Results for: queer parenting
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Sadism Masquerading As Journalism: The Press And Lucy Meadows
While it’s not clear what role her ordeal with the press played in Lucy’s decision to end her life, these types of stories focusing on the private details of trans people’s lives and bodies serve absolutely no public interest.
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Making Community Out of Isolation by Learning Furious Self-Creation
“There are no lesbian/queer woman-centric spaces in our city or on LSU’s campus. This mixed workshop helped the queer women at the workshop think about the role of discomfort in their lives. “
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This Week In Abstinence: Ohio and West Virginia Really Seem To Hate Sex Education
This week Ohio and West Virginia attempt to take us back to 1050 A.D., retro style. Ohio is trying to restrict sex education to abstinence-only and a West Virginia high school tries to punish a student for protesting a slut-shaming assembly.
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A Prairie Homo Companion: Wanderlust and Lessons Learned
I like to think all of this travelling has taught me a few things, or else what would be the point? Here’s a list of 10 things I’ve learned as a prairie homo in the great wide world.
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To Be A U-Haul Lesbian or Not To Be A U-Haul Lesbian: Almost Definitely Not
As predictable as the seasons themselves, it’s the start of the Annual Dyke Moving Season! Hoooraaaay!
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Also.Also.Also: Kelly Rowland Really Likes Oral Sex and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The good news is, oral sex is legal in Virginia. So.
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Ode to: Spam, Bitch
Spam gives people a lot of feelings. Some good, some not so good. But let’s turn all of those feelings into hunger (with a side of nostalgia) with Katrina!
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Autostraddle Calendar Girls 2014: Parneet is Miss May
“I had shared a moment with myself that was loving and forgiving, and I found myself believing that I was enough.” We’re so excited to introduce you to Parneet! Lots of love here.
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Also.Also.Also: k.d. lang Loves Canada, Is Famous and Other Stories We Missed This Week
I Don’t Do Boxes, but if you wanna go to Corgi Nation that’s fine with me.
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The ALTERNATIVE Autostraddle Hot 105: Hotties You Will Like Who Also Like Girls
105 more humans for you to have awkward crushes on.
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Queer Girl City Guide: Nashville, Tennessee
The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the face and a sign to leave. Six years later, I couldn’t be more happy that I stayed.
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Straddler On The Street: Jillian
Jillian made me want to run away to a farm. Specifically her farm, in Kansas. I think you might feel the same way once you’ve read this interview.
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Lesbian Couple Tries To Change Michigan’s Gay Adoption Laws
In one of the most surprisingly gay-unfriendly states in the U.S., same-sex couples still can’t adopt children together. Here’s how two Hazel Park nurses are trying to change that.
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Turning the Tide: How Activism to Protect Queer Students and Communities Works
How activists in Louisiana use everything from direct action to meetings with senators to try to pass laws that would protect queer and trans* students from bullying, queer and trans* employees from discrimination, and more. This is how your legal progress sausage is made.
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Leaving It on the Court: When My World Changed, Sports Stayed
My teammates didn’t know that I was ending my run in this men’s league because I had to leave my male identity on the court.
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Also.Also.Also: Everything the Homophobes Told You Was A Lie and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Family matters, queer poetry, undocumented LGBT immigrants and more!
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“Is She Gay? Should I Ask Her?”: Advice To Moms Who Have Queer Daughters
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.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Playing Spin The Bottle
This week on NSFW Sunday: relationship negotiation,fingernails, bi invisibility and more.
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Almost Famous: Stacy Kovacs, Batala NYC
BatalaNYC is all-women AfroBrazilian Samba Reggae drumming band that’s opened for the Stones. Incredibly cool.
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“The Fosters” Episode 105 Recap: Remember When You Used to Love My Chimichangas?
Digression 6: My first lesbian date ended on the roof of a small town Pizza Hut, but she knew what we were doing because she helped me push the dumpster up against the wall.