• Gay Best Friends Named Prom King & Queen, Are The Future

    Two gay best friends won prom king & queen by a landslide, American Apparel gets shadier by the minute, Judy Shepard’s memoir deemed “homophobic” in the Bible Belt – WTF, Pride dos and don’ts. We bring you an unfortunately non-Alex Vega Lady Gaga recap, and exciting news for celesbian chef Cat Cora, as well as a new lesbian indie film.

  • Top 10 Cookies You Can Buy at the Drugstore

    Have you ever thought, what are the top ten kinds of cookies that come in boxes all over the country do I like to eat the most? Us too!

  • Jennifer Corday, Lesbian Country Rocker: The Autostraddle Interview

    Chely Wright ignited a media frenzy when she came out last month, but lesbians have had an out country/rock star to call their own for years — Jennifer Corday. With 3 albums and her music featured in films and on TV, Corday is on a roll as she completes her upcoming record. She talks to Autostraddle about being gay in country, why lesbians love girls with guitars, and tells tales of the trouble her Gretchen Wilson “Redneck Lesbo” parody has gotten her into.

  • Daily Fix – Iowa Gays Get Married, LiLo Changes the World, Miss Cali is From the Future

    Lilith Fair will be back next year! Iowans exercise their right to marry.

  • Audiostraddle Weekly: Dianna Agron Directs Oxfam Video, Glambert Tour Dates, Walking on Sunshine

    This week marks the 25th anniversary of Katrina and the Waves’ classic hit, “Walking On Sunshine.” Also, a new video from Thao Nguyen directed by Dianna Agron (Quinn from Glee), sneak previews of albums from Ratatat and Stone Temple Pilots, a new track from The Roots, and a behind-the-scenes look at the music from LOST.

  • MTV Movie Awards 2010 Celebrate Lesbian Innuendo, Swearing, Twilight

    Sunday Night’s MTV Movie Awards were a non-stop spectacular of awards for movies we haven’t seen and probably never will. More importantly, MTV tried to make the show as gay as possible, which isn’t surprising. Plus, WHO WON?

  • Gay Activists Hunger Strike for DADT Repeal – Good Idea/Bad Idea?

    Lt. Dan Choi shares his feelings about the DADT compromise and announces a controversial hunger strike, which we have a lot of feelings about. Also; VFW refuses trans member, Elena Kagan gets Sandra Day’s support and India aims to prevent gay & lesbians from using surrogate parents.

  • Not the Best Week for Lesbian Media Visibility: Lohan Gets Used, Real Housewives, Bein’ Miley & Moar!

    Lesbians, this has not been our week. The Real L Word premiered, and we hated it. Nicki Minaj redacted her bisexuality, Miley Cyrus keeps on fake-lesbian kissing everyone and I had to do research on Danielle Staub. At least Anna Paquin said some reassuring things about her sexuality, otherwise we’d just shut this place down.

  • Advice for Homogays, From Homogays (Formspring Fall Cleaning)

    You have many so many feelings! We’ve taken your formspring questions and turned them into a one-off advice column. Someone wanted to know how to make tacos, but Laneia didn’t have an answer for that.

  • Friends of Lesbian Teen Gave Her Six Months to Go Straight Before Attacking Her

    New information in the Cheyenne Williams case (maybe), and shocking violence in Edmonton. Gay and bisexual politicians abound, and the petition on Ref. 71 is finally going to court. Also, a defense of the Boy Scouts, and an investigation of the gay dollar.

  • Real L Word #105 Recap: Free Pass (To Do What I Want)

    Episode 105 of “The Real L Word” was all about blinds and sex and wedding dresses and space. Also, the salsa and Nat Garcia and lucky dogs and Celesbianism, which is like lesbianism for the stars. IN OUTER SPACE.

  • Teens Attempt Throwing Lesbian Classmate Off Cliff on Day of Silence

    Some classmates tried to push their lesbian friend off a cliff because she’s gay; but police are saying this attempted murder, committed on the day of silence, could just be a “prank gone awry.” It looks like DADT won’t be repealed in 2010, and Dan Choi’s civil disobedience got little to no mainstream news coverage. Plus, it’s harder for LGBT victims of violent crimes, Jon Stewart’s Gaywatch, and the Tories in the UK are courting gay voters.

  • “Transmen in the City”: Mainstream Mag Does Trans Story Right (Mostly)

    NY Magazine talks to trans photographer and love of our life, Amos Mac. Also; Kate Harding discusses Tasha Fierce’s essay, As Fat As I Wanna Be, more stereotypical junk about Elena Kagan, thoughts on gay parenting, an Iranian lesbian filmmaker is denied asylum, the disgusting practice of ‘corrective rape,’ punk Islam and Harry Potter!

  • Fifth-Grader with Two Moms Falls, Gets Injured, and Nobody Makes a Sound

    Jenna Bissell is being discriminated against in the fifth grade because she has two moms. Happy Mother’s Day! Also, Iowa hates gay campers, David Dean Bottrell hates Setoodeh’s Newsweek article, and important historical milestones for gays in Lithuania and the Philippines.

  • Jillian Michaels Dates Women, Wants to Adopt: ‘Women’s Health’ Gets the Gay Story

    Wheeeeeeeee it’s Sunday Funday! Jillian Michaels follows up her Ladies Home Journal bisexual reveal by telling “Women’s Health” she’s dating men & women (we’ve got full scnas!). There’s a lesbian Muffia in NYC and gay superheroes, Bollywood might have a lesbian movie someday and Gaga will be on American Idol. Also, books! And Anyone But Me!

  • Margaret Cho Gets Cho-Dependent: Autostraddle Interview

    We talk to Margaret Cho about tattoos, her romantic relationships with gay men, celebrities who come out later in their careers, her pick for “the next Gaga,” Adam Lambert, Ani DiFranco, Sex & the City and more.

  • Catholic School Rejects Son of Lesbian Moms, Clearly We’re Too Cool For School Y’all

    A Massachusetts Catholic School has withdrawn it’s acceptance of a third grade boy because he has lesbian moms, and now the secretary for education and superintendent of Catholic schools is offering to help the parents find a different school – but do we want to be in clubs that won’t have us as members? Even more reactions to Seetodeh including one from Dustin Lance Black and video of Newsweek article author Ramin Setoodeh, Dan Savage and Amanda Bearse on The Joy Behar Show. Also; female warrior tribes & gays in video games.

  • Gay Newsweek Writer Says Gay Men Can’t Play Straight, Other Offensive Things

    Newsweek’s out gay writer Ramin Setoodeh is at it again with another totally offensive article about gay people — this time it’s about how gay men can’t convincingly play straight but vice-versa works just fine. Also; Pam Grier has written her memoirs, Melissa Etheridge opens up about the breakup with Tammy Lynn Michaels, Chris Colfer talks about Kurt’s boyfriend and Portia does Ellen.

  • Transpeople, Ewoks, Dolly Parton: It’s All The Same to Bill O’Reilly

    Now that American Eagle staffers don’t have to choose “gender-specific” outfits, what’s to stop them from DRESSING LIKE EWOKS? Lawyers think George Rekers gay sex controversy could call his past expert witness testimony into question. Why aren’t we talking about the sex lives of the white male Supreme Court Justices? Plus, how parents deal with Glee, how to be a good beard, and racism in beauty pageants.

  • Lambda Literary Awards 2010: 12 Queer Books You’ll Love

    It’s Reading Rainbow time at Autostraddle! We talk about which of the Lambda Literary Awards nominees we’re most excited about reading. Spoiler alert: a lot of awesome out lesbians and bisexuals wrote fantastic looking books in 2009. Just FYI.