“Transparent” TV Pilot Features Trans Mom, Queer Women, Additional Delightful Things
“An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone’s secrets to spill out.”
Get Baked: Beet-ing Hearts & Citrus Quinoa Salad for Your Most Colorful Valentine’s Day Ever
What says “I love you” or any other variation of it, more than “I carved these beets into hearts for you”?
VIDEO: Out Olympian Belle Brockhoff Will Say What She Wants To Say
Danielle Warby chats with Belle Brockhoff about coming out on national television, being a gay athlete at the Sochi Olympics, and her crush on Mila Kunis.
VIDEO: “Apocalypse” by DeAnne Smith Will Rip Out Your Heart, Brains, Entrails
God, DeAnne. You just get me.
VIDEO: And Now, A Dramatic Reading of Kristen Stewart’s Poetry
Perhaps you are like me, and spent most of yesterday sobbing gently at the beautiful truths expressed in Kristen Stewart’s recently published poem “My Heart Is A Wiffle Ball/Freedom Pole.”
Also.Also.Also: Pussy Riot’s A Bunch of Man-Hating Lesbian Zombies and They Like It That Way and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Because it wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day without zombie lesbian kisses.
10 Procedural TV Characters I’d Like To See In A Sitcom Or Drama Or Something Like That
I wish there was a way to get more Penelope Garcia, H.G. Wells and Olivia Benson into my life with less murder, like if they were all on the same hour-long HBO drama? Just saying.
Rhymes with Witches: Forget Backstabbing, Gilmore Girls’ Paris Geller Fights With Wit And Brains
Though her name is not Gilmore, Paris Geller is the true break out character in this gem of a series, as one of the most heart wrenching and complex portraits of a teenage mean girl.
Liquor In The V-Day: My Bloody Valentine
We present to you a V-Day drink that could be romantic, bro-mantic or no-mantic — either way, it’ll still be delicious.
Intense Lesbian Fanfiction Part Two: Courtney’s In a Coma
“Of course I’ve heard of Smith! Are you fucking kidding me? Every lesbian has heard of Smith. It’s fucking Lesbian Hogwarts. God. They’re all there, with their hair always on point, studying sociology, and the leaves are yellow and filtering sunlight through them because it’s always autumn there because autumn is beautiful and the whole continent has conspired to make that place beautiful and lovely and gay. Gay as fuck.”
Nicaraguan Lesbians Make Visibility Dreams Come True With “Cuando Las Lesbianas Hablamos”
In Nicaragua, homosexuality is decriminalized, but queer people have few legal protections. This project provides a new avenue for people to understand the experiences of Nicaraguan lesbians.
Idol Worship: Angela Davis Is My Ultimate Feminist Icon
Angela Davis will never be silenced, and her speaking out means that the rest of us are safely carried on the backs of giants when we do so ourselves.
“My Prairie Home” Proves You Can Go Home Again: A Review of Rae Spoon & Chelsea McMullan’s Documentary
“My Prairie Home is more than pretty skies and poetic wheat fields. It’s also about growing up different in a difficult environment and what it means to survive.”
US Department Of Justice Extends More Rights To Same-Sex Couples, Acknowledges Intersectionality & The Struggle
“Attorney General Eric Holder has announced that a whole crop of new federal criminal and civil justice-related rights will be extended to same-sex couples across the country.”
Casey Stoney Comes Out, Becomes UK’s Most Famousest Gay Soccer Player
The gayest thing in British women’s soccer since Bend It Like Beckham.
Star Trek N00b, Episode 10: Dagger of the Mind (Space Insane Asylum)
Whooo, welcome to the tenth recap of Star Trek: The Original Series! This one includes lots of hetero kissing, but also lots of a lady kicking ass.
More Than Words: Gay Pt. 2 — Gay Cats
Come on, you knew there’d be cats involved.
Jewlyes Gutierrez Enters Conflict Resolution Program, But Systemic Violence Against Trans Women of Color Remains
“While the charges against Jewlyes have not yet been formally dropped, this development unquestionably represents a big step in the right direction. Meanwhile, the fact that this situation even occurred in the first place speaks to a much larger issue about the bullying that LGBT youth face in school and elsewhere, which falls particularly hard on trans youth, especially trans women of color.”
Here’s to Dill, the True Culinary Champion
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more dill than snow at Sochi right now.
Michael Sam Is Gay: SEC Defensive Player of the Year and NFL Prospect Comes Out
Michael Sam, one of college football’s best defensive players and a strong NFL hopeful, came out as gay in a historic move.