Alternative lifestyle haircuts and candy striper uniforms. Need I say more?

All sorts of things are being done and said about gay and trans people in Australia; here are some of them.

When homeless gay teens need a place to turn, it seems that real and immediate support is more likely to come from local networks, despite the government’s best intentions.

So you’re going to your first semester at college! Do you have to come out to your roommate?

Lady Gaga’s working with Cher, Lindsay Lohan’s getting groped, nobody’s wearing clothes, everybody is in love, and New York City just might be getting a lesbian mayor.

Oh Santana! Oh! Don’t you cry for me, I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee!

My fingers have actually started melting onto my keyboard.

The predictable, yet still enraging, backlash to California’s groundbreaking LGBT-inclusive history textbooks.

There are so many girls on the television this season! Autostraddle has your guide to the best new fall shows and where to find the queers.

Let’s break it down by uncomfortably accurate fashion stereotype. High school students listen up — this is relevant to your interests.

Schoolkids in California are one step away from having gay role models included in their standard social science curriculum.

Surprise, Katy Perry said something really transphobic!

“Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music.”

Rose’s Team Pick: A blog takes readers inside the far extreme of the Religious Right with testimonies from its survivors.

It’s time for your tri-annual update on Shane’s whereabouts. Plus: James Franco talks gay rumors and sexuality with Playboy, Jane Lynch & wife Lara Embry do Vogue, Haviland Stillwell is on stage in LA, and Stephen Colbert does “It Gets Better.”

“I was amazed when Opera North accepted the school’s position. I was repeatedly asked to excise these references to the adult character being gay.”

Let’s get real deep right now into some hard-core musical theater appreciation.

What is the role of artists in the fight for queer equality — if they have one?

Lesbians and bisexual women are 2-3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes regularly than straight people, which might be one of the 46 reasons I’m finding it hard to quit.

Being shy but strong, another round of Prop 8 Trial bigotry, the annals of OK Cupid, Sea Monkeys, gay pride in Cuba, a lesbian does The Baby Project and so much more!