community

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book features

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…

Japonica Brown-Saracino —

Aug 20, 2018

epic

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book lists

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!

Riese —

Apr 15, 2012

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new york

issues

Queer Girl City Guide: Manhattan is The New Manhattan

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

Anita Dolce Vita —

Apr 10, 2012

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Queer Girl City Guide

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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.

Lizz —

Apr 7, 2012

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Queer Girl City Guide

issues

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

Cities wanna be her.

fonseca —

Apr 6, 2012

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first person

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.”

Hallie —

Apr 5, 2012

harlem renaissance

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first person

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…

Cairo Amani —

Apr 4, 2012

get baked with autostraddle

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issues

Get Baked: Here/Queer Edition

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

the team —

Mar 31, 2012

greatest hits

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first person

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.

Riese —

Mar 30, 2012

#firstworldproblems

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first person

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.

marebear —

Mar 30, 2012

greatest hits

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first person

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.”

Nine —

Mar 28, 2012

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Queer Girl City Guide

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Queer Girl City Guide: Albuquerque, New Mexico

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

Anita Dolce Vita —

Mar 27, 2012