On Being Gay at One of America’s Most Anti-Gay Schools
A former student’s tale of coming-out as gay at Liberty University raises interesting questions about the place of LGBT people in conservative, evangelical Christianity.
Life-Saving Tech For Your Boobs: This Bra Detects Cancer
This bra can detect cancer. It could detect cancer long, long before our usual methods (mammagram and…uh…mammagram) would normally even be recommended. It could improve the visibility of screening for cancer.
Things I Read That I Love #70: We Confront The Mysteries and The Terrors of Life Through Them.
Topics include Vice, meth, makeup, Bally’s, Wal-mart, celebrity culture, sex abuse, Girls of Riyadh, Zanesville, and sex in 1950!
Jill Bennett Is Back With New Comedy Series, “Second Shot”
Jill Bennett is BACK starring in a new comedy series, “Second Shot,” which she also co-created and produced.
The Comment Awards Will Be Your April Fool
“This week was pretty uneventful but it was warm enough to eat lunch outside and I learned that a group of owls is called a parliament so things are looking up.”
You Can Take It With You: Tabbouleh À La Carte
Everybody likes taco bars and choosing toppings in their pizza. Why not do the same thing with tabbouleh?
I Am Jack’s Preoccupation With Mortality
“You’re marching gallantly to your grave Laneia. We all are. We’re all spinning spinning spinning just grazing fingertips on things in hopes we’ll leave a mark. Anyway you should stop opening your mouth so wide when you brush your teeth. Keep those wrinkles down.”
Let The Knife’s “Shaking The Habitual” Shake You Too
Cara’s Team Pick: Everyone’s favorite Swedish brother-sister electronic duo turns queer theory into crazy atmospheric semi-dance music. FINALLY.
Lez Liberty Lit #17: You Hate The Word “Moist” For A Reason
Best literary insults, stalking Eileen Myles, queer readings of Harriet the Spy and more.
A Prairie Homo Companion: Top 5 Queer Prairie Places on the Great, Wide Web
Check out this list of queer prairie sites to visit when you’re not reading A Prairie Homo Companion.
Girl Bar Returns to Vegas for Dinah Shore Weekend 2013
Poker, pool, and parties. This is what you can expect when Girl Bar invites you to invade Las Vegas with thousands of other queer women from April 25th-28th.
Violence and Homophobia on the Court: Why Mike Rice’s Actions Surprise This Rutgers Alum
Video of the Rutgers men’s basketball coach, Mike Rice, has been all over the everywhere for two days, and as an alum, I’m still surprised by it.
Do Not Consume Psilocybin Mushrooms While Trans*
“This is about the first time I ever did mushrooms, and it’s about how being trans* affects everything, even bullshit bourgeoise attempts at pharmacological liberation.”
Brittani’s Video Party: Azealia Banks Has No Problems with G-Mail, and Hermione is on The Outs
Azealia may not have problems with g-mail but she might with g-males. Ohhhhh. Plus, Emma Watson’s new movie trailer and a beloved web series comes to an end.
How To Own It: Things I’ve Been Meaning To Do and Make
An iPhone case out of pressed flowers, DIY striped pants, and more!
A Few Anti-Gay Apples Ruin the Bunch in Manitoba, Help Make the Case for Bill 18
In Winnipeg it proves difficult for restauranteurs and citizens to thrive when homophobia is the only thing being dished out. But hopefully Bill 18 can change that.
10 Literary Pinterests For Book-Lovers
The only thing better than reading books is looking at pictures of books on the internet or, better yet, looking at pictures of bookSHELVES on the internet. There are so many cool lit pinterests, here are some of my faves.
Get Baked: Cornish Game Hen and Roasted Vegetables
Step your game up. Get it?
Also.Also.Also: “Honey, We’re Praying for You” and Other Stories We Missed This Week
To L-Fest and back, but definitely not to Albania.
Poet and Activist, Andrea Gibson: The Autostraddle Interview
This is an exclusive Autostraddle interview with Andrea Gibson. Happy National Poetry Month, queermos!