“Tried to find the place on a map, but apparently they’re stuck somewhere in 1956.”

“Who will they demonize if not the gays?”

Lilith Fair is officially dunzo. Plus, Glee releasing an album of The Warblers, Jonathan Murray talks 25 years of The Real World, Jodi Picoult’s new novel, Michelle Rodriguez doth protest too much.

NBC’s “The Playboy Club” starring Amber Heard is allegedly totally degrading to women but also has a lot of homosexy stuff going on, like The Lesbian Activist Bunny!

Because how else are we going to figure this out?

When I hear the words “Civil Union” or “Domestic Partnership,” I think “inequality” and “separate but equal.”

This year some people went way above and beyond buying Disney-themed Valentines from Walgreens – these queers are out there fighting for their right to marry, because Valentine’s Day should be about everyone.

In which Barack Obama declares that he officially has our backs, seemingly out of nowhere.

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.

More than any other presidential candidate, Michele Bachmann really has it out for the gays. Here’s why.

“This brief represents the concrete manifestation of a complete paradigm shift in the federal government’s position on anti-gay discrimination and the constitutional rights of married same-sex couples.”

Sometimes we are reminded we live in a heteronormative world in the unlikeliest of places.

“Imagine if you’re just meeting someone, and you look like you’re in the middle of a Verizon commercial because you got a whole fucking network behind you. That’s scary!”

The story of how a lesbian Marine and her girlfriend managed to live off base and get married – just not to each other.

“NPR is like a blanket; my parents didn’t believe in listening to music in the car and I did not really know there were other radio stations until my older sister drove me home from ice skating one day and my 6 year old brain exploded.”

Czech President Klaus (no relation to Santa) rains on everybody’s parade.

Successful Mormons have to hide their true identity! They’ve been persecuted for their marriage practices! They’re marginalized and misunderstood! Now they’re winning! You know, just like they won Prop 8.

76% of the 30k voters in AMP Radio’s “Breast Summer Ever” contest voted for Avery, a trans woman, Google makes you forget things, male politician demands you #actlikealady and MORE!

Highlights of this summer’s festivals include Jill Bennett & Cathy DeBuono’s ‘We Have to Stop Now,’ Chely Wright’s coming out story, “Show Me Love meets 500 Days of Summer” and ‘Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same.’

Welcome to the third annual Autostraddle Hot 100 of real living breathing queer ladies.