You know what? The world is crazy and more than occasionally terrifying and horrifying beyond belief. So sometimes, sometimes some completely trivial and superficial distraction is in order. And today that distraction is model-turned-actress-turned “completely in love” with another lady lady Cara Delevingne showing off her Nipple Detector skills. Note, I said superficial, not unimpressive. I mean, her co-stars Margot Robbie and Karen Fukuhara and that reporter sure seemed impressed. Hey, us queer girls know our stuff, OK?

My new favorite thing is cable news chyrons instantly fact checking Trump lies. pic.twitter.com/DPAa4WvtEM

— Dorothy Snarker (@dorothysnarker) August 4, 2016

Well, that escalated quickly. I know I’ve been posting a lot about politics these days when what I normally post about is the effervescent joy of pop culture in general and the ladies kissing in particular. But, really and truly, it is the only way I know how to stay sane during this never-endingly insane election cycle. It is the only way I know how to keep the panic attacks that plague me about the prospect of this thoroughly deranged racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic narcissist obtaining the nuclear codes. Though, reaction to my tweet have at least made me feel a little less alone in my absolute incredulity at this man's willfull ignorance and total shamelessness. He is not normal. Anyway, thanks God the Olympics start tonight. So maybe, if only for a fortnight, the world can unite around true talent, earned accomplishment and hot ass athletes. Go away, orange man. Way to go, world. Happy weekend, all.

p.s. Say a little prayer for my mentions. They’re so bonkers, guys. So bonkers.

Not to be a homer, but – you know – “USA! USA! USA!” Now that 17 days of admiring Hot Lady Arms (a.k.a. watching the Olympics) has begun, it’s time to get to know who exactly we’re cheering for. This year the games have a record 43 out athletes competing. Eight of them are on Team USA. (Yes, I know, there are many more queer American Olympians – but these are the officially and on record out.) It’s interesting to note that all our eight queer athletes are women. And, if we break it down further, half are on the basketball team, two on rugby and one is a kayaker and one is Megan Rapinoe. Outsports has a quick breakdown of all 43 out athletes. And here is a closer look at the home homo team for all of us here in the states.

Seimone Augustus, basketball

A player with the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA and former league MVP during her team’s 2011 championship season. Last year when the Supreme Court ruled marriage equality was the law of the land, she wrote a piece about her own marriage for The Players Tribune.

Elena Delle Donne, basketball

A player with the Chicago Sky in the WNBA, she was named league MVP last season. She also came out right before the Olympics started in a profile for Vogue magazine where she spoke about her fiancée, Amanda Clifton.

Kelly Griffin, rugby

Women’s rugby makes its debut in the Olympics this year. Griffin is something called a “hooker” for the team, which does not make me giggle even a little because I am an adult. Her official Team USA bio mentions her wife and their two children.

Brittney Griner, basketball

The No. 1 WNBA draft pick in 2013 came out before her professional career started. She is now a center for the Phoenix Mercury.

Angel McCoughtry, basketball

A forward for the Atlanta Dream in the WNBA, she came out in an Instagram post last year where she celebrated her relationship and talked about her faith.

Ashley Nee, kayak

The Maryland native will compete in whitewater slalom. Earlier this summer a Baltimore Sun profile about the athlete casually mentioned her wife.

Jillion Potter, rugby

She is something called a “prop” on the USA rugby team, which leads me to believe all the positions in this sport are trying to confuse us with their names. She has survived cancer and a broken neck. And you can watch a cute video of her talking about her wife on the NBC Sports site.

Megan Rapinoe, soccer

Please, she’s Megan Rapinoe. She needs no introduction.

Yo, gay ladies, we need to talk. Like, do I have to call an emergency meeting to discuss why no one told me about women’s rugby? How could I not have known about this before? I feel so betrayed. You know this is my kind of thing. I mean, just look at it – hello. Running. Throwing. Tackling. Thighs. For. Days.

