New tracks drop full of homophobic slurs. Someone needs to get this boy a thesaurus.

If you have read Autostraddle even once, it’s likely that you’ve seen some of Marika’s brilliance in the comment section. She is one of our most frequent commenters, and she was kind enough to chat with me about science, hammocks, food, and family.

Everything was going great until Russell Brand showed up.

From politics to high school graduation, we’re moving on up.

Family matters, queer poetry, undocumented LGBT immigrants and more!

Can you be a bisexual Congresswoman, and not have your sexuality define you or your politics? Apparently not, if WaPo’s Manuel Roig-Franzia has anything to say about it.

Hillary Clinton is a 21st Century Girl, Drag Queens love themselves, and gay people around the globe are making strides!

A lot has changed in Miami the last decade. Is it a new gay getaway hotspot? I took a visit, snapped a lot of photos, rode a vespa, visited a lot of restaurants and drank too much alcohol so I could find out.

I think I’m in love with Hillary Clinton and Gabby Douglass at the same time.

It’s a small little bubble of liberalism in a sea of southern weirdness.

It’s One Million Moms versus JCPenney… again.

North Carolina’s anti-gay Amendment 1 looks like it might succeed.

The world’s most populous city has enough going on to make your queer little head spin.

“…these voices are comparing LGBT people to Nazi Germany, predicting that equal treatment of LGBT people will lead to the total collapse of society, and even making accusations of satanic influence.”

If you’re really sick of the lesbian scene where you live, why not build a time machine and go back to when everyone hated us? Here are some excellent places to meet ladies from history.

Tegan & Sara have a book they’re gonna release with their CD!! Health Care! Glee! Gender Makeover! EllDrew kisses in Marie Claire! I’m gonna live forever! Sarah Waters is gonna get a prize! Did Annie pay her debts? New Anyone But Me preview!

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

Lindsay Lohan Has Feelings Too You Guys. Also that Elmo thing. Following through on the Elmo thing.

“Living here and having grown up here you almost forget it’s so different. I never had to worry about walking down the street with my girlfriend holding my hand. And if this show — if me coming out — helps one person, then it was worth it.”

A bunch of links to things you should know and care about or perhaps already do.