John Darnielle on International Women’s Day
HEY it’s International Women’s Day and this is what’s up.
Pretty Little Liars 120 Recap: Someone to Watch Over Me As I Say I’m Gay
“I didn’t come out. I fell out on my face.”
When I Knew I Was a Boy
“Until I hit puberty, I basically looked like a boy 65% of the time and got kicks out of shocked looks in the girls’ bathroom.”
Pure Poetry #18: Raymond Carver Could Drink Ten Quarts of this Beer
And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?
James Ware Replaces Judge Vaughn Walker: Will It Affect Prop 8 and Gay Marriage?
Judge James Ware was appointed to fill the spot that Judge Vaughn Walker (of Prop 8 Trial fame) left when he retired. Except who even is this guy?
Happy International Women’s Day, Homos!
Not only is it a day about our favorite people in the world – women – but it is also a day about US – WOMEN! What are you doing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day?
So, Sydney’s Biggest Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras EVER Happened
“I’ve compiled all the news and gossip from the night, courtesy of both credible news sources and the Morning After Lesbian Phone Tree.”
VIDEO – Autostraddle Behind-the-Scenes #5: Julie & Brandy Have Tyra Mail For Nacho
Just a sort of important puppy thing we need you to check out
Gay Legislators Change Gay Legislation
Gay marriage, civil union, domestic partnership: when does this annoying process end and when do the bachelorette parties begin?! Am I right?! No, really, am I? Well, believe it or not, there is a shining light in the many debacles and debates raging over gay partnerships in the United States- and it’s gay legislators.
Pure Poetry #17: Adrienne Rich Came to Explore the Wreck
I came to explore the wreck. The words are purposes. The words are maps.
West Hollywood is Too Gay to Function, or “Shane Don’t Live Here No More”
We hit the pavement in West Hollywood to discover if The New York Times is right about the controversial gentrification of the gayest city in the universe.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2012: Luna & Michelle are March’s Girls
We’re getting fancy this year with our Calendar Girls, where we bring you monthly behind-the-scenes videos and photos. This month it’s all about Luna and Michelle! See what March is all about. Cause it’s fuckin’ hot.
Pure Poetry #16: Vanessa Hidary, The Hebrew Mamita
‘Should I fiddle on a f*cking roof for you?’
Pure Poetry #14: Sady Doyle on the Great Poet Diane Di Prima
“This woman found the riskiest, weirdest thing to be, at any particular moment, and then she became it.”
If You Like Sunday Funday So Much Why Don’t You Gay Marry It
Some people got married and some could get married and some people apologized and others hugged a lot! Sometimes women can make sushi and also we love Neko Case! Happy (kind of belated) Sunday Funday!
NSFW Sunday: Everyone Wants to Take a Lesbian Purity Test
You know those crass addictive online purity tests you take every now and then to see what kind of badass you’ve become? Here’s one for your inner and outer lesbian.
Pure Poetry #15: Pablo Neruda
“Cómo logró su libertad la bicicleta abandonada?”
Remember Bradley Manning? Wikileaks’ Forgotten Gay “Unparalleled Hero” Made to Sleep Naked in Jail
This is what it looks like to get all of the backlash and none of the glory for exposing the American government’s dirty laundry.
Revolution Queer Style Now: Christian College Bans Students’ Gay ‘Zine
We talk to the queer vanguards of Harding University who made a ‘zine “to be a voice for the voiceless who are quietly dying inside the walls of our campus” and got banned by the administration.
Girlfight! – In Which We Debate Westboro’s Right to Picket Funerals
This is where the Carmen and Carolyn not-showdown will begin. We’re friends, after all, but we’re going to give you guys a little bit of both sides. We framed it like a girlfight to make it more interesting, though.