The brief that John Boehner and his lawyer Paul Clement filed to try to have Edith Windsor’s case against DOMA dismissed is exactly as full of anti-gay gems as you thought it would be.
Free at last, free at last. Thank Ilene Chaiken almighty, this show is finally f-cking over at last.
Australian researchers found that gender-based violence puts women at a much greater risk of mental health problems. Hopefully the new guidelines around healthcare for women will help with that.
The future is bright for the brave high school students who fight for GSAs in their schools.
Are you doing this right now? There is absolutely no excuse not to.
If there’s anything more annoying than passing out at the blood test facility and waking up without a slice of pizza in the vicinity, it’s trying to pay for the blood test in the first place. But things are finally changing.
Daily Fix: Adam Lambert’s gorgeous new gaaayy song, “Outlaws of Love,” Gaga co-hosts The View, Miley Cyrus is REALLY into the gays, Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard tell hilarious stories for 3 hours, plus details on the new RENT revival.
Carmen’s Team Pick: “Tres Gotas de Agua” is Latina Moms talking about their LGBT kids, and this post is me talking about that and also me talking about me. Because I relate.
In which we announce the contest finalists so you can read their stories (maybe cry a little) and VOTE!
Holly Miranda has released a rather rad recording. She’s giving it to you for free.
“The original hipster had come down to Earth.”
tUnE-yArDs is going to blow your mind and then whatever’s left of your mind is going to be blown as well.
UNICORN PLAN-IT is Autostraddle’s first original narrative series ever. Plus it’s funny, and is written/directed/acted/produced by actual gay ladies!
Jess’s Team Pick: Feather earrings, anyone?
Rachel’s Team Pick: Oh good, I totally get the debt ceiling thing now.
Because how else are we going to figure this out?
A writer on MSN says it’s bizarre that Indian audiences are so willing to see the “disturbing revelation” of gay relationships in Bollywood movies — but that doesn’t seem quite fair.
Riese’s Team Pick: What do famous writers eat and drink while writing? What did Carson McCullers hide in her thermos? What do food writers eat? How much does Amy Sedaris know about Literary Drinkers?
Lesbians and bisexual women are 2-3 times more likely to smoke cigarettes regularly than straight people, which might be one of the 46 reasons I’m finding it hard to quit.
My mother does not talk about her twenties. Ever. I have no idea what she did. I imagine weird artsy jobs, loneliness, and a lot of drugs.