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Stormé and Diana: The Love Story (Almost) Lost to History

I knew Stormé DeLarverie as my gay father, and I knew her partner, Diana, as my gay mother. This is…

Christy Henderson Jenkins and Faith Reidenbach

May 19, 2026

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Natalie Barney and Liane de Pougy Break Up Because Amour Is a Lie

We could hardly believe it was real, and now we can hardly believe that it’s over.

Riese

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Oct 13, 2017

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

Charlotte Cushman is at it again!

Riese

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Oct 6, 2017

lgbt history

LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

It’s LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, a topic which is near and dear to our hearts because it is definitely NOT…

Riese

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Oct 3, 2017

jewish holidays

18 Influential Lesbian & Bisexual Jewish Women To Remember Today

Some very cool ladies to remember in all that we do

Riese

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Sep 30, 2017

lgbt history

Edith Windsor, Lesbian Trailblazer Who Changed Your Life, Has Died

Gay rights pioneer Edith Windsor died today in Manhattan. She was 88 years old.

Riese

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Sep 12, 2017

lgbt history

38 Lesbian and Bisexual Women From History Who Did That Thing First

What do the first Chinese-American filmmaker, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the first woman to wear man-tailored shorts at Wimbledon all have in common?…

Riese

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Aug 30, 2017

book lists

26 Triumphantly ’90s Lesbian Book Covers

What a colorful decade for us all!

Riese

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Aug 24, 2017

lgbt history

18 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Made Really Great Art For You

These are the ladies who made kickass sculptures, movies, music, children’s books, regular grown-up-books and, of course, wrote fabulous, sick, neurotic, tortured love poems to one another.

Riese

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Aug 21, 2017

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Stormé and Diana: The Love Story (Almost) Lost to History

BREAKING: Natalie Barney and Liane de Pougy Break Up Because Amour Is a Lie

BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

18 Influential Lesbian & Bisexual Jewish Women To Remember Today

Edith Windsor, Lesbian Trailblazer Who Changed Your Life, Has Died

38 Lesbian and Bisexual Women From History Who Did That Thing First

26 Triumphantly ’90s Lesbian Book Covers

18 Lesbian Power Couples From History Who Made Really Great Art For You

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