Meanwhile, Dej Loaf’s decked out in all white everything like Lydia advised, a baby rhino is being fed somewhere right now with this big bottle, Australia’s making schools safer for queermos, Taiwan recognizes trans folks, and a tennis star married her girlfriend (finally). Also, dog on a rumba.
Did you know I write Queer Your Tech two days in advance most weeks? That means I’m coming to you from Christmas Day. So even though it’s two days after Christmas, the holiday cheer is alive in my soul.
Topics include RENT, the Universal Life Church, Fanny Howe, family farms, The Handmaid’s Tale, Reese Witherspoon, Law & Order and more!
Holidazed and amused
Give your guests something to tap their foot to but nothing that will make them have to get up and dance because everyone hates sweater stench.
It’s the eve of a new year, and the best way to get a headstart on a rad 2015 is dressin’ to the nines to say goodbye to 2014. Whether you are feelin’ dapper as hell or on a shimmering ethereal tip, we’ve rounded up some awesome threads to look #flawless in.
Hey! We’re doing that thing we do and you should get a piece!
We asked y’all to use the hashtag #HappyHoligays on social media this season, and boy, did you ever!
What do you do when the world gives you a mandatory day off, when nothing is open except Chinese restaurants and movie theatres?
Now pass the tofurkey and shut the fuck up, uncle Ned!
Marginalia, feminist shelfies, expanding the queer canon, 2014 in queer diversity in YA and more.
If you thought all we could do was sit in our chairs and type words on a screen, prepare to have your mind blown!
It’s finally here! Your very own A+ podcast! Sit back and enjoy.
This is a safe and special place for you to use as refuge from your family, a recipe depository from your holigay feasts, and also a friend-making machine.
The song Blue Christmas is not on this playlist, but it’s still perfect for melancholy holigay moments.
After weeks of discussion on the subject, the agency has finally announced it will replace the current lifetime ban with a one-year restriction period for men who sleep with men.
There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.
I’m damn furious that six years ago, Nickelodeon was allowed to show a 12-year-old boy kissing a 14-year-old girl and saying “I love you,” but now, they refuse to show a 21-year-old woman do either of those things with her 22-year-old female partner.
As for keeping your hands warm, the best way to go is a faux fur muff. I really don’t understand why people don’t still wear muffs all the time. They’re great! They double as a great way to keep your hands nice and cozy and an excuse to make lesbian sex jokes.
If you were on the fence about buying it, the credits page calls the issue “a flippin’ sweet Susan B. Anth-ology.”