But is this really all that big of a shift?

In which there is an expedition to a mall, an argument under the cover of night, and cucumber water.

Perhaps Christie’s evolution could help push Republicans into being less bigoted and terrible to queers. But that, of course, might be pie in the sky.

An Autostraddle first.

It has become increasingly difficult to defend my home state with our governor saying dumb things left and right, like his brief on marriage equality. Are you ready for a headdesk the size of a Jersey hairdo?

Edie Windsor isn’t the only victor in round two; things are looking up for everyone.

For a myriad of reasons, we all somehow ended up clicking over to this very special place called Autostraddle Dot Com at some pivotal point in our queermo lives, and now we’re all still here making it happen! In this roundtable, our editors and writers share their “root” — the posts that brought them here for the first time.

Feminist, gamers, and Bound 2 parody fans had a lot to rejoice about this week.

The season finale of Transparent!

Marge Simpson’s cooking up Bertolli in the kitchen while Michelle Rodriguez goes your way and the bulldog falls asleep on the sofa. In other words: shit’s perfect today.

And Sophie Ward is SO invited.

This is the best Sunday of all time. And I’ve got the good news to prove it!

“It is a crystal clear, paint-by-the-numbers picture of chronic police hostility toward African-Americans. This is anti-blackness in America. Make no mistake.”

This week on “Faking It,” Laverne Cox has to choose between Karma, Shane, Lauren and Oliver for who will be queen of the castle. Also, Amy really goes the extra mile.

Where would you go on your queer pilgrimage?

We got chills and teary eyes in the first session when leaders from the southern based LGBTQ advocacy organizations we invited told us simply that we didn’t have to leave the south. I can’t remember ever having heard anyone tell me that so plainly before.

An exasperated trans woman and her three narcissistic kids walk into a bar.

On the 45th anniversary of Stonewall and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, it is worth interrogating how we learn and know our histories — and the conditions that contribute to our learning environment.

A new LGBT radio station in India, the cast of OINTB on the red carpet, and an unlikely pair of homecoming queers made this week a zillion times gayer than any week ever before in the herstory of time! Also, boobs.

There is so much LGBTQ Canadian awesomeness in this post that we can hardly believe it exists (there’s a PLAYLIST, even!), but that doesn’t mean we don’t need some more Canadian feelings from you.