Nothing is more awkward that coming out to your friends’ parents or your parents’ friends. This week on Pretty Little Liars Emily handles it like a champ.

I look forward to your angry defensive comments re: the benefits of ingesting menstrual blood.

Autostraddle looks at the best costumes ever, with inspiration from queers and their friends — Buffy, Lindsay Lohan, Carlytron & Robin, Ellen DeGeneres, My So-Called Life, The L Word and more!

“Will I have to leave my boxer briefs at home in lieu of high-waisted, thin, cotton lady panties under my kick ass uniform during Basic Training?”

Queer book recommendations, oral histories, poet-prostitute profiles, if Gertrude Stein reviewed beer and more.

Summer’s here so I finally get to eat in the daylight. Why not celebrate with my favourite summer offering?

In which Paige and Emily virtually U-Haul and Aria considered a longterm sub-dom BDSM relationship.

From Exxon to sexism, we’ve got a lot of people to put in the doghouse. Let’s slam it out.

In which some Dykes on Bikes take on the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Start your engines.

A Louisiana justice of the peace denied a straight interracial couple a marriage license out of concern for their future children. A high school student in Mississippi is kicked out of the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. And where’s the progress on DADT?

Handmade Valentine’s Day Cards to replace anything you were thinking of buying from a grocery store.

What are your 15 favorite things about kitten bedtime?

Feel the men’s rights activists rage in the comments for “Girls Against Boys,” swag yourself clean watching AzMarie’s new music video and play seven minutes in heaven with Tina Fey.

This week on NSFW Sunday: debate over porn, BDSM, a gallery of studs from V Magazine, and the end of monogamy.

Calling all wandering queers! I’ve written you a survival guide for the next time you’re trying to move onto someone’s back porch.

There are so many embed codes coming to life in this article. Everyone’s on video, you guys.

Get out your dream journal!

The USWNT win gold. So do some other people. This might be your last chance to spew Olympics feelings for a while so get it all out.

Brittany is a caring nurse on her way to the top and a gymnast with a penchant for handstands. You’d better be able to throw a football!

“Happiness is a gay ribbon…”