Over the course of its 50 years, Sinister Wisdom has created a multiplicity of spaces—in print, in person, and online—for lesbians and queer women to come together to imagine a…
These magazines provided critical representation for trans and gender expansive individuals across the United States who saw themselves represented in their pages.
The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…
On Our Backs, which originally ran from 1984 to 1990 and was revitalized from 1998 to 2002, existed for one central purpose: to portray lesbian sex and sexuality, with real…
“Lesbian Connection was founded in a decidedly pre-internet era, when there were no lesbian characters on TV or in the movies, no lesbian stories on library bookshelves, no out queer…
“This was a noninstitutionalized reaction. This was political, intentional, we’re gonna be fat and queer and creative and sexy and empowering and a collective action.”
While we’re figuring out how to communicate six feet apart after months of cruising Lex, I figured it’d be a good time to share my zine Yes I’m Flagging: Queer…
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