An epic guide to San Francisco for locals and visitors and newbies written by two girls who have been here for a really really long time.

A mom turned to an internet message board to ask how she should handle the fact that her daughter is a lesbian and people actually responded and gave great advice. Then we wanted to give some advice, too.

My girlfriend took me on her work trip to Oahu, where I ate and beached and learned and museumed and only suffered one major physical injury!

“Rachel Maddow is actually really sweet in person. Like, really really sweet.”

London can be brutal when the rent is due, but also incredibly exciting, creative, glittery and beautiful any day of the week.

“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I just sequestered that part of my life and didn’t talk about it with my friends or acquaintances.”

Lip Service actor and musician Heather Peace opens up about everything from her new album, Fairytales, to how it felt to take DS Murray down to rock bottom.

This week on Glee, Kurt’s gold pants won and everybody else lost.

Shakespeare, Claire Danes and pizza. If you know of a better way to spend an evening, I’d like to hear about it.

“I remember holding my breath during pivotal scenes in the movie. I wondered nervously if my brother saw then the direct parallels to his own sister’s life.”

We’ve written 2,020 posts so far this year! Which were the best? Which were the most popular? The editors pick everybody else’s best posts and SO MUCH MORE!

Glee Drinking Game … and tonight, the GLEE LIVEBLOG OF THE CENTURY

Lesbian Lindsay was a virgin to the The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival but this year she gave it a shot and it changed her whole life! With recap cartoons provided by Stef.

Riese tells one of many versions of her story, Laneia tells the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The latter is the most important thing we’ve ever published on Autostraddle.

Republican Senator Ken Peterson has a lot of really special feelings about gay people.

We’re all tired of waiting for Prop 8 to finally be struck down permanently in court, and Equality California thinks we might be better off doing it on our own.

A soundtrack for your life. A life soundtrack, if you will.

The OUT 100 debuts — what straight girl will make the cover? How hot is Rachel Maddow in her photo exactly – is she ‘Rachel Maddow in Iraq’ hot? Amos Mac! Chely Wright! Katie Miller! Wow. So much more. I mean you’ve just got to see this. Bang-able.

Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.

Here are my ten favorite night club scenes from lesbian movies — many at queer clubs, some at straight clubs where queer people make them gay. Inhale those poppers, grind on your crush, and dive in!