Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.

A bunch of queer parents are now listed on their kids’ birth certificates, LGBT activists are having a moment, MillerCoors is doing good for its queer employees, and a meerkat just rolled off of a rock.

In 26 slight pages, Rabbit Rabbit chronicles a personal unraveling, offering insightful treatment of the intricate connections between family and trauma.

Also, M-Chuck befriends a pregnant 12-year-old on Survivor’s Remorse, Bo and Lauren make out some more on Lost Girl, and Carmilla and Laura need to GET IT TOGETHER.

“I started looking at lists of what a baby “needs,” and, despite my supposed desire to raise my children with nothing more than a bearskin rug and my bare breasts, I started thinking maybe there were just a few things that might come in handy once the baby arrives…”

“Dating broken white women became a way to reprise a powerlessness that years of sexual abuse and generations of blackphobia had tricked me into believing in. I drowned this feeling of powerlessness in weed and seeking out relationships in which I could engage in yet remain completely hidden from view.”

A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.

“I’m finding, especially with women, a couple of different kinds of gays. I’ve met people who say, “I knew I was gay my whole life, and I lived this lie, and then I finally came out.” My kind of gay is like the late-breaking-lesbian kind of gay.”

“I think the root of the problem is that our society immediately writes off anything perceived as feminine or relating to women. While funneling more women into STEM fields may produce marginal gains, it actually leaves the underlying issue — male privilege — largely untouched.”

Writing a list in your journal is like playing Scattergories without the long and tense bouts of familial arguing.

This spring/summer there are more brand-new lesbian, bisexual and otherwise-identified ladies on your television set than we ever dreamed possible.

We’re going meta and talking about what everyone’s talking about at commencement ceremonies.

The City of Brotherly Love’s got plenty to do for ladies of all stripes.

“I’m all about Lisa Frank right now because of what she means to my understanding of gender, sexuality, and the fluid nature of both.”

How Facebook’s approach to online identity is inherently flawed, especially if you like to queer things up.

Struggle does not inherently hold more import than comfort and freedom and rebellion and escape.

Advice for a 49-year-old who’s anxious that she may not be wanted in spaces and social circles where most people are younger than her.

“We moved across the country for her job while I was pregnant. Turns out she was really having an affair.”

9. There will never not be laundry.

“It’s funny, much like coming out, I always look back on these moments and think ‘Ah that’s when I should have known I had a problem’.”