Results for: queer parenting
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Notre Dame’s Gay Students Asked to Be Chaste, Because Catholicism
Notre Dame has approved an LGBT student organization and the club must preach chastity for LGBTQ students. Which makes me think maybe we should take our gay money elsewhere.
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Laurent Cantet’s Foxfire Adaptation Looks Great (Even Without Angelina Jolie)
16 years after the original film, Foxfire is getting a reboot at the hands of French director Laurent Cantet. Think riot grrrl, but with saddle shoes.
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Lez Liberty Lit #7: Forever New And Yet Forever Steady
Turning this post into a NaNoWriMo support group in T minus 10 minutes. (Also, about 65 things relevant to your queer literary interests. Also, so many events this month!)
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Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned
“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”
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Gay Marriage Wins: In Which We Celebrate and Also Push Forward
“For even one vote to come out in favor of gay marriage only three years later would have been historic; the fact that all four states did so is nothing short of incredible.”
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Sister, Sister: Creating Queer Spaces In Greek Life
Perhaps you picture fraternities and sororities like Animal House or the House Bunny, but here’s a life lesson: life and movies often do not resemble one another.
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France Removes “Mère” and “Père” From French Forms For Gay Families, Which Is Magnifique
While the change in language may seem like a small thing, it’s indicative of something quite a bit larger brewing en France.
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It’s Getting Better for Gays in Latin America Thanks to Todo Mejora
“There is someone looking out for them …and it will get better.”
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More Than Words: Sisterhood of the Sapphic Pants
Yeah, Sappho was a right-on woman, but that’s pretty much all anyone really knows about her. Today we’re going all the way back to the birth of the word ‘sapphic.’
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Hong Kong Business Tycoon Offers $65 Million to Make His Gay-Married Daughter Straight
Get ready to face-palm.
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Also.Also.Also: A Million Here, A Million There for Gay Rights And Other Stories We Missed
Donation matching, gender swapping, fuck-giving, and another chance to hate on Mitt Romney. Again and again.
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In God We Trust: Gay Kids, Religion, and Group Homes
A gay man in Florida reports being abused at the hands of his Christian group home. However, this is only the start of Florida’s problems with religion and the foster care system.
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Bomb Girls 202 Recap: Ain’t Nothin Wrong With A Lil Bump N Grind
We’re talking Betty and Kate, baby cannolis, Valentine’s Day soldier sex romps and dead bodies.
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Your Local VAG: “Voting, an Autostraddle Guide” On Why Local Elections Matter
With the upcoming U.S. Presidential election getting All The Press And Attention, here’s a few reasons why you shouldn’t let your local election go unnoticed.
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Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Mitt Romney Because Who Needs Love When You’ve Got Money
A gay person said this: “as [Romney’s] record as Governor of Massachusetts suggests, will not waste his precious time in office with legislative attacks on LGBT Americans.”
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Coming Out: Yet Another Roundtable
“Coming out never ends, and for some of you it hasn’t even begun.”
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Toronto Decides Whether It Needs Separate Gay High Schools, Or Just Gay Equality
Yes, it’s good for there to be a safe refuge where gay students can learn and thrive in safety, but the goal should be to create this kind of safe environment in mainstream schools.
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Your Best Halloween Costume Ever: 90’s Television Nostalgia Edition
Costume ideas that would impress both your childhood self and your 90s lesbian brethren. Who doesn’t want to be Carmen Sandiego, really?
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Lez Liberty Lit #4: I Kept Always Two Books In My Pocket
This week in lit: banned books, Vagina, and lots of lesbian storylines.
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100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time
You voted and the results are in – the best 100 queer-lady fiction or memoir books of all time!