It’s Hey! Meet An Autostraddler & Get A Comment Award Week/Friday!
EXCERPTS ARE HARD WHEN YOU’RE TIRED. Just come get your awards and sit down.
Zero Percent Of Kids With Lesbian Parents Report Abuse, Gay Moms FTW
Zero percent of teens with lesbian parents report instances of abuse; probably this means everyone should have two moms, like Riese. Also: You can get married over Skype now, Dan Choi is eloquent on Veterans/Remembrance Day, and meeting Autostraddlers and making friends will make you happy.
Emily’s Team Pick: OK Go’s New Music Video Made Entirely From Burned Toast
OK Go are notorious for making intense(ly choreographed) music videos. Their new video for “Last Leaf” was made with burned toast. Check it out:
Nightline Probes Gay Conversion Camp, Provides Balanced Commentary on Deranged Concept
“Can sexual orientation be changed through conscious decision-making or therapy?”, ABC’s Nightline asks in its piece on Journey into Manhood retreats. Really? Is that still a real question?
Everybody Must Sue DOMA: Lesbian Activist Widow & Gay Couples File Suits
Edith Windsor had to pay crippling estate taxes when her wife died as if they were strangers because the federal government didn’t recognize them as being married. Now she’s suing on the basis that DOMA “effectively creates a tax on being gay.” Meanwhile two other lawsuits have been filed against DOMA by a Boston-based gay advocacy group. Are lawsuits the future of the gay rights movement?
Rachel’s Team Pick: Adorable Vintage Photos of Gay Couples
It’s not gay it’s fashion. I mean vintage. IT’S A TUMBLR.
Things Laneia’s 5-Year-Old Son Said
“If you loved me then you should’ve put some cheese on it.”
Get Baked with Autostraddle: Pumpkin Edition
Halloween is over but there’s still time to do things with pumpkins. Vegan Spiced Pumpkin Pie! Pumpkin Soup! Pumpkin Granola! Pumpkin Squares!
Gay Teens Continue Fighting for Their Right to Party at Prom: Meet Hannah Williams.
Hannah Williams tried to bring her girlfriend to a formal and her school principle said it would ruin her ability to meet boys. Also Obama had a gay cross-dressing nanny, and Senator Tom Duane was arrested standing up for the rights of people with HIV/AIDS.
Glee Episode 206: Never Been Kissed But Often Been Assaulted by Anti-Gay Bullies
Kurt is mad as hell about getting gay bullied all the time and he’s not gonna take it anymore. Luckily that cute boy from Hogwarts shows up and we all learn a lot of lessons, like “always say yes to the wind machine.”
“Democrats Lean Towards Caving On DADT,” We Lean Towards Screaming From Our Eyeballs
Yesterday it looked like the Democrats are going to take a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal off the bill currently in Congress because they’re tired of arguing about it. But that was before three senators tweeted their commitment to the repeal. Twitter. Yes. This is the way we live now.
Madonna Says It Gets Better on Ellen, Also More From the Skins USA Lesbian
Madonna adds her voice to the It Gets Better Project, Skins USA has more sneak peaks at the lez, Sue Sylvester is getting married – to a woman? and someone thinks GLAAD is a bully.
Supreme Court Denies Fugitive Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller’s Appeal
The Supreme Court has denied Lisa Miller’s appeal, which means that full custody of their daughter still belongs to her non-biological mother Janet Jenkins. Unfortunately, no one knows where Miller and Isabella are.
14-Year-Old Pennsylvania Teen Brandon Bitner Killed Himself on Friday
Brandon Bitner was fourteen and went to school in Pennsylvania and played Mario Kart with his friends and now he’s dead.
Kelsey’s 5 Steps to Coping with Unemployment
It’s a really hard life being unemployed. Here are some of the ways that I cope.
Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Retires, Anti-Gay Asst AG Andrew Shirvell Gets Fired
Amazing Human Gene Robinson is retiring from his post as Bishop because it’s hard out there for a gay bishop and Giant Douchebag Andrew Shirvell is getting fired from his job at the Attorney General’s Office. We’re still unemployed, btw.
Crystal’s Team Pick: Metric Debuts “Black Sheep” Music Video
Emily Haines is badass.
Listling Without Commentary: Books On the Shelves of My Mom’s Guestroom
What color is YOUR aura?
15 90s Bands We Stopped Listening To After the 90s (and 11 We Still Listen To)
Remember that time in your life when you listened to Oasis and ate at Sbarro? Look inside the eye of your mind, children, don’t you know you might find a better album to play.
Gay Government Takeover vs. Republicans vs. Shark vs. Bear Vs. Ninjas vs. Glee
This Sunday is extra Funday because we have VIDEOS of EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. By which we mean Kurt and his maybe future boyfriend, sexy ninja mental asylum ladies, superawesome trans athletes, and a special surprise marine mammal. Oh also did we mention that we managed to elect 106 queers to public office? Pat yourself on the back and have a cupcake. Also Keith Olbermann is on twitter, saying things.