Today on Autostraddle: If you haven’t already read Riese’s interview and Robin’s photoshoot with celesbian superstar Julie Goldman then you should. And obvs, Carly’s Tuesday Televisionary .

Also, it’s that time of year, isn’t it? WHAT TIME YOU MAY ASK?? Well, it’s Autostraddle Hot 100 time. We will begin rolling out the Hot 100 later today!!! Stay tuned. Turn your air conditioner on.

+ The Daily Show makes an excellent point about Wanda Syke’s controversial jokes:

+ An incredibly compelling essay by a transgendered woman in The New York Times: “Is my Marriage Gay?”

“I’ve been legally female since 2002, although the definition of what makes someone “legally” male or female is part of what makes this issue so unwieldy. How do we define legal gender? By chromosomes? By genitalia? By spirit? By whether one asks directions when lost? … Gender involves a lot of gray area. And efforts to legislate a binary truth upon the wide spectrum of gender have proven only how elusive sexual identity can be.”

+ (video) Lady GaGa is on Ellen today! Here she performs Poker Face, probs while thinking about women:

+ OBVS! Simon Cowell says Adam Lambert will win Idol. (@breitbart)

+Assemblyman Dan O’Donnell, the gay older brother of the comedian Rosie O’Donnell, has emerged as a tenacious, ingratiating, playful and sometimes prickly leader of the effort to pass [same sex marriage] legislation: An Assemblyman Makes Gay Marriage Personal. (@nytimes)

+ “I’m a Christian Pagan Buddhist Goddess worshiper, but I’m also a feminist.” Cybill Shepherd Blames the Mormons & Catholics for the Passing of Proposition 8. (@FoxNews)

+ Jezebel wants to know if The New York Times is right about controversy over a new book with an eating disordered narrator: Are Teen Girls Really That Fragile? (@jezebel)

+ Crystal, I hope, will be recapping: Neighbours set to follow Home & Away with lesbian plot! (@CourierMail)

+ On taking lesbian rape seriously. (@ontop)

+ Dan Choi Shoots Down Every Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Argument in this Queerty interview exclusive.

+ Rhode Island Marriage Equality in 2011? (@Advocate)

+ Yeah, that’s what Pink Said: “I have no question in my mind about being bisexual”: Megan Fox Is Bisexual (@ SheWired)

+ (video) Preaching to the choir. Sidenote Miss Californias, what nice tank tops you have. Sidenote Two — whatever happened to the California Raisins? I liked those dudes.

+ Does this make Perez Hilton Satan? I’m so over Carrie Prejean. (@just jared). Also she bared her nips for the camera again oops. (@tmz)

from Stef:
Remember when I interviewed Jenn from Girl in a Coma and she told me about all the decades she likes? You’re in for a treat cos Girl in a Coma’s new single “Static Mind” is streaming here. “Static Mind” reminds me a lot of the first album, in terms of the mix between Nina’s sticky-sweet vocals and distorted, guitar-driven rhythms.. Actually, I think it’s the new record’s “Say.”

from Robin:
If Team Autostraddle was reincarnated, I think we might end up being lizards like these little guys (or should I say girls).

from Green:
The May issue of Mankind Mag is probably my favorite yet. It’s so… pretty. Photography from Denise Grünstein, a cute, inspiring interview with PESQUEIRA [love!], and art by Angela Stasio makes it the best $1.99 you’ll spend all day. Download Mankind Mag right to your computer from DesignForMankind.com.

Before you go! Autostraddle runs on the reader support of our AF+ Members. If this article meant something to you today — if it informed you or made you smile or feel seen, will you consider joining AF and supporting the people who make this queer media site possible?

Join AF+!