New research indicates that video games relieve stress, making us less depressed and hostile. And all this time we’d been playing them because they made us sad and hateful. Hm. Also, Google debuted a feature that will help just about anyone make an app and how to teach yourself synesthesia in three easy steps. Well, maybe not three.
Are you subscribed to the Family Research Council’s mailing list? On the off chance that you’re not, we have some educational reading material for you, diligently footnoted. Yeah you’re welcome.
We talk to Margaret Cho about tattoos, her romantic relationships with gay men, celebrities who come out later in their careers, her pick for “the next Gaga,” Adam Lambert, Ani DiFranco, Sex & the City and more.
90 Photos of Lindsay Lohan for 90 Days of Jail Time that she probably won’t serve. You’d be surprised, Lindsay Lohan has been in a lot of photo shoots.
It’s Sunday Funday, and Jane Lynch is doing no wrong like it’s going out of style. What else is new? Well actually Angelina has a new tattoo, Staceyann Chin has a new one-woman show, and Angel from RENT might have some really good news in the form of a possible HIV vaccine in the forseeable future.
The survey to assess the troops’ readiness to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is chock full of response bias and other methodological sins. Is there hope? Do you like our re-write?
It’s NSFW Sunday. Get your sex on with some bikini zone, sexy tumblrs sex/drugs/rocknroll, Sexuality 101 in Thailand, Twilight Dildos, Car Wash Butt, and Alice/Tasha, the Sex Blogger Calendar, and sex advice from people who live with their parents!
We thought you might have a feeling about this. It’s Saturday, so we’re calling it an open thread. If your comment is particularly good, I’ll probably put it on my tumblr, www.wecrush.tumblr.com, maybe you’ve heard of it. I had fries and gravy for breakfast.
Every once in a blue moon (or a Blue Moon, because I was probably drinking one), I stumble upon a meme so perfect in every way that I must share it with the masses. I’m not much of a meme-chaser, sure I love a lolcat every now and again, but this, my friends, is a […]
Rachel Shelley interviews Jennifer Beals for the new issue of UK lesbian mag, DIVA. We’ve got scans and Shelley’s take on Beals’ perfect perfection.
Jess obsesses over a song inspired by the British love triangle of Laura Marling, Noah & The Whale, and Mumford & Sons. Pitchfork launches a controversial sister site called Altered Zones that could streamline/mainline music content online, M.I.A. streams her upcoming album in its entirety, and Lilith Fair cancels 10 more dates.
A federal judge ruled DOMA was unconstitutional based on a states rights argument — irony! — but Obama will probs defend the law on appeal. Meh.
Lady Gaga visited The Today Show (which is gonna let gay people into its wedding contest after all, yay!) and brought the rain with her, Adam Lambert kisses Tommy on tour, Ellen Page is pretty at Inception events, Outfest 2010 kicks off with extra Jane Lynch and Grace Chu does New York City Pride including Rodeo Disco.
Cute butch AJ shares hilarious advice on dating, relationships, sex, the meaning of life on her YouTube channel AskAJAnything.
Yeah, I know every week is special, but come on!
In which we review a Twilight parody about lesbians, for guys. What do you think?
The taco truck isn’t f*cking around. What do you want? A taco? The people working in the taco truck want you to have that taco. (Eight Honest Things About New York City according to someone who was there for like, three weeks.)
The final word in angry gay movie reviews is here… Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard (of “Julie and Brandy in Your Box Office”) give THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT a very serious, non-frivolous TWO FISTS!! Once we get around the pink elephant cock in the room, we’ve got a serious redefining of the female protagonist archetype going on.
Do you want to be crowned ‘Queer of the Year’? Montreal is looking for you! Enter the Queer of the Year contest and you have a chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to Montreal during Pride Week (August 9-16) and also to be named ‘Queer of the Year’ which sounds really exciting and all-encompassing. […]
The military began its study on DADT yesterday, and — surprise! — it’s a mess. Gay people have been advised not to fill it out, which is a shame because we’d really like to know how they feel about showering with gay people.