Five Things You Should Know about The U.S.’s Criminalization of HIV
As various states prepare to analyze their criminal laws, here’s a quick breakdown of the relationship between HIV and the law in the United States.
Senate Fails to Override Hobby Lobby Decision, So Instead You Get This Clarification
It specifies that if your employer is a for-profit company who wants to tell you that Jesus knows best what you can and can’t do with your reproductive system, it must notify you if it is going to take away your birth control.
Sunday Funday Won A Court Case Then Hugged It Out With The Obamas
Deal with it.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Misses You A Whole Lot
Sleeping naked, why not to look at photos of your ex, the worst ingredients in lube, 3D vagina art and more.
The Other Kind of Treasure Chest: Sex Toy Piracy and What It Means for You
So customers, even those who normally research toys to make sure they’re safe before buying, are giving business to companies producing unsafe toys rather than companies producing safe ones — over time, if left unchecked, this kind of trickery and douchebaggery could lead to the good toys actually increasing in price, thus widening the gap of who can and cannot afford them.
13 Best Apps For Your Summer Vacation
Y’all are on beaches or in cars road tripping through beautiful mountains or on horses or traversing cities I’ve never been to and ugh, JEALOUS! But not so jealous that I’m not gonna halp a queermo out.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Swipe Right
Some people need more dating apps in their life; some need less.
The Comment Awards Are Dressed To The Nines
Summer shorts, Kristen Stewart and dino dykes.
The Cheesecake Diaries
This is a story about the family that I lost and found and almost found at various The Cheesecake Factory restaurants across America.
Rhymes With Witches: Broadway Badass Elaine Stritch
“What I’m trying to say is that, Elaine Stritch was a bitch and she didn’t give a f*ck what you thought about her…She was the director of her own life and her tenacity and strong spirit will be sorely missed.”
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Girl, What’s Yo Sign?
I really wanna know what sign you are! Plus, I’m hoping to find at least 50-100 other weirdos who rely on an arbitrary constellation assignment to guide their daily lives.
Bonnaroo 2014: A Photo Diary From The Guts of a Real Person
“Megan and I took our hippie bullshit feelings back to Bonnaroo this summer and it was everything we dreamed it would be and a couple of things we didn’t want or enjoy, like heatstroke.”
Things I Read That I Love #136: I Fell So Hard for Tomato Juice One Summer
Topics include class rage, the crash of EgyptAir 990, the cruise ship industry, elephant abuse at the circus, Justin Bieber, falling in love with everything and more!
“Science” Magazine Runs Transmisogynistic Cover, Editor Tweets ‘Deception’ Tropes When Challenged
“When @JacquelynGill challenged the idea that sexually dehumanizing trans women is okay by saying the image was just another “male gazey image,” Austin responded, ‘Interesting to consider how those gazey males will feel when they find out.'”
10 Hilarious And Historical Sex Scenes From Lesbian Pulp Fiction
“Wildly, the girls locked to each other. Their bodies were gleaming now with sweat. Lip to lip, breast to breast, thigh to slippery thigh, they heaved and gyrated, ecstasy rising like a lava wave.”
Ginger Ale, Outlets, and Crying: Our Travel Rituals in Roundtable Form
From packing to arrivals and back home again, we’ve all got our own way of doing things. In this roundtable, some of Autostraddle’s finest editors share theirs.
Playlist: Walking To Target Like A Mother-Effing Champ
A playlist full of walking-down-the-street-in-your-own-happy-music-video music.
We Won A Thing: Florida Judge Overturns Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Only Applies to Monroe County
A Florida judge overturned the state’s 2008 same-sex marriage ban on Thursday, allowing same sex couples in Monroe County to marry starting on Tuesday.
How Many People Are Queer? Probably More Than Two Percent
Alternative answer: not enough. Time to start recruiting! (…Kidding.)
Dear Queer Diary: Picture This
A picture is worth a thousand words, but the pictures themselves are pretty nice, too.