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Queer Culture Catch-Up

From vintage porn to Lesbian Visibility celebrations, everything to get you through the next two weeks

From vintage porn to Lesbian Visibility celebrations, everything to get you through the next two weeks

Our recommendations for what’s up and what’s on, beginning Apr. 8

By S. Bear Bergman • April 8, 2021 at 2:59 pm EDT
Culture

At Paris’ Dirty Lemon, a new kind of lesbian bar has emerged

At Paris’ Dirty Lemon, a new kind of lesbian bar has emerged

Ruba Khoury prioritizes queer connection, good eats and tasty cocktails above all—a testament to what LGBTQ+ women really want in their bars

By Emily Monaco • March 17, 2021 at 12:06 pm EDT
Identity

No, lesbians are not disappearing

No, lesbians are not disappearing

A new Gallup poll finds more Americans than ever identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans—especially Gen Z

By Erica Lenti, Rachel Giese • February 26, 2021 at 10:23 am EDT
Ask Kai: Quickies

I’m a lesbian and not into relationships. Is it harsh to tell someone I’m just interested in sex?

I’m a lesbian and not into relationships. Is it harsh to tell someone I’m just interested in sex?

Kai on how to talk about hookups

By Xtra Video • January 12, 2021 at 9:30 am EDT
Identity

On the internet, anything can be a lesbian

On the internet, anything can be a lesbian

Inside the meme that fills in the gaps of lacklustre queer representation

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul • January 4, 2021 at 2:05 pm EDT
Identity

More evidence the moon is a lesbian: It’s wet

More evidence the moon is a lesbian: It’s wet

This giant, moist, luminous orb seems pretty gay to me

By Ziya Jones • October 27, 2020 at 4:04 pm EDT
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Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I’m a young lesbian who wants to play the field. Does that make me a fuckboi?

I’m a young lesbian who wants to play the field. Does that make me a fuckboi?
By Kai Cheng Thom • October 13, 2020 at 12:58 pm EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I’m an old, out and proud lesbian. Am I transphobic if I don’t want to have sex with trans women?

I’m an old, out and proud lesbian. Am I transphobic if I don’t want to have sex with trans women?
By Kai Cheng Thom • September 15, 2020 at 9:08 am EDT
TV & Film

Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul

Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul

Wendy Jo Carlton explores lesbian non-monogamy in her new film ‘Good Kisser’

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul • August 18, 2020 at 10:48 am EDT
Music

Queer punk to indie pop to experimental electronic via lesbian autistic love

Queer punk to indie pop to experimental electronic via lesbian autistic love

Follow The Courtneys’ Sydney Koke, a.k.a. Slaylor Moon, on her fascinating musical trajectory

By Jesse Locke • July 6, 2020 at 12:14 pm EDT
Love & Sex

Forget the U-Haul. These lesbians had a drive-in wedding

Forget the U-Haul. These lesbians had a drive-in wedding

When the COVID-19 pandemic got close to home, Bri Houk and Lindsey Leaverton threw away their plans for a lavish wedding and celebrated with physical distancing

By Tania Ortega • May 6, 2020 at 11:13 am EDT
TV & Film

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Trailblazing athlete Terry Donahue and her partner Pat Henschel are the focus of a beautiful, moving documentary

By Stacey May Fowles • May 6, 2020 at 7:09 am EDT
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Analysis

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Phyllis Lyon was a U.S. lesbian pioneer. But with fewer self-identified lesbians than ever, what is the future of the term?

By Sarah Prager • April 24, 2020 at 10:31 am EDT
Culture

Lesbian media is too white—and I’m tired of it

Lesbian media is too white—and I’m tired of it

More and more, queer women are at the centre of TV shows and films. But Black women and women of colour remain noticeably absent

By Kinsey Clarke • March 24, 2020 at 9:46 am EDT
Identity

I’m a millennial lesbian, but I still want a traditional wedding

I’m a millennial lesbian, but I still want a traditional wedding

Does a big, white dress betray my queer politics?

By Lauren Strapagiel • January 8, 2020 at 11:28 am EDT
Off the Chart

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Three: Lesbian Whisperer

“Off the Chart” L Word podcast, Episode Three: Lesbian Whisperer
By Chelle Turingan, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis, Rachel Giese • November 6, 2019 at 11:33 am EDT
Personal Essay

I’m not a lesbian because of polycystic ovary syndrome

I’m not a lesbian because of polycystic ovary syndrome

Why is science so obsessed with trying to find the cause of queerness?

By Lauren Strapagiel • September 13, 2019 at 11:28 am EDT
Xtra Weekly

It’s Hot Girl Summer: Lesbian Edition!

It’s Hot Girl Summer: Lesbian Edition!

Here’s your Xtra Weekly, August 16

By Erica Lenti • August 16, 2019 at 11:09 am EDT
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