Queer art shows, book club picks, poetry, and spotlight posts on lesbian+ creatives.
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 »
In a country where safety is fragile and visibility can be dangerous, Lesbian+ and Queer women in Putin’s Russia are still finding ways to love, connect, and hold on to hope.
Love Behind Closed Doors: The Quiet Courage of Queer Women in Putin’s Russia Read More »
In a Brooklyn neighborhood where Black residents are being pushed out, one Black lesbian chose to build something in. Gladys Books & Wine is more than a bookstore—it’s a celebration of joy, resistance, and community in a moment that desperately needs all three.
Gladys Books & Wine: A Home for Black Lesbians in Brooklyn Read More »