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Andreja Pejic, Supermodel, Comes Out as a Trans Woman!

Model Andreja Pejic has been in the public spotlight for a few years, making big waves for her androgynous look and ability to model both menswear and womenswear flawlessly. She’s now in the news again after coming out publicly as a trans woman and announcing that she will start to exclusively model women’s fashion from now on. She says that she is supported by friends and her family in Australia.

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Dear Queer Diary: Notes From An Inveterate People-Watcher

My grandfather is an avid birdwatcher, and when I was yet a wee thing, a typical afternoon with Papa Dave consisted of a walk through the forest/fields/swamps toting my special child-sized binoculars in search of avian life. This was one of those grandparental bonding activities that I eventually grew out of—by the time I hit thirteen or fourteen, the sight of a nesting grouse no longer provided…

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Fenway Report: Trans People Continue to Experience More Discrimination, Poorer Health

It’s news because it’s not news.
Last week most of the online attention to LGB health was focused on the Center for Disease Control’s report on Sexual Orientation and Health Among U.S. Adultsthat was released on July 15. The report summarized data from The 2013 National Health Interview Survey, which was the first time in the CDC’s 57-year history they included questions about sexual orientation…

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White Gay Dudes, Straight Black People: With Friends Like These, Who Needs A Voice?

Recently, in Kalamazoo Michigan, Katrina and Marashette Burks, a married, Black lesbian couple in Kalamazoo Michigan, had their home broken into, valuables stolen, and slurs spray painted on the walls, including the words “Move Or Die”. Because of a lack of hate crime legislation that includes sexual orientation, the crime is not going to be charged as a hate crime, despite the fact that there…

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Portia de Rossi Is Joining “Scandal” As If You Needed Another Reason To Watch

In truly adorable fashion, Ellen DeGeneres announced yesterday via twitter that her wife, Portia De Rossi will be joining the cast of Scandal. Degeneres tweets: “So annoying when people brag on twitter & that’s why I’m not tweeting that Portia just signed on to do a top secret arc on ‘Scandal’. Oops.” This power-couple — whose first and last names elude any attempts at Brangelina-ing—just cannot…

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Lez Liberty Lit #51: Reading While Travelling

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At the Rumpus, Danielle Summers writes about writing romance fiction as a feminist act:
“Romance fiction features a love story with a happy ending. Other than that, have fun with it.
And the fact that everyone gets a happy ending, that even the most downtrodden characters who might traditionally come to bad ends can fall in love and live…

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In Terrifying Health News, Uterine Cancer Treatment Procedure Might Actually Spread Cancer

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This April, the Food and Drug Administration held hearings to evaluate a minimally invasive surgery known as “morcellation” and stated that it should be discouraged.
Morcellation is a method for performing a hysterectomy, which is the removal of the uterus to prevent the spread of cancer. In morcellation, a device (cleverly called a “morcellator”) is used to cut the…

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Emily Rios Is Gay, Relates to Her Lesbian Role in “The Bridge”

Emily Rios, who plays lesbian reporter Adriana Mendez in FX series The Bridge, came out during an interview at TCA’s FX day.
In the show, a crime drama about a bi-national police force attempting to catch a serial killer plaguing the Texas-Chihuahua border, Emily Rios plays reporter and Juarez native Adriana with a female partner who is a nurse named Lucy. About their dynamic, Rios says, “You’re…

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GLAAD’s ‘Studio Responsibility Index’ Finds Hollywood Fails at LGBT Representation

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As someone who came of gay age in the 90s, we gobbled up any piece of queer media like it was gold, even if it was Bad Girls, and had a party when Ellen DeGeneres came out on national television. Now we expect that LGBT characters will appear in TV and movies. But does the reality match the perception? GLAAD just released its second annual…

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Anonymous Sex Toy Review: G-Chatting About The We-Vibe 4

AUTOSTRADDLE ANONYMOUS SEX TOY REVIEW #46:
It’s our 46th Autostraddle Anonymous Sex Toy Review! Over the last few years, sex toy companies and stores have propositioned us to review their toys in exchange for, you know, their toys.
This week, two of our anonymous reviewers tried out the We-Vibe 4, available at Lovehoney.
Material: medical-grade silicone
Color: pink or purple
Size:2.9 inches long,…

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Rebel Girls Dance Party: Women’s Voices Through Time

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One of my introductory-level WGST courses in college was called “Women’s Voices Through Time.” It was, obviously, not this playlist. But I’d like to present, in classically theoretical form, the concept that this playlist might be superior to that course in which I studied feminist theory because this playlist is about putting theory into praxis – on the dance floor, in the…

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Also.Also.Also: Janet Mock Wants Instagram to Love All Bodies and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Hello brave knights! This week I got my nose pierced and it totally wasn’t as scary as I thought it would be! Here’s the news we missed while I was conquering my fear of needles.
On Writers, Writing, and (Lack of) Freedom
+ Janet Mock has signed on as a contributing editor at Marie Claire. She’s written for the publication before and has previously served as an editor for People Magazine’s…

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