This year marked the debut of women’s rugby in the Olympics. I mainlined all the matches I could yesterday. It’s fast-paced, super physical and incredibly entertaining to watch. And we know there are already out players on Team U.S.A. So, naturally, now all I want is more. Look, I know they’ve handed out all of the medals, but couldn’t they just keep playing for us? Pretty please?

Sigh. Well, at least we still have women’s soccer to watch. And you’d better believe in four years I’ll be ready and waiting for all the insane hotness and badassery that is women’s rugby.

How hot and how badass, you ask? Let me count the ways.

All the “hugs.”


The full-contact “hugs.”


The “hugging” of legs in friendship.


And real hugs.


And real hugging with legs in friendship.


Also the uplifting plays.


Really, really uplifting plays.


And, last, but not least, the butt conventions.


p.s. Did you know Olympics volunteer Marjorie Enya proposed to her girlfriend, Brazilian team rugby player Isadora Cerullo, after the final matches yesterday and everyone went nuts with joy about it? Well, now you do. (See a full set of all the adorable photos from their marriage proposal over on my Tumblr here.)

Remember when I promised I wouldn’t leave out the world in our Big Gay Olympics Party? See, I wasn’t kidding. This year’s games have the most-ever out LGBTI athletes competition at 47 48* and counting (up from the 43 I talked about on Monday - I will denote any new additions since this post went up with a *). And most of those, 28 29* to be exact, are women. Go, ladies of the world, go. In fact there are so many I’m going to split up my celebration of our international gay ladies into two days. So today we’ve got the first 14 LGBTI ladies alphabetically by country. If I had to pick a theme for this group it would be tattoos. Definitely tattoos.

AUSTRALIA

Michelle Heyman, soccer

Out, proud and plenty of tattoos.

BRAZIL

Isadora Cerullo, rugby

The biggest “Awwwwwww” of the Olympics so far, by far, is Brazilian rugger Isadora Cerullo being proposed to by her Rio volunteer Marjorie Enya after the women’s rugby finals.

Larissa Franca, beach volleyball

She married fellow volleyball player Liliane Maestrini in 2013.

Mayssa Pessoa, handball

She came out as bisexual before the 2012 London games.

Rafaela Silva, judo*

Silva was celebrated internationally as Brazil’s first gold medal winner. While the judo champ has apparently long been out on social media, she is now talking about and thanking her longtime girlfriend to the press. Congrats!

Julia Vasconcelos, taekwondo

She confirmed that she is a lesbian to ESPN journalist and producer Claudia Custodio, according to Outsports.

CANADA

Jen Kish, rugby

You’d better believe I clocked her right away while watching Canada’s matches. But sorry ladies, her fiancée was apparently cheering for her from back home.

Stephanie Labbe, soccer

Unfortunately, the out Canadian goalie is one of the players targeted by fans for homophonic taunts during the games.

Marie-Eve Nault, soccer

So are Marie-Eve and Stephanie still dating or what? Google is no help and I’m too lazy to try to decipher their Instagrams. So I’ll just ask my lesbian Canucks outright.

GERMANY

Nadine Müller, discus

She married her girlfriend on New Year’s Ever 2013. I bet her flower toss was epic.

Martina Strutz, pole vault

She married her girlfriend April 30, 2015. Damn, Germany ladies like to lock it down.

GREAT BRITAIN

Nicola Adams, boxing

The bi boxer became the first out LGBT person to win a medal in boxing when she took the gold in the 2012 London Olympics.

Helen Richardson-Walsh, field hockey

You guessed it…

Kate Richardson-Walsh, field hockey

…they’re married. They’ve been teammates for over a decade but tied the knot in 2013 and hyphenated their names.

Susannah Townsend, field hockey

The one out member of the British field hockey squad who is not married to Helen or Kate.

