Accidentally in Love on The Good Wife?
It was a pretty lame week for queer women on TV, but at least Kalinda and Lana were naked most of the time.