Pure Poetry #28 : Dorothy Porter

You really need to know about Dorothy Porter. She was an Australian poet, an out lesbian, and basically awesome.

LGBT Book Reviews

Jess’s Team Pick: The “It Gets Better” Book

The “It Gets Better” campaign is becoming a book. Guess who’s in it? Okay, it’s Autostraddle’s own Gabrielle Rivera!

Sports

March Madness Continues: NCAA Women’s Championship Round Two

More basketball talk on Autostraddle! Round two of the NCAA Championship starts today!

Travel

What Do I Pack for Dinah Shore?: Pool Party Packing 101

When vacationing in the desert with 14,000 lesbians, you’re going to need wisps.

Geekery

Open Thread: Does Anyone Talk on the Phone Anymore?

“I remember when I was growing up, the rule was, ‘Don’t call anyone after 10 p.m.’ Now the rule is, ‘Don’t call anyone. Ever.’ ” -Jonathan Adler

Society + Culture

Sarah’s Team Pick: Idyll Dandy Acres, a Queer Collective In Rural Tennessee

Check out this short documentary about an all-queer community on a 200-acre farm in Tennessee, where a bunch of awesome people have come together to have fun and support each other.

The Scene

Four For You, GLAAD Media Awards, It’s Sunday Funday!

People that you care about won awards for things! It’s Queen Latifah’s birthday and also the birthday of 17 Great Dane puppies, like actually for real! And there was a lady on the cover of WIRED Magazine, and also baby elephants, and also straight America is coming around to marriage equality, and hey have we told you yet today that WE LOVE YOU.

Music

21 Most Anticipated Albums of 2011

Were you slightly fearful that 2011 would be filled with vapid pop music created by soulless machines? Me too! I don’t think we have to worry though.

NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Has Geek Sex

Languish in the glory of your sexy geekdom. Includes Harry Potter related photography.

Politics + Activism

How DOMA is Still Screwing Up Your TurboTaxes, Health Insurance, Etc.

Here we are in limbo with DOMA, and it’s kinda confusing.

TV News & Trailers

Riese’s Team Pick: The Wire

“There are no good guys and bad guys, merely men and women who work on opposites sides of the socially acceptable.” Also, gay people!

Book Features Issues

Pure Poetry #27: Jeffrey McDaniel

“You must nurture the kiss. Turn out the lights. Notice how it illuminates the room. Hold it to your chest and wonder if the sand inside hourglasses comes from a special beach.”

Sports

Lingerie Football League Lesbian Amber Elizabeth Will Tackle You

Meet Amber Elizabeth, because you’re gonna see her real soon at the Dinah Shore Weekend: “At first, when [my Mom] heard about me playing football in underwear she was a little skeptical, so we just agreed to disagree.”

Politics + Activism

What’s In a Word? Gay Rights in Canada, Apparently

New Canadian citizenship guidelines were released Monday and the total length of the new gay/lesbian section is about as long as this sentence. Period.

Society + Culture

The “Lesbian Until Graduation:” Now A New York Times Most Emailed Article!

In today’s news, we find that the popular myth of college as a “hive of same-sex experimentation” could be wrong. In related news, some people are very confused by this and I have ~156 feelings about this whole THANG.