I Had Facial Feminization Surgery
“I paid a dude to knock me unconscious, peel back my face, and cut out chunks of my skull and jaw.”
Make A Thing: Corkboard Clouds
You need adorable things in your life. These clouds fill that quota.
Team Pick: Treadmill Desks As Described By The New Yorker And Susan Orlean
Let me be clear: I am not just team picking the treadmill desk. That would be silly. I am team picking the article in the New Yorker that Susan Orlean wrote about treadmill desks. Glad we’re all on the same page now.
Glee Episode 422 Recap: All Or Nothing Or Everything Or Something Or Whatever
This week on Glee, everything ended. Because it was the last episode of the season. There will be more episodes next season though. So don’t worry about it. Also this episode was weird, so.
Read A F*cking Book: Mia McKenzie’s “The Summer We Got Free”
The Summer We Got Free is a story of family, of generational healing and the power of queerness.
BREAKING: Zoe Saldana Is Bisexual Maybe, Definitely Wants To Raise Your Gayby
“I might end up with another woman, raising my children…that’s how androgynous I am.”
Queer Girl City Guide: Nashville, Tennessee
The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the face and a sign to leave. Six years later, I couldn’t be more happy that I stayed.
Transitioning While Genderqueer (Despite the Standards of Care)
“It would have been nice to share my entire truth with her, but because of the Standards of Care, I didn’t; I feared my story would be seen as diverging from the typical trans* narrative too much.”
Ode to My Pantry: Oil
When it comes to Liquids that Cook Your Food, which one should you choose?
Straddler On The Street: Maile
Maile first stole my heart when she said she’s been reading Autostraddle since she was “a wee closeted baby dyke” and she won me over when she told me she “continues to be a diehard fan.”
2013 GLAAD Awards San Francisco: Our Starry Starry Night With Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner and Ketel One
Alex, Riese, Marni and Mary hit up the GLAAD Awards in San Francisco last night and spent lots of quality time with Adam Lambert, Brittney Griner, Mel B & Jessica Clark!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants You To Take Off Your Shirt
This week on NSFW Sunday: living apart, what sex does/doesn’t do to your private parts, how to talk dirty in bed, when to change your sheets after sex and more.
Sunday Funday: The Two-Moms-Are-Better-Than-One Edition
Happy Mother’s Day, queermos!
Tech Spring Cleaning Part 2: File Organization and You
Everything you’ve saved in Documents. Downloads. All the things. Maybe your hard drive is cringing under the weight of all the jpgs, docs. wavs and m4ps or maybe you just can’t find anything or maybe both, NO MATTER. This is the week we deal with that ish.
Butch Please: Butch and Boundaries
Why is it that time and time again, people act like they can’t make me uncomfortable? That as a butch — as well as a queer person, a top, someone who likes to flirt and be sexual just like most human beings — it’s impossible to sexually harass me?
The Comment Awards Are Getting Handsy
It’s masturbation month and we have our hands full.
Things I Read That I Love #75: Quinoa Cranberry Pilaf, Coregasm
Topics include New York’s fancy gentleman’s clubs, Thelma & Louise, porn in San Francisco, shitty jobs, domestic violence, oxycontin abuse, scientology, band names and so much more!
A Bra That Fits Me: A Critique of The Chrysalis Lingerie Launch
“Chrysalis was going to be the best thing since sliced bread when it came to trans women. I eagerly clicked the link for the store. My jaw subsequently hit the floor, and I don’t mean that in a good way.”
You Can Take It With You: Naked Samosas and Tamarind Chutney
This week I almost burned my apartment down. Let’s talk about how to prevent that and safer ways to fry delicious foodstuffs.
Claire’s College Lesbianage: Thirteen Miles From Boston
“We are safe.” It was our mantra from Monday to Saturday. Every Facebook update, every phone call with a frantic friend or family member, we repeated, “We are safe.”