In 1990, Miriam Frank and Desma Holcomb released Pride At Work, a booklet on organizing for gay and lesbian rights in the workplace. They spoke with Autostraddle about their lives, this “naughty little pamphlet,” and the future of queer labor organizing. Plus, for the first time ever, the full 100-page pamphlet is being released online – right in this post!

Obama and Hillary are making efforts to assure us that gay rights are still a priority. Also gays will get more rights to take time off work to care for partners or kids. New York is about to have a gay/trans inclusive anti-bullying bill. And we’re still cautiously optimistic about the Prop 8 trial.

It’s Pride month; have you heard? Have you danced in the streets, wearing a rainbow flag, surrounded by topless women, shouting your queerness and here-ness, maybe honking a horn or ringing a bell? Here’s hoping!

It’s a scary time to be a minority in this country, but the 2018 Midterms offer a little bit of light in the darkness. According to the Victory Fund, this is the first election in the history of the U.S. where LGBTQ people are running for office in all 50 states. They join the record number of women running for office.

It was an exciting night full of laughter and tears and Ketel One White Cosmopolitans.

Sandra Bernhard talks to Autostraddle about prepping her eight live shows next week at Joe’s Pub in New York City, separatism between gay men & lesbians, Obama and the gay rights movement, her fave celeb trainwreck on Twitter, and gives advice to Lindsay & Samantha.

Let’s dig into the good gay news dispatches from around the world and never look back.

Reporting live from the cutest puppy-filled pumpkin patch of all time, with help from Louisiana’s new gay lawyers and vigilantes from around the globe.

105 more humans for you to have awkward crushes on.

The AP Style Guide’s newest language decision is making everyone cry into their cake.

The 49ers have been practicing their selective memory in preparation for this loss, and we’re gonna learn why they call it “Charm City.”

“Tampa is totally fun and fierce and fabulous.”

Forget everything you know about the Midwest, Chicago’s got as much big-city queer action as either coast.

This post contains a lesbian kickboxer and gay penguins.

Thanks to the Wicked movie, theater gays are so up.

We’re two action movie-loving lesbians with a simple desire: MORE LESBIANS IN ACTION MOVIES!!!!

The Pentagon has agreed to meet with a group of partners of gay servicemembers and discuss the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal in addition to listening to the opinions of straight soldiers’ partners. One small step for mankind, amirite? (amirite?) Furthermore, Ken Mehlman being gay is NBD ’cause apparently the GOP doesn’t care about same-sex marriage anymore anyhow? Also the (conservative) guys raising money for our rights have historically raised money for anti-gay candidates. Oh yeah and Roger Ebert loves gay people.

The only thing better than one extraordinarily accomplished queer woman is two of them, in love!

From Doctor Who and Star Trek to Buffy and Wynonna Earp, sci-fi has been one of the more consistent places we, as queer people, have been able to find ourselves on TV over the past few decades. Here are the top 100 of our best.

30 questions! IS ONE OF THEM YOURS?? Wow!