Results for: be the change
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Butch Please: Butch Buys A Drink
“If I wear my heart on my sleeve – and I do these days, much to the shock and dismay of a butch gone prematurely tender – then the sleeve itself is my masculinity.”
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The Secret Diary of a Turkey-Fister
“As it turned out, stuffing turkeys on the graveyard shift was a bonding experience that could not be transcended.”
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Prize Pack Giveaway: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
We’ve got two prize packs to give away! But first we want to talk about our feelings. It’s the theme of the day.
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Sunday Funday Is A Beautiful Day for the First Gay Buddhist Wedding Ever In Taiwan
An incredible amount of good news about gay marriage and then we take a nap.
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The Comment Awards Are Going Back To School
School is in session, get your chin off your desk.
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Our Legacy: Six Lesbian Magazines From The Then Before Now
“No woman ever made a dime for her work, and some … worked themselves into a state of mental and physical decline on behalf of the magazine.”
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Restrictive Voter ID Laws Halted in PA, but Voter Disenfranchisement Marches On
Judge Robert Simpson ruled that “authorities had not done enough to ensure that potential voters had access to the new documents.”
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Also.Also.Also: Ann Coulter is (Still) The Worst and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The good news is that tomorrow is a new day, and that maybe one day we’ll finally have marriage equality.
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Autostraddle Book Club: Emily Answers Your “Cameron Post” Questions and We Throw A Feelings-Fest
emily m. danforth answers 36 of your questions about “Cameron Post” and then we’re all gonna talk about the book!
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Disowned: When Coming Out Doesn’t Go As Planned
“The truth is that it does bother me that my parents are pretending that I’m dead—probably more than I’ve been willing to admit.”
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Daily Fix: Naomily & Effy Return to “Skins,” Kalinda Gets Kinky, Etc.
This Arts & Entertainment Fix contains news about Skins Series 7, The Good Wife’s Kalinda’s kinky side, America’s Next Top Model, Kelly Lynch and lesbian fashion!
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Playlist: 100% Country, 0% A**hole
Country music: Now with 100% less liberal guilt.
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Make 2012 a Safer Year for LGBT Students
We’re only a few weeks into the 2012 school year and already organizations are stepping up to the plate to make it a little bit easier for today’s queer youth.
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This Is Not A Scathing Review of “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded”
Nicki Minaj promised she would be a game-changing artist, and this album is one step in her desired direction. Spoiler alert: this review uses the term “baddest bitch” a lot.
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Sunday Funday Has Been Having A Gay Old Time, Would Like to Thank Lady Gaga And This Keg
Toronto teachers witnessed a revolution in their classrooms and a bunch of people gave money to other people who fight for the rights of gay people. Did I mention Big Bird is doing okay? Also, pumpkin keg.
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Women In Same-Sex MBA Programs Are Most Prepared To Take On Business
The dean of Simmons College MBA program says her school’s on the right track.
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It’s Officially Okay To Preach Against the Gays on Bourbon Street Again
Eight NOLA preachers were apprehended in conjunction with New Orleans’ “aggressive solicitation” ordinance, which instructs people to not “loiter or congregate on Bourbon Street for the purpose of disseminating any social, political or religious message between the hours of sunset and sunrise,” and now the ordinance is gone.
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Lez Liberty Lit #4: I Kept Always Two Books In My Pocket
This week in lit: banned books, Vagina, and lots of lesbian storylines.
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Banned Cub Scout Troop Leader Jennifer Tyrrell Isn’t Giving Up: The Autostraddle Interview
The Boy Scouts of America decided to keep their anti-gay ban, while Jennifer Tyrrell keeps fighting. “How dare someone tell a mother they can’t be a part of their child’s life?”
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Rock n’ Roll Camp: Volunteering Is The Purest Form of Awesome
“I didn’t know where all the people like me were, or how I would even talk to them if I saw one in the wild. All of that changed during the training session for first-time Rock Camp volunteers.”