Kids Reacting To Same-Sex Marriage Will Brighten Your Day
A message for anyone who thinks gay people shouldn’t be allowed to marry whom they want? “Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it.”
These Adorable Lesbian Homecoming Queens Top Off Our Best Queer Homecoming Season Ever
Greta Melendez and Lily Cohen are the latest in a month of queer homecoming winners and a much longer line of kids battling for the right to wear tiaras in public while gay.
Idol Worship: A Hand-Curated Betty White GIF Therapy Post
In honor of my strong feelings about her, I wanted to compile an assortment of Betty White GIFs, both in character and just in lounge wear, to showcase more accurately every dimension of her personality. In the process, I learned a lot.
More Than Words: The F-Word, Pt. 2: Feminists(??!??)
“Melaine Randall has said that “the day we start defining feminism, it has lost its vitality.” I’d parry with “the day we start defining feminism, we get an enormous headache and end up subjecting readers to like 1500 words of confusion, because it is impossible.”
Without “The People’s Couch” How Will We Know What Julie and Brandy Think of Criss Angel
Let’s share our sadness over “The People’s Couch” ending its run together.
The Poet and The Scientist: While Vancouver Gets Ready for Christmas
The leaves were falling, the children were wandering the streets in search of candy and the dog was dressed like a bumblebee.
Straddler On The Street: Hannah
Hannah talks about her love for A-Camp, her tricky relationship with her parents, and how it feels to be “gay and female and Asian.” She also offers some really solid advice for anyone who feels a little lost.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Lynn is Miss November
“I find it comforting to know that the work I make will endure however fragile my existence may sometimes feel.” Get ready to fall in love with Lynn, Miss November!
When You’re Sick of Halloween Candy, Let’s Talk About Eating Pumpkins
Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere and not a drop of pumpkin spice latte to drink. But waitaminut, you can make your own!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows Boobs Are Fun To Look At, Regardless
This week on NSFW Sunday: scissoring, things that are sexy, boobs, coming out later in life and more.
American Horror Story 304 Recap: Fearful Pranks Ensue
“I would love to know how much money this show spends on snakes, drummers, and chalk.”
Queers Are The Champions This Sunday Funday Because Obama Said So
When you give a mouse a cookie, a lesbian begins practicing a new sport.
Happy First Birthday, Queer Your Tech With Fun!
IT HAS HAPPENED. TODAY, RIGHT NOW, I AM WRITING THE 52ND INSTALLMENT OF QUEER YOUR TECH.
The Comment Awards Are Having A Halloween Hangover
Isn’t Halloween the original “orange is the new black”?
Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
How I Get Femme Visibility on the Streets
“I’ve figured out is that it’s not so much how I present it’s what I do. And I finally learned how to casually flirt with people with an eyebrow raise or a smile or a wink, which elicits this response of “I see you and I wink back.””
Wilder Hungers: Sleepy Hollow Edition
“We happened to arrive just in time for the block party, which obviously included a children’s dance group dressed like skeletons dancing to “Thriller” AND some aerial dancers swinging from a crane. Are your block parties like that?”
Texas Abortion Restrictions: They’re Back!
Earlier this week, Judge Lee Yeakel ruled one part of Texas’ abortion bill unconstitutional. Now, just a few days later the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed his ruling, meaning that one third of Texas’ remaining abortion clinics must stop providing their services immediately.
Meet Autostraddle’s Newest Writers and Columnists!
Get to know the newest faces at Autostraddle! Complete with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference.
Scientists Make Progress Engineering Artificial Blood In Lab; Sexy Vampires Imminent
Okay, just kidding on the vampires. Probably. But the blood thing is totally true!