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13 TV Shows With Lesbian and Bisexual Female Characters Who Are Getting It Right
When it comes to their queer female characters, these shows are hitting it out of the park.
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Score One for Lesbian Parental Rights with Judge’s Landmark Ruling
A Virginia Beach judge ruled a lesbian parent has the right to custody of her non-biological child, California’s got a lot of LGBT-friendly laws going into effect this year, more “religious freedom” bills in Georgia, Creating Change un-invites ICE from speaking at the conference, and more!
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue Sixteen, October 2015
“I woke up to 57,000 emails reminding a user to resubscribe”
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EEOC Scores in Trans Woman’s Discrimination Lawsuit, Makes Future Brighter
A Minnesota trans woman wins her discrimination suit under Title VII, more than 10 counties in Alabama are refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, Sarah Palin’s in the news again, there’s a hold up with Daniel Holtzclaw’s sentencing trial and more news!
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My Trans Body as a State of Desire
“My brain is lit like the map of a major metropolis at night. My body is, too. ‘I am at one with a sea of sensations, glitter, silk, skin, eyes, mouths, desire,’ Anaïs Nin wrote, and that’s pretty much it. Or, put another way: I have found an affirmation of selfhood, and I haven’t thought to immediately annul it.”
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Pop Culture Fix: ABC Family History, Interest In The Return of “Person of Interest,” Also Ellen Page
Stories include Moms Mabley, Carol, Taraji P. Henson on homophobic Empire backlash, Ellen Page and Allison Janney’s new movie, Ruby Rose’s blazer, an all-female Sherlock parody and more!
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Read a F*cking Book: Dryland, by Sara Jaffe
“Dryland,” by Sara Jaffe, is a quiet coming of age tale clad in flannel on the outside; on the inside, it’s draped in gorgeous prose.
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Meet the Women Cannabis Entrepreneurs Toking the Industry by Storm
Lessons from the #WomenGrow Leadership Summit about what women cannabis entrepreneurs mean for the legal marijuana industry.
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The GOP’s Favorite Pastor Is Furious That You Gays Picked A Fight With God
Kevin Swanson, the pastor Huckabee and Jindal and Cruz are courting, ramps up his unhinged anti-gay rhetoric. Donald Trump praises supporters who ambushed an activist at one of his rallies. Five Black Lives Matter protesters were shot by a white supremacist in Minneapolis. And the KKK is alive and well and gay-bashing in Florida.
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“I Sit on Her Face All Day”: A Conversation on Sex and Wheelchairs
Exploring the erotic significance of wheelchairs is an opportunity to refuse the limited choices available for sexual narration.
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The Fosters Episode 317 Recap: Trust No One
Monty tells Lena she didn’t prey on a female student, while the female student continues to insist that she did.
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GOP Fear Tactics and Transmisogyny Are Colliding, with Trans Women in the Crosshairs
How trans women became the victims of the latest conservative backlash, Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal, the horrors inherent in seeking asylum, Islamophobic threats from Trump and Cruz, and more.
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Fool’s Journey: Ways to Make Tarot Part of Your Daily Routine in 2016
If you’ve resolved to do more with your tarot cards in the new year, a daily draw is a really simple way to work with your cards on the regular. Here are some ideas to inspire you!
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Celebrating “Civil” with Seven Kinds of Civil Comments (As Seen on Autostraddle)
A new software is seeking to create civil comments online. Probably, the Internet could also learn a lot from you.
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‘Tis the Season — for the Democratic Presidential Town Hall and Iowa Caucus
At last night’s Democratic Presidential Town Hall the three Dem candidates talked about policy, their past records, and why Iowa voters should choose them as their date to the homecoming dance.
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Technology for Your New Year’s Resolutions
Are you making New Year’s Resolutions this year? Here’s some technology that can help with learning languages, getting organized and budgeting!
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Twitter Bans “Hateful Conduct” in Acknowledgement of Assholes on its Platform
Twitter unveils new rules meant to protect users from “hateful conduct” on the platform, the armed men occupying a federal facility in Oregon, white Republican women are angry, and more!
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Fool’s Journey: Manifest Your Own New Year With This Creativity and Courage Tarot Spread
Let’s not wait for the New Year to take charge of our own transformations. Sometimes you just know that a turning point is upon you and it’s time to make a change.
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Fan Fiction Friday: Get Your Six-Legged Monkey Crawl On With These 8 “Defiance” Fics
“Stahma Tarr has undergone one of the most remarkable patriarchy-smashing story arcs I’ve ever seen, just a straight up Squib-to-Slytherin transformation that actually all started when she fell in love with another woman.”