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DC Hires an Openly Gay Writer for Batwoman to Appease Audiences

Its certainly been one hell of a week for DC’s PR team. (Emphasis on hell.)

Laura Mandanas —

Sep 11, 2013

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Queered Science: LGBTQ Scientists and the Legend of the Unicorn

“Now tell me the name of a queer scientist. Nothing? Yeah, I thought so. But it’s not your fault – I couldn’t think of any either. And this got me…

Vivian —

Sep 6, 2013

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Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage

“With their decision to prohibit not only Batwoman’s marriage, but also several other character developments, it seems like DC has gone too far.”

Mey —

Sep 6, 2013

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Badass Lady Astronaut Candidates: Meet NASA’s Class of 2013

Selected from a pool of over 6,100 candidates, NASA picked some incredibly impressive individuals. In this totally biased writer’s opinion, the women especially are killing it.

Laura Mandanas —

Sep 3, 2013

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Magical Girls, Heroines and Anime Amazons: Field Notes from Otakon 2013

The East Coast’s largest anime convention had everything an anime fan could want, including some interesting conversations about representation of women in anime.

Rose —

Aug 27, 2013

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This Is A Bubbline Appreciation Post and Gallery

I would rather slowly pull out all my teeth than write about unconfirmed lesbian subtext in any teevee show ever. But I actually think we’re moving from the realm of…

A.E. Osworth —

Aug 24, 2013

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GaymerX Is The Gaming Convention Made For Queers, But Important For Everyone

They had to show gamers why something like this needed to exist. More than that, they had to show the world why something like this needed to exist.

Jessica Lachenal —

Aug 20, 2013

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Archie Comics Gets Its First Gay Kiss, Takes On One Million Moms

Which isn’t a big deal, but also totally is.

Kristen —

Aug 10, 2013

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Highlights of Comic-Con 2013: Queer Geeks and Cute Ladies in Costumes

Need-to-know, queer-ish highlights from the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con. Because nerds.

SJ Sindu —

Jul 23, 2013

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A Lady Doctor Who, And Some Other Hopes and Dreams

The show began airing in 1963, with a hiatus and then a reboot in 2005. All in all, 11 actors have played the alien of everyone’s dreams. Every single one…

A.E. Osworth —

Jul 22, 2013

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