Results for: Feel good
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Four Black Queer Writers in Conversation About Jussie Smollett and Holding Up Space for Each Other
This piece was co-written by Natalie, Reneice, Alexis, and Carmen. We’re four of the black members of The Speakeasy, Autostraddle’s collective for its writers of color.
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Oklahoma Sets New Record Number of Anti-LGBT Bills, Can’t Wait to Discriminate
Oklahoma introduces a bunch of anti-gay bills which can potentially be really dangerous, Hillary Clinton officially wins the Iowa Caucus, 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen wasn’t given CPR until 11 minutes after she was found “cold” in her cell, a father in Tennessee was arrested for chasing his daughter with a knife after she came out to him, Germany opens its first LGBT refugee shelter and more news stories!
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Oh For F*ck’s Sake: Kansas Legislator Dick Jones Claims Gay People are a “Third Sex”
This jerk Dick Jones in Kansas, last night’s GOP town hall, a lesbian high schooler wins the right to wear a gay t-shirt to school, women making moves in state and federal government, and more!
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Donald Trump’s Rosie O’Donnell Jab Wasn’t Just Sexist, It Was Homophobic, Too
In Donald Trump’s world, women without “normative” gender presentations are fat slobs and “traditionally attractive” women are bimbos and idiots.
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Daily Fix: A Year After Mike Brown’s Death, It’s Still Not Safe to be Black in Ferguson (or Elsewhere) and More News
Violence in Ferguson, several deaths at the hands of police, what’s happening with the lesbian fired from a Catholic elementary school, judges in Ohio dealing with same-sex marriage, and more.
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Indiana Governor Signs Anti-Gay “Religious Freedom Act,” Pisses Everybody Off
Indiana’s decision to “protect” religions from having to deal with gay people has not gone over well with the NCAA, GenCon, a bunch of tech CEOs or the Indianapolis mayor — but the Governor insists this law is totally fine and awesome and not legalized discrimination at all!
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Straight People Now Crashing LGBT Job Fairs
Although it would’ve seemed unbelievable not too long ago that a straight person would risk being mistaken for LGBTQ while on the job market, apparently some straight MBA students these days are being told by their teachers to attend LGBTQ career fairs.
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How Many People Are Queer? Probably More Than Two Percent
Alternative answer: not enough. Time to start recruiting! (…Kidding.)
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Also.Also.Also: Laverne Cox Needs Our Help and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue is getting better and Russia’s only getting worse.
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Also.Also.Also: Why We Really Need Gay Bars and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The more we talk about things, the better they get. 2013 was proof.
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Dean of Women’s College at Rutgers May or May Not Hate Lesbians
…which, if she does, would be super unfortunate for her, since Douglass is filled with a bunch of lesbians. I was one of them.
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What The Heck Are LGBTs Gonna Do About The Sochi Olympics?
Russia just passed draconian anti-gay legislation. They’re also about to host the biggest international event in history. We look at the history of international responses to controversial Olympic hosts and ask — what now?
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Montana Joins the 21st Century, Decriminalizes Gay Sex
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?
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Also.Also.Also: Exploring Women(‘s Lives) and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Everything’s coming out gay!
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Also.Also.Also: Marco Rubio Likes Eminem, Ellen Takes on the Boy Scouts and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Frank Ocean, studs and Big Tobacco all sit down to watch JLo’s new lesbian show on TV. What happens next?
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Also.Also.Also: This Is Not A “Super Sin” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Miley Cyrus dreams of Katy Perry and pubic lice yearn for an unwaxed abode.
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Also.Also.Also: Let Lesbians Eat Cake and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The 49ers have been practicing their selective memory in preparation for this loss, and we’re gonna learn why they call it “Charm City.”
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Also.Also.Also: “No Slut Sauce for You, Mr. Homophobe” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Azealia Banks is controversial, but then again, what isn’t? Everyone’s freaking out right now about gay marriage, Amber Riley’s haircut, and Obama’s pen.
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“We Support At-Risk LGBT Youth” Deemed “Offensive Language” By Youth Festival
In news from Australia, the City of Parramatta council has deemed a banner promoting Twenty10’s support services for LGBT youth to be “offensive.” What the hell.
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More Than Words: The Associated Press Stamps Out Homophobia
You can take the word out of the stylebook, but you can’t take the complexity out of the word.