100 Pictures of 2012: Queer Girls & Friends All Over The World

What a special year it was for queermos all over the globe. Let’s all take a moment to stare into their faces and eyeballs and think about love and togetherness and imagine a big bright beautiful future glimmering ahead of us in 2013, when unicorns will dive into rainbows and turn into pretty dragons who will stop global warming and ensure equality for all forever and evermore. Not all of these photos are of queer girls, but most of them have queer girls in them somewhere.

: Celebrants at a meet-up for kickass “girl-on-girl culture” website Autostraddle in London, October 2012.

: Two ladies kiss during a demonstration in Bastille Square for the legalization of gay parenting, in Paris, France, December 16, 2012. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Jane Abbott Lighty and Pete-e Petersen receiving the first same-sex marriage license in Washington state in Seattle, Washington, December 6, 2012.

: Queer friends hanging out on the Chelsea Piers during NYC Pride in New York, New York, June 24, 2012. (Image by © Lisa Wiltse/Corbis)

: 300 Queer Weirdos at Autostraddle’s A-Camp in Angelus Oaks, California on September 18th, 2012 (Photograph by Robin Roemer)

: Activists rally outside the Birmingham Town Hall to protest against the meeting taking place inside for the anti-equality group Coalition for Marriage in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, October 8, 2012. (Image by © Gideon Mendel/Corbis)

: QModel AZ Marie on America’s Next Top Model’s “Makeover” episode in Hollywood, California, March 7th, 2012

: Out hip-hop star Azealia Banks performing at the Reading Festival in Reading, United Kingdom, August 25, 2012.

: Hot chicks make out at Gay Pride, Barcelona, Spain. (Image by © Mario Roldan/Demotix/Corbis)

: Demonstrators demonstrate during a demonstration for the legalisation of same-sex marriage and parenting in Paris, France, December 16, 2012. (FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Sexpot Dita Von Teese and amazing queer musical artist Beth Ditto of “The Gossip” attend the Sidaction Gala Dinner 2012 at Pavillon d’Armenonville on in Paris, France on January 26, 2012.

: Family looks adorbs at the Gay Pride Parade in Bogota, Colombia, on July 1, 2012. (GUILLERMO LEGARIA/AFP/GettyImages)

: Lesbian den mother Jennifer Tyrrell carries a petition to the Boy Scouts national offices for a meeting in which she will get real with representatives of the 102-year-old organization in Irving, Texas on July 18, 2012.(Image by © LM Otero/ /AP/Corbis)

: Rainbow Pride Parade in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 9, 2012. (Photo by Gabriel Kuchta/SME/isifa/Getty Images)

: Lesbian wedding at Rainbow Pride in in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 9, 2012. (Photo by Gabriel Kuchta/SME/isifa/Getty Images)

: Helen Bicknell (L) and Nicola Rothon (R), a British lesbian couple, arrive at the Court in Quito, Ecuador on April 25, 2012. The couple, which has lived in Ecuador for the last five years, has ben unable to register their child since the Registry Office only allows to register newborn babies with the last name of a man & woman or a single mother. (Image by © JOSE JACOME/epa/Corbis)

: Brittany McMillan, creator of Spirit Day, an initiative to raise awareness about anti-gay bullying in schools.

: “The Brown Boi Project is a community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and our allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving Racial and Gender Justice.” (via razoo.com/team/30-Days-Of-Brown-Boi-2012)

: hawt protestors kiss outside of Chick-Fil-A

: “Hanne Harbison and her partner Anna Koopman sit with their son Amon, 9 months, beneath their portrait at the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama, March 29, 2012. A show of photographs of lesbian families by Carolyn Sherer will be on display at the institute through June.” (Image by © Dave Martin/ /AP/Corbis)

: Out actress Clementine Ford and her out sister Ariel Ford at the 8th Annual GLSEN Respect Awards in Beverly Hills, California, October 2012. (Image by © hutchinsphoto/Demotix/Corbis)

: “Keesha Patterson of Ft. Washington, Maryland (bottom) proposes marriage to her girlfriend Rowan Ha (C) during the election night victory rally at re-elected President Barack Obama headquarters in Chicago, November 6, 2012. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)”

: Samantha Ronson & Amanda Dunn at the opening party for Dalloway’s, a lesbian bar launched by Dunn & Kim Stolz in New York, New York, December 2012

: Out performers Dani Shay and Ali Stroker of “The Glee Project,” looking super-adorable in November 2012.

