Reclaiming lesbian: Why the label ISN'T problematic & the TERFs can't have it
Two proud lesbians take on the most complicated debates around the L word and explain why they will never give it up.
May 11, 2024
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lesbian spaces
Sexual Harassment Exists Even in Lesbian Spaces
While perpetrators are usually men, sexual impropriety isn't exclusive to them.
November 3, 2017
A Love Letter to My First Lesbian Bar and to Holding Queer Space
Comic Gloria Bigelow remembers the joy discovering My Sister's Room and other LGBTQ+ spaces so integral to queer lives.
June 6, 2021
Honoring The First Lesbian in Space
Google's doodle pays homage to the first female NASA astronaut, who was revealed to be lesbian following her death.
May 26, 2015
Who is Anne McClain, the lesbian astronaut falsely accused of committing crime in space by her ex-wife
McClain has had a distinguished career in the military and in space.
November 19, 2025
Is My World Less Uniquely Gay Since Ellen DeGeneres Came Out 20 Years Ago?
While paying homage to DeGeneres's impact on visibility one writer reminisces about lesbian spaces.
April 28, 2017
What Happened to the Lesbian Bar?
Claire Heddles visits one of California's last lesbian bars to investigate the slow extinction of women's spaces.
December 1, 2017
Gay Clubs in Russia, the U.S.: Worlds Apart But Similar
Bar-hopping in Moscow's lesbian spaces was thrilling and frightening for Milena Chernyavskaya. Now living in Los Angeles, she finds the experience of going to a gay space is less clandestine but not without risks.
June 28, 2016
PHOTOS: A Serving of Andy Warhol's Pork
Photographs from Warhol's only play will be on exhibit this weekend at the the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art's Prince Street Project Space in New York City.
September 10, 2013
Rauda Morcos
After she was outed by a national magazine, Rauda Morcos, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, became the most visible lesbian in both that country and in Palestine, where the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas recently took power. Morcos, a 32-year-old Haifa resident, cofounded Aswat ("Voices" in Arabic) in 2003 as a safe space for Palestinian lesbian women to meet and empower themselves. This month the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission is honoring her work.
May 8, 2006
Drive-Away Dolls’ stars on their 'very gay' love letter to ’90s lesbians and bars
The stars of Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s Drive-Away Dolls, Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan, spoke with The Advocate about researching queer history, lesbian bars, and nostalgia for the 1990s.
February 21, 2024
Hidden Sapphic gems: Discover these 20 overlooked lesbian movies
There's something for every fan of sapphic cinema here.
April 25, 2025
Why Are Lesbian Bars Special?
For LGBTQ+ History Month, the author of Moby Dyke discusses why lesbian bars are so sacred — and why it's so hard to find info on them online.
October 16, 2023
Are Lesbian Bars Making a Post-Lockdown Comeback?
Pop-up LGBTQ+ events may be spurring a resurgence of lesbian bars across the U.S.
February 28, 2022
New Lesbian Bar, Ruby Fruit, to Open in L.A.
The bar will open in the space formerly occupied by popular restaurant Eszett in the Silver Lake neighborhood.
February 1, 2023
Celebrating and Remembering the Disappearing Lesbian Bar
Once the mainstay of gathering places for queer women, lesbian bars are disappearing.
September 2, 2016
Denver's only lesbian bar is closing: 'The world has shifted and so have we'
Blush & Blu will have its last night of business on Saturday, owner Jody Bouffard recently announced.
October 2, 2024
Lesbian Visibility Day — How It Started and Why We Need It
Lesbians often still feel invisible or marginalized within the LGBTQ+ community, organizers say.
April 26, 2023