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An Incomplete Guide To the 2014 Midterm Elections: Seriously, You Need To Know This Shit
We’ve talked before about how important local elections are, so put your ballot where your mouth is and get to the polls! Here, we’ve even compiled some information to help you decide how to vote.
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Style is Style: Three Outfits To Say Hello To Fall With (Now With 100% Less Plaid)
For me, the beginning of Autumn means a bit of a closet assessment. I take it as a chance to visit old friends — hi, fuzzy granddad cardigans — and also figure out what no longer works/what I’ll ideally be wearing all season.
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All Systems Are Go for Marriage Equality This Sunday Funday
Are you married yet? Either way, I bet I’ve got a thing or two in this here roundup of good gay news to cheer you right up.
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue Nine, March 2015
This is an especially epic edition of The Insider, if I do say so myself. There were a lot of funny chats during the Advice-a-Thon and you had SO many questions for the A+ box and Yvonne went on a press trip to Philly and so many other neat things happened!
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No Excuses: California Bans Gay and Trans Panic Defenses for Anti-LGBT Violence
Those who commit violence against members of the LGBT community will no longer be able to hide behind “gay panic” and “trans panic,” at least in California.
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Media Refuses To Grant Trans Women Dignity — Even Murder Victims
Often, trans people are treated as little more than curiosities. Even when they lose their lives to hate crimes and other violence, they are rarely treated as more than clickbait.
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Also.Also.Also: Dolores Huerta is Fighting Street Harassment with Poetry and Other Stories We Missed This Week
People all over the world are mobilizing to end street harassment, fight for sustainable food, address discrimination, and secure better representation in media.
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“This Shit Has Got to Change”: The Autostraddle Interview with Black Lesbian Feminist Legend Barbara Smith
This past Saturday, just a few hours before the Millions March in NYC, I sat down with Barbara Smith, a Black lesbian feminist legend.
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You Need Help: You’re Not A Loser, Baby
We’re all striving for something — and that’s actually totally okay.
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Autostraddle’s Favorite LGBT TV Characters Of 2014
There were 128 queer lady characters on TV this year, if you can believe that. It’s a brand new world.
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Lesbian Halloween Hijinks, Top Chef’s Top Top and Telenova Stepmom Sex
Happy Halloween! Have a brand new lesbian character dressed as a dinosaur!
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Read A F*cking Book: Denice Bourbon’s “Cheers!” Is All Booze, Burlesque, and Big Dreams
“Writing a Rita Mae Brown ‘Sudden Death’ or Jenny Schecter ‘Lez Girls’ was never an option.”
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Women In STEM On Women In STEM
It’s going to take a lot of creative solutions to get us where we need to be.
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Let’s Hash It Out: How Do You Feel About Men and Straight People Going To Lesbian Bars?
We’re not sure that there’s a right answer to this question, but we’ve laid out some arguments for and against and now it’s time to dig in.
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The NFL’s New Stance on Domestic Violence Isn’t a Step in the Right Direction
The NFL has a new action plan for players who commit domestic violence, but it’s not clear how much action it really calls for.
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The QTPOC Speakeasy: On Community Care During Times of Civil Unrest
“It’s so important to do what makes you feel centered and strong again as a QTPOC trying to deal with this country right now. It would have taken Herculean levels of self-care to come close to what one Speakeasy Google Hangout did for me last night.”
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Catching Flies With Honey: How To Change Anybody’s Mind
This is an essay about searching for the most effective ways to engage those ambivalent, apathetic, or misinformed people who might otherwise find themselves on the right side of justice.
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Ferguson Protestors Get to Meet With US Attorney Callahan, Although Real Progress Still Hasn’t Come
Ferguson protestors were able to meet with U.S. Attorney Callahan to voice demands.
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Glee Episode 604 Recap: A Breezy, Femmey Hurt Locker
This week on Glee, Sue Sylvester turns out to be a Klaine shipper and you’ll get “A Thousand Miles” stuck in your head again.