10 Ways Educators Can Make Schools Safer for LGBT Youth
We’re participating in GLSEN’s Ally Week and talking about how K-12 educators can become better allies to the LGBT youth in their schools.
Allison Weiss and Mal Blum’s New Albums Help Us Look At Our Guts: The Autostraddle Interview
Two of our favorite queer rock stars chat with each other about their new albums, their mental health, and Mariah Carey.
FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Are You Playing?
What are you playing? And how did your week go? What are you having for dinner? Did you take any cute selfies recently? What’s been on your mind? I’m here! Let’s talk!
“Law & Order: SVU” Adds Its Voice to the “Trans Debate” with the Confusing, Horribly Depressing “Transgender Bridge”
At one point in my notes I wrote “I’m really happy that they didn’t murder this trans girl,” only to watch her die in the hospital two scenes later. That’s how the whole episode went — any time I would get hopeful, they would let me down again.
This Is How We Do It: Build a Simple Shelf for About $10
In which I write you a poem about how great shelves are, and then I teach you how to build one in three straightforward steps.
43 Of The Gayest Things You’ve Fought About With Your Girlfriend
“Whether or not selfie culture upholds or demolishes the patriarchy”
Top 10 Weirdo Things I Collect Like a Weirdo
I’m starting to realize I’m not a connoisseur of anything so much as just a total fucking weirdo.
You Need Help: People Are Nosy About Your Binder
What to do if your friends and family start asking about that new binder you’re wearing.
9 Lies They’re Spreading about Planned Parenthood (and the Facts to Fight Them With)
You’ve probably heard a lot of alarming claims made about Planned Parenthood over the past few months — now here are the facts that prove them wrong.
Taco Tuesday: A Definitive Treatise on the Breakfast Taco
In central and south Texas, the breakfast taco is worshipped and for good reason. Here’s a little history of the breakfast taco, some of my favorite breakfast taco ingredients and a recipe for potato and egg tacos!
“Freeheld” Is Wonderful and Will Make You Cry Nonstop For Two Hours
“Freeheld” is a beautiful movie that puts lesbians front and center. Bring Kleenex.
“Love Is Fluid” Announces Demi Lovato While Hugging An Inflatable Flamingo
“Humans are humans, and when you connect with somebody on a spiritual level it doesn’t matter.”
NSFW PHOTOESSAY: Folsom Street Fair 2015
The largest leather festival in the world brings butts, boobs and spanking to Folsom street in San Francisco.
There Won’t Be A Government Shutdown Over Planned Parenthood (Yet)
A Planned Parenthood government shutdown is stalled for now, Memories Pizza just catered a gay wedding, new report on bisexual visibility at work, and more.
Lez Liberty Lit #81: All Eileen Myles All The Time
Eileen Myles is having a moment (okay she’s always been having a moment but people finally noticed); a new trans poetry literary journal; queer books to read this fall and more.
Tales From The Driver’s Seat: 7 Actual Experiences I Had While Learning To Drive at 25
“He gave me “the benefit of the doubt” that traffic was indeed too rough to allow me, a braless 25-year-old nervously driving a station wagon, to shift over.”
Business Of Art Fix #14: Ad-Blockers Could Force Most Indies To Consider Paid Content
Topics include even MORE important thoughts on ad-blocking, how your XoJane confessional sausage gets made, Ann Friedman’s personal branding quest, the most hated beauty brand on the internet, advice for sending overdue e-mails and more!
Y’All Need Help: Quick and Unprofessional Advice for Queers Who Need It
Quick and loving advice for three queers who need our help! A home wrecker (but not really) in a sticky situation, a bisexual who’s feeling torn, and a closeted queer in the South who’s staying that way. Get in here!
Ilene Chaiken Invites You To Thank Ilene Chaiken For “Empire”‘s Lesbianism
Plus: Nicki Minaj is getting her own ABC Family comedy, Carol is “flawless,” Ellen Page’s Lioness snags a female director, the trailer for Jessica Jones is here, and even more pop culture news!
Rebel Girls: On Building a Better Separatism
There is a power in building communities on our own terms as marginalized people. There is a freedom in escaping, even for a moment, the weight of oppression and the burden of society’s expectations for who we should be. And there is a revolution to be had in building better, more inclusive spaces for marginalized folks.