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Queer View Mirror

Thirty years ago, ‘When Night Is Falling’ kick-started the golden age of lesbian cinema

Thirty years ago, ‘When Night Is Falling’ kick-started the golden age of lesbian cinema

Hokey, improbable and super sexy, Patricia Rozema’s flick still has my heart 

By Ingrid Randoja • May 5, 2025 at 2:02 pm EDT
Rainbow Rewind 2024

2024’s hottest onscreen trend? Toxic lesbians

2024’s hottest onscreen trend? Toxic lesbians

From “Agatha All Along” to “Love Lies Bleeding,” complicated, messy queer women and their love lives took centre stage

By Anna Govert • December 12, 2024 at 12:57 pm EDT
Books

Black lesbian poet Cheryl Clarke shares her life’s work in new collection  

Black lesbian poet Cheryl Clarke shares her life’s work in new collection  

With “Archive of Style,” Clarke cements her place in the Black feminist poetry canon

By Dani Janae • August 16, 2024 at 9:00 am EDT
TV & Film

Why ‘Girls5eva’s’ Gloria is a different kind of lesbian on TV

Why ‘Girls5eva’s’ Gloria is a different kind of lesbian on TV

ANALYSIS: With Season 3’s arrival on Netflix, Paula Pell’s pop star/dentist deserves to be famous 5eva (because 4eva’s too short!)

By Barry Levitt • March 20, 2024 at 5:21 pm EDT
TV & Film

Why a lesbian ‘Love Is Blind’ just makes sense 

Why a lesbian ‘Love Is Blind’ just makes sense 

OPINION: Netflix, bring out the U-Hauls!

By Tara-Michelle Ziniuk • February 27, 2024 at 12:48 pm EDT
TV & Film

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is a sex-positive lesbian romp

‘Drive-Away Dolls’ is a sex-positive lesbian romp

REVIEW: Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke have crafted the next great lesbian road trip movie

By Barry Levitt • February 22, 2024 at 4:48 pm EDT
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Comedy

‘Two Dykes and a Mic’ podcast hosts talk touring, queer community and letting lesbians laugh

‘Two Dykes and a Mic’ podcast hosts talk touring, queer community and letting lesbians laugh

Rachel Scanlon and McKenzie Goodwin feel like “it’s summer camp every night”

By Mira Miller • August 30, 2023 at 1:35 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

‘Barbie’ takes the world by storm, lesbian rights in Italy and the U.K. and more

‘Barbie’ takes the world by storm, lesbian rights in Italy and the U.K. and more

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: July 24

By Eve Cable • July 24, 2023 at 5:15 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

Judge blocks Arkansas trans healthcare ban, Estonia may legalize same-sex marriage, federal court protects discrimination against queer people, Spanish town bans LGBTQ+ flag, Italy looks to cancel birth certificates of lesbian couples

Judge blocks Arkansas trans healthcare ban, Estonia may legalize same-sex marriage, federal court protects discrimination against queer people, Spanish town bans LGBTQ+ flag, Italy looks to cancel birth certificates of lesbian couples

5 queer and trans stories we’re watching: June 21

By Jackie Richardson • June 21, 2023 at 2:17 pm EDT
Books

The intoxicating headiness of lesbian heartbreak

The intoxicating headiness of lesbian heartbreak

REVIEW: “The Adult” is a masterful debut novel from Bronwyn Fischer

By H Felix Chau Bradley • May 5, 2023 at 2:01 pm EDT
Xtra News Flash

Drag queen reading events protested again, delays on HIV program in Uganda, San Francisco repeals boycott of 30 states, Bud Light called on to support trans communities and lesbian dating app HER takes a stand against TERFs

Drag queen reading events protested again, delays on HIV program in Uganda, San Francisco repeals boycott of 30 states, Bud Light called on to support trans communities and lesbian dating app HER takes a stand against TERFs

5 queer stories we’re watching: May 1

By Eve Cable • May 1, 2023 at 3:54 pm EDT
Queer View Mirror

The soft masculinity of ‘Top Gun’ is underappreciated lesbian joy

The soft masculinity of ‘Top Gun’ is underappreciated lesbian joy

As “Top Gun: Maverick” roars into the Oscars, its predecessor’s model of masculine bonding is worth looking back on

By Kerry Manders • March 7, 2023 at 4:01 pm EDT
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Xtra News Flash

Censoring ‘The Last of Us,’ George Santos’s comeuppance (?), a new lesbian bar (!?), same-sex marriage attack and powerlifter JayCee Cooper

Censoring ‘The Last of Us,’ George Santos’s comeuppance (?), a new lesbian bar (!?), same-sex marriage attack and powerlifter JayCee Cooper

5 queer and trans news stories to follow: March 3

By Maddy Mahoney • March 3, 2023 at 2:37 pm EDT
Books

Margot Douaihy’s lesbian nun-turned-detective is the star of the first novel from Gillian Flynn’s new imprint

Margot Douaihy’s lesbian nun-turned-detective is the star of the first novel from Gillian Flynn’s new imprint

REVIEW: “Scorched Grace” launches the unapologetic career of Sister Holiday

By H Felix Chau Bradley • February 21, 2023 at 10:03 am EDT
Parenting

Oklahoma judge revokes a lesbian mom’s parental rights

Oklahoma judge revokes a lesbian mom’s parental rights

The ruling could have wide-reaching reverberations in LGBTQ2S+ parenting, experts say

By V.S. Wells • February 17, 2023 at 11:58 am EDT
Queer Culture Catch-Up

A lesbian holiday rom-com, Brian Falduto’s queer country and Nick Cave art

A lesbian holiday rom-com, Brian Falduto’s queer country and Nick Cave art

A selection of cultural concoctions to get you through this heavy week

By S. Bear Bergman • November 24, 2022 at 4:24 pm EDT
Identity

Nova Scotia lesbian couple fight for the right for both to be registered as parents on child’s birth certificate

Nova Scotia lesbian couple fight for the right for both to be registered as parents on child’s birth certificate

A lesbian couple from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, is speaking out about being unable to register both their names to their daughter’s birth certificate

By Ursula Muñoz S. • November 1, 2022 at 2:54 pm EDT
Ask Kai: Quickies

How do my girlfriend and I overcome ‘lesbian bed death’?

How do my girlfriend and I overcome ‘lesbian bed death’?

Spend some time together naked or in a bath without the goal being sex, Kai advises

By Kai Cheng Thom • October 13, 2022 at 4:34 pm EDT
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