I Would Grow My Hair To Cover the City
I had a dream last night where my hair was long and black and cut to my shoulders. I remember it…
Make Them Apologize: Ani DiFranco Says Sorry For Plantation Retreat But Many White Fans Still Won’t
This weekend I wrote about Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Retreat— an event scheduled to take place on…
35 Trans Women I Had #Herocrushes On In 2013
A #HeroCrush has nothing to do with romantic or sexual attraction. You don’t even have to want to…
Homeward Bound: Searching for the Secret Island of Black Queer Mixed Femmes
After I moved to Canada from Trinidad as a little girl, I was brought into a really unstable…
Straddler On The Street: Lydia
Straddler On The Street: Lydia, 24Welcome to the final Straddler On The Street profile of 2013!…
Out of Rage: Ani’s Not-So-Righteous Retreat
They were digging a new foundation in Manhattan
and they discovered a slave cemetery there
may their…
Good Morning Gaymerica: Robin Roberts Is Gay, Has a Girlfriend
Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts came out via Facebookin a message that thanks her…
Top 10 Instances of Open and Unapologetic Celebrity Cultural Appropriation in 2013!
via idolator.com
People of color are constantly bombarded with acts of cultural appropriation.…
Comedy Crush: Janine Brito, Dandy Stand-Up
Janine Brito is a self-professed “dandy lesbian dandy.” The half Cuban stand-up comic, writer, and
Ari Fitz Is Exploding The Real World : The Autostraddle Interview
When The Real World San Francisco: Ex-Plosion premiers on MTV January 8, we’re all going to get…
Angel Haze Showers Us With Gifts From On High, Including First Listen to New Track
Yesterday pansexual rapper and winner of queer hearts Angel Haze delighted fans with a multitude of…
Straddler On The Street: Jessica
Hi crush monsters, this is Straddler On The Street, a feature where I celebrate all of you…
Spice, Smoke and Other Holiday 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown-Skinned Folk)
You may have seen our Fall 2013 Makeup Trends (for Brown Folk). Here is the next installment,…
La Virgen de Guadalupe: Brown Goddess in My Heart Forever
Ever since I can remember, my parents have introduced me to distant relatives and old family…
Comedy Crush: Aisha Muharrar Loves Raisins and Apologizing
As you probably know by now, comedy and women are about the extent of my interests. So why not…