Results for: work in progress
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Astraea, A Lesbian Foundation for Justice: The Autostraddle Interview
“I know that there are many groups who we fund that if we didn’t they simply wouldn’t exist, they would close. There is dire need for the resources we provide.”
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Michigan, Not Our Michigan: How MI’s Reactionary Politics are Driving Away Young Grads
I’m one of the countless numbers of educated young people who left the Detroit area. And it’s not just the economy, stupid, but the state’s constant refrain of anti-women, anti-labor, anti-LGBT politics that drove me away.
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Glee Episode 417 Recap: Guilty Pleasures Zig-A-Zig-Ah
This week on “Glee,” everybody played dress-up and some people cried and some people yelled at each other and some people were gay and had pillows.
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Five Years of Zanele Muholi’s Photos of LGBT Lives in Africa Stolen From Her Apartment
“I’ve dedicated my entire life to documenting queer lives. I wanted to make sure I document (LGBTI) lives. All my major projects are gone.”
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NOM Grasps Desperately For Post-Election Relevance
Four states made progress on same-sex marriage, but someone didn’t get the memo.
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Petitioning Website Will No Longer Be As Progressive As You Once Thought
Something is ch-ch-ch-ch-changing over at Change.org, but unlike the Bowie song, someone definitely wants to be a richer man.
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Lez Liberty Lit #10: I Must Not Let Her Find Me Writing
This week in lit: T Cooper’s book soundtrack, favorite LGBT books of 2012, authors playing in the snow, poems from your cat’s point of view and more.
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Butch Please: Butch Antiquated
“I just don’t see why a woman would want to aspire to masculinity when she doesn’t like men.”
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Queer Girl City Guide: San Francisco
An epic guide to San Francisco for locals and visitors and newbies written by two girls who have been here for a really really long time.
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Anti-Gay Bigots File Lawsuit Against California’s Ex-Gay Therapy Ban, Are Unfortunately In Good Company
California is making “ex-gay therapy” history, but unfortunately the rest of the country is still far behind.
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Bomb Girls 203 Recap: Beards Are For Shaving
“First of all, Ali Liebert, let me just repeat that you need to stop making these faces or I will not have a goddamned heart left.”
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Notre Dame’s Gay Students Asked to Be Chaste, Because Catholicism
Notre Dame has approved an LGBT student organization and the club must preach chastity for LGBTQ students. Which makes me think maybe we should take our gay money elsewhere.
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The Big Autostraddle Rebuild & Redesign Update: The Future Is Bright
This post aims to answer pressing questions such as, “now that the fundraising campaign is over, how long ’til we get to see the new website?” and “when is my fundraising t-shirt gonna be here???”
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When Will The US Abolish Cruel, Unusual And Inhumane Solitary Confinement?
Is the closing of Tamms Correctional Center — where even non-violent criminals are locked in a cell for 23 hours a day, deprived of all human contact, for years at a time — a harbinger of things to come?
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More Than Words: The Associated Press Stamps Out Homophobia
You can take the word out of the stylebook, but you can’t take the complexity out of the word.
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Four Election Day Apps To Combat Your Anxiety With Knowledge
On Election Day, I need to know ALL THE THINGS, and I need to know them RIGHT NOW. But no fear, because of course, there’s an app for that. Several, actually!
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Controversy Breaks Out Over the Right Way to Be Ex-Gay
Team Closet vs Team Cure, battling to come up with the best (read: worst) way to force heterosexuality on queers.
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Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Mitt Romney Because Who Needs Love When You’ve Got Money
A gay person said this: “as [Romney’s] record as Governor of Massachusetts suggests, will not waste his precious time in office with legislative attacks on LGBT Americans.”
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Queer Girl City Guide: Tampa, Florida
“Tampa is totally fun and fierce and fabulous.”
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Sosan Firooz: Afghanistan’s First Female Rapper Deserves Major Props
Everyone has to step aside: Sosan Firooz is the baddest bitch.