: Darlene Nipper, deputy executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, announces a boycott of Hyatt Hotels in Washington DC, July 2012 (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

: Swimsuit Model Kate Upton and actress Jane Lynch at the 54th running of the Daytona 500 in Daytona Beach, FL, February 2012 (Image by © David J. Griffin/Icon SMI/Corbis)

: Out performer DeBorah Garner of “The Voice” lookin’ good on your television, September 2012

: Smokin’ hot lesbian Hong Kong singer Denise Ho at a promotional event in Taipei, Taiwan, November 19, 2012.

: Insane lesbians Sarah Croce & Brittani Nichols having fun at Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs, California, March 30, 2012.

: Shi Tou, Chinese lesbian rights activist, hugging organiser Emelia Holdaway at the first Dyke March for 25 years in 31 Mar 2012, London, England, UK — London, United Kingdom, March 31, 2012. Hundreds of lesbians and LGBT supporters gather in London for the city’s first Dyke March in 25 years. Speakers discuss a range of LGBT rights issues in Soho Square before marching through London and across the River Thames. (Image by © Paul Brown/Demotix/Corbis

: The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard 70 minutes of arguments against DOMA in the case of 83-year-old Edith Windsor, in New York, NY, September 27, 2012.

: Yumi Bundalian and Lance Quiambo at a same-sex wedding ceremony in Quezon city, near Manila, Philippines, June 29, 2012. (Image by © FRANCIS R. MALASIG/epa/Corbis)

: “Annette Bornheim of Germany’s first gay and lesbian rifle club ‘St. Sebastianus und Afra’ cheers after shooting a mock bird in Cologne, Germany, 14 October 2012.”

: Stephanie Figarelle (L) and Lela McArthur become the first lesbians to wed on the Empire State Building in New York, New York, February 14, 2012. (Image by © Chris Melzer/dpa/Corbis)

: Lesbian comedian Fortune Feimster and a man dressed as an alcoholic insect alien at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in San Francisco, California, June 2, 2012. (Photo by Araya Diaz/Getty Images for GLAAD)

: Karine Hallier and girlfriend Elodie Lucas pose with their children in Nantes, western France, September 1, 2012. (JEAN-SEBASTIEN EVRARD/AFP/Getty Images)

: People gather in the streets of Barcelona to fight for LGBT rights in the Gay Pride Parade in Barcelona, Spain, June 30, 2012. (Image by © Mario Roldan/Demotix/Corbis)

: More than 2.000 people gather to celebrate the Gay Pride in Zagreb, Croatia, June 16, 2012. (Image by © Pau Barrena/Demotix/Corbis)

: Rosie O’Donnell with her wife Michelle Rounds at the Theater Kids benefit gala in New York, New York, October 15, 2012. (Image by © B. Giacomazzo/Splash News/Corbis)

: Model at The Gladiator Fashion Show at the LAB in Brooklyn, NY, April 15th, 2012. (via http://www.dapperq.com/2012/05/gladiator-fashion-show/

: Couple at the GO! Magazine Nightlife Awards in New York, NY, May 1st, 2012. (Photo by Grace Chu for Time Out New York.)

: Participants distribute leaflets during a Gay Pride parade in Hong Kong, November 10, 2012. (PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

: Houston Gendermyn performing at the 14th annual International Drag King Extravaganza in Cleveland, Ohio, October 20, 2012. (Image by © Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press/Corbis)

: “Community supporters of gay rights hold signs that read ‘I Do Support the Freedom to Marry’ gather at Los Angeles City Hall after US Court of Appeals upholds Federal District Court ruling that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional” in Los Angeles, California, February 8, 2012. (Image by © MICHAEL NELSON/epa/Corbis)

: Idalia and Angeline, one of the same-sex military couples photographed by photographer Tatjana Plitt to raise awareness about DOMA.

