Honestly, What Even Is This “DADT Repeal” if Katie Miller Can’t Get Back In?

Katie Miller is the best cadet to ever not be allowed back into West Point yet.

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Politics + Activism

Emily’s Team Pick: Tell Your Story to the US Commission On Civil Rights

“Please, tell your stories. And spread the word, so that all of our voices are heard.”

Playlists

The Ultimate Nicki Minaj Mixtape – Unofficial AS Vol. 1

My wife put me on to the Nickster about two years before Pink Friday dropped. We are Nicki Minaj lovers and we don’t give a f*ck.

Community

Lesbian Website Autostraddle Raises $20,000 in a Week, Predicts Bright Future

Some notes on a “sustainable model” from a website which has been “sustained.”

Gender

Hello, Estrogen – Farewell, Heteronormative Privilege

“Passing for a girl in public 100% of the time… also means that after more than three years together, my girlfriend and I are now read as a lesbian couple for the first time.”

Movie Reviews

Anna Faris’s “What’s Your Number” is Apparently Our Big Chance to Prove Women are Funny

“Studio executives believe that male moviegoers would rather prep for a colonoscopy than experience a woman’s point of view, particularly if that woman drinks or swears or has a great job or an orgasm.”

Music

Jess’s Team Pick: “The Voice” Introduces Talented Lesbian Singer-Songwriter Vicci Martinez

That new show “The Voice” had a cute, talented lesbian singing her heart out to Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep.”

Politics + Activism

Attack on Trans Woman in McDonalds: Hate Crime, Wake-Up Call, Horrifying

On April 18, Chrissy Lee Polis, who is 22, tried to use the washroom in a McDonald’s in suburban Baltimore and was attacked by two patrons instead. The community has responded with support. McDonalds? Not so much.

Geekery

Carmen’s Team Pick: Never Lose Your Phone Ever Again, Really

The best part is, wheresmycellphone.com won’t judge you when you’re so drunk you left your phone in a purse that was later stolen.

Playlists

Playlist: Sleep Don’t Weep

The musical equivalent of valerian root.

Politics + Activism

The Anti-Gays Must Be Crazy

Gay judges can’t judge and abortion rights activists are actually lesbian activists but also! A church in Ohio really loves gay people a lot and made us a sign!

Geekery

Rachel’s Team Pick: Hungover Owls

BRB CHANGING MY SPIRIT ANIMAL RIGHT NOW.

Politics + Activism

Tennessee’s Republican Senators’ Delusional Plan To Pretend Gay People Don’t Exist

You know how no one ever told you anything about gay people even existing? What if that was the law?

Politics + Activism

Paul Clement Keeping That “Defending DOMA” Gig by Quitting King & Spalding

Paul Clement was quickly hired by a law firm started by the architect of the Patriot Act, where he can safely pursue his desire to defend discrimination against gay people.

Society + Culture

Good Thing Prince William Isn’t Gay, Right?

Gay marriage activists staged a marriage equality protest at Buckingham Palace earlier today. Wearing pink, carrying pink flags and holding flowers, activists hoped that Prince William and Kate Middleton would “express their support” for same-sex marriage.

TV News & Trailers

Riese’s Team Pick: My So-Called Life on Your Teevee

“People always say how you should be yourself. Like yourself is this definite thing, like a toaster or something. Like you know what it is, even. But every so often, I’ll have, like, a moment when just being myself, and my life, like, right where I am, is, like, enough.”