Jenna Bissell is being discriminated against in the fifth grade because she has two moms. Happy Mother’s Day! Also, Iowa hates gay campers, David Dean Bottrell hates Setoodeh’s Newsweek article, and important historical milestones for gays in Lithuania and the Philippines.
The beautiful/perfect Cynthia Nixon is on the cover of Advocate’s pride issue, talking relationships, sexual identity, her Miranda identity, her hot butch partner and “Sex and the City 2.” Also; Katie Melua questions her sexuality, Julie Goldman covers SHE Mag, Lea Michele covers Women’s Health Mag, Bitch Blogs celebrates the Daria DVD release and Family Guy features a trans character.
In the midst of her North American tour with An Horse, Jess G. caught up with guitar goddess Kaki King at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. In an exciting (and terrifying) chat in the club’s backstage area, Jess asked her about her new album ‘Junior,’ life on the road, breakup songs, and her ever-changing sound. Listen to the Autostraddle interview with Kaki King now! With brand-new photos from our photoblogger Robin Roemer!
It’s confirmed that Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court Justice position vacated by Justice John Paul Stevens will be Elena Kagan – now we just have to make it through the confirmation process.
To mark this wonderful, made up celebration of mothers, Autostraddle brings you a list of people with gay moms — and odds are, you’ll be surprised by a few of them.
Last night’s episode of Saturday Night Live with Betty White hosting and Jay-Z performing was the show’s highest-rated in 18 months! Lesbian jokes, muffins, Tina Fey, Maya Rudolph, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Rachel Dratch & Molly Shannon came back just to play! Let’s recap and share our feelings.
Gays are doing really f*cking awesome in sports! That’s f*cking great! Also, new photography of queer teens, new Gaga leaks, Lindsay wants to do another movie, students are banding together for someone who’s not even really their teacher yet, and we made you a really f*cking fantastic list of books! Read them!
let’s take a moment to appreciate the hot 100s of ladies who regularly take off their clothes and do it for feminist dyke smutmakers. also; diva’s sex issue looks hella hawt, butch/femme erotica, sexy tumblr alerts & more.
Audio Biweekly: Adam Lambert does acapella in a new interview, Kelis, En Vogue and Kelly Rowland are coming to LA Pride, Katy Perry has a new single, wants to melt your popsicle. Also Britney hangs up on Gaga, there’s a new trend in hip-hop and Ke$ha disagrees with your unkind assessment of her art.
Remember that Newsweek article from last week, when Ramin Setoodeh declared ‘gay actors can’t play straight’? Well, Kristin Chenoweth, currently starring on Broadway in “Promises, Promises” with Sean Hayes, has a lot of feelings about it too — and she’s speaking out against the homophobic article and defending gay actors.
Pay what you can for a set of sweet indie games! Google changed ever-so slightly and now we’re all weeping and won’t leave our basements! And Stephen Hawking’s DIY time travel how-to.
This is for all you girls about 25/In a little apartment, just trying to get by/Living on, on dreams and spaghetti-o’s/Wondering where you life is gonna go.
Kristen Stewart is set to be mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time, in the upcoming film version of “On the Road”! Also; “confirmation” that KStew & RPatz are ‘dating’ which we’ll choose to ignore, another Brittana chastity-confirmation, Chaz Bono’s name change official, Chely Wright ‘s future in Nashville and Jane Lynch’s high school affair.
Looking for a good book on feminism? How about 70 of them? We’ve compiled a list of some of the most influential, controversial and must-read feminist titles from the past 200+ years. That’s a lot of books! You should probably get started.
The hired rentboy is now speaking out against Rev George Rekers, admitting the rubdowns et al — how many times does this need to happen before we can assume the more you hate gay people, the more you probs are one? We count down 15 other cases of anti-gays caught being gay! Also, gay marrieds fight for their federal rights, Argentina considers gay marriage, something about same-sex parents happens in New york
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s benefit An Evening With Women brought Pink and Linda Perry back together again after a decade long estrangement. Other highlights included Gina Gershon, Sarah Silverman and a set by Heart. Plus, Bridget McManus, Clementine Ford & Real L Word’s Tracy Ryerson “Straddle This.”
Basically everyone we ever talk about is in this post. Lindsay Lohan’s new role & good behavior, Santana on the future of Brittana, Gaga does Alejandro on American Idol, Kristen Stewart defends her reputation for not giving a shit, Queen Latifah is writing a girl power scripted show for VH1, James Franco skirts the gay issue, new trailer for Machete starring Lindsay Lohan & Michelle Rodriguez, Ellen apologizes for offending the iPhone, and new PSA for Prop 8 Films.
American Apparel doesn’t want you to know they use models, interview with feminist author or wearing heels, Olympian speed skater Blake Skjellerup comes out, Facebook’s privacy settings are screwing you, gay softball team in San Francisco is suing, and more. Problems with pink culture, Muslims in Latin America, turning a self-loathing gay boy self-loving, and more effing research about hooking up [only this time, they’re not slut-shaming anybody].
The Afghanistan re-make of Lady Gaga’s “Telephone,” courtesy of our U.S. Army soliders, has been making the rounds on the internet this week. And it turns out, they’re not the only pop-loving, hip-shaking servicemen out there. Newsweek has compiled a few of their favorite military music videos on their blog, so check it out if […]
Beyoncé releases a new 1970s-themed video for “Why Don’t You Love Me,”Christina Aguilera debuts a video for her single “Not Myself Tonight,” Sean Kingston and Justin Bieber are in a love triangle, The Killers’ Brandon Flowers goes solo, The Books release a new track, Apple pulls the plug on Lala, and Ozzfest is back!