The Boy Scouts of America decided to keep their anti-gay ban, while Jennifer Tyrrell keeps fighting. “How dare someone tell a mother they can’t be a part of their child’s life?”

“When they see you happy, they’ll accept it,” someone told me once. When there are tears about something unchangeable, people can only be optimistic. It’s the only thing that is left.

Remember that giant rainbow parachute? Me too!

In which Santana Lopez returns and everybody screams for grease lightnin’.

Exciting new faces to meet and greet!

“Richmond is the antithesis of everything terrible you’ve ever heard about Virginia. I can tell you in complete honesty that RVA is, hands down, one of the gayest cities in the American South.”

Tea: for fun and profit! Just kidding, it’s only for fun.

Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard survived The Hunger Games, just like Katniss did!

We’re looking for contributing editors and interns. It’s your big chance to shine like a really shiny star!

Marshmallows, campfires, single-ply biodegradable toilet paper and songs.

Oh you thought only one person at a time could be a Calendar Girl? Think again — Joanna is an Olympic paleo CrossFit nerd and Mary will help you move and train your dolphin.

For these empanadas, you will need: One badass WingFemme wearing only a bra, alcohol and hot oil in a pan.

An American Tail: Autostraddle Goes West

Here are some of my favorite things I’ve ever read on the internet about writing!

“Is it a queer memoir and/or a pregnancy memoir? Neither.”

“Let’s get this party started, let’s squeeze the lime.”

Brittani got you started, Morgan keeps you going.

Topics include The Daily Mail, Treyvon Martin, Dartmouth fraternity hazing, wilderness camps for troubled teens, bookstores and so much more!

What on earth could the gay benefits of yoga be?! (Spoiler Alert: Number five is “Have Better Sex”)

I’m helping you put the EX back in TEXT