Constance McMillen’s treatment is a nasty reminder of how high school kids can be cruel, especially when LGBTs are involved. We overanalyze, Angela Chase-style. Basketball players might or might not be changing beauty standards, the first female Cherokee leader died yesterday, racism is bad for your health, and Yale starts a student-teacher sex ban.
This week in the news, Erykah Badu gets naked & fined, Slash premieres his new album and Tegan & Sara, Kelis and Hunter Valentine premiere new videos. Also in the fix: Madonna tops the pops, Evelyn Evelyn is released and so is Kaki King’s new signature guitar. Oh and An Horse want you to hear their new remix track.
Constance McMillen continues to be f*cked over: her school sent her to a fake prom with “learning disabled” students. Also, employers are exploiting unpaid interns and it could be illegal. Why do gay men sometimes make fun of vaginas? Plus, it’s been a year since Iowa allowed gay marriage, Lambda Legal needs your help, and Obama may get another Supreme Court nomination.
Where did all the good headphones go? This’s the question that Team Audiostraddle are attempting to answer as they recommend some of the finer models of ear/headphones they’ve experienced lately. Got your own suggestions? Share ’em below.
Hey! Have you supported your community yet today? No? Don’t worry, it’s not too late! OUTmedia and Campus Pride are working to make you think about where your dollar is going, and we think you should help.
Ellen DeGeneres has a secret lesbian agenda and we never even noticed! Lady Gaga is headlining Lollapalooza, and Rachel Maddow & Susan let People Magazine into their home. Also; Wanda Sykes’ Erykah Badu parody, Jane Lynch’s wife, GLEE performance vid, Anyone But Me on DVD, and Rihanna-Nicki Minaj-Ke$ha go on tour.
Rufus Wainwright is a surprise supporter of gay marriage, Houston, Salt Lake City and Desmond Tutu are working to end discrimination against LGBT people. An out gay wrestler has committed suicide, and a black conservative talks about his feelings on the Tea Party.
We have a lot of feelings about everyone else’s feelings about Lindsay, SamRo has feelings about Gaga, and Gaga has feelings about Gaga. Facebook is deleting the gays, a new book-to-movie announcement, cute GLEE photos, and Kaki King!
It’s April, time for April showers of hot girls. Meet Sarah aka Miss April, rocking her boyshorts, talking about rugby, making vegan baked goods and lookin’ HAWT!
Laura is back to bring you more of the best of lesbian tumblrs! Seriously they are very pretty! Also celebrate international pillow-fighting day, red state sex fetish, NSFW girl vs.girl and so much moar!
Julie and Brandy saw “The Runaways,” so it’s time to whip out the sex, drugs and rock’n roll and celebrate this monumental achievement in homosexy filmmaking. With extra laughter if you need to laugh more.
Happy Easter! We put a whole bunch of lesbians in your basket! Anna Paquin, Coronation Street lezzies, Lady Gaga videos, muppets and OTTERS! Wheeeeee!
More up-to-the-minute Dinah debauchery updated constantly! We ran out of room or something in the old post and had to start a new one!
Reading this Dinah Shore live-blog PART TROIS, updated constantly, is almost like being at Dinah Shore’s legendary lesbian Palm Springs weekend historical event of fun. Miley Cyrus is in this one!
Kelsey and Taylor make their way to PAX EAST 2010, finally. Here is part one of three chronicling the adventures of these tiny queer girls in a sea of Big Dudes in 3D.
People from all over the internet weigh in on how we should feel about Obama, Scott Roeder gets a life sentence but the Pope apparently can’t be tried, the GOP is crazy, and we still love Caster Semenya.
Autostraddle.com brings you an exclusive trailer for “The Real L Word: Los Angeles,” Ilene Chaiken’s spectacularly terrible/AWESOME new lesbian show. Also; Lindsay Lohan & Sam back together for reals?, defining hipsters, Lilith Fair news and the best April Fool’s Day jokes from all around the web.
Why do people drink on St. Patrick’s day but not on April Fool’s day? This and other mysteries of life will not be answered in this week’s comment awards, but we will be giving out Internet hugs.
Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Orianthi, picked up the guitar at age 6 and hasn’t put it down since. At 24, she’s already been invited on Michael Jackson’s world tour and counts Steve Vai and Carlos Santana as her biggest fans. In the lead up to her performance at Dinah Shore, Jess G. sits down with Orianthi to geek out about guitars and discuss her steady rise to fame and what’s in store for the future — like her gig this week at Girlbar’s Dinah Shore Weekend, where she will be mobbed by lesbians because she’s super hot too.
Reading this Dinah Shore live-blog PART DEUX, updated constantly, is almost like being at Dinah Shore’s legendary lesbian Palm Springs weekend historical event of fun.