Obama Will Finally Sign Executive Order for LGBT Workplace Protection, ENDA Still Nowhere in Sight
Today the White House will announce that an executive order for LGBT workplace protections from federal contractors is finally coming.
Jack Tar 207’s 50 Fierce Femmes List Features Familiar Faces: Mey, Aja and Bevin!
Mey! Aja! Bevin! We love you so much, you fierce femmes!
Orange is the New Black 202: Thank Lesbian Jesus It’s Taystee’s Episode
Litchfield, O Litchfield! How hast thee fared? Didst thou miss me? Much as I have learned over time to not only tolerate Piper but also genuinely enjoy what she brings to the show, a Piperless Litchfield is somehow the best Litchfield yet.
Before You Know It Something’s Over
“He didn’t feel any pain. He died instantly.” That was how she told me that my father was dead. I was 14.
It Wouldn’t Be Sunday Funday Without Laverne Cox, Samira Wiley, and a Bunch of Baby Animals
An adorable proposal, Laverne Cox talking media, and a trans Republican who just won her primary. It’s all in here!
Bout of Nostalgia: Chrono Trigger Makes Us All Heroes
“Male, female, what’s the difference? Power is beautiful and I have the power.”
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Pretty Much Up For Anything
Ambient contact, having sex for the first time, smut, sideboob and more.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Whiskey
“Hello genderfriends and ladlespoons! Today we’re going to talk about whiskey tasting.”
The Comment Awards Are Celebrating Pride and OITNB With Mocktails
We’re playing with Legos, planning pride meet-ups and coming up for air after OITNB season 2.
Playlist: It’s My Pool Party, I’ll Cry If I Want To
Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean your neverending avalanche of feelings has abated.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Where Everybody Knows Your (User)Name
Hey! We kind of need you to get in here in order to make this really a party, y’know?
Texas GOP Walks The Plank of Its Own Platform As State Shimmers With Purple
The GOP is digging its heels into the sand as the tide turns. But hateful platform language and fist shaking will not stop the ocean. Texas is too big to smother with such small ideas.
Lez Liberty Lit #48: It’s Totally Okay To Read YA Novels, You Guys
A new comic from Alison Bechdel, gendered pronouns, volatile organic compounds, arguments about YA fiction, fairy tales and more.
Upon Going Home: Review of “The Messiah Complex”
“The Messiah Complex is radical because it takes on concepts of beauty, class differences, gender roles, and navigates love and life in a trans or gender-nonconforming body, all within a Black context. Never before have I seen so many nuanced themes in an all Black cast.”
Pretty Little Liars Recap 501: EscApe From Your Lesbian Lover
In which we learn that the last two seasons of Pretty Little Liars was actually nothing but dyke drama.
Take the Lead: A Beginner’s Adventure at Queer Tango Festival
“Trying to be cool about it, I stood next to a woman with gravitas who immediately turned to me and asked me to be her partner. She told me she’d been dancing tango as a follow for three years and was now learning to lead. And so yours truly, a middle-aged butch dyke, happily took the position of follow to a 20-something lead in an A-line dress.”
TOMBOYISH: Ari Fitz’s New Series Is Like Looking in the Mirror
TOMBOYISH is a hybrid documentary and fashion show that shows you the well-dressed people of Ari’s higher-profile world (and takes you into their brains) and offers style advice to the masses hoping to f*ck gender and look good doing it.
Things I Read That I Love #131: Here We Go, A Nightmare of Mud and Madness
Topics include segregation in public schools, dairy farming, antibiotics, the Kentucky Derby, Britney Spears, laundry apps and moar!
Sober in the City: 20 Summer Mocktail Recipes to Try Now
“With summer here, I do not have to forgo the act of social drinking. But, I can forgo the hangover, the shame, the guilt, and the regret. Here are 20 summer mocktail recipes to try now, sober or not.”
4 Things Your Journal Has in Common With “Orange is the New Black”
Would this be an appropriate time to mention that I’ve never watched the show?