A former campus activist explains why universities are getting away with not seriously addressing rape on campus, and why they need to start.

Alex, Riese, Marni and Mary hit up the GLAAD Awards in San Francisco last night and spent lots of quality time with Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner, Mel B & Jessica Clark!

“I feel like Hitachi is to vibrators as Dyson is to vacuum cleaners. There just isn’t one more powerful. So if you like vibrators, you should have one.”

Costume ideas that would impress both your childhood self and your 90s lesbian brethren. Who doesn’t want to be Carmen Sandiego, really?

Adoptive parents of 8 year-old, intersex child M.C. Crawford are suing the state of SC because cosmetic genital surgery was performed on M.C. without his consent.

Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on this farm he had a *CENSORED*

“Unpacking this issue relies on understanding one thing: Muslims are not monolithic. Muslims in the West (Europe, Canada, America) face a different set of challenges than those in the Middle East. And hence, they’re going to react differently to those circumstances. You know, just like everyone else.”

This week Ohio and West Virginia attempt to take us back to 1050 A.D., retro style. Ohio is trying to restrict sex education to abstinence-only and a West Virginia high school tries to punish a student for protesting a slut-shaming assembly.

This post includes an adorable photo of Dhati as a small child, along with some words of wisdom about coming out, not coming out, and crushing on Korean pop stars.

I Don’t Do Boxes, but if you wanna go to Corgi Nation that’s fine with me.

If he had read my medical records he would have known that my first psychotic break was exacerbated by my fear that I would never be recognized as a woman.

Republicans are coming out in number to express their support for marriage equality. How can this end well?

Ashley chats with us about poetry, her goals for the future and what the Autostraddle community means to her.

The same artsy shots, repeating scenes, and haunting dialogue that make it indie/creative/experimental just make it boring/repetitive/annoying. It doesn’t take stupidity to task, it glorifies it.

France gets gay married! And French Autostraddlers were there through it all!

“I’m gonna support the SHIT outta you.” (Also, a Lilith Flair playlist!)

NYC’s potential first female and gay mayor is a talented politician with a progressive background. But some question whether her policies and positions are really what the LGBT community needs.

This week on Bomb Girls, the sunshine is gone and nothing will ever be okay again.

Welcome to “I Just Now Saw,” a new column in which I attempt to conduct conversations about television shows you watched ten years ago and I just now saw for the first time. First up: BUFFY!

On Thursday, Valentine’s Day, the Illinois State Senate approved a bill which would legalize same-sex marriage!