“I’m just imagining Alex on a rock wall and Rachel snuggling a cat or something.”

Do you celebrate it? Is it too soon? Should you get her something? What if she gets you something? Do you ask her out or is that too much pressure for a first date? Basically, Valentine’s Day is a red velvet ball of panic threatening to end your sanity and any hopes of a relationship you may or may not have. There’s a pretty good chance that if you look good, they may not notice just how much a wreck you are or how horrible the date is actually going. Here are a few pointers on how to razzle dazzle your lady friend!

Lumberjanes got a nod, too! And for the first time ever, nine out of ten nominated TV dramas feature queer women!

While data is technically — partially — protected from search by the Fourth Amendment, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that our right to privacy is not always honored by law enforcement.

2. Tension is a productive force.

On the second recamp of A-Camp my true love gave to me one cool pool party, five all-camp photos, one epic RenFair and an extra long staff reeeeadddadinggggggg!

As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.

Dear trans sisters and mothers and abuelas and aunties and daughters and nieces and cousins,
Thank you for everything.

While men of all colors perpetrate street harassment, addressing it in communities of color calls for specific intra-community solutions rather than broad condemnations of male privilege.

Can we talk about Season 2 of The Fosters? Because I feel like we need to talk about it.

San Diego Comic-Con 2014 just happened! Here’s all the news that’s relevant to your life!

I realized that one of the hardest parts about accepting my sexual orientation was that I literally did not believe that Black women were lesbians, bisexuals, pansexuals, asexuals or queer. I want to see stories of Black women with happy endings that entwine with my own realities and fantasies. I want to see us Black women no longer the Unmentionables or Untouchables, unafraid of the power and beauty of us loving one another.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld a Michigan state ban on the use of race as a factor in admissions to state universities, allowing voters to decide the matter on a state-by-state level.

This is a train wreck.

What’s in a name? When it comes to Alex, what’s in a name is homosexuality. We’ve born witness to many queer Alexes on our television screens over the years, and it’s time to celebrate 15 of them.

I’m going to Washington DC from February 28th-March 2nd to learn important things about being an LGBT Journalist and you should come meet us at the bar!

Topics include Fox News, The Illinois State Fair, Johnny Lewis, Mean Girls, Woody Allen, medical actors, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and moar!

“I’ve always been like, ‘Love myself? How the heck am I supposed to do that?’ I believe, now, I’m starting to understand a little bit of what it means.”

Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.

“Back at wrestling practice, Perky Emma of the Ankle Picks offers Jesus a cookie — an organic cookie with no dyes. Maybe she has lesbian moms too.”