In which GLAAD messes up and independent media strikes back so now other indie blogs will get a chance to get their hands on this very heavy trophy.

Teevee has come home to our loving arms once more, to gift us with post-apocalyptic women kissing each other (and I mean really kissing each other), and resurrected time traveling queer superheroes learning their way, and Jane the Virgin introducing a scissoring painting into the sapphic romance mix.

“First everybody chews spaghetti really loud.”

In one of the best-ever episodes of The Fosters, Stef conquers her fear of the word “butch” and learns to love her whole self.

Autostraddle and A-Camp staff and family members are here to talk about what PP means to us as LGBT folks, and why we need it to be around for a very, very long time.

“I DID get hit on by a man at a lesbian bar on Saturday night. It made me feel very free and also like a pastry.”

“As a woman in a lab coat, you’re already defying society’s long held gender stereotypes; as a queer woman, even more so … I still think it takes guts to carve out an identity for yourself that doesn’t fit society’s assumptions, especially if you grew up in a highly conservative peer group like I did.”

The names of the main characters, Nic and Battle, were gender neutral enough that I projected heterosexuality onto them, not yet knowing that gay YA lit was something even there to be looked for.

Starting a Meet-Up Group or Getting Involved in One There’s three big reasons to get involved with our unofficial groups or get one off the ground yourself: To get to know some like-minded badasses; To foster community and connection among your fellow queermos; To help create spaces where everyone feels safe and welcome. You can […]

New co-captains, more grass playing fields, Megan Rapinoe as a guest analyst on Fox, and seven USWNT games between now and mid-March.

“I will probably be Connie Britton Editor from now on. Also heading up our Star Witness Akita division.”

Prepare to get your socks charmed off by eight of our single staffers. We’ve asked them all the important things: star sign, Hogwarts house, and opinions on the greatest cereal ever created.

Freaking out over Peaches, swooning over Queen Latifah, and agreeing that some books just aren’t for recommending to Mom.

“Sometimes I turn to Waffle and randomly exclaim, ‘This is happening!’ I should probably stop doing that as we get closer to, like, the possibility of me going into actual labor.”

Misandrist. Lesbian. Vampires.

We talk about some great episodes of the Lore Podcast, a few terrific essentials for starting off your altar, a bunch of amazing home remedies, and a drawing of a certain True Gay Icon as a witch.

I’m not a crier. I really resist the idea that hormones affect me, but pregnancy hormones affect me. OMG.

As long as queer kids are taking their own lives, as long as young lesbians are told that their crushes on other girls are just fleeting feelings that all straight girls have and as long as trans girls as young as age 6 are treated as sexual deviants who shouldn’t be allowed to use the bathroom, we’re going to need representation in all-ages media.

“My date got incredibly drunk and ended up passing out in the back of the limo, facedown in my boobs. It was not the romantic prom story I felt I’d been promised.”

All comics are Girl Comics, but the ones on these list are some of the best ones.