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Dear Queer Diary: A Doodle Is Worth A Thousand Words

Dear Queer Diary: A Doodle Is Worth A Thousand Words

When I was a tiny lesbian, I wanted to grow up to become an artist. In my young mind, this would consist mainly of sitting by scenic vistas with an easel and a set of watercolors, flourishing my brush dramatically. After a few years, I imagined, my work would be displayed in heavy gold frames at major museums around the world.

I also imagined I would spend the rest of my life with a bowl cut and…

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GUYS I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT RUSSIAN INTERNET PROVIDERS NOW DENY ACCESS TO AUTOSTRADDLE (also YouTube and several other websites) and there is no way of getting around it. I have been a faithfull autostraddle reader for more than three years now and it has always been a huge source of comfort and confidence. I'm gonna miss it so very much. /Maria, Nizhnii Novgorod, Russia

oh no! we are going to miss you so much too! that is so horrible!!

Top Five Ways To Restrain Your Sex Partner (NSFW)

Top Five Ways To Restrain Your Sex Partner (NSFW)

Restraining people is fun! Here are five ways to do it.

Always start by discussing what you both like, what you both don’t like, physical or mental health considerations, safe words (or other ways to stop the scene) and what anyone might require for aftercare. Safety is…

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I Just Now Saw: Battlestar Galactica

I Just Now Saw: Battlestar Galactica

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Welcome to I Just Now Saw, a new column in which I attempt to conduct conversations about television shows you watched ten years ago and I just now saw, in their entirety, for the first time.

So, Battlestar Galactica. The final frontier. The sci-fi franchise y’all have been begging me to watch for years, and which I attempted to watch a few times before finally investing in it, at which point I…

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Also.Also.Also: Uh Huh Her is Googling Stand Your Ground Laws and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Also.Also.Also: Uh Huh Her is Googling Stand Your Ground Laws and Other Stories We Missed This Week

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Hello, kittens! I hope you have your mittens because it’s still snowing! When will it be spring time for real? Here’s the news we missed while I was knitting myself a scarf to keep warm.

It’s Still Dangerous to be Queer…

+ A new documentary captures the challenges of homophobia, oppression and discrimination in Cameroon.

+ A…

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RAINN’s Recommendations to College Campuses on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault Call For Fighting Violence with Violence

RAINN’s Recommendations to College Campuses on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault Call For Fighting Violence with Violence

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Earlier this year, RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, set out a set of national recommendations to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.

As someone who has worked at a campus resource for students affected by sexual and interpersonal violence for the entire time I’ve been an undergraduate, I was flabbergasted by the RAINN recommendations. The report…

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#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are One With The Eagle

#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are One With The Eagle

This week on , everyone seemed really high and Ari looked really fucking great.

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The episode introduced some new and old characters into the Real World haus, most notably Tom’s twin brother, Stephen. Geneva thinks he’s better looking than Tom, and I don’t. It’s really none of our business anyway. My theory is that he brought a lot of good weed, thus making it possible for this week’s episode to…

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I Talked to Penny Arcade’s Erika Greco About Her Beautiful Coming Out Comic “Mixtape”

I Talked to Penny Arcade’s Erika Greco About Her Beautiful Coming Out Comic “Mixtape”

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Erika Greco is a Seattle based designer who works for Penny Arcade, one of the internet’s most popular webcomic companies. She recently published her own short online comic, Mixtape, which uses the format of an Ani DiFrancomixtape to tell her own personal story of how she figured out her own identity and eventually came out as queer. This comic takes us all the way from her…

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I know it’s popular to depict sexual orientation as something inherent and immutable – you’re born gay, or straight, or bisexual, and that’s what you’re stuck with forever – but I don’t think it’s that simple, at least not for everyone. Sometimes you meet the right person and suddenly everything is different. Sometimes you have choices, a multitude of paths you might explore, a plethora of relationships you might nurture or neglect.

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So, disclaimer, the article actually centers on the depiction of Willow’s sexuality in Buffy, which I watched roughly one episode of and decided was not to my liking (although I did the same thing with Doctor Who so who knows maybe I’ll go back to it one day) but oh my god THIS. There are just so many important and good and true things said in this article and I totally understand where the author is coming from to the point where it actually hurts me and bahhh please just read this okay I’m sorry I can’t make words happen right now.

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Hobby Lobby Continues To Make Crafting Look Bad With Birth Control Lawsuit

Hobby Lobby Continues To Make Crafting Look Bad With Birth Control Lawsuit

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Four years after its initial passage, lawmakers and lawyers are still talking about — and making pretty big decisions regarding — the Affordable Care Act. Today was a big day for a case that could dramatically affect interpretation of the contraception requirements of the health care mandate, as well as the right of private companies and corporations to invoke religious beliefs in response to…

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