Catherine Opie and the Enduring Strength of Lesbian Subcultures
Catherine Opie is the patron saint of the queer gaze. For over three decades, Opie hasn’t just been taking pictures, she’s been building a home. She is the architect of our visual archive, a photographer who looked at the leather dykes, the drag kings, and the butch-femme couples of the nineties and decided they weren’t […]
Behind the Lesbian-Led Caucus at The United Nations
A groundbreaking shift is happening at the 70th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). The two-week United Nations summit, held annually to tackle global gender inequality, has officially become the site of a historic, lesbian-led movement to fix a massive, broken system and how the world defines and delivers “Access to […]
Blazers Sports Bar in Brooklyn: A Women-Owned Sports Bar Centering Women’s Sports and Queer Community
Blazers Sports Bar has only been open for three months, but it’s already shifting what a sports bar can look and feel like in New York City. Located at 308 Bedford Ave in Williamsburg, Blazers is Brooklyn’s first women-owned sports bar. The screens are tuned to women’s games. The crowd shows up loud. And the […]
Slo Pitch is the Lesbian Baseball Show Bringing Lesbian Sports Culture to TV
There is an entire ecosystem of queer life that rarely makes it to television. It lives on local softball fields. In dugout group chats. In the easy familiarity of teammates who become chosen family over the course of a season. Queer representation on screen has expanded in recent years, but lesbian-centered sports stories remain surprisingly […]
Congratulations to Two of Our Favorite Team USA Olympians
Congratulations. To queer people in the 2026 Olympics. To women’s sports. To the kind of representation that feels bold and bright and impossible not to celebrate. At this year’s Olympic Games, two Team USA legends got engaged and it is one of those moments that makes you stop and think about how much it would […]
The LGBTQ-Owned Distillery Building Something Bigger Than Spirits
At first glance, Silo Distillery feels quietly inviting. Located in Windsor, Vermont, the distillery is housed in a cozy, newly renovated barn with warm light and an open layout. It is the kind of place where nothing feels rushed. You can see the distilling process happening in real time, ask questions, and settle in without […]
The Dinah Stays in Queer Hands as a New Chapter Begins
The Dinah the world’s most iconic and longest-running music festival and party for queer women has been sold to longtime Dinah insiders Bella Barkow and Rose Garcia, ensuring the legendary Palm Springs institution remains independently owned, community-led, and deeply rooted in LGBTQ+ culture. At a moment when so many queer spaces and businesses are being […]
Hayley Kiyoko Is Turning Girls Like Girls Into a Feature Film
Nine years ago, a song changed everything. When Hayley Kiyoko released Girls Like Girls, it was not just a viral hit. It was a lifeline. A soft, electric, unmistakably queer love story that found its way into bedrooms, car stereos, and teenage headphones around the world. For so many of us, it was the first […]
The LGBTQ Olympians You’ll Want to Follow Before, During, and After the Games
Every four years, we all become experts in sports we never watch. Suddenly we care deeply about edge control in figure skating, the difference between moguls and slopestyle, and how, exactly, skeleton athletes steer a sled with their chin. The Winter Olympics have a way of pulling us in like that. Group chats light up. […]
The “Gay Tax” Is Over: Aetna Settlement Levels the Playing Field for LGBTQ+ Parents
For years, many LGBTQ+ individuals seeking to start families faced a hidden, discriminatory barrier often referred to as the “Gay Tax.” While straight couples could often access fertility benefits by simply stating they had been trying to conceive naturally for six to twelve months, queer couples were frequently forced to prove “infertility” by paying for […]