Queer Girl City Guide: Toronto, Canada
“Put in the effort, put yourself out there and you will be rewarded with a really, really good time!”
Claire’s College Lesbianage: Change is Afoot… Er, Aknee
“It took about two weeks from the time that I tore my ACL during rugby practice to know for sure that it was torn, and about twenty minutes after that to change all of my summer plans.”
Mom Dresses Daughter Up As Historical Badass Ladies, Is Awesome
Vanessa’s Team Pick: Awesome mom dresses 5-year-old daughter up as independent strong women from history, results in infinite cuteness and warm fuzzy girl power feelings.
Queer Girl City Guide: Nashville, Tennessee
The South is notoriously friendly. It is also notoriously bigoted. In 2006, the year I moved to Nashville, an anti-marriage equality proposition passed. It felt like a slap in the face and a sign to leave. Six years later, I couldn’t be more happy that I stayed.
Claire’s College Lesbianage: Thirteen Miles From Boston
“We are safe.” It was our mantra from Monday to Saturday. Every Facebook update, every phone call with a frantic friend or family member, we repeated, “We are safe.”
Kate’s College Lesbianage: Under The Full Moon
Relief, gratitude and staying out after everyone else has gone inside.
It’s Not Okay: Intimate Partner Violence in Radical Queer Spaces
“She acts like she’s such a victim when obviously there was abuse on both sides.” Awkwardly, I shrug my shoulders and look around the room. My partner doesn’t notice how uncomfortable she’s making me because she’s caught up in her own conjectures: “It’s like how we are sometimes.”
Lillian’s College Lesbianage: Discontent and Determination
Over the last few weeks, there have been two incidents of vandalism found scrawled on the walls of one of the safest spaces on the Vassar campus”
Girl-On-World: Traveling While Gay in Georgia
“I loved living in Georgia, but the people I met, particularly in my village, seemed so old-fashioned I was always too scared to come out and lose the love and affection I’d gained. “
Sunny’s College Lesbianage: Admiration and Appreciation
There was no need to feel insecure about what I wore simply because it was a festivity of expression and you were the odd one out if you weren’t loosening up.
Fat Queer Tells All: On Fatness and Gender Flatness
“The truth is if I do find someone while I am out tonight, I want them to know that I am not good at being a girl, that there are other things about me beyond my precarious femininity that I value more, and that if things work out, I will expect them to value.”
Nita’s College Lesbianage: Nothing Special
“I’m Nita, and I don’t know what I’m doing with my life”
Ms. Fit Magazine: Finally, Feminist Body-Positive Fitness and Wellness
You should check out Ms. Fit Magazine. It’s inspiring, intelligent, positive and queer-inclusive.
Kelsey’s College Lesbianage: Queer Talk On Being Straight At Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr’s pocket of queer sunshine doesn’t rain on anybody’s hetero parade.
Queer Girl City Guide: Minneapolis, MN
“There’s this huge spoon with a cherry on it, pic op!”
Freezing My Assets: On Transitioning and Wanting To Be A Mom One Day Too
“He was about to break the news that I would never have a child of my own, and nothing else had ever made it so clear that I wanted one. I really, really wanted one.”
21 Vintage Ads & Books For and Against Marijuana For 420 Day
Happy 4-20!
Queer Girl City Guide: Pensacola, FL
Pensacola is a complicated place for queers. While we play host to tens of thousands of LGBT tourists on Memorial Day weekend, everyday life is not as out and proud. Yet the community here is fairly close-knit, and many friendships span a decade or more.
Queer Girl City Guide: London, Baby!
London can be brutal when the rent is due, but also incredibly exciting, creative, glittery and beautiful any day of the week.
Idol Worship: Ten(ish) Questions with the Coquette On Getting Your Sh*t Together
“I’ve been doing this shit for half a damn decade, and I honestly couldn’t tell you how any of it happened.”