Helping You Help Yourself #15
Carving pumpkins, cooking turkeys, iPhone cases, Amtrak tickets, organizing your mail, and more!
Mary Lambert Is Your Patronus: The Autostraddle Interview
“My hunger for success is a hunger to connect with as many people as possible, and for us all to help each other along this journey. That’s what I thrive on.”
Here’s What Happened When I Tried to Write a “10 Best Cities for Trans Women” List
I had statistics, maps and infographics from a dozen different sources, but without input from other trans women I wasn’t comfortable touting these cities the top ten anything.
Gal Pal Watch: Is Kristen Stewart Single Or What?
There’s nothing worse than a girlfriend who expects you to jet-set all the time! Scowling in the Hamptons, pouting in Saint Tropez, glowering in Aspen – it’s just exhausting.
This Sunday Funday is Dedicated to All the Queer and Trans Kiddos in the World
A Barbie ad that stirs my heart, new dress code policies in Puerto Rico that keep LGBT kids safe and happy, Staceyann Chin’s tiny but badass feminist daughter, good news for trans Girl Guides, and MORE!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Kiss You In An Apple Orchard
The reasons you might have a “type,” dating someone at work, virtual reality porn, the social stigma around herpes and more.
NSFW PHOTOESSAY: A Post-Apocalyptic World at Wasteland Weekend
Wasteland Weekend, the largest post-apocalyptic festival, is filled with cool cars, intricate costumes, bartering and bounty hunters. Come one, come all, but no jeans or tortoise shell glasses allowed.
Ask a Gay Nerd: Can My Administrator See My YouTube History?
We ask Gay Nerd Cee Webster how to alter search or YouTube history if you’re logged onto your work account…and if that really matters at all.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Charge
We have literally all done this. All of us. Don’t even tell me you haven’t done this.
Fan Fiction Friday: Has Rainbow Rowell Legitimized Fan Fiction Once And For All?
This fandom round-up also includes Steven Universe stories, and interview with a fandom influencer, a book recommendation, answers to some TV questions you asked and more!
The Comment Awards Are Ready To Play Dress Up
Flannel flair, scissoring attire and kitty treats.
Friday Open Thread: What Kind of Gay Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?
Once upon a time, you were just a little lamb of a baby queer in this big wide world. What did you imagine your adult life to look like? Were you right? Get in here and tell us about it!
51 Of The Most Important Things You’ve Ever Fought About
“Which of our astrological sun signs is more of a bitch.”
This Is How We Do It: Making and Canning Apple Butter
You’re just several jars and some boiling water away from enjoying fresh homemade apple butter all winter long.
One Black Unitard, Three Badass Lady Costumes
Don’t get caught rocking the same costume during this entire month of mischief.
11 Witch Costumes That Skip the Pointy Black Hat
I’ve got witches from folklore and myth, witches from TV and movies and even witches from real life, and none of them are wearing pointy black hats.
Guess My Gender by clit*IT: An Exercise in the Uncomfortable
People look at babies and read: pink = girl, blue = boy, other colors and no hairbow? Just ask! Or assume. “Oh what long eyelashes on your beautiful little girl!” Follow me into this cultural critique game and be prepared to get a little uncomfortable.
Be a Good Guy or a Bad Guy With These Nerdy Halloween Costumes
If being the hero isn’t your style, you can always be the villain.
11 Vintage Vibrator Ads To Make You Glad You Live In 2015
Have YOU tried electric massage at home?
Trans Activist Diana Sacayán Found Dead In Her Buenos Aires Home
Kroger will cover gender affirming surgeries for trans employees, mainstream media and informal polls don’t agree on who won the Democratic debate, the New York Attorney General launched an investigation on the dude who jacked up the price of an AIDS drug and more news.