Australian ARIA Music Awards: Can’t You Hear, Can’t You Hear The Thunder
Here is a list of good Australian musicians nominated for this year’s ARIA music awards, as reported by a real Australian.
It’s Hey Did You See That Comment Award, Here To Make Your Week Better!
Come sleep on my couch, I love you, it’ll be alright.
5-Year-Old Boy’s Daphne Costume Throws Gender-Conscious Parents Into Shiloh Panic
A five-year-old boy wanted to dress like a character from Scooby Doo who happens to be a girl. Then other kids’ moms made fun of him. We’d like to take this opportunity to define a little something we call SHILOH PANIC.
The Bearable Heaviness of Portia DeRossi’s “Unbearable Lightness”
“As I walked across the mall wondering if the way I walked made me look obviously lesbian, my mind switched to thinking about how much weight I’d have to lose to fit comfortably into those Capri pants.”
Help Find Nat Garcia’s Missing Dogs! (UPDATE: One puppy is home!)
Autostraddle’s very own Nat got in a horrible wreck in LA and now her two amazing dogs are missing. Help her find them!
DADT Repeal Stalled In Continued Push Towards National Mediocrity
How grim has the future of a DADT repeal become in the new, Republican future? Kinda grim.
Oh My God We Are All Unemployed: How Twentysomethings Live Now
Do you have a job? WELL THEN CLEARLY YOU AREN’T A TWENTYSOMETHING WITH A GRADUATE DEGREE. Are you hiring. Can I send you a resume.
Michele’s Team Pick: Tom Tom Magazine
This magazine is hot. Buy this magazine.
Ricky Martin Is Gay on Oprah, Has Your Mom Told You Yet?
Ricky Martin gets the Oprah treatment for his new memoir, SamRon tweets about the XTina rumors, the 16th Annual Out 100 issue is upon us, and the women of SNL remind you how they make the show watchable.
It’s National Sandwich Day
Are you hungry? YOU BETTER GET THAT WAY.
Autostraddle Calendar Girls: Jaime is Miss November
November can get pretty chilly – good thing we’ve got Jaime, the blazing hot, globe-trotting, community organizing Autostraddle Calendar Girl for this month!
So, How F*cked Are We, Exactly? Let’s Talk About the Midterm Elections.
Making sense of the election results the day after: how much we lost last night, what it means to have lost, and how hard we’re going to have to work to win it back.
Italian Prime Minister Defends Affairs By Offending Gay People
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi sees liking girls and being gay as mutually exclusive. Also, Suze Orman says it gets better.
Midterm Elections 2010: Prop 19 Loses So Marijuana’s Not Legal, Republicans TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH RAYGUNS
Prop 19 failed so that means no marijuana-induced anarchy in California! Also apparently there’s some sort of serious Republican Invasion happening, which sounds pretty wild. Christine O’Donnell lost tho!
Pink’s New Music Video Raises Your Glass to Homosexuality
P!nk’s new music video for “Raise Your Glass” features gay wedding, other queer things. Let’s take a look.
10 LGBT Teen Novels that Tackle Teen Suicide & Bullying
A lot of us feel like books saved our life during our teen years; also, though, sometimes books can actually save your life! A list of ten YA novels that deal with the themes of suicide for gay youth.
Portia de Rossi on Oprah: Read a F*cking (Lesbian) Book, Perhaps Unbearable Lightness
Portia de Rossi walks Oprah through the eating disorders she developed as a result of being a teen model and the stress of hiding her sexuality as she climbed the Hollywood ladder. Her story is universal, whether you are gay or have ever been on a diet.
Chicago LGBT Synagogue Terror Target: Al-Qaeda Not a Fan of Jews, Also Gay People
A progressive Chicago-area synagogue, which serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews, learned that a mail bomb involved in a foiled Al-Qaeda plot was addressed to its building. Although the bomb was never intended to reach the synagogue, we still have questions. Was this meant to be a general message of hatred for a religion, one specifically targeted to the LGBTQ folks and their allies, or just a general “fuck you” to all of humanity?
Pre-Order Autostraddle’s 2011 Calendar of Hot Lesbians
Our 2011 Calendar is coming. Pre-order is available now for $20. Buy things, support Autostraddle.
Gay Pastor Comes Out and Other Evidence of It Actually Getting Better
We’re doing things one day at a time now and this was a pretty good day as far as they go. A megachurch pastor has come out so that his story can save lives, educators in Britain are educating on queer heroes to end anti-queer bullying, and librarians are honoring the authors of queer books for kids.