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Where Are the Welcome Signs? Finding Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Community in Unexpected Places

Why is it sometimes hardest to find other queer individuals in places where they seem to be everywhere? The new book, “How Places Make Us,” takes us into the lives of lesbian, bisexual and queer residents in four small cities and reveals how and why LBQ individuals forge especially strong ties in unlikely places.

By Japonica Brown-Saracino| August 20, 2018 | 8 Comments
Books Herstory Issues

28 Books About Gay Geography That’ll Take You On Journeys Through Time and Place

If you like lesbian history as much as I do, then you’ll love all these books about queer life in various towns, states, cities and countries. Your input is welcome!

By Riese| April 15, 2012 | 21 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Manhattan is The New Manhattan

Manhattan is a very good place to be a girl who likes girls.

By Anita Dolce Vita| April 10, 2012 | 78 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Boston, MA

From “Boston Marriages” to Second Saturdays at Machine, the Boston area has always been kind to the Sapphicly inclined.

By Lizz| April 7, 2012 | 137 Comments
Issues Travel

A Love Letter To Savannah’s Past, Present and Future

Cities wanna be her.

By fonseca| April 6, 2012 | 38 Comments
First Person Issues

Here/Queer: Two Years as a Lesbian Expat in South Korea

“Within the violence of invisibility there was also a sense of liberation and expansiveness, like we could just make everything up as we go along.”

By Hallie| April 5, 2012 | 89 Comments
First Person Issues

Queer Harlem: From LGBT Icons of the Harlem Renaissance to Invisible Me

Even when someone doesn’t know the range of the artistic revolution that was the Harlem Renaissance, they know the name. They know writers like Claude Mckay or singers like Ethel Waters but they may not know them as Queer Black Americans. Why is this?

By Cairo Amani| April 4, 2012 | 38 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home Food and Drink Issues

Get Baked: Here/Queer Edition

With recipes for vegan Cincinnati Chili, Australian Fairy Bread and Puerto Rican Tostones!

By the team| March 31, 2012 | 51 Comments
First Person Issues

Going Mad in New York City

“I feel like yelling at people,” she told me. I didn’t really grasp then that she meant that. This was the very first time. This was the day after Easter.

By Riese| March 30, 2012 | 60 Comments
First Person Issues

Here/Queer: Ann Arbor, My Bubble and Native Land

I was so lucky to grow up in Ann Arbor, but now I’m afraid I’ll never leave.

By marebear| March 30, 2012 | 32 Comments
First Person Issues

Everything Happens Elsewhere: Northern Ireland in the Nineties

“Things seemed so big out there and we were just waiting for life to begin properly. I felt electric with anticipation.”

By Nine| March 28, 2012 | 39 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque: hard to pronounce, impossible to spell, easy to love.

By Anita Dolce Vita| March 27, 2012 | 59 Comments
Issues The Scene

Here/Queer: Brooklyn Under the Radar

A handy list of queer and queer-friendly parties, places, and neighborhoods to keep you busy all week long!

By Sam| March 26, 2012 | 30 Comments
DIY / Crafting / Food / Home Food and Drink Issues

Get Baked: Australian Edition

None of these recipes use Vegemite.

By Crystal| March 26, 2012 | 37 Comments
Issues The Scene Travel

Here/Queer: Four Women – A Lyrical, Lustful Tour of Oxford

Meet four trusty, lusty ladies to guide you through Oxford!

By Sybil| March 25, 2012 | 36 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe through the eyes of a recent transplant.

By Sam| March 24, 2012 | 30 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Columbus, Ohio

Ohio’s capital city (and the third largest city in the Midwest) has everything you’d ever need, including the world’s best ice cream, one of the country’s largest universities, and a hoppin’ LGBTQ scene.

By Dominique| March 21, 2012 | 99 Comments
Issues Travel

Here/Queer: Boogie Down Bronx Edition

Here’s a DIY guide to enjoying a queerified Bronx.

By gabby| March 20, 2012 | 26 Comments
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Here/Queer: Things We Wrote That You Loved

Let’s take a trip back in time to Bali, Michigan, Nigeria, New Orleans, New York and many other fine fine locales.

By Riese| March 19, 2012 | 4 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

If you can handle the rain, you’ll be handsomely rewarded by my beloved hometown of Vancouver, one of the gay-friendliest cities in Canada!

By Chelle| March 19, 2012 | 90 Comments
Issues Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Dublin, Ireland

It’s a little village, but it’s got a whole lot of gay per square kilometer.

By Una| March 16, 2012 | 32 Comments
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