When Mary Oishi stepped to the podium as Albuquerque’s Poet Laureate, she knew she wasn’t standing there alone — she was carrying lesbian history with her. In this intimate interview, she shares how protest, haiku, heritage, and heartbreak shaped a voice that dignifies us all.
An Interview with Mary Oishi, Poet Laureate of Albuquerque (2020-2022) Read More »
Krys Cerisier crossed all over America’s mid-sized cities; to see how lesbian and queer women are quietly rebuilding intentional spaces — social, political, and relational — beyond the coasts. What’s emerging isn’t nostalgia for the past, but a new map of community rooted in strategy, creativity, and the simple desire to meet, protect, and build with one another.
Kristen Stewart has built a career on not apologizing for who she is. So when she considers expanding her life beyond the U.S., it taps into something deeper — a conversation about safety, culture, and the future of queer visibility.
Kristen Stewart’s Departure and What It Says About America Read More »
When Brandi Carlile stood at center field and sang “America the Beautiful” at the Super Bowl, it wasn’t just a performance — it was a quiet queer lineage moment. Because the woman who wrote the song likely built her life with another woman, and suddenly lesbian history was echoing across America’s biggest stage.
A Queer Woman Wrote It. A Queer Woman Sang It. The NFL Played It. Read More »
Texas A&M has closed its women’s studies program and reshaped hundreds of courses on teaching race, gender, and sexuality. The message is clear: some stories are becoming harder to tell.
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies as Political Oversight Reaches the Classroom Read More »
What if gaming culture actually saw us, celebrated us, and centered our joy? Mothership is doing exactly that — and it’s already changing how queer women gamers show up and feel.
Queer Women Joy Is Changing Gaming Culture Read More »
I went to Sparrow Hawk Farm for candles, but what I received was an unexpected moment of reverence when a vast, ancient cottonwood stopped me in my tracks and wrapped me in a feeling of deep peace and safety.
The Great-Great-Great Grandmother Tree: A Moment of Sacred Stillness Read More »
I was 43, married for 25 years, and certain I knew exactly who I was—until I fell in love with my best friend, who happened to be a woman. Before the internet, before safety, and before there were words for women like me…
When Loving a Woman Had No Name: A Lesbian Awakening in the 1980s Read More »
This story traces how youth around the world transformed exhaustion with corruption into one of the most effective protest movements of the decade—and what it means for what comes next.
The Global Gen Z Anti-Corruption Revolt Read More »