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Movie Features

Hollywood Is Ready For Trans Characters, But Not Trans Actors

Two more films featuring transgender characters will be out this year, but neither of them are played by trans actors. Hollywood seems ready to use trans stories, but remains uncomfortable with trans people on screen.

Mari Brighe November 7, 2014 20 Comments
Sex

You Need Help: So Your Girlfriend Never Ever Ever Wants To Have Sex

“Do I continue to sacrifice my own needs in order to stay in this relationship where I am undesired, or do I end a relationship with so much love and care for the other?”

Riese November 7, 2014 188 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Grey’s Anatomy Episode 1106 Recap: This Could Be Us But You Playin’

In which we scrape the bottom of the Grey’s Anatomy rice pot for the gay pegao.

gabby November 7, 2014 14 Comments
Movie Reviews

Movie Review: “Hotline” Is All About Real Human Connection

Hotline is a film about listening as healing work. In this world where we see life through a filter-washed snap posted to Instagram and Facebook, it may take talking to a complete stranger to be heal the isolation and disconnection we are all susceptible to.

KaeLyn November 7, 2014 1 Comment
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Refuse To Talk Politics

…until Beyonce runs for President.

carrie November 7, 2014 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Street Harassment May Never Disappear, But You’ve Got Rights Too

People surviving street harassment around the world have options. Who knew! 200 plus pages of options, in fact. But one truth remains: all the laws and policies around street harassment haven’t made it disappear.

Carmen November 7, 2014 3 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #152: To Make Thunder Where There Was No Lightning

Topics include “redneck reality TV,” cheerleading, Guantánamo, Reality Bites, rehab, Modern farmer, men and feminism and so much more!

Riese November 7, 2014 4 Comments
Christmas

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: So It’s Totally The Holigay Season Now, Right

Are you feeling the Holigay spirit? Do you hate me for even bringing up that the holiday season is upon us? Either way, GET IN HERE and tell me all about it.

Carmen November 7, 2014 148 Comments
Love + Sex

You Need Help: Attraction to Women and Feeling Like A “Bad Muslim”

“Remember that everyone around you, Muslim and non-Muslim alike, is grappling with a lot of the same things that you are right now: about what they want “family” to look like and mean to them, about sex and sexuality and learning to live in their bodies, about how to hold onto faith when it can feel like there’s not much going for it.”

Fikri November 7, 2014 28 Comments
Politics + Activism

It Looks Like Marriage Equality is Finally Headed to the Supreme Court

A federal appeals court ruled today that the bans on same-sex marriage in four states are constitutional. Today’s decision means SCOTUS will have to make a decision on marriage equality.

Yvonne November 6, 2014 8 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Orange is the New Black Episode 212 Recap: It’s the End of the World as We Know It and I (Don’t Really) Feel Fine

Lots of super serious things happen in this episode where the metaphor of and literal Hurricane Wanda really picks up speed but all I can do is make fun of Portland and be miserable.

Alley Hector November 6, 2014 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

We’re Still Fighting for Reproductive Rights: Keep A Careful Eye On These States

The battle over abortion rights may have ceded its national stage, but it has not stopped raging on.

Kaitlyn November 6, 2014 1 Comment
Pop Culture Fix

Brittani’s Video Party: Cara Delevingne and Grumpy Cat Listen to Serial

Cara Delevingne is funny, a video about gender roles, the Grumpy Cat movie trailer, and a Serial parody party to soothing sounds.

Brittani November 6, 2014 11 Comments
Health

Sober in the City: Wake and Shake with Morning Gloryville’s Sober Raves

The party starts at 6:30 am and ends at 10:30 am.

Ginger Hale November 6, 2014 9 Comments
Music

Kacey Musgraves’ Queer Country Anthem “Follow Your Arrow” Wins Song of the Year at the CMAs!

Our favorite queer-friendly country singer is back at it!

Mey November 6, 2014 12 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Faking It Episode 207 Recap: Lesbians Move Fast

This week on “Faking It,” Amy and Reagan went on a date but then everybody else also came to the date. It was awkward.

Riese November 5, 2014 43 Comments
Politics + Activism

Why The Anti-Street Harassment Movement Needs to Involve More Women of Color

While men of all colors perpetrate street harassment, addressing it in communities of color calls for specific intra-community solutions rather than broad condemnations of male privilege.

Hannah Hodson November 5, 2014 9 Comments
Gender

Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims

Often, trans people are treated as little more than curiosities. Even when they lose their lives to hate crimes and other violence, they are rarely treated as more than clickbait.

Mari Brighe November 5, 2014 11 Comments
Sex

Lots Of Straight Girls Wanna Have Lesbian Sex, Yet Another Study Shows

Nearly 40% of women surveyed had fantasized about getting it on with another woman. Also have you noticed that the sky is especially blue today?

Riese November 5, 2014 50 Comments
Coming Out

You Need Help: Do I Call Myself Bisexual?

“I’m attracted to more than one gender, but am not sure what label to use. “Queer” resonates with me, but am I contributing to bisexual erasure if I don’t ID as bisexual?”

the team November 5, 2014 61 Comments
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