We’ve talked before about how important local elections are, so put your ballot where your mouth is and get to the polls! Here, we’ve even compiled some information to help you decide how to vote.

I have to come to expect that kind of technicolor Sapphic unreality in all of my Chaiken programming, which is exactly why I did not expect L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin. And I’m glad I didn’t, because this is a documentary worth seeing on its own terms.

“It is a crystal clear, paint-by-the-numbers picture of chronic police hostility toward African-Americans. This is anti-blackness in America. Make no mistake.”

In which a number of plans go awry.

Toeing, spooning, kink, crushes, and the almighty Autostraddle Chart. You asked. Riese, Laneia, Rachel, Yvonne and Heather answered!

The cumulative effect of media coverage on pregnancy paints a pretty warped picture: that pregnant people are the number one health threat to their future children.

“We partied during the week and met up between classes, but brunch was where we let our queer identities free in a way that was more natural and less defensive compared to who we were in public.”

Considering how special each and every snowflake is who works here, there’s bound to be something in this guide for you, your girlfriend, all your gay friends, and maybe even one of your most badass family members.

Your introductory guide to enjoying everyone’s favorite meal.

The recap in which I realize everything that’s wrong about the fact we’re only watching this show for the queers and not the content.

Whether we’re trying to send a “f*ck you” to a homophobic dad or an “I love you” to a mom who can’t hear the words any more, it means something to share threads with a person who spawned you.

“My notes from this scene read ‘sarah and josh what is WRONG WITH YOU god if i had a dollar for every time i thought that.'”

Culture doesn’t need exploring so much as it needs exploding. We need to destroy things and reconstruct them in our own image, because the people who make our media aren’t going to do it for us. That’s why I want femslash to save the world, and I will not take no for an answer.

Do you remember when I covered Kat Leyh’s amazing queer superhero webcomic “Supercakes?” Well, it’s back with its own website and new content!

We’re talking sports, feminism, kids today, and Spice World!

Lego is building female scientists, tension at the Supreme Court is building up, and organizers are working to build a more equal future.

In anticipation of Peter Pan’s return to our TV sets, a look at some of the ladies who’ve played this queer icon over the years (and the lesbian gossip about them).

The Miseducation of Cameron Post’s removal from a summer reading list, literary books coming out this fall, trigger warnings, marginalizing women’s writing and more.

Let’s play show and tell.

If I show you mine, would you show me yours?