“That’s right — the characters on this show abusing their power has become so commonplace that I am now desensitized and can only think of denim.”

Angela Davis will never be silenced, and her speaking out means that the rest of us are safely carried on the backs of giants when we do so ourselves.

“My Prairie Home is more than pretty skies and poetic wheat fields. It’s also about growing up different in a difficult environment and what it means to survive.”

What’s a sans-TV-queer to do? All of these things.

La Virgen de Guadalupe has always been dear in my heart and always will be, but the way I view her has changed throughout the years, through various lenses with different interpretations, including now as a queer woman.

This is an essay about leaving everything behind, and I don’t know where to start because part of what that means is that I am leaving you.

How’s your Thanksgivukkah going so far? Did you light a menorah last night? Have you turned on Pieces of April yet?

I hope you like dad jokes, because this recap is chock full of them.

“I am 24 and my partner is in her fifties, and I really really want to talk about my experience in an age gap relationship.” We chatted with Connie, a first generation Asian American currently living in New Mexico, about this and more!

I am not crazy; I am simply black, and queer, and butch, and transcultural, and therefore alone.

This shoujo-influenced webcomic tells the story of two best friends who are freshmen students at Unity University, a college where monsters and humans can live and learn alongside each other.

Topics include Detroit, leaving New York, the illegal online network for discarding unwanted adopted children, toxic hair straightening, bikini waxing, airport security, The O.C., racism, hockey journalism, The History Channel and moar!

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.

A national survey using homophobic language yields homophobic results: 47% of Singaporeans “reject gay lifestyles.” What does this mean and why is it important?

Indeed, they are lesbianing together.

“Nothing like clean pores to motivate the capture and slaughter of a chicken.”

“Steph is making cheese sandwiches with no condiments of any kind. Lesbian moms are cruel.”

A recent ruling could finally pave the way for a more thorough redefinition of marriage and family in Germany and it’s on everyone’s favorite topic: taxation.

What does a lesbian look like? Until a few years ago, mainstream culture was pretty sure they knew the answer to that question, even though they didn’t. The Autostraddle Roundtable tackles passing, why people can’t understand that lesbians can have long hair, and the relationship between gender, style, and sexuality.

This week on NSFW Sunday: relationship negotiation,fingernails, bi invisibility and more.