Butch Please: Butch Gets Emotional
“I get angry at myself for having feelings this big to begin with, and then I wrestle for a few hours with the unique mixture of self-loathing, rage, and sobbing.”
You Don’t Have To Come Out On Thanksgiving: On Going Home and Being Quiet
My grandma shoved 30 dollars in my hand once and told me, “Always tell the truth about who you are and know we’ll love you anyway.”
Queer Your Tech With Fun: Read About Technology on Your Technology
“This is a post all about pulling amazing material from various places around the interwebs.”
The UN Includes “Gender Identity” in Resolution Condemning Discrimination-Based Killings
The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) made great strides in terms of LGBT rights when it voted to keep sexual orientation and include gender identity in a resolution condemning executions for reasons of discrimination.
The Comment Awards Are Stuffed
Secret sex tips, the dangers of food candles and topless protesting.
Things I Read That I Love #51: More Casual Than Real Life
Topics include alcohol, Barack Obama’s twitter account, LIARS, Grace Paley, competitive eating, reading in bars, pretrial prison detention, Joan Didion and Magic The Gathering!
10 Black Friday Deals You Can Get In On Without Getting Off Your Ass
Skip Best Buy and relish in cool deals from retailers like ModCloth, OpenSky, Torrid, Babeland, Topman, Utrecht Art, Autostraddle and Love & Pride.
International Autostraddle Meetup Week Happened And This Is What It Looked Like
If we lived in the 90s I would’ve made a huge scrapbook with all the cute photos you sent in from International Autostraddle Meetup Week(s), but we live in 2012 so here’s a gallery of 300+ photos instead. FYI: You are all SO CUTE.
I Hate Black Friday: This Queer Is Staying Home
The exploitation of love, anxiety and poverty are the driving force behind another made up moneymaking holiday. ‘Merica!
French Leader Offends Gays as He Attempts to Placate the Political Right
French President François Hollande spoke to a congregation of mayors on Tuesday, leaving many incensed. Instead of blaming others for their misinterpretation, Hollande acts like a human being and owns up to his mistake.
Lisa Biron, Anti-Gay Lawyer, Charged With A Whole Slew Of Sex Crimes
“Transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, possession of child pornography, and five counts of sexual exploitation of children.” YIKES.
Brittani’s Video Party: A Convenient Reason to Hide from Your Family
The world’s largest pile of leaves, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy team up for “The Heat”, and impressive sports feats by dudes you’ve never heard of.
The Secret Diary of a Turkey-Fister
“As it turned out, stuffing turkeys on the graveyard shift was a bonding experience that could not be transcended.”
Read a F*cking Book: Cristy C. Road’s “Spit and Passion”
A memoir by a queer Latina punk about how her favorite band saved her from the pain of being a total weirdo.
Thanksgiving OPEN THREAD: Feel And Eat Your Heart Out
I mean, not literally. But tell us about your heart and tell us about what you’re eating, you know?
Please Don’t Volunteer On Thanksgiving: A Former Shelter Worker Tells All
“On the day before Thanksgiving, the day after and the 362 other days of the year (including Christmas) hardly any volunteers, well known or not, showed up to help.”
My Visceral Gender Presentation Feelings-Fest About Casey Legler, A Female Male Model
Have you ever wanted to fuck someone and look like them at the same time? That’s how I feel about Casey Legler, a person who identifies as female but who works as a model in the men’s fashion world. Commence feelings bomb.
19 Horrifying Thanksgiving Dinner Ideas From Vintage Food Ads
It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without Frozen Jellied Turkey Vegetable Salad!
Get Baked: Thanksvegan Extravaganza
This year we decided to skip the Tofurkey and try a few new things, with delicious results.
You Can Help Fund A New Lesbian Film: “Portrait of a Serial Monogamist”
A new lesbian romantic comedy, “Portrait Of A Serial Monogamist”, has an Indiegogo campaign! And it’s really actually good.