Pretty Little Liars Recap 321: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Out of the Closet
This week on Pretty Little Liar Emily spends all together too much time trying to defend men and Hanna sinks a car in a lake while wearing a super lesbian outfit.
Obama Administration Joins the Club, Files Amicus Brief Against Prop 8 in Supreme Court Case
The Justice Department’s amicus brief joins other ones opposed to Prop 8, including one from 75 pro-equality Republicans. This leaves a lot of questions: namely, what took them so long?
The Comment Awards Want You to Ride Shotgun
Hot beverages, hot women and hot rodding across the country with a pup. Who’s in?
You Need Help: Let’s Talk About (Having More) Sex
“Am I allowed to tell my girlfriend that I would like to have sex more often? If so, how?”
Marco McMillian, Gay Man of Color and Candidate for Mayor, Murdered in Mississippi
“On Wednesday, Marco McMillian was found dead on a Mississippi River levee. He was a gay man of color running for mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and his death is being investigated as a homicide.”
Things I Read That I Love #65: Ellen Finds A Plumber
Topics include Ellen circa 1998, women in the KKK, the HMS Bounty, high cost medical care, long prison terms and poverty, Adalia Rose, studio photography, child beauty pageants & manufacturing in America.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Brianne is Miss March
You’re about to fall entirely in love with Brianne. “My Femininity is powerful. This is my body, and I’ll do with it as I please.”
You Should Go: Raise The Roof While Raising Funds For The Transgender Law Center in Boston
Good music, good cause, Good Vibrations. I had you at “good,” right?
Maddie the Coonhound Traveled the U.S., Wants To Do It Again With Friends Like You
When a dog goes on a book tour, the rest seems pretty self-explanatory. Get in on this!
The LGBTQ Side of SXSW: OUTLander Spring Festival
During SXSW, an equally awesome and certainly more queer festival will be happening in Austin. On March 9th at as part of OUTLander’s Spring Festival, Main Screen will show episodes of Words With Girls, Unicorn Plan-It, and Gay Street Therapy along with a live performance from Haviland Stillwell.
F To 7th Is For the Homoneurotic in All of Us
Vanessa’s Team Pick: F to 7th is “a homoneurotic web series about Ingrid Jungermann and her descent into lesbian middle age,” it’s really funny, has awesome guest stars and I think you need to watch it.
Phenomenal Fun Photos From Phresh Cutz February Fundraiser
It’s your monthly dose of party pictures from Phresh Cutz, a queer pop-up barbershop where cool kids, excellent hair and queer sensibilities come together to make magic.
House Finally Passes Expanded Violence Against Women Act, With Extremely Minimal GOP Cooperation
Today the House of Representatives has finally passed the Violence Against Women Act – and it includes expanded protections for Native women and survivors in same-sex relationships.
Prairie Homo Tegan Quin: The Autostraddle Interview
In which Tegan lets me know that her songs are like her babies, she has a tea-drinking schedule, and she doesn’t want you to build a shrine to her in your home.
Brittani’s Video Party: British Teenagers Explain Football to Lena Dunham, Michelle Obama and Jeremy Lin
Lena Dunham auditions for Zero Dark Thirty, Jeremy Lin gets you all teary eyed, British teenagers answer questions about the “National Football Legion”, and Michelle Obama shows off her motherly dance moves.
How To Own It: Floral Headbands
It’s almost March which means it’s almost spring which means I’m about to start putting flowers on everything.
“Trapped in the Wrong Body:” Katie Couric Talks to and About Trans* People with Limited Success
A trans* take on Katie Couric’s “Growing Up Transgender” show.
75 Republicans and 278 Businesses Sign Briefs Supporting Gay Marriage, Recognize That DOMA Helps No One
“Yesterday it was revealed that 75 prominent Republicans have signed onto an amicus brief arguing for the legalization of gay marriage in the Supreme Court case dealing with marriage equality.”
How Do We Make Sense of This? Breaking Down Our Campus Rape Problem
A former campus activist explains why universities are getting away with not seriously addressing rape on campus, and why they need to start.
Kvelling Over First LGBT-Inclusive Jewish Children’s Book
Vanessa’s Team Pick: As a Jewish lesbian with hopes and dreams of one day becoming a mom, I feel that it is my duty to tell you that the very first LGBT-inclusive Jewish children’s book in English finally exists!