LGBT history

lesbian history

LGBT history

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Natalie Barney and Liane de Pougy Break Up Because Amour Is a Lie

We could hardly believe it was real, and now we can hardly believe that it’s over.

Riese —

Oct 13, 2017

LGBT history

LGBT History Month 2017

queer fashion

Style Thief: Early 20th Century Superbabe Annemarie Schwartzenbach

By now you’re familiar with early 20th Century writer, photographer, traveler, and all-around superbabe Annemarie Schwarzenbach. Hmm, you may be thinking, do I want her, or do I want to…

Nora —

Oct 12, 2017

#lgbthistorymonth

lesbian history

celebrities (vapid fluff)

BREAKING: Is Charlotte Cushman Cheating On Her Wife Emma With Her Gal Pal Emma?

Charlotte Cushman is at it again!

Riese —

Oct 6, 2017

#lgbthistorymonth

Act Up

lgbt history

LGBTQ History Month Starts Now: An Epic Autostraddle Reading List

It’s LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, a topic which is near and dear to our hearts because it is definitely NOT…

Riese —

Oct 3, 2017

brenda howard

herstory list

jewish holidays

18 Influential Lesbian & Bisexual Jewish Women To Remember Today

Some very cool ladies to remember in all that we do

Riese —

Sep 30, 2017

death is sad

DOMA

lgbt history

Edith Windsor, Lesbian Trailblazer Who Changed Your Life, Has Died

Gay rights pioneer Edith Windsor died today in Manhattan. She was 88 years old.

Riese —

Sep 12, 2017

harlem renaissance

herstory list

lgbt history

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 —

Aug 30, 2017

90s nostalgia

LGBT history

book lists

26 Triumphantly ’90s Lesbian Book Covers

What a colorful decade for us all!

Riese —

Aug 24, 2017

herstory list

lesbian history list

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 —

Aug 21, 2017

butch

Gertrude Stein

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 —

Jul 18, 2017

herstory list

lesbian history list

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 —

Jul 17, 2017

climate change

environment

lgbt history

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 —

Jul 4, 2017