On Being Gay at One of America’s Most Anti-Gay Schools
LGBT people at anti-gay Christian universities are a perennial hot topic, from 2011′s banned “queer…
Life-Saving Tech For Your Boobs: This Bra Detects Cancer
Okay, so back when it was Underwear Week, I was having a super hard time coming up with a way to…
april 2009 - first posts by stef, carly, natalie, crystal, robin and laneia
How long have you been playing guitar?
I had an on again off again relationship with my guitar for a few years after high school until I finally got swept off my feet in 2007, we’ve been inseparable since. I’m planning on proposing but sshhh, I want it to be a surprise. My ‘72 Takamine refuses to allow me to see other guitars but has recently decided that it would be ok for me to make out with random banjos here and there.
Things I Read That I Love #70: We Confront The Mysteries and The Terrors of Life Through Them.
HELLO and welcome to the 70th installment of Things I Read That I Love, wherein I share with you…
Jill Bennett Is Back With New Comedy Series, “Second Shot”
Back in the mid-2000s, there was a sole go-to web site for lesbian entertainment: Afterellen. AE…
The Comment Awards Will Be Your April Fool
This week was pretty uneventful but it was warm enough to eat lunch outside and I learned that a…
Things I Read That I Love #70: We Confront The Mysteries and The Terrors of Life Through Them.
HELLO and welcome to the 70th installment of Things I Read That I Love, wherein I share with you…
You Can Take It With You: Tabbouleh À La Carte
Lunchtime: unequivocally the best part of the day. But could it be better? Yes sir, it can. You…
I know this won’t mean much to some folks, but to me this is amazing, wonderful, awesome news. The Indigo Girls have come out in support of trans inclusion, saying the following:
“The current intention for the Festival to be for “Womyn born Womyn” only grew out of an important necessity to honor the idea that womyn have a variety of self expression and appearance and they need a safe space where their womynhood is not in question as they stand in many different places on the spectrum from femininity to masculinity. This intention has a very important historic basis and has kept the space safe for many womyn over the years. But we strongly feel that the time is long overdue for a change of intention, to one that states very plainly the inclusion of Trans Womyn. To us, this change of intention is the only path to a truly “safe space” for womyn.”
That. YES. I understand where the intention came from, historically and emotionally. But we are in a different time and place now, and we NEED to be a community that respects and honors the stories and lives and contributions of trans women.
But also this part, y’all:
“Although we are playing the festival, we honor the current protest against MWF and hope that it will help move the community towards change. Any money that we make playing the Festival will go towards Trans Activism. We will make a statement from stage at the Festival in support of Trans Inclusion. We have made it clear that this will be our last time at the Festival until MWF shows visible and concrete signs of changing their intention.”
Taking a stand as allies. I really respect them so much, and I feel so good about them (and better about fest, honestly) right now.
I Am Jack’s Preoccupation With Mortality
Welcome to Blog Anything, in which Riese and Laneia take turns writing about whatever the fuck they…
Let The Knife’s “Shaking The Habitual” Shake You Too
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Autostraddle’s International Meet Me at the Record Store Day: April 20
Are you ready to hang out with your local queer friendlings at a nearby record store?? WELL YOU…