What’s better than one day of celebrating queer sporty ladies from around the world? Two days of celebrating queer sporty ladies from around the world, of course! So, as promised, here is Part II of my globe-trotting adventure through this year’s out LGBTI female Olympians. And, yes, I know there are certainly more gay ladies competing in the Olympics. But these international ladies have gone on record with their definitive “Yep, I’m gay” to the world. So we are gonna root, root, root for the homo team along with them. (Also, I messed up my alphabetical order, so France gets included in this list - sorry, France! Je t’aime.)

FRANCE

Mélanie Henique, swimming

Last year the swimmer and some friends were the victims of a homophobic attack, which left her with a broken nose.

Alexandra Lacrabere, handball

In 2012 she spoke out about being a gay handball player to the magazine “HandAction,” which is possibly the best name for a magazine for a lesbian to come out in ever.

INDIA

Dutee Chand, track & field

Chand won a major victory for intersex athletes everywhere when she appealed her ban for high testosterone levels and won last summer – clearing the way for her to compete in Rio.

NETHERLANDS

Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel, field hockey

She has been out since before the 2012 Olympics and was formerly in a relationship with her teammate Maartje Paumen.

Maartje Paumen, field hockey

She came out to her family in 2009 when she told them about her relationship with Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel and subsequently spoke about how liberating it was to the newspaper de Volkskrant in 2011.

Tessie Savelkouls, judo

The judo champ (in blue above) contacted Outsports and said she would be proud to be included on the list of out athletes. She competes Friday in the Women over 78 kg Round of 16.

Marleen van Iersel, beach volleyball

The Dutch beach volleyballer talked about her relationship with her girlfriend in a 2014 interview.

NEW ZEALAND

Katie Duncan, soccer

She is married to fellow Kiwi soccer player Priscilla Duncan.

SOUTH AFRICA

Caster Semenya, track & field

In 2009, the South African runner was subject to humiliating gender tests after her results and physique were called into question. She has since been reinstated, but like Dutee Chand continues to be a source of controversy over the rules surrounding intersex athletes.

Sunette Stella Viljoen, javelin

In a Facebook post in 2014 the javelin thrower spoke about her disappointment from the 2012 London games and how her new relationship with her girlfriend helped her heal. But she also talked about how the revelations of her sexual orientation caused her family to ostracize and reject her.

SWEDEN

Lisa Dahlkvist, soccer

If Google translated right, in 2008 she became the first Swedish soccer player to come out publicly.

Nilla Fisher, soccer

Once again, my friend Google Translate tells she came out in 2013 when announced her plans to marry her girlfriend.

Hedvig Lindahl, soccer

The Swedish goalie (or keeper, for all you folks who call it football) married her wife in 2011 and they have an adorable dog/wolf together.

Carolina Seger, Sweden, soccer

When she came out in 2013, the soccer star talked about how she used to hide her sexuality and feel guilty but now wanted to talk about it openly to support young women in the same situation.

So today we have a good news, bad news situation. Because I want to send you into your weekend on a good note, we’ll deal with the bad first. Bad news, guys, they probably won’t be making a “Ghostbusters” sequel. The all-female reboot that made manbabies shit themselves has apparently not done well enough at the box office for the studio to proceed. Because it was such an affront to their fragile manhood to allow four smart, funny, talented women to play roles once occupied exclusively by men, we now don’t get to find out how these ladies would have dealt with Zuul. Well, at least we got to ruin all those men’s childhoods along the way.

So now, the good news. A new “Oceans Eleven” spinoff is in the works, but this time with an all-female cast. YES! YES! BRING ME ALL THE MEN’S CHILDHOODS TO RUIN! I know, that alone seems delicious enough. But wait until you get a load of this cast: Cate Blanchett, Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina. HOLY SHIT, GUYS. GIVE IT TO ME NOW NOW NOW NOW. This news is so exciting on so many levels including but not limited to anything to do with a gloved or ungloved Cate Blanchett, two Asian cast members, freaking Rihanna, etc. etc. etc. The only question now is who will be No. 8? ? I have a few suggestions: Helen Mirren, Angela Bassett, Kathy Baker, Kate McKinnon, Tilda freaking Swinton.

