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Queer Justice Means More Than Gay White Men Having Public Boyfriends
It’s not enough to have token representation and to not be constantly declared icky in prime time. Pieces like Carr’s cause damage because they encourage straight allies and queers to raise a drink in celebration of a fight well fought and won.
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Also.Also.Also: Nothing Is The Same After Girl Sex And Other Stories We Missed This Week
I’ve got fifteen new Drake songs stuck in my head, the best puppy vine of all time on my hands, and Laverne Cox, Janet Mock, and some random football couple waiting in the wings with a lot to say.
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Out of Rage: Ani’s Not-So-Righteous Retreat
Ani DiFranco was gonna host a songwriting retreat at a plantation! Yup. A PLANTATION. Here’s what happened when her fans found out about that.
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Almost Famous: Eb Tonkin, Jack Counteract
Like a mix of Pennywise, H2o and Rise Against, but with a singer who’s an Australian plumber.
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Everything Hurts All The Time
“I hated my body and punished it, and it hated me and punished me back. Is that what happened? That’s the thing about getting sick the way I got sick: nailing it down.”
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Religious Gay Acceptance on the Rise; More Than Just Marriage Happening for Gays at the Altar
From President Obama’s reelection after his marriage equality statement to the Pope’s message that that gay people should not be marginalized, the future is looking a little brighter for LGBT people of faith.
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Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
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The Whole World Can Learn Something From Southeast Gaysia and the ASEAN SOGIE Caucus
What’s far too often missing from the narratives of global activism is the nuances of local contexts and agency of “oppressed” people, who don’t simply sit around waiting to be saved. Here’s where the ASC comes in.
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“Fun Home” is Relatable, Brilliant and Paving the Way for Women Musical Theatre Writers
Not only does Fun Home put a lesbian center stage, the lesbian character is a fully developed, three dimensional human being with thoughts, feelings, and complex issues.
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Masters of Homosex: 9 Vintage Books That Lied About Lesbians
Are you the college girl, the office girl, the career gal, the prostitute, the matron, the man-hater, the bohemian, the frigid wife, the dull dyke or the unsuccessful heterosexual?
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22 Kickass Queer Women Who Came Out in 2013
It was quite a year for Team Lezalicious — let’s take a look at the diverse group of ladies who blessed our hearts with their queerness this year. It takes all kinds, after all.
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5 Fisting Tips For A Happy (Belated) International Fisting Day!
Because every day should be International Fisting Day.
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Once Upon A Time 310: This Doesn’t Even Make Sense Anymore
There is a scene in this episode involving Snow and Charming taking on a Medusa that looks like she’s straight out of a Sega Genesis game, and it is ridiculous. I can’t even describe to you the completely ludicrous nature of this scene, I really can’t.
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More Than Words: The F-Word, Pt. 2: Feminists(??!??)
“Melaine Randall has said that “the day we start defining feminism, it has lost its vitality.” I’d parry with “the day we start defining feminism, we get an enormous headache and end up subjecting readers to like 1500 words of confusion, because it is impossible.”
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Catching Up With Allison Weiss: The Sideways Sessions
Allison Weiss is at it again with a brand new album, a new city, and a new Autostraddle Interview. We talked about Say What You Mean (Sideways Sessions), her dad and her cat, and how she can still write breakup songs even though she’s not sad anymore.
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Sunday Top Ten: Significant Experiences In Canada
I’m flying to Canada today so this seemed like a good opportunity to think about all the other times I’ve been to other parts of Canada!
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Pretty Little Liars 406: Under the Gay Fiddle
It’s Open Mic Night in Rosewood and Emily’s about to learn just how good Shana is at fingering.
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Glee Episode 509 Recap: Frenimies Forever!
This week on Glee, various lyrics were sung in bizarre contexts and everybody slapped everybody else in the face!
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Roundtable: On Coming Out In Our Applications, Interviews, and Lives
Should you tell your dream school that you’re queer in your college application? What about your future employer? The New York Times got us talking about this so we put together a roundtable and now we wanna know how you feel, too.
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“Yes, I Know What A Gigabyte Is”: Let’s Talk About Sexism In The Tech Industry
Following the “Titstare” fiasco at Disrupt, we’re having a greater conversation about sexism in the tech industry. And women who work in tech won’t be the only humans to benefit from the disruption of brogrammer culture.