: Tokyo “Save The Pride” Parade in Tokyo, Japan, August 11, 2012. (YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GettyImages)

: Jill Goldstein-Weiss of “The Real L Word” with her son in the home she shares with wife Nikki Goldstein-Weiss, via The Advocate, in Los Angeles, California, November 2012.

: Newlyweds wave and exude pure bliss after marrying in Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA, Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012.

: Karen Golinski, staff lawyer for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and her wife Amy Cunninghis — Karen has been attempting to secure health benefits for her partner since 2008, this day a judge ruled she could not be denied health benefits, Washington DC, February 2012.

: Kate McKinnon, the first openly lesbian comedian on “Saturday Night Live,” with other funny people.

: Openly bisexual former Arizona state Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (member-elect of the United States House of Representatives from Arizona’s 9th congressional district beginning January 3, 2013), with state Rep. Anna Tovar, D-Tollesons in Phoenix, Arizona, June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

: Brooklyn Boihood at the Lambda Literary Awards 2012 in New York, NY, June 5th, 2012.

: Transgender director Lana Wachowski at the premiere of Cloud Atlas, Los Angeles, CA, October 25, 2012.

: Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! on House of Style in St.Augistine, Florida on December 20, 2012

: Out Canadian singer-songwriter Leona Philippo, winner of The Voice in Holland, December 2012.

: You Ya-ting, left, and her partner Huang Mei-yu stamp their names in front of a statue of Buddha in the prayer hall as they are married in the first Taiwan same sex Buddhist ceremonial wedding in Taoyuan, Taiwan, Aug. 11, 2012. (Image by © Wally Santana/ /AP/Corbis)

: Lesbian Couple Gets Engaged After Afghanistan Homecoming

: Priest Barbara Zeman blesses Kendra Kozak, a potential new member of the congregation during the Dignity Chicago weekly mass, an outside-of-the-official Catholic church service for gays and lesbians, in Chicago, Illinois, September 2, 2012. (Image by © John Gress/Corbis)

: “Michelle Halpain, a volunteer with President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, joins fellow democrats marching in San Francisco’s 42nd annual gay pride parade” in San Francisco, CA, June 27, 2012 (photo byNoah Berger, Associated Press / SF)

: Linda Perry and Sara Gilbert at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s An Evening With Women 2012 in Los Angeles, CA, May 19th, 2012 (Image by © Byron Purvis/AdMedia/Corbis)

: Humanitarian and gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell joins the pride parade in London, England, UK, July 7th, 2012. (image by © grey photography/Demotix/Corbis)

: London Rollergirls at the annual London Pride in London England, UK, July 7th, 2012. (Image by © David Mbiyu/Demotix/Corbis)

: Retired Air Force Major Margaret Witt, a prominent activist against DADT, gets married in Spokane, Washington, December 17, 2012.

: Revelers participate in the Manila Gay Pride March in Makati, Philippines, December 8, 2012 (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

: Queer couple Mareika & PJ in New York, NY, June 2012. (photo by Vanessa Friedman)

: Sue Fulton and Penny Gneslin become the first lesbian couple to marry in the U.S. Military Academy Cadet Chapel at West Point, in West Point, New York on December 2, 2012. (Photos by Jeff Sheng)

: Lesbian US soccer player Megan Rapinoe celebrates their Olympic win in London, England, August 9th, 2012.

: A member of the LGBT community cheers participants during the opening ceremony of the 1st South Asian LGBT Games organized by Blue Diamond Society in Katmandu, Nepal, Oct. 12, 2012. (Image by © Binod Joshi/ /AP/Corbis)

: Revelry at the Autostraddle Meetup in Brooklyn, NY, October 27, 2012/

: “Lesbian couple Nguyen Thi Chi, 20, left, and Dinh Thi Hong Loan, 30, pose for photo at their one-room apartment in an alley in Hanoi, Vietnam,” July 26th, 2012. (Image by © Na Son Nguyen/ /AP/Corbis)

: Four young women holding signs calling for equal rights for the LGBT community in Nigeria, seen here outside Nigeria House in central London, UK, May 17th, 2012. (Image by © See Li/Demotix/Corbis)

