Playlist: Bonnaroo Days And Nights 2013
The day starts at daybreak whether you like it or not, so drink a little coffee and a lot of water and take a hard look at your schedule. Don’t miss anything.
Trauma Queen: An Autostraddle Book Review and Interview
Trauma Queen, the new memoir by Lovemme Corazon, is a hard read but equally hard to put down. There are many, many people who will find a familiar history in this book, and the author hopes that will be a jumping off point for healing and discussions.
Make A Thing: Father’s Day DIY Roundup
Father’s Day is June 16. Prepare yourselves.
Find Yourself a Wing Ma’am
This not-so-dating app helps you find your community and maybe even a girlfriend.
Team Pick: Happy Anniversary To Canada’s First Gay Couple To Get Legally Married!
Kristen’s Team Pick. Two Canucks got married on June 10th and a decade later they’re still together in the world they changed for the better.
To Be A U-Haul Lesbian or Not To Be A U-Haul Lesbian: Almost Definitely Not
As predictable as the seasons themselves, it’s the start of the Annual Dyke Moving Season! Hoooraaaay!
Design*Sponge Founder Grace Bonney Comes Out, Is My Idol
Design*Sponge Grace Bonney officially came out today on her website today and if you wanna give her a hug in person, come to A-Camp this October!
Ode to My Pantry: Pan Pals
Treat your friends right and they won’t rebel.
Straddler On The Street: Lauren
Lauren is a young artist in New York with big plans (and a soft spot for Jenny Schecter).
The 2013 Tony Awards Liveblog Feelings Situation
Singing and dancing and Neil Patrick Harris and drag queens and all the gay your teevee can handle!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Ravenous
This week on NSFW Sunday: rethinking sexual desire and the patriarchy, most-searched-for porn terms, getting kinky, Shakespearean pick up lines and more.
It’s Sunday Funday and We F*cking Love You Homos
Happy Sunday! I have been the worst this week multiple times. I really don’t wanna talk about it.
Queer Your Tech With Fun: Or Not, Since Google Glass Banned Porn
Google has quietly changed their Glassware (software for Glass) policy – no nudity, graphic sex acts or sexually explicit material.
Team Pick: “We Think Alone” Will Make You Love Checking Your Email
Cara’s Team Pick: Miranda July is nosy and YOU can reap the rewards!
The Comment Awards Are Seeing Double
Jumpsuits, fantasy merch and radical activist bisexual curmudgeons!
Team Pick: Genius Young Women Create Feminist Superhero Trading Cards To Fight Racism and Gossip
Sarah’s Team Pick: A Grrlz Club has made female superheroes to fight against racism, “nerd discrimination”, and gossip and it’s the best thing ever.
Butch Please: Butch on the Streets
There is something strange about the street harassment I receive as a butch in that it is often terrifying and extremely triggering, but something about it makes me feel justified. I am glad these men see me as a threat.
Even Post-DADT, Military May Get “License to Bully” LGB Servicemembers Because “Religious Freedom”
A newly introduced bill would protect the “speech and actions” associated with religious belief, which could mean less protection for those affected by the speech and action.
Things I Read That I Love #78: Part High School, Part Rehab, Part Substitute Family
Topics include Lefrack City, UCB, American teeth, selling the South to Southerners, tech money’s influence on The Bay Area, The Bling Ring, The Preppy Murder case, Detroit, killer crushes, missing First Nation women and more!
Australia Conducts Largest Ever Study on Gay Parents, Finds Kids Are In Fact Alright
I want us to all take a moment to let this sink: according to the largest study on same-sex parents and their children ever conducted, the kids are not only okay, but in some ways more well-adjusted than the children in heterosexual-parented families.