For all those who criticize the idea of an “all-female” anything, just think for a minute. Really think. No one calls “Saving Private Ryan” and “all-male war movie” or “Reservoir Dogs” an “all-male crime caper” or “The Hangover” an “all-male gross-out comedy.” Yet, that’s what they are. And, also, pretty much, all-white to boot. The reason male is the default isn’t because male is the default experience for the world. Quite the opposite considering women make up 51 percent of the global population. It’s because of years, decades, centuries, eons of systematic and institutional conditioning to construct society in a way that benefits one and only one group of people. Dudes.

So in light of both this good news and bad news this weekend, I just want to remind menfolk at home of one thing. When women enter into what was perceived as men’s spaces it is, in fact, not an assault on your personhood. Not in the least. Instead, and this is important, it is a validation of women’s personhood.

You see? You see how that works? The world is meant to share. And, if you take even a tiny step back, you can see how ridiculous it is that we don’t. Happy weekend, all.

p.s. While we’re on the subject of men being terrible, please enjoy these women explaining why they aren’t funny. Hey, if I’m already a man-hating lesbian, best to play the part thoroughly.

You know when you see something and say to yourself, “Man, that is too good to be true.” Well, say, hell, hello trailer for “Hidden Figures.” At first, it plays like almost any other feel-good story of so-called American exceptionalism. Hidden talents, overcoming odds, uplifting soundtrack. But then those five little words flash on screen: “Based on the untold true story.” The story of the black women who worked for NASA during the space race of the 1950s and 60s is about as untold a true story as they come. The deficiency of our history books is nothing new. But that so few people – myself very much included – knew these extraordinary women even existed let alone what they accomplished is a true miscarriage of history.

Take Taraji P. Henson’s real-life character in the film, Katherine Johnson. A math whiz from a very young age she entered college at age 15 and graduated by age 18. And in segregated Jim Crow America she worked for NASA, she was the one who calculated the trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space, as well as verifying the numbers for John Glenn’s historic orbit around the Earth. And she also calculated the trajectory for Apollo 11 – you know the one that made that “one giant leap for mankind” on the Moon.

Yet, I never learned about her in my texbooks I don’t recall her in “The Right Stuff.” Nor did she make an appearance in “Apollo 13,” though she helped devise the plan to bring them back safely to Earth. Not in our history books, not in the mythologizing of our heroes. Invisible if not for a concerted effort to correct the record, decades later. Last year President Obama awarded Johnson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor.

You see, that’s why it matters who takes down our history. Sexism and racism and all those other –isms find their way in when only one group dictates who gets the credit for our accomplishments. And, make no mistake, this is intentional. These are no accidental omissions – this once again is one of the mechanisms to perpetuate the patriarchy. Yes, yes – I know. I am feminist hear me roar. But a movie like this, it matters.

And, on a much more superficial note, it just looks so damn good. Taraji! Octavia Spencer! Janelle! Monáe!! Hell, yeah. Now that’s one for the history books.

Please, like we weren’t going to have a Tank Top Tuesday during the Olympics. While, I still don’t agree – which is different than appreciate – that the women’s beach volleyball players have to wear pretty much bikinis while the dudes get to play in tank tops and loose shorts, overall I can’t complain too much about Olympic uniforms this year. Except, of course, for those Team USA Opening Ceremony outfits with the ridiculously huge and tacky Ralph Lauren polo pony logo. That’s just U-S-Tacky.

Yes, the women’s uniforms tend to be tighter and more form fitting in almost every sport (except men’s diving – hello, itsy bitsy teen weenies). But if you’ve got the muscles, I say, flaunt them. Flaunt the hell out of them – especially in a tank top. I say tank tops and beautiful biceps are the peanut butter and jelly of the Olympics. But don’t take my word for it. Trust the U.S. Women’s field hockey team instead. Still not convinced? Here are some more athletes proving my theory. For science.

Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska & Natalia Madaj, Poland

The gold-winning women’s double sculls team flashes the guns.

Sinead Lynch & Claire Lambe, Ireland

While they may not have won a medal in lightweight women’s double sculls, they did win the gun show.

Michelle Carter, USA

It took her very last throw to beat a two-time Olympic champion on her way to becoming the first U.S. woman ever to win a gold for shot put.

Rebekah Tiler, Great Britain

This 17-year-old lifted 227kg, which is even more impressive when I convert it for all of us non-metric dummies to 500.449 pounds.

Mira Potkonen, Finland, & Adriana Araujo, Brazil

Women’s boxing is still underway. So, you know, plan your viewing accordingly.

Simone Manuel, USA

Swimming, however, is now over. And while everyone was excited about Katie Ledecky and some guy named Michael, my most exciting swimming moment was Simone’s 100m freestyle win. Also, don’t worry, a swimsuit is just a tank top that doesn’t know when to quit.

Brittney Griner, USA, & Laura Nicholls, Spain

I haven’t caught a single women’s basketball game so far, which makes me feel like a terrible lesbian. I’ll make up for that this week.

Jane-Anne Claxton, Australia, & Alex Danson, Great Britain

I have caught some field hockey. I gotta confess, watching all that stooping makes my back hurt.

Elaine Thompson, Jamaica

World’s. Fastest. Woman.

Team USA, field hockey

Well, I wanted you to appreciate their biceps from the back as well.

Women’s Heptathlon, The World

What? Abs were starting to feel ignored.

One of the things – one of the many, many things – that bugs me about American Olympic coverage on TV is how fixated NBC get on certain narratives and how unwilling they are to deviate from their preconceived notions of what will make a “good” story. That mindset gave us endless – and I mean E-N-D-L-E-S-S shots of Michael Phelps and his fiancée and their baby. We get it – a man can be the so-called best Olympian ever and have a super hot fiancée and have a baby who wears noise-cancelling headphones all at the same time. Amazing! We also got to watch every single one of his medal ceremonies in primetimes, but somehow Simone Manuel’s historic (and tear-filled – there’s something in all our eyes, shut up) ceremony only gets shown as an afterthought hours later.

It’s also why sports where America doesn’t excel often get short shrift in coverage. Want to watch badminton? Archery? Kayak? Women’s weightlifting? Good luck finding them. I hope you have a ton of room on your DVR so you can fast-forward through endless hours of men’s volleyball, men’s water polo and every damn heat of swimming/track possible to find a couple minutes squeezed in between of the neat, weirdo sports.

In the same vein, our home team focus means we often ignore great international stories. Like NBC didn’t even mention the first marriage proposal of the Olympic Games (you know, the adorable Brazilian ladies). Nor did they air anything about 100 meter backstroke Olympic medalist and new Internet darling Fu Yuanhui. Which leads me to the point in this long, winding gripe.

Fu Yuanhui is someone I would never know about if it wasn’t for The Internets. She is a Chinese swimmer and backstroke specialist and – based on all empirical evidence available – a most delightful goofball. After doing well in her 100m backstroke semi-final, the swimmer gave the most wonderfully effusive interview. Like, it’s such a delight. Please watch this three times in a row and then we’ll chat about it.



I know. I know!

And now, watch how she reacts after the 100m backstroke finals. She gets out of the water to do her interview and doesn’t realize she has tied for third and gotten a bronze medal. Side note: Can someone get her some prescription goggles? I think she can’t see the scoreboard.



And then after her team placed fourth in the 100m medley relay, she confessed to interviewers that perhaps she didn’t swim her very best because she was on her period. And it made news because – gasp, shock – did you know female athletes sometimes get their periods? Yeah. Who knew.



