Restoring the defaced mural honoring Sandra Bland in Ottawa, an Arizona Republican who wants to protect college students accused of sexual assault, the drive to defund Planned Parenthood, and more.

Amnesty International’s Board has put together a draft policy on sex work that could lift up and protect some of the most vulnerable and marginalized folks around the world – and feminists and human rights advocates alike could learn a lot from it. The only problem is that they’re too busy speaking over the sex workers and researchers who emphatically support the proposal to really do so.

“I am still crying an amount that for me is significantly higher than average, what’s up with that?”

”Girl Scouts is for every girl,” said council CEO Megan Ferland. ”And every girl should have the opportunity to be a Girl Scout if she wants to.”

I think this is genuinely the first time I’ve seen the list of winners from a major award and not just been not-dissapointed, but been genuinely happy.

“I remember everything: what normal felt like all through college in my relationship with her — an attractive and charismatic woman who was also a compulsive liar and an abusive lover. Of course it didn’t start out that way. Insane realities rarely do.”

While there are many important topics that are hard hitting and deserve some serious talk, we also deserve happy, fun things too. So from an assortment of categories that have randomly occurred to me, here are my Summer Tech Favorites. What are yours?

“I guess the thing for me is that I feel good in my current body. It’s not conventionally perfect but it’s mine. It’s familiar and all my clothes fit it and I don’t really want it to change, not if I can prevent it with a healthy balanced diet.”

The nearly half a decade that passed between the first and second waves of feminism was a period of great transition for what hadn’t even yet been named the “feminist movement.”

A NYPD officer is being investigated for assaulting a black queer woman, Black Lives Matter protestors take over the Netroots Nation conference, Rachel Dolezal still stands by her views of herself and more news stories!

Welcome to the all-new Fan Fiction Friday, now with even more features and fandom celebrations!

Is there anything like spending a rainy day in bed wearing pajamas? How do you feel about puff pastry? Misandry feelings? What are some good happy/fun book ideas for your LGBT book club? Find the answers to these questions and more, inside this very post!

A group of activists disrupt Boston Pride, a survey finds college students disagree on some scenarios of what consent looks like, Rachel Dolezal resigns and more news stories!

Only YOU can make sure queer and trans women are able to keep making comics.

Updates on what we currently know about Sandra Bland’s arrest and death, the US’s most extreme abortion ban struck down, Republicans’ new effort to protect “religious freedom,” and more!

It was an exciting night full of laughter and tears and Ketel One White Cosmopolitans.

We won a few, lost some promising ones, and where the hell is Renee Montoya?

Talking with three of the stars of trans-created webseries Her Story about love, representation, staffing a set with trans women and so much more.

The most comprehensive and expansive look at trans representation in American comics you’re likely to find.

“Four dollars and a Chipotle gift card to the person who can tell us the name of the vegan Ireland Baldwin met!”