• Celebs with Two Moms: A Lesbian Mother’s Day Extravaganza!

    To mark this wonderful, made up celebration of mothers, Autostraddle brings you a list of people with gay moms — and odds are, you’ll be surprised by a few of them.

  • NSFW Sexy Sunday: Ultimate Lesbian Erotica, Gaga’s Latex & Open Relationship Breakfast

    Laneia reviews Ultimate Lesbian Erotica (2005), Velvetpark interrupts Autostraddle’s breakfast for sextalk, Lady Gaga brings fetish into the mainstream, female viagra fails, musings on non-monogamy, Lesbian Cowgirl Erotica, Jiz Lee strips for a cause, braving the Stop Porn culture Conference and moar! Also; the hipster grifter. Mhm.

  • Real L Word Cast Interviews: Laughing, Loving, Awkward

    Real L Word’s latest “short” features cast interviews on topics like turn-ons, the first time they liked girls, and having sex in the champagne room. It scarred us for life, we semi-recapped. In Actual Good Lesbian Webseries News, IT’S A NEW EPISODE OF ANYONE BUT ME! Also; Family Guy reaches “new transmisogynistic lows,” the new David Foster Wallace interviews and Amanda Seyfried talks to Chelsea Lately about all her lesbian makeouts!

  • Comics 101: The First Step Is Admitting You Have A Problem

    Have you ever wanted to read comic books but found yourself a) overwhelmed, b) intimidated or c-g) five kinds of confused? We lay it all out for you, kind of like a railroad magnate would. But he’d be laying railroad track, and we’re layin’ knowledge and we’re a layin’ it about comic books. So check it out– get schooled about the comic book, the graphic novel, the comic strip and that wily beast the webcomic.

  • Skins Episode 408 Recap: “Everyone is F*cked Except Naomi & Emily”

    Crystal & Riese recap the finale of Skins Season Four, “Everyone.” In which a few moments of beauty are somewhat clouded by a lethal dose of WTF. But it’s funny. ahahahahahah!

  • Skins Recap Episode 407: Effy’s Spotless Mind

    Skins Episode 407; in which Effy gets brainwashed and someone else gets their brains bashed in. Hahahaha JK! Or are we? Read the recap and find out!

  • Actual Female Named Most Powerful Gay in America (Guess Who?)

    The Out Top 50 Most Powerful Gays in America ranks a lady at the tippy-top (and a handful of others!) Constance McMillen may not be attending prom, but she’s gonna be grand marshall of the pride parade! A day of firsts, shaving woes, Mike Huckabee is a bigger asshat than we initially thought, and how you can help make the Martin Luther King Jr. Memoiral.

  • Lady Gaga Announces New US Tour Dates, Has Basically Taken Over the Internet Today

    Heaps of Lady Gaga News (including the identity of that girl she’s making out with), Adam Lambert in flaunt magazine, GLEE spoilers from the Paley Inside Media sessions, Suzanne Westenheoffer is interviewed about being a really funny lesbian, Joyce Carol Oates wins an award, AfterEllen’s Top 50 Lez/Bi Characters, lesbian kicked off Celebrity Apprentice & moar!

  • How “The Real World DC” Makes Us Love Gay Activism, Our Hypothetical Mothers

    The kids on The Real World DC are earnest about activism, and remind us of the good kind of Mom. The New Hampshire House killed two anti-gay bills, Congress is getting close to voting on ENDA, an African-American lesbian is running for Mass state senate and meanwhile rights are taken away from people in Virginia and a discrimination suit is reversed.

  • Is Jennifer Knapp the Brave Christian Lesbian We’ve Been Waiting For? (Larry King VIDEO)

    A full video of Jennifer Knapp’s appearance on Larry King Live is out — will Jennifer Knapp be the one to show Gay & Christian are not mutually exclusive? And when did Ted Haggard stop being an asshat and start being bearable? Rosie makes our little gay hearts feel full of love, Archie Comics are getting a new gay in Riverdale, Will Phillips is the cutest recipient of a television journalism award in the history of television journalism, and there’s a new name in media aimed at Muslim women. And hey, have you made a video for Be Queer, Buy Queer yet? If not, make moves!

  • Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial Closing Arguments Recap: This Time It’s Personal

    Are you ready to get this Prop 8 thing taken care of once and for all? SO ARE WE. We recap today’s closing arguments on the Prop 8 trial on gay marriage in California, with characteristic Autostraddle style and class.

  • Sports & Gender: Do Olympics Fans Prefer Men Together, Women Alone?

    Gender & politics in the Olympic Games from Lindsay Vonn to Johnny Weir. Also; Australian ex-gays, Miss Beverly Hills also not into gays, feminism for kids, going to the gym for free and Tegan & Sara’s missed connection.

  • Do School Libraries Need Books? (Yes! We needed “Annie on my Mind”!)

    Many schools are considering doing away with books — NYTimes debates the issue with Experts, and we have feelings. Also; gay Canadian teens in rural areas are lonely, lesbian activist marries gay man to prove a point, transgender woman on Oprah, first African-American gay speaker of the house in Rhode Island, Utah GBLTs won’t be ignored, and a kickass parody of the offensive Dodge Charger Superbowl Ads.

  • Hollywood Lesbians: Harder Now (But Not Impossible) to Stay Closeted Forever

    The history of lesbian closeting in Hollywood — and why, even today, so many lesbians prefer to stay in the closet. Also a Desperate Housewives lesbian storyline mini-cap, Tila Tequila’s Australian karaoke, an amazing Taylor Swift parody and Lindsay Lohan’s new interview.

  • We Like to Watch: Television 2010 – What’s Happened So Far

    Why talk about TV all the time when we can just get legendary internet recluse scribegrrrl to come summarize the last three months of television for you? 30 Rock, LOST, Spartacus, American Idol, Dollhouse, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, Damages, Modern Family, Nip/Tuck, and so much moar!

  • J.D. Salinger, 91, Dies: All Eyes On the Literary Recluse Who Despised Our Eyes

    J.D. Salinger, author of “Catcher in the Rye” and legendary recluse, dies of natural causes at the age of 91. Will death kill his well-cultivated privacy? How do we honor our literary idols using the same media machine employed to vaporize/idolize our dead celebrities & rock stars? Will we get to read all his unpublished books now? Why do some people feel entitled to that, or anything, from anyone who has passed away, ever?

  • Rosie O’Donnell Met New Girlfriend Tracy Kachtick-Anders Through Her Blog: Stars ARE Just Like US!

    Rosie O’Donnell’s new lady-friend is an LGBT Rights activist and mother of six foster children. Also; Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert, Lindsay Lohan, Samantha Ronson, Three Men and a Baby sequel, Kathy Griffin on NYE … and what’s this about Margaret Cho and Tegan & Sara?

  • Do Lesbian Moms Make Better Parents? (Yup Sorry, NOM!)

    Research shows that lesbians make better parents, and “pro-family” groups get upset when research shows that lesbians make better parents. Also, trouble for the Houston mayoral candidate, gay gene testing forbidden and new strategies for Prop 8.

  • Kristen Stewart Will Lesbian Kiss Dakota Fanning in The Runaways, is Still Not Gay in Real Life

    Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning will make out in The Runaways, Adam Lambert responds to the Out 100 controversy, we look at the women of the Out 100, we wish fourfour could recap “ANTM: Where Are They Now?” and Tila Tequila says she’s a lesbian because she was born naked. Seriously.

  • Adam Lambert & Lady Gaga Collaborate, Best Miracle Ever!

    Brilliant collaborations all over: Adam Lambert & Lady Gaga, Joss Whedon & GLEE, Tegan & Sara, Mia Hamm & Breaking Ball Films! Also, Lindsay Lohan finally wins a ruling on something (but it’s not what you think), GLEE updates, and the best parts of Three Rivers (SHANE).