Anyway. When an athlete, regardless of her country, is so charismatic, unfiltered and just plain fun, it seems crazy to not share her with the world. So enjoy.

I’m sorry, did you want me to post about something other than the Olympics during these scant two weeks that only happens once every four years? Sorry, too bad. That’s clearly not happening. You also probably should have guessed that a SGALGG Olympics Edition was coming. Because of the record number of out athletes (both national and lots and lots of international), I will temporarily rename this Sporty Gals Acting Like Gay Gals instead of “Straight.” Indeed it seems SGALGG is epidemic across seemingly all sports. So please enjoy all these hugs – with and without their legs – in “friendship.” All I do is present the evidence. You decide.

p.s. And yes, that’s Team Sweden celebration after beating the U.S. women. I’m still not over it. But, sniffle, congrats Sweden.

Kayak

Gold medal winner Maialen Chourraut of Spain and bronze medal winner Jessica Fox of Australia congratulate each other/begin a make-out session.

Canoe

Apparently, make-out sessions in boats is an Olympic thing.

Beach Volleyball

Yes, I know I complained about their skimpy outfits. But I never said we couldn’t appreciate them.

Rugby

Already, it is my new favorite Olympic women’s sport. And they also appear to be pretty good at square dancing.

Basketball

Oh, to be the ham in that long, tall sandwich.

Soccer

Multi-level hugs are where it’s at.

Field Hockey

Not to be outdone, field hockey has group hugs…


…and clothes-line hugs…


…and, my personal favorite, butt hugs.

Rowing

Rowers prefer slow dancing.

Handball

More like handsy ball, amirite?

Boxing

Come on, ladies. Kiss and make up.

Pairs Rowing

See, that’s how it’s done.

The yell. The primal scream. The full-throated roar. The joyous exaltation into the supertemporal maw of existence. There’s something so fundamentally human about yelling – like all-out, top-of-one’s-lungs, ear-splitting yelling. And when it’s done from a place of deep exertion, enjoyment, encouragement, well – there’s nothing else like it. One of the things I love most about watching the Olympics is it is one of the few places where men’s and women’s sports are treated equally – or at least more equally. Men and women both earn medals, men and women both reach the pinnacles of their sports, men and women both bring glory home for their countries. A gold medal is a gold medal is a gold medal. And the thrill of victory, that has no gender. The Olympics – and sports in general – is also one of the few places women are allowed to scream their damn heads off. To be heard. To be celebrated. To be fucking loud. So here is an ode one of the most primordial and satisfying ways of expressing ourselves. Scream it out, scream it proud, ladies. Happy weekend, all.

You know sometimes how you come back to work after a weekend of blissfully not working and things start out great and then quickly it all goes wrong? That’s kind of like what I felt watching this Massive Attack video. At first it was like getting back to you desk, sinking into the seat and saying, “Right, good, I know how to do this.” Of course, how could you not enjoy this? It’s Cate Blanchett’s beautiful face. And then you log on and your network password has to be reset because your company makes you change your system password like once every three damn days. Fine, so something looks a little weird with Cate’s face. But, no biggie. Wasn’t she just the dreamiest in “Carol.” Now you’re just staring into space and thinking about “Carol” for 20 minutes. Oh, right, back to reality. Jesus, what’s happening now? You’ve been locked out of the system and need to call tech support. What is this happening to her face? Is that even her face? I’m scared guys, really, I’m scared. And finally, boom, it’s the blue screen of death and the back of your terminal is smoking. Dammit, see, this is why we can’t have nice things. Why a person would a person ever do this to Cate’s face? Why? Why? WHY DID I EVEN GET OUT OF BED? I COULD HAVE JUST CALLED IN SICK AND WATCHED “CAROL” AGAIN. And that’s how I feel about this video.

p.s. On the plus side, it was actually lovely to hear Hope Sandoval (you know, the “Fade Into You” girl from Mazzy Star) again.

