Results for: be the change
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Sunday Funday Will Take You All Around the World to Fight for Gay Rights, Fall in Sweet Queer Love
Obama’s gonna go hard for gay rights in Kenya, two queer women took a honeymoon around the world and made a video about it for you, Italy’s Supreme Court just made a decision that’s huge for trans rights, Riley Curry is doing the nae nae in here. Just saying.
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The “Who Pays Writers” Conversation Needs a Little Nuance
Holding The Rumpus to the same standards as The Huffington Post is ridiculous.
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Journey To The Center: What Do I Put On My Face?
I’m intrigued by the ways that makeup can be both feminizing and masculinizing, often at the same time. As I started working on this project, I realized that’s been true for a long time.
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Missing Someone Gone While Raising Someone New
They call a child born after a loss a rainbow baby. The storm left a devastating aftermath, but this rainbow is bringing us daily joy.
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Daily Fix: All the New Research You Can Shake A Stick At and More News
Research on nationwide LGBT legal equality, bisexuals in the UK, racism in the university classroom, and religion. PLUS updates on your fave/least fave Republicans, police practices overhaul in Cleveland, new laws and more!
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Pop Culture Fix: Ellen DeGeneres Flattered By Tabloid Gossip, Bangladesh Gets First Lesbian Cartoon Character and More Super-Important Stories
Chris Brown stands up a gay party for being too gay, Ellen DeGeneres talks to Caitlyn Jenner about same-sex marriage, Bangladesh gets its first lesbian cartoon character, new music from Christine & The Queens, queers are all over The Root 100, SO MANY new queer movies to look forward to AND SO MUCH MORE!
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Party Like It’s 1995: The Rise and Fall of the Girl Game
The girl game movement was a briefly lived golden era of pink-wrapped PC games made for, and marketed to, young girls. Get in here for some gaming history!
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Queer Mama for Autostraddle Episode Eleven — My Birth Story Wasn’t At All What I Expected
“The moment I met my child for the first time was nothing like I imagined it would be.”
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This Shit Rules: Soft Skin and Rapunzel Hair
Shampoo bars, a life-changing clay mask, and a bunch of things to make your skin shiny and glowing like a spaceship.
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Daily Fix: Kentucky County Clerk Super-Dedicated To Refusing Same-Sex Marriage Licenses and Other News
A history of a lesbian-only “intentional community” in Arkansas, students at a Missouri high school protested a trans teen for using the girls’ bathrooms, Mansur Ball-Bey’s autopsy contradicts police testimony and more news.
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Drawn to Comics: Interview with Power Up Writer Kate Leth!
“When we see women in armor, or in suits, we think of them as strong and powerful. When we see men in a dress, it’s somehow demeaning. I don’t agree with that or believe it at all.”
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24 Food Pairings That Shouldn’t Go Together but Totally Do
What’s the worst that could happen?
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10 First-Ever Lesbian Characters On American TV: Killers, Tramps, Thieves and Therapists
From lesbian gangs killing old ladies in a nursing home to actresses with Mommy issues to inspirational schoolteachers, these are ten of the first-ever lesbian characters on American primetime television, 1961-1977.
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Top 10 Plays I’d Like To See With An All-Black Cast
An examination of plays in the canon that we all deserve to see with an all-Black cast.
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Working On It, Week 8: Saying Yes To Mental Health
“I’ve come to the realisation that my fear of looking dumb in front of people has been holding me back from finding new physical activities to love, and so I need a little help stepping outside my comfort zone.”
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Interview: Why SXSW Cancelled a Panel on Digital Harassment and Design
Caroline Sinders chats with us about what it’s like when SXSW cancels a panel about harassment because of harassment.
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The QTPOC Speakeasy Salon: What About Your Friends?
Drop into the Speakeasy Salon for advice on love, to show off your fresh shape-up, or to just trade some jokes with your people. And if you missed your appointment, we’ve got some highlights and QTPOC cuties right in here waiting for you!
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Autostraddle’s Ultimate Holigay Gift Guide 2015: What We Really, Really Want This Year
Stumped on what to get your queer BFF? Trying in a last-ditch attempt to bulk up your own list? Looking for inspiration for the perfect gift for your loved ones? We’re bound to have something in common with you or someone you like, so get in here and check out our wish lists!
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Interview with My Queer BFF: Maddie Interviews Zoe
You were my queer spirit guide. You gave me a bunch of queer YA books over the first year of our best friendship. You said, “You didn’t have a queer adolescence, this is happening.”
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Beyond Streaming: 7 Ways To Actually Support Indie Musicians
“Being a modern musician is like having a leaky roof and putting out a zillion pots and pans to catch all the water dripping from various holes.” – Jenny Owen Youngs