Just a little extra motivation to participate in our fundraising campaign!

We’ve spent the last year trying quick fixes and cheap labor for our broken website and there’s no way around it: it’s time to turn this shed into an actual building — luckily, we just made a really kickass Indiegogo campaign for that!

Malaika’s Team Pick: “Let’s face it: this being a person thing is pretty challenging, and unfortunately being a gay person further complicates things.”

It’s Alex Vega’s “Call Your Girlfriend” Dance Video, as promised, plus heaps of important fundraising campaign updates!

“As a regular recipient of Gmail and Facebook ads for dog food and gay cruises, I’m well aware that companies are trying to make money off my personal information. While it’s a little creepy but expected that Target will try to use my private information to market to me, I hold the Canadian government to much higher standards.”

If you’re already sitting calmly on your sofa thinking soothing thoughts with a cup of tea, you could be also be crafting!

Meet the freshest little faces of Autostraddle: it’s our Intern Army redux!

What we wrote and what you said this week.

Yes, it’s good for there to be a safe refuge where gay students can learn and thrive in safety, but the goal should be to create this kind of safe environment in mainstream schools.

Liquid pumpkin pie is probably my favourite flavour when it comes to beer.

Dances with scissors.

Kirk Cameron is being a huge jerk again, this time to gay bullied teenagers. I’m so surprised. Can you hear the surprise in my voice?

You can be a Chief Executive Scout too! (As long as you aren’t female, queer or compassionate.)

There is no right or wrong way to be in a long-distance relationship — maybe you thrive on independence or maybe you just need cuddles at night. Here are some of my protips on how to make it work and when to know that it’s over.

Sally Ride, a lesbian, the first American woman in space and one of my childhood heroes, died today at the age of 61.

The rumors are true: Gabby and Carly are hosting Queer Ladies Speed-Dating at the Strand in New York next week!

VAG makes voting in the USA easy peasey lemon squeezy with answers to questions like how to vote absentee and how to register in your State. Get your gay tushies out there in November!

In which we hope to give our Senior Editor Rachel the best birthday gift ever, with your help!

“Get ready to do meta-reality somersaults about sci fi, chihuahua tossing, and Russian literature.”

If I pitch my tent here will a bear eat me?