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Coming Out

National Coming Out Day Listling Without Commentary: Selections From Your Coming Out Stories

“I’m gay, dipshit.”

Riese October 11, 2011 98 Comments
Movie Reviews

Homopiece Theater Presents: Dirty Girl

The debut film from gay director Abe Sylvia tackles the trials and tribulations of the school slut and her gay best friend in 1987, with mixed results. Milla Jovovich is involved.

gabby October 10, 2011 13 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Book About Futuristic SciFi Lesbian Romance from 1906 Exists

Rachel’s Team Pick: “A Persian astronomer, Abou Shimshek, has found an “ice lens” which allowed him to discover a new planet on which live a race of telepathic, furred, electric-wheel-riding aliens.”

Rachel October 10, 2011 8 Comments
Music

And Now Some New Music From the Ladies: Feist, Bjork and More

“I guarantee she will have at least one song on this season of Grey’s Anatomy and/or Private Practice.”

Vicky October 10, 2011 13 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Netflix Brings Back “The Wonder Years,” My Childhood

I have 48 packages of Ramen. No joke.

Carmen October 10, 2011 22 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

How To Get Out Of Any Conversation

Whether you’re at a party, on the phone, or stuck in an email chain, we have exit strategies for you.

Jezebel October 10, 2011 25 Comments
Gender

She’s A Boy I Knew: Transgressing Gender, Transforming Film

As both the subject and filmmaker of the documentary ‘She’s A Boy l Knew,’ Gwen Haworth takes gender expression to a whole new level.

Lindsay October 10, 2011 41 Comments
School

You Need to Watch “Default: The Student Debt Documentary”

Katrina’s Team Pick: “The conversation about student debt is a conversation that everyone who’s in school should be having.”

phoenix October 10, 2011 26 Comments
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Playlist: Work Out Your Shit At The Gym

I feel like sharing my workout mix with you is the most intimate thing I have ever done on the internet.

Riese October 9, 2011 46 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Supports International Fisting Day

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday wants to tell you about fisting, ridiculous sex products, Hope Solo naked and so forth.

Guest October 9, 2011 18 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday is Occupying Ellen’s Head, Rosie’s Studio, Your Heart

This week gay people were campaigning, praying, and throwing glitter. We’re sitting down with Rosie and kickin’ back with Ellen. Also, there is a kitten inside.

Carmen October 9, 2011 9 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Televisionary: Parks and Rec, Big Bang Theory & Community

TV happens every week. Did you know that? Big Bang Theory, Parks and Recreation, and Community all showed new episodes. Weird.

Brittani October 8, 2011 20 Comments
Movie Reviews

Movie Night: D.E.B.S.

This is not the Girl Scouts, this is espionage!

Crystal October 7, 2011 55 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Salute Autumn

..and all it has to offer: girls in cardigans, giant piles of leaves, and that delightful time when allergy season and flu season overlap.

Laura October 7, 2011 11 Comments
Politics + Activism

UK Prime Minister David Cameron Comes Out In Support of Gay Marriage

Conservative British PM David Cameron supports gay marriage. What does this mean?

Ryan Yates October 7, 2011 35 Comments
Geekery

Remembering Steve Jobs: The Day Technology Went Dark

“I remember my first iPod; it had the four red illuminated buttons and it never left my side. I remember my first smartphone: it was an iPhone. I remember picking up an iPad with skepticism and setting it down and knowing that I didn’t just want one — I needed one.”

taylor October 7, 2011 24 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: You Have a Deadline

Sometimes you are busy, and sometimes you have an insane impossible deadline that’s been building for weeks and then still manages to hit you in the face.

Ryan Yates October 7, 2011 33 Comments
Politics + Activism

What Do You Think?: Racism in the Queerest, Most Feminist of Places

“Why on earth would any white girl want to hold up a sign with the n-word on it? …Did she just wake up and lose her damn mind?”

gabby October 7, 2011 171 Comments
Queer Fashion Shopping

You Need A Messenger Bag: A Bag for Everything and Everything in a Bag

Messenger bags are the ultimate queer carrying-things accessory. Let’s use our undying love for them to solve some common bag problems.

Lizz October 7, 2011 75 Comments
Life

You Need Help: A Lesson Before Dying

What to do when your best friend’s parent dies

Riese October 6, 2011 31 Comments
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