they need help

alsoalsoalso

gay marriage

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Children and Lawmakers Alike Write Letters for Gay Rights And Other Stories We Missed This Week

Clive Davis is bi, the Millionaire Matchmaker is…. not, and Toni Braxton wishes she was a lesbian. “And not a lipstick lesbian, either.” Also, you got paid this week, right?

Carmen —

Feb 20, 2013

amos mac

original plumbing

gender

Original Plumbing Needs Your Love, Support, Cold Hard Cash ASAP

Original Plumbing deserves a new website, and in the spirit of brotherhood and the revolution and Autostraddle redesign karmic juices, I’m urging you to make it happen.

Carmen —

Feb 1, 2013

personal essay

they need help

thanksgiving

Please Don’t Volunteer On Thanksgiving: A Former Shelter Worker Tells All

“On the day before Thanksgiving, the day after and the 362 other days of the year (including Christmas) hardly any volunteers, well known or not, showed up to help.”

Ren —

Nov 21, 2012

documentaries

female rap

movie reviews

“Turn Me Up” Finds The Heart of Female Rap

“At the end of the day, they just want to be heard.”

Carmen —

Nov 18, 2012

#buyindiebuyqueer

dapper fashion

lgbtq+ businesses

Someone’s Finally Doing it Right: Masculine Shirts for Women

If you’ve been waiting for someone to come along and provide us with some REAL menswear options that actually fit our body types, then Anna Kunz and her line, Kreuzbach10…

Alex —

Nov 9, 2012

Daily Fix

hurricane sandy

community

We Need To Help The Ali Forney Drop-In Center Post-Hurricane Sandy

The Ali Forney Drop-In Center, a space dedicated to New York City’s homeless LGBT youth, was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. Make a donation to help if you can, and if…

Vanessa —

Nov 4, 2012

Gaby Hoffman

lesbian webseries

movie news & trailers

‘F To 7th’ On Kickstarter: ‘The Slope’ Spin-Off Needs Your Help

Do you dream of a spin-off to THE SLOPE, the hilarious lesbian webseries about “superficial, homophobic lesbians” in Park Slope, Brooklyn? F TO 7TH is here to make that dream…

Vanessa —

Oct 31, 2012

event

they need help

the scene

You Should Go: The Queer Women of Color Poetry Revival Is Finally Here

I promised you a revival. And now it’s here.

Carmen —

Oct 4, 2012

they need help

the scene

Queer Women of Color Poetry Tour Needs Help, Promises A Revival

“It’s up to the poets. It’s up to us to continue.”

Carmen —

Jul 13, 2012

documentaries

gay families

gender

What’s It Like Growing Up With A Transgender Parent? Sharon Shattuck Knows.

“I think the one thing that really sticks with me from my childhood is that I felt very alone–I felt like no one else’s family was like mine, so I…

Gina —

Jun 28, 2012

photography

team pick

visual art

Queer Couchsurfing Through Europe: A Photography Book You Can Help Fund

Queer photographers Yael Malkas and Cait Oppermann are going backpacking through Europe and making a queer photography book out of it. Help fund queer art!

Whitney Pow —

Jun 21, 2012

homophobia

LGBT youth

community

Let’s Get This Queer Non-Profit to Warped Tour

Guess how many gay/queer non-profits exist at the Vans Warped Tour? None. This is how we change that.

Alex —

Jun 20, 2012