Hey NYC LGBTQ Artists, Submit Your Stuff To “Love Out Loud” Group Show
Vanessa’s Team Pick: An open call for LGBT artists, photographers, and sculptors in the New York City metropolitan area.
A Prairie Homo Companion: Prairie Homo Racisms
Since I easily dismissed the strange looks people gave my white mom and her three brown-skinned little kids and the questions about where I was from as just ignorant things people said, I grew up not very aware of racism and micro-aggressions. I didn’t think of myself as black or as white.
Brittani’s Video Party: Three Love Stories and an Otter
A model and basketball player find love, a pianist searches for his violinist wife, THE couple meets their match, and a sea otter is athletically adorable.
Lez Liberty Lit #14: I Love The Smell Of Novellas In The Morning
Batwoman’s lesbian wedding, queer fiction for Black History Month, Jeanette Winterson on Virginia Woolf and confessions from an analogue-obsessed book sniffer, book cakes and so much more!
College Lesbianage Class of 2016: Winter Wunderkinds
This month’s update finds our Lesbianagelings finishing up their finals and heading back to their homelands. What have they learned about the world and themselves during this first semester of college?
Get Your 2013 Autostraddle Calendar For $8! 48-Hour Sale!
We’re clearing out the 2013 Calendars — time to get yours!
Get Baked: Vegan Hamantaschen for Purim
“I hadn’t eaten hamantaschen since going vegan almost nine years ago, which makes no sense because there’s no excuse not to veganize all baked goods all the time.”
New Gallup Poll Answers the Question “How Gay Is Your State?”
Gallup found out for you! Hint: not very.
Don’t Let London Rain on Your Pride Parade or Potential Lack Thereof
The prospects for London Pride 2013 look bleak, but hopefully communities can change that.
Bridal Magazine Rejects, Then Accepts, Ad Featuring Lesbian Couple After Internet Feelingsfest
“We are so sorry that we acted out of fear and uncertainty. We had never been faced with such a decision and we should have acted with our hearts.”
More Than Words: AP Style Guide Is Once Again No Partner (or Husband, or Wife) To Gays
The AP Style Guide’s newest language decision is making everyone cry into their cake.
Mexican Supreme Court Invokes U.S. Civil Rights Legislation In Marriage Equality Ruling
Marriage equality is slowly but steadily making its way throughout Mexico, this time thanks to a little help from our own Loving v. Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education.
Also.Also.Also: Children and Lawmakers Alike Write Letters for Gay Rights And Other Stories We Missed This Week
Clive Davis is bi, the Millionaire Matchmaker is…. not, and Toni Braxton wishes she was a lesbian. “And not a lipstick lesbian, either.” Also, you got paid this week, right?
Claudia Is Intersex, Let’s Talk About It
Hey there, Autostraddlers. I’m Claudia, and I’m intersex.
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Stronic Eins
The newest offering from the Germany-based Fun Factory, the Stronic looks exactly like any other sex toy – but it isn’t.
Almost Famous: Top Less Gay Love Tekno Party
Super queer Canadian glam-pop that’ll dare you to dance.
Lez Give Them Something To Talk About: First Time Gay Hook-Ups, Qs For Lesbian Moms, Et Al
Five recently-published articles from the mainstream including “I’m a lesbian who loves Channing Tatum” and “My Lady-Date Is Hotter Than Me And I’m Trying To Be An Adult About It.”
Hilarious Hostel: Get Into Bed With Queer Comedy At PodShare
Wifi and memory foam AND a stand up comedy show? Oh my! Plus meet the queer startup kid behind the innovative pod hotel!
How White LGBTQ People Can Be More Inclusive of People of Color
“If you’re white and LGBTQ and you want to make sure that LGBTQ spaces are as safe and inclusive for everyone as possible, here are some steps you can take to support people of color and be more racially aware.”
On Sobriety, Recovery and the Art of Not Dating
“My sobriety buddies warned me that if I violated the ban on dating before I was ready, I might be pushed into a relapse. Instead, I’ve just been pushed into never wanting to date again.”