Supergirls Like Us: Batgirl’s Alysia Yeoh Is Trans
“It’s important not just to have characters that challenge ideas about gender and sex, but to also have them in realistic settings.”
Queer Girl City Guide: London, Baby!
London can be brutal when the rent is due, but also incredibly exciting, creative, glittery and beautiful any day of the week.
Brittani’s Video Party: Easy Abby, Dyke Central, and In the Deep Want Your Attention
Take a break from the viral videos and check out these web series that were made with your queer self in mind.
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Brain Freeze
Sometimes a prairie homo has nothing to write, so she writes about it.
How To Own It: Tiny Lacy Ruffled Socks
Your ankles need attention. Ruffly, lacy attention.
Also.Also.Also: Heather Morris is Pregnant and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Don’t fire me for being fabulous.
23 Vintage Young Adult Novel Covers With Major Lesbian Subtext
Nobody was surprised to hear that Mallory hates boys (and gym).
France Wins A Thing: Gay Marriage for All for Real!
France gets gay married! And French Autostraddlers were there through it all!
VIDEO: Adorable Gail Marquis And Audrey Smaltz Tell Their Love Story, Warm Your Heart
I want to be Gail Marquis and Audrey Smaltz when I grow up.
Get Baked: White Bean Spring Salad
This salad looks really pretty and tastes really yummy, not to mention it’s really easy. Really.
Almost Famous: Dalice Malice
A queer trans* folk singer from Chicago and maybe now also the butchest femme you know.
Trans and Schizophrenic: When Diagnosis Impacts Transition
If he had read my medical records he would have known that my first psychotic break was exacerbated by my fear that I would never be recognized as a woman.
Trans Woman Denied Admission to Smith College: Why “Just Checking Female” is More Complicated Than it Sounds
Smith College’s inhospitality toward trans women ultimately threatens, rather than upholds, their institutional image as a women’s college.
Get Baked Basics: Chicken Stock
Stock photography in its most basic sense.
Cats and Feminism and Cartoons! Wheeee!
Ali’s Team Pick: Feminism, cats and cartoons all in one happy place.
Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with the Coquette On Getting Your Sh*t Together
“I’ve been doing this shit for half a damn decade, and I honestly couldn’t tell you how any of it happened.”
15 Funny Things Rachel Said Recently
“five years from now when i’m living in a tree writing tracts about how monsanto is part of the illuminati cabal on recycled seventh-generation paper bags, you can pinpoint this as the moment it started.”
Make A Thing: Embroidered Cards
Embroidering a birthday card will impress people but no one will actually know it actually takes zero crafting skill.
The Future’s Not Here Yet: Neither Gay Rights Movement Nor Feminism Has “Succeeded”
“Do u think part of the reason gay rights has moved forward while women’s rights backwards is b/c gay rights includes men’s rights?”
RIP MSN Messenger
When someone saw you through puberty, coming out and university, you have to pay your respects. Goodbye dear friend.