Results for: queer parenting
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Pop Culture Fix: Mattel Isn’t Selling Abby Wambach Barbies and Lily-Rose Depp Isn’t Gay
Topics include Lily-Rose Depp, Barbie being full of lies, hipster homophobia, Beyoncé, Zoolander 2, relationships and Netflix, BriaAndChrissy, Professor Sprout and more!
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If I’m Queer But I’m A Preacher, Maybe He’ll Love Me
“My father has very few admirable qualities when it comes to our relationship: he doesn’t follow through on his promises, he doesn’t compromise, and he has a God complex. “
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How Breaking Bread with Queer Christians Helped Me Rediscover Radical Love
“I put “they/she” on a pronoun button for the first time and countless people — moms, older gay and lesbian folks, and my peers — asked me to share what that meant and what genderqueer identity is because they genuinely wanted to understand ideas that were foreign and difficult for them so they could love me better.”
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Ooo Baby Baby (Ahh Push It)
I’m knocked up! I loved Zootopia! I bought a waffle maker! What’s good with you? Come on in here and tell me about it!
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Say My Name, Mey’s My Name Pt. II: Independent (Legally a) Woman
“As I write about my name now, I feel strength, and contentment and comfort and home. I feel more like myself than I ever have before.”
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10 Imaginary Lesbian Christmas Films to Grow Your Holigay Heart Three Sizes
“Janeane Garafalo stars as Helen, who considers herself a witch first and lesbian second.”
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The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 18, December 2015, With Extra Holiday Cheer
“I DID get hit on by a man at a lesbian bar on Saturday night. It made me feel very free and also like a pastry.”
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Lesbian and Bisexual Teens Sure Did Have A Lot Of Sex, Study Shows
A new study suggests sexually active lesbian teens have more partners and lost their virginities earlier than heterosexuals and that one in five lesbian’s most recent sex partner was a man.
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“New Girl” Joins The Exciting Trend of Meaningful Sexual Fluidity On TV
New Girl, How to Get Away With Murder, and The 100 have all brought more depth and nuance to queerness than the majority of Lesbian Kiss Episodes have ever achieved.
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Scissoring Foreshadowing on “Jane the Virgin,” Actual Scissoring on “The 100”
Teevee has come home to our loving arms once more, to gift us with post-apocalyptic women kissing each other (and I mean really kissing each other), and resurrected time traveling queer superheroes learning their way, and Jane the Virgin introducing a scissoring painting into the sapphic romance mix.
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Also.Also.Also: Wizarding Schools, Chin Talk and Other Stories to Start Your Week
Lots of Harry Potter stuff happening right now, emotional complexity, late people, rich kids and veggies, reparations, being a teenage girl, “diversity,” and honestly more amazing stuff than you can shake a stick at, so get in here.
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True Life: I’m Genderqueer and I Watched MTV’s “True Life: I’m Genderqueer”
“My heart did a flip because I remember the sudden shift where my body went from stranger to home, and now I was watching this shift happen to someone else. And maybe this is why these shows exist: because someone else is going to want that feeling, they’re going to recognize themselves.”
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Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s “Dirty River”
“This memoir will appeal to those seeking a gritty, glorious, multi-layered story of homecoming and self-healing.”
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Also.Also.Also: Weed for Cramps, Urban Trees and Other Stories to Start Your Weekend
Texts from Titanosaur, mushroom death suits, fashionable femmes of color, spruce up your Resting Bitch Face, I’m shipping these Barbies, Ellen Page, ya cramps, trans athletes in the Olympics and so very much more!
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Read a F*cking Book: Dryland, by Sara Jaffe
“Dryland,” by Sara Jaffe, is a quiet coming of age tale clad in flannel on the outside; on the inside, it’s draped in gorgeous prose.
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: UnREAL’s “The Faith Diaries” Will Make Your Gay Heart Sing
Unreal’s web-exclsuive series is delightfully gay. Empire is still Empire. And Penny just will not go away on Grey’s.
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory Loves Hypocrisy, Hates Trans People Using Correct Bathrooms
NC Governor Pat McCrory is having a meltdown over a Charlotte ordinance that protects LGBT rights, new data shows that up to half of gay and bisexual black men are at risk for HIV, abortion restrictions go into law in Louisiana, and more news.
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A Day of Visibility: Jen Richards Gets Deep and Personal About North Carolina
“I fire off a series of tweets to Governor Pat McCrory, as well as the North Carolina Values Coalition and some public supporters of the bill. The few replies I get make it clear that my arguments have zero impact. This issue will consume my consciousness for the following few days.”
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Sunday Funday is Having a Very Gay Festivus Season with Hillary Clinton and the Cast of “Fun Home”
A quick peek at Hillary Clinton’s “awesome gay agenda,” another Festivus pole wrapped in gay pride, a few more crushing defeats for the ex-gay movement, a super sweet performance of “Fun Home,” and a screening of “Carol” in one of the least likely places. IT’S ALL IN HERE!
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Boob(s On Your) Tube: Here Are Some Carmilla-Adjacent Web Series To See You Through The Holigays
Couple-ish and ‘Til Lease Do Us Part premiered this week, Fresh Off the Boat got a little gay, Pippy and TMI finally smooched on Rosewood, and one of our queer chefs didn’t make the cut on Top Chef.