Topics include teaching in New Orleans, Jewish camp, domestic abuse, “scenes from a group marriage,” arson, the LA riots, Miss USA pageants, Washington’s chef Hercules and so much more!

Skins is racy, sexy, risky and hot hot hot. So their edgy lesbian storyline is no surprise to its British viewers. Now Season 3 is airing in the U.S., and Crystal’s here with her second installment of Naomi & Emily’s lesbian storyline recap!

“When I see lesbian couple after lesbian couple with not only matching haircuts and clothes but matching skin colours, I feel alone.”

So. Many. S’mores.

Sally Ride, a lesbian, the first American woman in space and one of my childhood heroes, died today at the age of 61.

It’s been a rainy, windy week, but the promise of the Hot 100 looming on the horizon is enough to warm things up.

You’re just 5 minutes and a bit of kitchen chemistry away from smooth skin.

Not into all the transphobia that radfems have to offer? Enter the Radfem Scorpion!

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

An American Tail: Autostraddle Goes West

Stick it to the man and be your own boss! These are the resources and inspiration I use most often for designing and freelance.

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.”

We wanted to sit down and share stories with you around this virtual campfire to somehow express one little piece of what it means to be queer and a person of color in this crazy, crazy world.

Voting is still open for the 2012 Weblog Awards. Please vote for Autostraddle. I’m using my manners.

The reader’s digest version: People in charge: “Hunky dory,” Gay lady: “Swimmingly,” Gay guy: “Ehh, pretty good,” Republicans: “Danger Will Robinson!,” Gay soldiers’ organizations: “Please sir, I want some more.”

The lesbian couple who rescued 40 kids from Utoya Island, the killer’s anti-feminist anti-gay manifesto and an abbreviated story of what happened.

Evangelical Christians, televangelists and other conservative religious leaders have been convicted of rape, sexual misconduct, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, rape as an accomplice, polygamy, infidelity, solicitation of male and female prostitutes, incest, sexual conduct with minors, taking indecent liberties with young boys and … stealing a sex toy from a woman’s home. Yet the ball’s still in their court. Why is that?

90 minutes of sweet sweet homogay and psychological angst.

Hello today there is good news re: scholarships for gay kids and also gay marriage and also EUROVISION which is obvs most important. May or may not contain an otter, I can’t make any promises.