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Also.Also.Also: The IRS Targeted LGBT Groups And Other Stories We Missed This Week

Laura — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:32 +0000

The IRS doesn't discriminate when it comes to discrimination, Andrea Gibson and Kelsey Gibb launch a new website, Brazil legalized same-sex marriage and much more.

Eleven Women of Color You Should Know and Admire

the team — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:00:33 +0000

Women who inspired us, gave us a vocabulary and taught us how to be ourselves.

Playlist: Crystal and Somer's Music Hangout

Crystal — Wed, 22 May 2013 16:00:27 +0000

A DJ battle on a mountain top.

Grow a Little Love: Making Plantable Paper Notecards

Laura — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:16 +0000

Money has a monopoly on the "surprise in the greet card" market. Shake things up a little bit and give a card that grows into a plant.

Almost Famous: Kelsey Montanez

Crystal — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:45 +0000

Kelsey's a Chicago-based musician and rising star. She has a free EP that every pop lover needs to download.

You, Too, Can Be Made Gay By The X-Files: Scully 101

Rachel — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:20:24 +0000

"Stef: I don't know how but somehow Rachel managed to find one X Files episode with lesbians in it."

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: G-Chatting About the Hitachi Magic Wand

anon — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:00:54 +0000

"I feel like Hitachi is to vibrators as Dyson is to vacuum cleaners. There just isn't one more powerful. So if you like vibrators, you should have one."

Sparrowhawks’ New EP, ‘Wanderlust’ Is Rad (And Free)

Crystal — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:34 +0000

If you don't know about Sparrowhawks then you're in for a treat.

Get Baked: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Dough S'more Cupcakes

Vanessa — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:38 +0000

If you need to drown your sorrows about not going to A-camp, I pinky swear these chocolate peanut butter cookie dough s'more cupcakes will do the trick.

Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions About Camp with Julie and Brandy

Carmen — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:00:24 +0000

Julie wants me to say, "Nothing brings you to comedy." I guess she means, we were always funny and attracted to funny people so that's why we are here. And that it wasn't necessarily a choice. We were born this way. Now she wants me to say, "YES BITCHES, BRANDY WAS BORN THAT WAY."

Make A Thing: Merit Badges

Hansen — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:26 +0000

Making merit badges is significantly easier than earning them.

I'm Not A Gender Zombie and Neither Are You: Rejecting Anti-Trans Bigotry From Rachel Ivey and Deep Green Resistance

Savannah — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:00:12 +0000

Word has quickly spread on the web in the last week or so that Rachel Ivey, a member of the Deep Green Resistance environmentalist movement that holds openly transphobic views as "core" principles, is putting together a speaking tour consisting of a few relatively high profile events in June and July.