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Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

One of our most influential and remarkable trans queer elders — Miss Major Griffin-Gracy — has died at the age…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Oct 14, 2025

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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

lgbt book reviews

Fill In Your Butch History With This Coloring Book

Why learn about butch lesbian herstory when you can learn about butch lesbian herstory by way of babes?

Ryan Yates

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Jul 18, 2017

celebrities (vapid fluff)

“Hollywood Lesbians”: This 1994 Interview Book Valiantly Attempted To Out Over 31 Legendary Ladies

“Numerous Hollywood actresses — Garbo, Gish, Dietrich, Jean Arthur, um, Kay Francis, Stanwyck, Bankhead, Del Rio, Janet Gaynor, etc., etc., — have enjoyed lesbian or bi relationships. Have you ever…?”

Riese

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Jul 17, 2017

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6 Queer Women Literally Saving the World Through Environmental Justice

To solve today’s environmental issues, we need new voices, preferably voices from different parts of the population than we’ve heard from in years past. Let’s hear from some queer women…

Kay

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Jul 4, 2017

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For Your Consideration: A Topless Duel Between Noblewomen in 1897

Then, as now, a certain sort of man was fascinated by these so-called petticoat duels, and The Illustrated Police News, Britain’s first tabloid and official worst newspaper, liked to report…

Siobhan

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Jun 28, 2017

lgbt history

5 Women From Mythology You Should Totally Date

Hatshepsut is the original Mommi

Siobhan

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Jun 22, 2017

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LGBT History

Trans Activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy Lived a Long, Beautiful Life

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

Fill In Your Butch History With This Coloring Book

“Hollywood Lesbians”: This 1994 Interview Book Valiantly Attempted To Out Over 31 Legendary Ladies

6 Queer Women Literally Saving the World Through Environmental Justice

For Your Consideration: A Topless Duel Between Noblewomen in 1897

5 Women From Mythology You Should Totally Date

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