Lez Get Dressed For Work: The Working Bois Of Summer
Today I want to talk about how to dress for work when it’s super fucking hot outside and you don’t wear dresses.
Things I Read That I Love #79: Subterranean Homesick Blues
Topics include Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), web developers, poetry and death, meth, psychic Sylvia Browne, Coyote Ugly, Wikipedia, The Whole Earth Catalog and more!
DIY Beauty Bar: Flaxseed Gel For All Your Coiffure Needs
This stuff holds your hair in place without giving it that oh so popular glue-in-your-hair look that so many gels offer.
Home Sweet Homo: Moving Tips for Efficient U-Hauling
Moving isn’t fun. Here are some tips that won’t actually make it fun, but maybe survivable, and that’s a start.
Lez Liberty Lit #22: Reading As Performing
Where to find queer books to read, starting books but not finishing them, perceived gender, 1984 and more.
“The Fosters” Episode 102 Recap: Little Lying Lhasa Apsos
“My sister has Lhasa Apsos and one of them bit my son in the face and now I don’t like Lhasa Apsos and this is unintentional foreshadowing because it turns out I don’t like Marianna much in this episode either.”
The Incredibly True Story Of How Cissexism Made My Same-Sex Marriage Legal
Thanks to a simple governmental regulation, my wife and I were able to exploit a legal loophole and obtain a federally recognized marriage.
Playlist: Brooklyn-Based Queer Musicians With A Lot Of (Upbeat) Feelings
Brooklyn! Brooklyn is a pretty rad place, I hear. They’ve got that bridge situation going on.
Crush Of The Week: Meshell Ndegeocello
“Between her bass playing, her come-to-me smoky voice, her gender-bending outfits, and (at the time) bald head, I swoonily followed her through her musical universe as she had some shooting-star hits.”
A Prairie Homo Does New York: Ten Things I Hate About Mice
New York is more than taxi cabs, street food, and crowds. There’re also mice, rats, and cockroaches! Lots of them! How exciting, right?
Brittani’s Video Party: Taye Diggs Puts a Rainbow On It
Put a rainbow on this week’s party as we watch the video for “The Gayest of All time”, listen to Taye Diggs ruin hip hop, and check out the new show about women in prison from the creator of “Weeds”.
Also.Also.Also: Dolores Huerta Stands Up for Gay Marriage and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Familia es Familia, unless you’re in the Salvation Army. Or Louisiana.
You Should Go: Babeland Throws Us Another Party
Free cocktails, a workshop on kink, and YOU. NYC, June 20. See you there.
Jenny Owen Youngs Is Super Gay: The Autostraddle Interview
Jenny Owen Youngs just officially came out on EveryoneIsGay.com!
VIDEO: “Little Horribles” Episode 2: LMFAO
Is “Little Horribles” the lesbian “Girls”? I don’t know. The lesbians in my neighborhood that I’ve never met seem to think so. Watch episode 2 and decide for yourself.
If You’re Proud And You Know It Clap Your Hands: The International Pride Event Roundup
Pride is upon us, and as such, I bet you’re wondering what that entails for your local city!
Almost Famous: Andy Bowen
A super interesting trans ‘glitch dub’ artist and activist from DC.
We Sorta Won a Thing: Taxation and the Long Fight for Marriage Equality in Germany
A recent ruling could finally pave the way for a more thorough redefinition of marriage and family in Germany and it’s on everyone’s favorite topic: taxation.
More Than Words: Dapper? I Hardly Know Her
(After you read this post you will, though.)
You Should Go: Top Picks Of All The Things In NYC This Month
Parties and fundraisers and other exciting things happening in New York this June.