Jess

intersex

interview

movie features

Out Actress Ashleigh Sumner Returns in “Bruno And Earlene Go To Vegas”: The Autostraddle Interview

Jess chats with talented actress and artist, Ashleigh Sumner about her starring role in the new indie film, Bruno And Earlene Go To Vegas, premiering this month at Outfest!

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Jul 4, 2013

interview

jill bennett

tv news & trailers

Jill Bennett Is Back With New Comedy Series, “Second Shot”

Jill Bennett is BACK starring in a new comedy series, “Second Shot,” which she also co-created and produced.

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Apr 5, 2013

interview

the oscars

movie features

Tami Lane, Academy Award Nominee: The Autostraddle Interview

Tami Lane is your favorite out makeup artist and she’s nominated for an Academy Award for her work on The Hobbit. Someone gay to root for on Sunday night!

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Feb 23, 2013

interview

Lesbian Musicians & Queer Female Artists

theater

Dusty Springfield Is Here and Queer In ‘Forever Dusty’ Off-Broadway

Forever Dusty tells the dramatic, revealing story of how a shy Irish Catholic school girl from West London transformed herself into Dusty Springfield, and dove into LA’s underground lesbian scene.

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Jan 8, 2013

eve ensler

gender identity

theater

Actor Emily Grosland, On ‘Emotional Creatures’ and Being Genderqueer in Theater: The Autostraddle Interview

Jess chats with the genderqueer star of Eve Ensler’s new play, Emotional Creature: talented dancer, singer and actor, Emily Grosland.

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Dec 19, 2012

broadway

Daily Fix

theater

Girls Have Feelings in Eve Ensler’s “Emotional Creature” Off-Broadway

Eve Ensler (The Vagina Monologues) is back with a new musical play, Emotional Creature, featuring fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe.

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Nov 29, 2012

broadway

homopiece theater

theater

‘5 Lesbians Eating a Quiche’ is Theatre of the Absurd in New York City

It’s 1956 and the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein are having their annual quiche breakfast. “No men. No meat. Just manners.”

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Oct 26, 2012

memoir

mental health

lgbt book reviews

Read A F*cking Book: ‘Something Spectacular’

Greta Gleissner is a former Radio City Rockette whose memoir details her career as a professional dancer while struggling with bulimia and coming to terms with her sexuality.

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Jul 16, 2012

christina aguilera

interview

music

Vicci Martinez Has The Voice And The Major Label Debut: The Autostraddle Interview

Jess talks to The Voice’s Vicci Martinez about her brand new album, coming out, her musical guilty pleasure and of course, The Real L Word.

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Jul 5, 2012

gay moms

interview

tv feature

The Real L Word’s Nikki & Jill Are Having a Baby: The Autostraddle Interview

Jess chats with the couple about camp, the reality TV experience, the upcoming election, finding an anonymous sperm donor, Smash, Oprah, their Real L Word comrades and — in an…

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May 31, 2012

Daily Fix

Erin Foley

comedy

Erin Foley Is Super Gay & Fantastic on Conan O’Brien

Out comedian Erin Foley makes her Conan debut!

Jess —

Apr 24, 2012

big gay sketch show

Daily Fix

tv news & trailers

Kate McKinnon Will Be Saturday Night Live’s First Real Live Out Lesbian Person!

“I would kill to be the first gay person on SNL.” -Kate McKinnon to Autostraddle in June 2009

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Mar 29, 2012