Riese’s Team Pick: New Trailer for Pariah
“Alike is a 17-year-old African-American woman who lives with her parents and younger sister in Brooklyn’s Fort Greene neighborhood. Alike is quietly but firmly embracing her identity as a lesbian.”
Get Baked: Grilled Veggies
Get your charcoal, lighter fluid, and beverage of choice and get ready to impress your friends with the magic of fire!
The L Word Franchise: All I Wanna Say is That They Don’t Really Care About Us (Anymore)
I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore!
Playlist: Chill Songs For Hot Days
When it’s too hot to move, just hit play.
The Real Hey Did You See That Comment? Friday!
Before you read the awards, ask yourself: Have I filled out the reader survey yet?
Kreayshawn’s “Gucci Gucci” Video Sure Seems Gay
Hipster or lesbian? Whatever, I’m obsessed with this video.
Lindsay’s Team Pick: Photographer Alix Smith’s “States of Union”
Alix Smith is a totally amazing lesbian photographer from New York who is currently trying to finish a rad and important project that is relevant to our interests. And she needs your help.
Kick Off NYC Pride With GO! and Real L Word’s Real Live Lesbians
You should go to this. You will have a good time, probably.
Lizz’s Team Pick: X-Men Were Born This Way
It doesn’t matter if you’re an X-man or gay, cause, baby, you were born this way.
Target Is “Neutral” On Gay Marriage But Its Shareholders and Shoppers Aren’t
It turns out that Target, the company who donated $150,000 to anti-gay groups last year, is headquarted in Minnesota, where the biggest gay marriage vote of the season is going down.
So You’re Gay and Your Friends Are Straight, Now What?
So let’s say all your friends are straight and they’re totally okay with you being gay but also sometimes say the most irritating things ever? A conversation on how/when to deal.
Bonnaroo 2011 Spotlights: Jessica Lea Mayfield, Sharon Van Etten, Abigail Washburn
Oh hi there. This is what we’re excited about for Bonnaroo!
The Gay Girl in Damascus May Be Fake, But Her Story Isn’t
“…for some of us realities are actually reality, tragedies are actually tragic and the unbelievable is actually to be believed.”
Autostraddle Reader Survey 2011: Talk to Us (It’s Multiple Choice)
If I don’t know more about you I’ll just die.
Rachel’s Team Pick: National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
THIS PIE IS THE BEST PIE
Obama Really, Really Wants Some Gay Best Friends, Ideally Registered Voters
Are you going to get on the High Tea Party Express Train with Obama?
Annika and Sebastian Answer Your Trans* Questions (Part One)
Do you think gender is a social construction? How do hormones affect your sex life? What can my LGBT organization do to better include trans people?
Ontario Catholic School Bans Rainbows. Yup. Rainbows! They Banned RAINBOWS.
A Catholic school in Ontario has banned rainbows. Can we take a moment to appreciate how ridiculous this is.
Street Art’s Gritty, Sexual, Honest and Very Very Queer Side
“Us” in this instance being graffiti artists, street artists, vandals, thought provokers— who are women, and also queer.”
Jess’s Team Pick: Lesbians Form Justin ‘Biebershop Quartet’
The lesbians who look like Justin Bieber formed a Biebershop Quartet, naturally.