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The A+ Bee Issue Nineteen: I Feel You In My Heart and I Don’t Even Know You

This issue includes an epic long-spanning interview with Heather’s disinterested cat Quasar, a crossword puzzle that doubles as an eye test, and a Thelma and Louise playlist for riding in cars with girls.

Chelsey April 29, 2015 20 Comments
LGBT History

Rebel Girls: 7 Suffragists You Probably Didn’t Learn About in School

I wanted to take today’s lesson as an opportunity to totally school you on the suffrage comrades they didn’t teach you about in school, but there’s a ton, so I picked some of my favorites.

Carmen April 29, 2015 22 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Daily Fix: Taystee’s New Poster, Andrea Gibson’s New Interview, Your New Fave All-Girls Basketball Comedy and Other Stories

Tig Notaro interviews Andrea Gibson, various people interview Kristen Stewart, Cara Delevingne and Queen Latifah, Brittani’s basketball league gets a half-hour ensemble comedy, SVU plans (another) transgender episode and more breaking pop culture news!

Riese April 29, 2015 29 Comments
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It’s All Happening: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Marriage Equality

It has arrived! The day is here! The Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments about marriage equality this morning.

Rachel April 28, 2015 12 Comments
Theater

Fun Home the Musical Snags 12 Tony Award Nominations

Here is a run down of the 2015 Tony Award nominations, including 12 nods for the musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir.

Heather Hogan April 28, 2015 14 Comments
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The Inaugural GAYmous EP Is Queer Synth Slut-Step for You, Me, and A Bottle of Lube

PizzaCupcake and FXBoi just wanna “make queer dance music that’s made for queers by queers.” We review their new album and give you a little teaser about their upcoming music video for “Femme on Femme”!

KaeLyn April 28, 2015 21 Comments
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Daily Fix: Baltimore’s State of Emergency and Other News

Gov. Larry Hogan activates the National Guard after calling a state of emergency in Baltimore, Nicoll Hernández-Polanco has been granted asylum, a Nashville landlord refused to rent to a lesbian couple, and more news!

Yvonne April 28, 2015 4 Comments
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Drawn to Comics: Jillian Tamaki’s “SuperMutant Magic Academy” Will Change the Way You Look at High School, Mutants, Graphic Novels

In both writing and illustrating this new book, and in doing both masterfully, Tamaki is now poised to take her place as one of the best and most important Graphic Novelists of the modern age.

Mey April 28, 2015 10 Comments
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: “The Good Wife” Says Goodbye to Its Bisexual Badass

One Big Happy has one more episode, Younger is still adorably hokey, Bo accidentally beds her stepmom on Lost Girl, Sam and Laura see a sexual healer on Newlyweds: The First Year, and The Bold and the Beautiful is still borking it all up.

Heather Hogan April 27, 2015 14 Comments
Politics + Activism

A SCOTUS Ruling, Marriage Equality, and the Hobby Lobby Law Walk Into a Bar

Two of the biggest LGBT legal issues on everyone’s mind right now are the upcoming Supreme Court hearings on marriage equality and Religious Freedom Restoration Acts. How are the two going to impact each other?

Abby Higgs April 27, 2015 5 Comments
Queer Pregnancy

Makin’ Babies: Getting Pregnant On a Whim

“If we think too hard, we’ll never do it,” Kellie said. She was right. A cost-benefit analysis would yield no practical reason to grow our family. The only reason to make a new baby was that we felt like it, and we could.

Jennifer Berney April 27, 2015 45 Comments
AF+

Say My Name, Mey’s My Name

The journey to finding and deciding on my real name, Melinda Valdivia Rude, took about four years.

Mey April 27, 2015 51 Comments
Politics + Activism

Meet Loretta Lynch, Our New Attorney General: Where She Stands on 5 Big Issues

Get to know Loretta Lynch, the first black woman to ever hold the office of Attorney General.

Kaitlyn April 27, 2015 4 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Read a F*cking Book Review: “She Speaks Poetry” Is a Book for the Revolution

“These poems are middle fingers to the law, to the man, to history, to the future, to the people who continue to fight us for our lives.”

Carmen April 27, 2015 2 Comments
TV Reviews

Grey’s Anatomy Episode 1121 Recap: All Doctors Go to Heaven

Well, goodbye, Derek! Say hello to Tara and Maya and Toshiko and Leslie and Bullet and Cristina and Silvia and Shana and Kenya and Tara and Naomi and other Naomi and Cat for us!

Jenn April 26, 2015 67 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants To Eat You Like Ice Cream

How to ask for things in bed, relationships and money, developing a kinky identity, why people make so many noise complaints about loud sex and more.

Ryan Yates April 26, 2015 10 Comments
Society + Culture

It’s Sunday Funday, Hence the Good News About Laverne Cox, Big Freedia, and This Feminist Ghost

Laverne Cox wins an Emmy, Loretta Lynch makes history, Conchita Wurst debuts a new video and more good news!

Carmen April 26, 2015 4 Comments
Geekery

A Few Things You Should Know About Coding Boot Camps

If you’re thinking about making a career shift or adding new skill sets to your resume, then here are some factors to consider during your search for a boot camp and upcoming application prep.

Loraine April 25, 2015 39 Comments
Gender

Bruce Jenner Is Transgender: Let’s Talk About The Coming Out Interview

“For all intents and purposes, I’m a woman.”

Mey April 25, 2015 42 Comments
Webcomics

Saturday Morning Cartoons: The Phantom Menaces

“You have to at least pretend to hate the new trilogy.”

Megan Praz April 25, 2015 7 Comments
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