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WATCH: Lesbian College Senior Protests Antigay Commencement Speaker Sen. Kelly Ayotte

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

Erin Faith Page is an out lesbian who was selected by her classmates at New England College as the student commencement speaker this year. But NEC, a small, private liberal arts school of about 1,800 students, also selected Sen. Kelly Ayotte as the keynote speaker for the graduation ceremony. Show More Summary

WATCH: Lesbian College Student Protests Honorary Degree Given to Racist, Antigay Sen. Kelly Ayotte

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

Erin Faith Page is an out lesbian who was selected by her classmates at New England College as the student commencement speaker this year. But NEC, a small, private liberal arts school of about 1,800 students, also selected Sen. Kelly Ayotte as the keynote speaker for the graduation ceremony. Show More Summary

Shot of the Day: Emma Watson Goes Noir in W Magazine for Wow Factor!

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

Emma Watson continues to prove that she's all grown up, this time on the cover of W Magazine. The 23-year-old actor looks stunning in each shot, but we were particularly struck by this noir-inspired image from photographer Michael Thompson. read more

Five Solo Crash Pad Scenes For Masturbation Month

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : Autostraddle

I like to call this meta-masturbation. Touch yourself to scenes of people touching themselves. Happy Masturbation Month!

Exploring Gender Through Photos: The new headshots by Meg Allen

I had some new headshots taken, with the aim to actually capture some joy and pleasure and fun, instead of my “wartorn” BD Swain (who is a butch kinky erotica writer—if you aren’t following her blog, you should be) hooked me up with Meg Allen, whose portraits immediately resonated with me. Meg is also working [...]

SPOILERS: 'Grey's Anatomy' Season 9 Finale Has Callie and Arizona Headed for Heartbreak?

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

If you have not seen the finale these are SPOILERS!!! The Grey’s Anatomy season 9 finale aired on Thursday night and sadly, the storyline featured TV’s most beloved lady doc couple heading for splitsville. During the episode, CallieShow More Summary

Liberty Lit #20: Remember Library Lesbianism

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : Autostraddle

An excerpt from Michelle Tea's new novel, chicken lit is the new chick lit, library lesbianism, sexism in publishing and more.

"R&B Divas" recap (2.3): Purple Carpet Time

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: television television recaps R&B Divas IMDb This week with the divas, we slowly inched our way back to an atmosphere of sisterly love and support after the drama overload of last week. Slowly. We also got to see a spotlight on our girl Monifah, which is always more than welcome. Show More Summary

Transformational experiences and why I’m not in New York this weekend

So, I put this big call for support out there, and you responded—you responded! Thank you! My paypal account is still pinging me occasionally! I am working on a dirty dirty story to send some of you as additional thanks—and then I have barely written this week. That’s because I’ve been eyeball deep in another [...]

The AfterEllen Huddle: Which 2013 TV cancellation hurt the most?

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: AfterEllen Huddle Go On Bomb Girls Happy Endings Smash Up All Night IMDb Most major networks have now unveiled their primetime TV schedules for fall, which means they've also announced the shows they've canned. For this week'sShow More Summary

WATCH: 8 Reasons Kate McKinnon Was The Best Thing About 'SNL' This Season

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

Kate McKinnon joined the cast of Saturday Night Live this season as the show's first-ever out lesbian castmember, and we've had our eye on her ever since. Luckily, McKinnon never failed to impress, nailing impressions of some of ourShow More Summary

"All My Children" recap (May 13-17): Missing Marissa

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: All My Children Recaps All My Children IMDb The action continues this week on All My Children, both onscreen and off. In big casting news, Michael Nader will be reprising his role as Dmitri Marick, beginning June 3. This comesShow More Summary

8 Reasons Kate McKinnon Was The Best Thing About 'SNL' This Season

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : SheWired.com

Kate McKinnon joined the cast of Saturday Night Live this season as the show's first-ever out lesbian castmember, and we've had our eye on her ever since. Luckily, McKinnon never failed to impress, nailing impressions of some of ourShow More Summary

Our favorite "Grey's Anatomy" tweets from "Perfect Storm"

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: Grey's Anatomy Twitter Calzona television Grey’s Anatomy Season 9 ended last night with a bang. If you watched the episode “Perfect Storm,” you saw our favorite GA couple Calzona have a heartbreaking screaming fight over Arizona’s affair and her resentment towards Callie for cutting off her leg. Show More Summary

How Sailor Moon Made Me A Feminist: An Ode to Magical Girl Shows

4 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : Autostraddle

Maybe it's the influence of Sailor Moon that is part of what made me a feminist, someone who didn't think that being a girl was a weakness but was, in fact, a special kind of power.

Who should "Glee" cast as Santana's "serious NYC girlfriend"?

5 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: television TV news GLEE Naya Rivera WAP Anna Kendrick Brittany Snow Shay Mitchell IMDb Now that we've had time to process the gloriously heartbreaking Brittana moments from Glee's season four finale, it's time to ask ourselvesShow More Summary

Morning Brew - Fri. May 17: Zoie Palmer wants to mingle with you, Jessica Capshaw wants you to stop tweeting her your crazy

5 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: Morning Brew Grey's Anatomy Jessica Capshaw Zoie Palmer Lost Girl The Fosters IMDb Good morning, Brewbies! How's your heart after last night's Grey's Anatomy finale? It was pretty damn brutal, huh? Well, the always wonderful Jessica...Show More Summary

Feminist Friday: Imagine a Life of Yes

5 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : After Ellen

Tags: feminism Feminist Friday Lucy Liu The Invisible War Gail Simone This Week in Ladybits The Obama administration’s logic about emergency contraception is not getting less weird. A North Carolina House committee has passed a bill that would allow almost any company to refuse to cover contraception. Show More Summary

Things I Read That I Love #76: Astro-Ride!

5 days agoLGBT / Lesbian : Autostraddle

Topics include the Khmer Rogue, crisis pregnancy centers + race-baiting, SamRo, coffee, Little House on the Prairie, grief, growing up gay and Kevyn Aucoin!

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