“Put in the effort, put yourself out there and you will be rewarded with a really, really good time!”

Charming lo-fi DIY with a touch of folk.

Paige throws Emily a surprise birthday party but Emily shows up completely pissed off. This is not going to end well.

Girl Scout cookies, cookie butter and a serious commitment to grilled cheese. We’re chewing our way through the comment awards this week!

From March 13-22nd, it’s the University of Alberta’s first ever Pride Week, and you should go!

Check out this list of queer prairie sites to visit when you’re not reading A Prairie Homo Companion.

In which Ali and Emily fantasize about going to Paris together and Spencer finally figures out what’s behind the A-key door.

It’s the very first Monday of 2013, and we have a brand new Straddler to kick off the new year. Meet Caro, a Miami native who talks to us about creating a queer girl meet-up group in her city, working for a non-profit that provides education on gender and orientation, and crushing on Chely Wright.

Pride is upon us, and as such, I bet you’re wondering what that entails for your local city!

While it’s not clear what role her ordeal with the press played in Lucy’s decision to end her life, these types of stories focusing on the private details of trans people’s lives and bodies serve absolutely no public interest.

“I’m not creating this thing, I’m facilitating the birth. If anything I’m this thing’s midwife. It’s gonna be messy.”

Bubblegum sentiments with post-riot grrrl edge. Meet your new favorite band!

Chloe’s beauty is beyond compare, with flaming locks of auburn hair, with ivory skin and eyes of dark coffee. And Intern Grace? Well, her smile is like a breath of spring, her voice is soft like summer rain and no one can compete with her, yipee!

It’s Open Mic Night in Rosewood and Emily’s about to learn just how good Shana is at fingering.

It’s the long awaited season finale of Pretty Little Liars! Questions are answered (sort of), Red Coat is reveled, Spencer goes pantless and Rosewood has a new lesbian couple!

There’s a 99% chance you’re already well versed in kale, but I will recruit the rest into Camp Kale with some shitty haikus.

Google Glass is just that – a pair of glasses. But instead of having sunglass lenses or prescription lenses, they’ve got a computer instead

“As a queer who spends a lot of time with other queers, rallying around our queerness, am I isolating those who have a more troubled history with the word?”

Gabby’s Team Pick: Help a fellow Autostraddler win a spot for the Women of the World 2013 Spoken Word Tournament

“The observation of white people actually grappling with ideas of class amongst each other empowers me, but it empowers me even more when I know they’re having the same conversation even when I’m NOT in the room.”