: A same-sex couple attempts to obtain marriage license at the Forsyth County Register of Deeds office in Winston-Salem, N.C, May 10, 2012. Nine gay and lesbian couples each presented completed forms and identification to the clerk at the office, but were refused because state law recognizes only heterosexual couples. (Image by © Bob Leverone/ /AP/Corbis)

: Women and children pose for a portrait during the annual Gay Pride parade in New York, New York, New York, June 24, 2012. (Image by © Steven Greaves/Corbis)

: Spectators enjoying the 2012 New York Gay Pride parade in New York, NY, June 24, 2012. (Image by © Viviane Moos/Corbis)

: Dyke on Bike at the Oslo Gay Pride Parade in Oslo, Norway on Jun 30th, 2012 (Image by © Pål Bergstad/Demotix/Corbis)

: Sweatered queers enjoy a fall meet-up for gay website Autostraddle.com, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, October 21, 2012.

: Cheerful ladies attend the opening night of Phase One in Washington, DC, February 1st, 2012

: A Filipino lesbian kisses her partner as they join the 2012 Philippine Pride March in Makati, south of Manila, Philippines, Dec. 8, 2012. (Image by © AARON FAVILA/ /AP/Corbis)

: Couple at Pride in Paris, France, June 30, 2012 (photo by philippe leroyer)

: People having fun at the Phresh Cutz event in Brooklyn, New York, September 2nd, 2012.

: Out actresses Portia DeRossi & Ellen DeGeneres at the ceremony to dedicate Ellen’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Los Angeles, CA, September 4th, 2012.

: A group of people dance and wave rainbow flags on Yonge Street during the Pride parade in Toronto, Canada, July 1st, 2012 (Image by © R. Jeanette Martin/Demotix/Corbis)

: Rachel Maddow Signs Copies Of Her New Book “Drift” in Los Angeles, California, April 11, 2012. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

: Facepainting at the Rainbow Carnival in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, December 9, 2012. (DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

: Whitney Mixter, Lauren Russell and Sara Bettencourt at the Lyon Jewlery Launch Party in Los Angeles, CA, February 16th, 2012 (photo by Kat Bagley)

: Renee and Chris Wiley pose for a wedding photo on Times Square in New York, New York, December 14th, 2012. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)

: Photographer Robin Roemer at a gallery exhibition for the Autostraddle 2013 Calendar Girls, Long Island City, New York, May 19th, 2012. (photo by Vanessa Friedman)

: New clothing company Saint Harridan is on a very honorable mission: providing high quality and highly handsome suits for all bodies.

: “Newlyweds Johanna Flynn, left, and Allison Kelsey wave back to well-wishers as they depart Seattle City Hall” in Seattle, WA, Dec. 9, 2012 (Image by © Elaine Thompson/ /AP/Corbis)

: Carly Usdin & Gabrielle Rivera host lesbian speed dating at The Strand bookstore in New York, NY, August 15, 2012.

: Lesbian wrestler Stephany Lee marries Brigg McDonald in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 22, 2012.

: Participants pose in fancy outfits for the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney, Australia, March 3rd, 2012. (Image by © MICK TSIKAS/epa/Corbis)

: Tami Baldwin, he first openly gay candidate to win a seat in the Wisconsin chamber, gives her victory speech in Madison, WI, November 6th, 2012.

: Two straight girls kiss at a demonstration against same-sex marriage in this viral photograph taken in Marseille, France, October 24th, 2012. (photograph by Gerard Julien / GETTY IMAGES)

: Gay and lesbian activists attend Uganda’s first gay pride parade at the Entebbe Botanical Gardens in Kampala, Uganda, August 4th, 2012. (Image by © RACHEL ADAMS/epa/Corbis)

: Ugandan LGBT activist Val Kalende at the Creating Change Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, January 28, 2012.

: Couples dance at the “Regenbogenball” (Rainbowball) in Vienna, February 11, 2012. (DIETER NAGL/AFP/Getty Images)

: Dr. Emma Benn and Nicole Y. Dennis marry in the first same-sex ceremony ever conducted in Jamaica, May 26th, 2012.

: Allen Sales and Grace Morales take part in a same sex marriage ceremony officiated by the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC), an LGBT church in Quezon City, Philippines, June 29, 2012.(Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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