National Poetry Slam 2013! We laughed, we cried, we stayed up until ungodly hours of the night to cheer on our friends and favorites.

Love. Sex. Riot. An all-female band formed through a mutual love of riot grrrl and Joss Whedon.

“Of course, we abandoned the trail and set off in flip-flops, so our adventure was a little less Indiana Jones, and a little more Troop Beverley Hills.”

Cyborgs, Adam Lambert, camp dreams and more!

Aimée talks about her femme identity, what it’s like to have lupus, and the cultural differences between the United States and Ireland.

It’s Halloween in Rosewood! Actually it isn’t, but it’s Halloween here and the Liars are in costumes with quite a lot of cleavage!

Minerva describes herself as a “soon-to-be post-university queer lady and professional trans feminist” and spoiler alert, she’s awesome.

Welcome to the tenth episode of American Horror Story, the show that got Stevie Fucking Nicks to appear in a move that was clearly a work of powerful magic!

Making terrariums is cool! Making terrariums from outer space is even cooler!

The Bright Smoke is the project of Brooklyn based musician Mia Wilson. She has a new solo record, which is her first foray into being out as a musician.

The queers of California’s Central Valley gather for Reel Pride, which screens over thirty independent LGBT films during a five-day festival.

Intern Geneva made four perfect stencils for you to cover yourself with after you go through the easier-said-than-done process of spray-painting them onto your old favorite shirts!

Cheryna spoke about her cute cat and her cute girlfriend, being queer and Dominican, and her experiences at A-Camp. There’s also a funny story involving milkshakes and a policeman, plus a cute photograph of the cute cat.

“Maybe years of blogging ruined me, or maybe they created a productive tension.”

Alison Bechdel’s “family tragicomic” hits off-Broadway this September. I need to know if there’ll be any dancing, so you need to go for me to find out.

If one of your plants dies on you, why not recycle it as a warning to others?

Juliet is an Australian mum, sexologist, and traveler extraordinaire. She talks about all that and more in this lovely interview.

If you feel like there aren’t enough lesbos in the waving wheat of Oklahoma!,come see our versions of these beloved show tunes. Also, you might meet some girls.

“Stef: I don’t know how but somehow Rachel managed to find one X Files episode with lesbians in it.”

This week in queer lit: women winning prizes, discussions about diversity, library-related crises, an excerpt from Sarah Schulman’s “After Dolores” and more.