Eleven Women of Color You Should Know and Admire
Women who inspired us, gave us a vocabulary and taught us how to be ourselves.
More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 2 — Dyke Dynasty
In which some Dykes on Bikes take on the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Start your engines.
Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper
On flappers, Zelda Fitzgerald, and sleeping around.
More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 1 — Baby Dykes
Was the world’s first dyke a snappy dresser, a 1st-century warrior queen, or a tiny antelope?
Idol Worship: Janis Joplin Rocks My World and Record Collection
The first album I came to own on vinyl was “Pearl.”
1938 PSA Warns Against Evil Lesbian Menaces
The Lesbian Menace: involves no chubby children with slingshots, unfortunately.
More Than Words: That’s Why The Lady Is A Stamp
From dough-kneaders to Journos, and beyond.
25 Pictures Of The Lesbian Internet, 1997-2007
Once upon a time in a land far far away, lesbians found the internet and covered it with rainbows!
25 Queer Parties You Should Go To If You Have A Time Machine
Vintage event posters, flyers and ads from 1914 – 1995.
Idol Worship: Mabel Hampton Is Gay History
Mabel Hampton preserved our story when it was first starting. Now I wanna tell hers to you.
Women’s History Month: Your Reference Guide for 2013
Happy Women’s History Month, homos!
Thank The 50’s For Your Underpinnings (And Other Fashion Freedoms)
It’s because of the real-life women who took enormous risks to their personal safety, and who physically fought to wear whatever undies, clothing and footwear they damn well pleased that we can have underwear week at all.
Idol Worship: 30 Photos of Bettie Page In Underwear
Welcome to Idol Worship’s Underwear Week Edition! Speaking of which, I’m still inspired by how Bettie Page showed us her underwear so much.
More Than Words: Underwhence?
While the rest of Autostraddle talks about underwear, I will be talking about talking about underwear. You can’t hang out at the strip club all the time, you know?
More Than Words: Queer, Part 2 (Growing Pains)
From Queer Nation to queer theory to alphabet soup and umbrellas and the always-dicey process of reclamation.
Yet Another News Outlet Fails Queer History 101 by Erasing Trans* People from Stonewall
“When the media fails to recognize the role trans* people have played in LGBT history, it fails to recognize and advance that equality.”
A Prairie Homo Companion: Edmonton Basketballers Didn’t Play By Women’s Rules
A prairie homo herstory lesson! The Edmonton Grads revolutionized the sports’ world by demonstrating that women, just like men, could be athletic champions.
More Than Words: Drag It Out Of Me
“We’re born naked and the rest is drag”
Idol Worship: Frida Kahlo, Brutal and Vulnerable
They never told us in school that Kahlo was bisexual and I feel conned by that, feel robbed by it. I’m proud of it.
More Than Words: Queer, Part 1 (The Early Years)
“Queer” set itself up as “not straight” centuries before “straight” had even thought about being a sexual identity.”