Ana Matronic is a member of (possibly) the queerest band on earth; she’s bi; she was born in the queer-girl-est city; her real name is Anna Lynch (so we’re claiming her as one of our own): she’s a talented artist, singer, business woman; and she’s only feckin’ gorgeous. So, when do we stop ticking the “Amazing” boxes? Let us try, as we gaze upon her beauteous being

Today marks the start of the Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, and this year it’s the Year of the Dragon. The perfect excuse, then, to ask you: who is your favourite girl with the dragon tattoo, aka Lisbeth Salander? Noomi Rapace or Rooney Mara? Why not have a browse through some photos before voting!

Andrej Pejić has been genderfucking his way around the world ever since his family fled Bosnia and eventually settled in the land of Oz in 2000. Let’s have a Captain Cook at this antipodean beaut, y’flamin’ galahs.

Following a successful nomination to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by Marriage Equality, Senator Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan have been featured in the EU organisation’s “Women Inspiring Europe” 2012 calendar along with leading inspirational female role models in Europe.

Luxembourg lass and fashion student, Anne Catherine Frey, was all over Paris Fashion Week (or something) last year, and here she is now with her androgyny-chic. Is anyone else feeling un petit peu chaud around here..?

Now that we are in the full swing of our A List Ladies, lets take a look at some of the voices that sweep us away to another place and time.

Here is the news: Icon and utter legend Anne Doyle reads her final news broadcast at 8:50pm today, Christmas Day, after 33 years with RTÉ. In honour of the Wexford woman’s last broadcast, here are some photos of the legend herself. Anne, we salute you!

Congratulations to Emma Blake and Mollie Staples, our Autostraddle calendar competition winners! Emma and Mollie have each won for themselves a copy of the calendar contains 12 high quality pages, spiral-bound with a hard-cover, with striking photography by Robin Roemer.

To continue the fantastic list of gorgeous women from here, here and here, I have entered my As. So to speak. Ahem.

On Monday, we brought you a taste of the fabulous Autostraddle 2012 Calendar. Here’s your chance to win one of two copies of the calendar which we’ve managed to get our mitts on. For free! Gratis! Sweet F.A.! Nada!

A is for Austostraddle – specifically their fabulous 2012 calendar featuring oodles of gorgeous North American leslies. The calendar is produced, photographed, make-upped, hair-did and modelled by and for lady-lovin’ ladies. Here, with thanks to Autostraddlers Reise, Alex and photographer Robin Roemer, we bring you a hint of what’s on offer.

A is for All-Ireland champions – or double All-Ireland champions, to be precise. You may have heard about the Wexford camogie team’s 2012 fundraising calendar. Here are a couple of samples to tickle your fancy. As you can see, they are all lovely girls.

Now that Webmaster has gotten the ball rolling on our list of ladies with names beginning with A, let’s take a look at some “A List Athletes”.

A is for lots of lovely ladies beginning with the letter A. Good Gaelick readers, you would not believe the work, the hard slog we endevaour to take to bring you these pics. Hours and hours on Google Images, believe me there are not enough hours in the day.

A couple years ago, Stephen Fry wrote a letter to his 16 year-old self. I know what you are doing now, young Stephen. It’s early 1973. You are in the library, cross-referencing bibliographies so that you can find more and more examples of queer people in history, art and literature against whom you can hope [...]

They’re dreamy, they’re hot and they don’t mind if you sick up on their shoulders, yes ladies they’re yummy mummies. I wrote about a few of these delicious delictations a while ago, but you need more.

Alan Carr is back on the road with his 2011 tour Spexy Beast. I got my tickets over ten months ago and have been really looking forward to it. Nothing like a good laugh when the nights are starting to fall in and the rain won’t stop.