All About the Autostraddle 2.0 Re-Design
Autostraddle Redesign vaults lesbian & bisexual website into uncharted territories of awesome. Let’s take a tour.
Judge asks: ‘How Does Gay Marriage Affect Conventional Unions?,’ Stumps Anti-Equality Lawyer
California judge dares to ask anti-equality lawyer how exactly gay marriage will affect opposite marriage. Another Prop 8 Crusader says the effect on him is being seen as a bigot for doing bigoted things. Also; Maine Update, Mormon squabbles, SECULAR SABOTAGE and … teletubbies?
Jennifer Beals’ Photography Book Preview is Only Highlight of L Word S6 DVD
Photos from Jennifer Beals’ book of L Word memories. Also the Spice Girls World Bus still exists, just like unicorns. Plus; more movies that scare children like Where the Wild Things Are!
Lindsay Lohan Will Get Samantha, Already Has Sam’s Little Dog, Too
Lindsay Lohan wants you to know her whereabouts, Adam Lambert makes out with chicks for DETAILS magazine, Morehouse forbids cross-dressing to ensure heteronormativity, there’s a Republican for that (video! funny!), and interracial marriage controversy update.
36% Tweet after Eco-Friendly Genderqueer Sex with Lesbian Oil Wrestlers: NSFW Sexy Sunday
It’s NSFW Sexy Sunday! Pre-orgasmic women, self-proclaimed Trannychaser, even sex toys are going green, sex advice from lesbian oil wrestlers, new genderqueer porn and hot ladies in Spain. Oh, and Pink’s ass.
Tegan & Sara, ‘Sainthood’: The Autostraddle Review
Tegan & Sara’s new album, Sainthood, drops October 27th (or October 23 in Australia), and we’ll be covering this monumental event in obsessive detail, including a two-part album review (overall, and track-by-track). This here is part one. Are you ready? You better get ready.
Autostraddle Contest: Win a copy of Tegan & Sara’s New Album ‘Sainthood’!
We’re giving away 10 copies of Tegan & Sara’s new album, Sainthood!
Louisiana Judge Rules Interracial Marriage, Like Gay Marriage, Will Obliterate Juvenile Happiness
A Louisiana justice of the peace denied a straight interracial couple a marriage license out of concern for their future children. A high school student in Mississippi is kicked out of the yearbook for wearing a tuxedo. And where’s the progress on DADT?
Glee Mini-Recap – Episode 107: Throwdown
The Lynch can do no wrong and she OWNED this episode. The spit flies on Glee this week, as Sue and Will face off over control of the Glee club, Terri continues to fake her pregnancy, Quinn has to deal with the ramifications of hers, and Emma is tragically nowhere to be found.
National LGBTQ Equality March Stimulates a New Generation: Interviews & Video
Our final thoughts on the National Equality March: Katrina reports and recaps the entire day, including her interview with Cynthia Nixon. Riese presents Autostraddle’s NEM VIDEO, with appearances by Haviland, Dan Choi and Kristin Chenoweth.
Time’s ‘State of the American Woman’ Completely Ignores Lesbians
The State of the American Women: They’re all straight, and half of ’em think it’s better for women to stay at home while men work. Also; Daily Show does the equality march, celebs told to stay off twitter, and Sarah Haskins is on Rachel Maddow!
Autostraddle’s Giving Away a FREE Caribbean Cruise from Sweet Lesbian Travel
Enter our Exclusive Cruise Giveaway Contest and you could be cruising with Hot Celesbians & Autostraddle to the Caribbean courtesy of SWEET, “The Future of Lesbian Travel.” You gotta be in it to win it, y’all! Also, our weekly comment awards of the week!
Jezebel’s Anna Holmes: ‘Women Who Don’t Fit Certain Molds Get Torn Down.’
A big day for gender! Gender-free bathrooms at Princeton, a progressive look at Intersex Female Athletes, and more women in college than men. Also: Jezebel’s Anna Holmes interviewed, vampires are gay, and you tell us: WHERE DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP TOMORROW?
Ilene Chaiken Returns to Her Natural Habitat with Soapy Teen TV Show ‘Confessions’
The CW has something Ilene Chaiken could be good at. Meanwhile, Jane Lynch is having a very good year, Lady Gaga’s got tour dates and admirers in Madonna & Michael Moore, Chenoweth is back to Broadway, the Spice Girls plan another reunion and someone hates Glee.
Sister Spit’s New Generation of Queer Poets & Rebels: The Autostraddle Interview
In 1997, Michelle Tea and Sini Anderson started Sister Spit – a spoken word tour full of the best queer writers and poets around. Twelve years later, Sister Spit: The Next Generation is taking over the world/my heart. On October 5, the tour came to Phoenix and I interviewed them for you, which is actually a big deal because it was the first face-to-face interview I’ve ever done and I was scared, y’all.
LGBTQ Community Divided, Not United, by Obama’s Speech to the HRC
After this weekend you’d expect the gay rights movement to be more united than ever. Instead, it seems to be dividing. A special comment from Autostraddle on what happens next.
Lindsay Lohan Unlocks the Dark Secret of Sam Ronson’s Twitter Silence
Lindsay has more 140-character feelings, flickr is a hotbed of LESBIAN BARBIES, Jordan Catalano wants equal rights for us too, Sister Spit hits the road, and Claire kisses a girl on Heroes!
National Equality March Inspires Solidarity, Provides Attractive Lesbian Activists
On one of the last straggling days of summery skies and subsequent sunburns, Equality Across America lured queer freedom fighters, the out & proud, the ambitious allies and the hungover & downtrodden to Washington, D.C. for The National Equality March for GLBTQ rights.
The Week Tampax Sponsored Our Gayest Moment & Hilary Duff Wore Many Hats
Sometimes I feel like Callie & Arizona will never make out again. Instead, we have Drew Barrymore’s soft butch, Modern Family’s truly modern family, Hillary Duff’s hotness (maybe), and adorable episodes of The Office & How I Met Your Mother.
Tegan & Sara, Anyone But Me & Kate Moennig’s Puppy Prepare for Winter
Kate Moennig’s a new interview, Tegan & Sara’s new tour dates & Anyone But Me’s new second season premiere date. Also, sex tips from Bound, celebs finally quit your twitter, Kim Stolz’s Crib & Lady Gaga interviewed.