Happy Labor Day, we got you these infuriating screencaps of the Department of Defense’s “online inbox” to survey soldiers on a “possible repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” It’s a good thing you have the day off because all we feel able to do is “lie in bed and mourn the soul of America.”

I thought that by 35, I’d be married. I thought by 35, I’d have kids. I thought I’d be straight.

You all are just so cool!

“I would vote for a dead dog if it was running against Trump.”

Some interesting Jewish people to enjoy with your apples and honey.

Cereal, haircuts, and strange noises from the Girl Scout tent!

“We built a movement by telling each other our lives and thoughts about the way life should be. We cut against the grain and re-thought almost everything. “

Spoiler alert: I did wind up getting a Reddit account, and I’m enjoying myself so far.

Featuring excerpts from your answers to “if not your present job, what job do you aspire towards?” from The Autostraddle Grown-Ups Reader Survey!

If at first you don’t succeed, laugh about it later on the internet.

“If you want to make people feel kinda weird or sad for you, just pour some gin in a glass or bowl and dip watermelon chunks in it and eat it while you watch home improvement shows on a saturday afternoon.​”

It’s the second issue of the best little behind-the-scenes newsletter EVER.

With new books by Roxane Gay, Hannah Hart, Sarah Waters, Radclyffe and more, there are lots of things to read and talk about.

I spoke with Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie, Fallon Fox, Bailey Jay, Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross, Sarah McBride and more women from the Trans 100 to find out how to best support the women on this list and trans women in general.

You, us and produce personified.

This week in lit: T Cooper’s book soundtrack, favorite LGBT books of 2012, authors playing in the snow, poems from your cat’s point of view and more.

We’ve spent the last year trying quick fixes and cheap labor for our broken website and there’s no way around it: it’s time to turn this shed into an actual building — luckily, we just made a really kickass Indiegogo campaign for that!

Things we wrote and the best of what you clever dolphins said.

Because we like it best when the Internet and real life collide.

“In 2021, our parents ran into each other at Lowe’s and were basically like “Hey, my kid’s gay and mentally ill too!”