It was a long day and you deserve this. You really, really deserve this.

Please enjoy a dramatic reading of Britney Spears’ “Toxic,” which if I am being totally honest with myself and the universe is my favorite Britney song of all time and I still sometimes like to jam out to. Do kids today still jam out to stuff? Anyway, here is Jodie Foster doing a deadpan reading of “Toxic.” I kind of wish they’d just let her stony-face emote solo because – as much as I think Priyanka Chopra is great – she is basically just singing the song straight-up karaoke style. But then, as you know, I’ve always had a thing for Jodie Foster. So I will take all of her and her bemused crystal-blue eyes that I can get.

And then there were eight. After the names of the first seven actresses in talks for the new all-female spinoff to “Oceans Eleven” were reported, we rejoiced. And now, with the reveal of the eighth, we go full tilt bananas. Deadline reports that out actress and all-around awesome lady Sarah Paulson will be the final piece in the “Oceans Eight” puzzle. Can I get a hell yeah? HELL YEAH. When we were speculating on who it should be a lot of great names were thrown out by y’all, including Paulson. But now that it seems to be happening it is somehow even more wonderful. My most fervent hope is that Sarah’s character will be both gay and have a chance to do her ridiculously amazing dolphin impersonation at some point.

A beautiful cover story featuring Gina Rodriguez for Latina magazine is wonderful enough. But then it’s a beautiful cover story featuring Gina Rodriguez for Latina magazine featuring her new, super hot undercut. And then you find out it’s a beautiful cover story featuring Gina Rodriguez for Latina magazine featuring her new, super hot undercut and talking about her role as a lesbian character in a new sci-fi film. Holy Christmas morning, Batgirl!



While I am still shamefully behind on “Jane the Virgin,” I am unfailingly loyal fan of Gina’s. And her Latina feature only reinforced my fangirl feelings for her. Also, did you see the part where I said Gina Rodriguez is playing a lesbian character in a movie? It’s for the upcoming sci-fi film “Annihilation” which will also star Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Gina said this about the film to Latina:

“It’s about five women who are going into the Shimmer, an entity that’s starting to destroy the world. So we’re trying to stop it. We have guns, we’re doing some badass stunts and it’s a brilliant storyline. I play Anya Thorensen, a paramedic from Chicago who happens to be a lesbian and an ex-addict going into the Shimmer to be the hero that she’s kinda always wanted to be.”

As gay ladies, we all know that the Vagenda of Manocide is pretty much our thing. Like, we kind of have the whole market cornered on hating men and whatnot. But, for this election, I think we can all agree to lend out Vagenda to Hildabeast Clinton – just this once. I mean, she has earned it what with being the The Beast and all. I, for one, cannot wait until Hillary assumes the presidency and Manocide becomes the law of the land. Then finally all of us loyal spawns of Lucifer herself will be at our rightful place by her side as the New World Matriarchy comes into power. I mean, Obama has already sent an army of lesbian farmers to destroy rural communities. So, clearly, our time is coming. Long live the Vagenda! Manocide forever!

p.s. This sign is real, and this business has a history of putting terrible things up on its billboard.
p.p.s. Vagenda of Manocide is the best name for a metal band I have ever heard.
p.p.s. Clearly, I want it on a T-shirt.
p.p.p.s. Visit vagendaofmanocide.com immediately, if not sooner.

Everyone’s favorite tiny Canadian is back and as gay as ever. Ellen Page’s documentary series “Gaycation” returns for its second season. While it’s glib name, it’s actually a pretty fascinating and often quite moving look at gay culture around the world (and a little closer to home). The new season includes a special episode dedicated to Orlando and the Pulse Nightclub shooting. I won’t lie, it’s hard to watch. But it’s also worth watching. And, you can watch the whole thing right now because it’s available to stream right now. The season kicks off in earnest Sept. 7 on Viceland.