NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday is Spending the Day in Bed
This week on NSFW Sunday: a periodic table of feminist porn, period sex, and skinny dipping etiquette.
Sunday Funday Is Even More Confident About Gay Marriage Than Usual
I think it might be wedding season.
In Which We Announce The Lucky Winners Of the September A-Camp Raffle!
Time to announce the winners of our A-Camp Campership Raffle, a raffle inspired by your supreme ability to get us past the $80k mark in our big amazing awesome fundraiser!
Anna Anthropy: Queering Video Games One Pixel at a Time
“Anthropy proves to us that video games can tell our stories as queer and trans* women. They can vent our frustrations in ways other people can experience. They can help us to communicate the things we go through in an unprecedented, interactive way.”
Petition the White House for Beer
Ali’s Team Pick: Because, Mr. President, you know who else loves politics and home brewed beer? Queer ladies.
The Comment Awards Are Going Back To School
School is in session, get your chin off your desk.
Happy Kaki King Day!
Happy fucking birthday Kaki King!
Log Cabin Republicans Don’t Approve Of Republican Platform, Because It’s Way Anti-Gay
Basically, the Republican party has nailed down social conservatism from 1950, and plans to fuck all of us over. Thanks, guys!
On the Dan Savage v. Brian Brown Debate: Can We Please Just Admit That We’re Different?
“The debate between Savage and Brown, at its core, was really just a fight over whether or not gay people can be deemed appropriate or special enough in the eyes of people like Brown to be permitted in the institution of marriage.”
The Discerning Butch: A Gift Guide for the Masculine-of-Center Person In Your Life
What to get the queer who has everything. Or what to get yourself because hey, you deserve a present today.
Things I Read That I Love #39: Explain Things To Me
Topics include education, how reported rapes are (mis)handled in DC, reality TV, psychosis, mansplaining, TED, hate crimes and so many other things!
Artist Spotlight: Rachael Ward
“Ward is a singer-songwriter from Monroe, Georgia. She has hair like Lissie and a wardrobe rivaling Idgie Threadgoode’s. Most importantly, she has more husk in her voice than a stalk of corn.”
Indonesian LBT Women Exposed to Backlash
CEDAW–the international beacon for women’s rights–does not shine on lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in Indonesia. This is a painful disappointment, given LBT people’s need for protection from a fundamentalist backlash.
$80K Celebration: Raffling Off Two September A-Camperships & Taking Straddle-Gif Requests
We made it to 80k! That means you can request gifs from Brianna’s brilliant straddle-gifs tumblr AND we’re raffling off two camperships for September for anyone looking for a last-minute vaycay!
Five Female Athletes Who Will Knock You Out
“Brought to you by my love for athletic women, here’s a list of sporty women to watch out for.”
Get That Gay Off My TV and That Corn Into My Mouth
Midwestern 18-24 year olds don’t watch Glee. Does that mean they hate all queers or just Ryan Murphy?
Jess Scone, Vegan Visionary: The Autostraddle Interview
“I feel like once you open your mind and your heart to one type of revolutionary thinking, you’re able to open your mind and heart to other things as well.”
Dykeadence: Southern Hospitality With A Side of Debauchery
If heaven is a place on earth, all of the girls there are queer, covered in glitter and have lilting accents.
Playlist: Go Your Own Way
Songs for breaking away from your family, finding your independence, and heading off to a new and better life.
Uganda Doesn’t Want You To See “The River and The Mountain”
The River and the Mountain, by British playwright Beau Hopkins, might be the most dangerous play in town. Because that town is Kampala, Uganda, and this play is about a gay person.