Let’s put the LGBT in D and go strolling through the snow.

It’s everything we want this year! And probably a few things you want, too.

Abby was the winner of the A-Camp 4.0 Kreuzbach10 campership, and as you might expect from such a human, Abby is sweet, energetic, confident and dapper as all hell. We talked about Ghana, names, gender, telling stories, and A-Camp.

This week in lit news: reports that novels may or may not be dead have been exaggerated, the animated history of the English language, “Love Cake” and more.

“Celesbians” extraordinaire Jill Bennett & Cathy DeBuono talk to Autostraddle about filming “We Have to Stop Now” during a hurricane onboard the Sweet Cruise and how vlogging for SheWired allows more swearing & sexy talk.

This week in lit: creepy books to read while we’re all still obsessed with Halloween, 10 years of queer YA, Emily Dickinson, “City of Night” and more.

She didn’t say “I have suspected this for years and I still love you.” It went more like a Scared Straight kind of thing but instead of scaring me about drugs and a life of crime, she wanted to scare me straight, straight. “Just Say No to Lesbianism” straight.

Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the option of male, female or neither in birth certificates, sparking what could be “comprehensive reform” in how gender is legally categorised and understood.

As Moral Monday grows, their initial impetus—the universality of the struggle for justice—remains steadfast. As NC NAACP President Rev. William Barber chants (and everyone repeats) at the demonstrations, “Forward Together, Not One Step Back.”

Sometimes the clearest heads prevail in the cloudiest of rooms. And when it gets too smoky, don’t be scared. Be open, be vulnerable and embrace who you are. Because you are a beautiful, unique, stoned little snowflake and your time has come.

Lesbian Cowgirls, Muffy the Vampire Slayer, Orgasm Day, Working in a Porn Store, Her Weirdest Time, Waxing and p.s. Overweight & Underweight Ladies Take More Sexual Risks. Also let’s join the Australian Sex Party! Hot photos though.

Topics include Cosby sweaters, depression, The Chive, Chloë Sevigny, Gabby Hoffman, PTSD, murder in San Bernardino County, undocumented immigrant activism and moar!

A lesbian couple from Boulder, Colorado has been approved for the first green card granted to a same-sex spouses.

“Social equality for all people, regardless of size, must become a goal of the queer movement.”

Happy Sunday! I have been the worst this week multiple times. I really don’t wanna talk about it.

“five years from now when i’m living in a tree writing tracts about how monsanto is part of the illuminati cabal on recycled seventh-generation paper bags, you can pinpoint this as the moment it started.”

We’re checking out the over 40 set, making poetry out of 90s songs and giving comment awards to cats.

If you can’t go on a date without checking your phone four times for Facebook and Twitter updates, you may want to try cold turkey for a bit.

Likes: long bus rides, quiet nights spent reading, home-cooked dinners. Dislikes: unfortunately, the same old suspects.

Team Autostraddle attended the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. this weekend. Images from the weekend’s events, including Lady Gaga, Dan Choi, Kristen Chenoweth, clever signage, cute Interns and Haviland Stillwell Gorgeous.