Purvi Patel’s Feticide Charges Dropped but Not Neglect Charges for Mixed Message on Repro Rights
An Indiana appeals court dropped Purvi Patel’s feticide charge but she’ll still have to serve time for a reduced neglect charge.
Bottoms Up: Nope That Word Is Not For Me
“I cannot wait to have a partner with whom I can explore consensual non-consent in a 24/7 lifestyle. But to be called a slave? In America?”
2016 Democratic National Convention, Night One: Michelle Obama Transcends Humanity
Michelle Obama said the motto she and the president share with their daughters is: “When they go low, we go high.” And then she demonstrated it to the point of transcendence.
24 Very Gay Excerpts from Eleanor Roosevelt’s Love Letters with Lorena Hickok
“Most clearly I remember your eyes with a kind of teasing smile in them, and the feeling of that soft spot just northeast of the corner of your mouth against my lips.”
Drawn to Comics: Getting Hyped For “Captain Marvel” and “Wonder Woman”
Female-fronted superhero movies on the big screen. Finally. Sheesh!
Relevant To Your Interests: Looks For The Queer Pokémaster
Hello! Pokémon Go is sweeping the nation and I absolutely, unapologetically love it. So I’ve put together some outfits that say I’m Here, I’m Queer and I’m Gonna Catch That Pinsir.
Let This Balloon Stabber At The Republican National Convention Bring You Peace
It’s a thing of beauty; this worker moving methodically through the aisles as a liberator of our frustrations – every sweet, piercing jab is a cathartic release of our internal screams.
Helping You Help Yourself #31
A bot that will recommend things to watch on Netflix, making Wawa hoagies at home, sleeping comfortably with back pain, and more.
Dee Whigham, Black Trans Woman, Becomes At Least The 16th Trans Person Murdered in 2016
At this point last year, we knew about fifteen trans women who had been murdered, which means that despite all the “progress” that trans people have been making in the media, in courthouses and in the halls of congress, trans people are being murdered at the same rate.
The 10 Gayest/Feminist-est Things That Happened at San Diego Comic-Con This Year
Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, and Roxane Gay all join Black Panther; Wynonna Earp gets renewed; Rebecca Sugar comes out; Brie Larson is Captain Marvel; and so much more!
10 Badass Disabled Women You Should Know About
Disabled people deserve to know, from our school days, that we’re not just cases, diagnoses, or “not really disabled”; we’re part of a community with its own histories and triumphs.
26 Birthday Cakes I’d Like To Weep Gently Into This Year
Here’s to becoming 26 in the midst of my infamous #SummerOfSelfSabotage and feeling very great about it.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Likes Your Hips
The most popular emoji on Tinder, when your partnership gets boring, why it’s still hard to talk about what you want and more.
Sunday Funday is Pulling Out All the Stops to Shut Down Your Anti-LGBT Bullshit
A wall for Donald Trump, new laws in Cleveland to protect trans folks, and more good gay news from the Democratic National Convention and around the world!
6 Pieces Of Tech We’re Jazzed About This Summer
Mobile apps, web apps, games, and chargers.
WATCH: Clea DuVall Directs Tegan and Sara’s New Super Queer “BWU” Video
“BWU” shows the part that comes after figuring out marriage isn’t what you want: finding partners who are on the same page.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Excavation
The sentimental packrat.
Rebecca Sugar is Bisexual: “Steven Universe” Creator Comes Out at Comic-Con
When asked why focuses so much on LGBTQ issues on her show, Sugar answered “I want to feel like I exist and I want everyone else who wants to feel that way to feel that way too.”
News Fix: Federal Lawsuits Take On Trans Students’ Rights in Wisconsin and Maryland
Two lawsuits that fight for trans students to access the bathrooms they need, WNBA players standing up for Black Lives Matter, Donald Trump’s RNC acceptance speech and more.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Almost My Birthday And I’ll Watch History Get Made If I Want To
I’m about to be real busy watching Hillary Clinton get closer to being the fucking president and also real angsty about the fact that I’m friends with a bunch of people who born after 1990 and also real happy to see your faces, so get into it and talk to me already!