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Politics + Activism

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.

Rachel June 16, 2014 2 Comments
Culture

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!

Hansen June 16, 2014 17 Comments
TV Show Recaps

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.

Kate June 16, 2014 31 Comments
First Person

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.

Riese June 15, 2014 115 Comments
Society + Culture

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!

Carmen June 15, 2014 19 Comments
Geekery

Bout of Nostalgia: Chrono Trigger Makes Us All Heroes

“Male, female, what’s the difference? Power is beautiful and I have the power.”

Loraine June 14, 2014 6 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Pretty Much Up For Anything

Ambient contact, having sex for the first time, smut, sideboob and more.

Ryan Yates June 14, 2014 11 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Whiskey

“Hello genderfriends and ladlespoons! Today we’re going to talk about whiskey tasting.”

Cameron June 14, 2014 20 Comments
Straddleverse

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.

carrie June 13, 2014 2 Comments
Playlists

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.

Rachel June 13, 2014 9 Comments
Straddleverse

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?

Carmen June 13, 2014 242 Comments
Politics + Activism

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.

Adrian June 13, 2014 7 Comments
Literature

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.

Ryan Yates June 13, 2014 13 Comments
Theater

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.”

Melanie Laura June 13, 2014 1 Comment
TV Show Recaps

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.

Lizz June 13, 2014 26 Comments
First Person

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.”

Kris June 12, 2014 35 Comments
Queer Fashion

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.

Carmen June 12, 2014 4 Comments
Literature

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!

Riese June 12, 2014 9 Comments
Food and Drink

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.”

Ginger Hale June 12, 2014 24 Comments
TV Feature

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?

Maggie June 12, 2014 9 Comments
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