Got Wanderlust? This New Anthology Celebrates Travel at Its Queerest
‘Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing’ is available May 6.
‘Edge of the World: An Anthology of Queer Travel Writing’ is available May 6.
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Texas Annie tells the story of a queer sex shop owner’s granddaughter who decided to go rogue by delivering sex toys to everyone, from unsatisfied sorority girls to horny nuns.
Get cozy with a new queer book.
Author Swan Huntley chronicles a relationship between a celebrity chef and her ghostwriter — that slowly but surely descends into chaos.
Our annual celebration of epic queer women changing the world.
“Writing is a place where I can really take up space as a queer person.”
There’s no better accessory for the bar, the beach, or your favorite coffee spot than a book.
In “The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews,” Rossi explores her eccentric childhood, her time as a runaway teenager, and her devotion to 1980s NYC.
“What do you do when you’re born to be Center Stage and all you want to do is hide in the wings?”
In this Q&A, author Marissa Alma Nick discusses the inspiration behind ‘Rebel in Venus,’ and the idea that no one is truly alone.
In this Q&A, author Marissa Alma Nick discusses the inspiration behind ‘Rebel in Venus,’ and the idea that no one is truly alone.
“One of the most stylish forms of protest of our generation.”
Since we launched, Women We Love, which includes cisgender and transgender women across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, has featured nearly 2,000 women, each of whom has worked in her own way to make her community, her state, her country, or the larger global environment a better and more inclusive place for us all.
Cozy season is here and so are these fabulously queer reads.
“I’ve seen some responses by people who would consider themselves allies lean on victim-blaming rhetoric to justify the visceral reactions they’re having to the book’s contents. “I’m the Girl” is meant to be both a challenging—and revealing—reading experience.”
GO Magazine is proud to present 100 Women We Love, a celebration of out, proud, and amazing women who continue to make our world a better place.
Nicole Zizi “Being a woman, Black, and on the LGBTQ+ spectrum has given me a unique perspective that no one else has the ability to see,” says Nicole Zizi. The […]
Malinda Lo “I’ve always wanted to tell stories,” says Malinda Lo. “When I was growing up, I wrote for myself: stories of escape and imagined adulthood. As I became an […]
DJ Mariko DJ Mariko values safe, joyous space. “I remember when I was younger how important it was to have a space that I could go to as gay person,” […]
Iman Le Caire The most rewarding aspect of her work “is their metamorphosis,” Iman Le Caire says of the transgender asylum seekers she helps. “The way they look before they […]
Vivian Joiner & Stephanie Tyson “Getting to feed people is a privilege and JOY,” Vivian Joiner (r) enthuses. In 2003, Joiner and partner Stephanie Tyson (l) opened their restaurant Sweet […]
Mary Anne Adams When Mary Anne Adams saw a major resource gap in her queer community, she dropped everything to fill it. In 2017, the public health researcher and trained […]
Keturah Herron The summer of 2020 called many to rethink their lives, including Keturah Herron. “After Breonna Taylor was murdered, I would often speak in different spaces about [how] we […]
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera Everyone’s first Pride is life-changing, but Rosanna Flamer-Caldera’s was positively epic. “Harvey Milk headed the parade,” recalls Flamer- Caldera, who moved to San Francisco from her home in […]
Jessica Ware Entomologist Dr. Jessica Ware loves bugs. “Insects are so numerous and there are not enough people studying them,” she enthuses. “Each insect we study is like a time […]
Linda Villarosa Award-winning journalist and author Linda Villarosa experienced a major setback early in her career. “One of my bosses at the first magazine I worked at out of college […]
Samantha Marie Johnson “I found NYC Pride during a transitional period in my life,” Samantha Marie Johnson tells GO. Four short years later, Johnson serves as the organization’s senior event […]
Tiara Moore Dr. Tiara Moore’s career started on spring break. As a biology major at South Carolina’s Winthrop University, Moore signed up for a Tropical Ecology course “because they were […]
Kate O’Brien Kate O’Brien is used to pivoting. The out Canadian’s first (yes, first) championship sport was bob- sleigh pushing: from 2010-15, she competed in nine World Cup races and […]
Margaret Cho Margaret Cho is loved by many, but the comic’s family still has notes. “My grandmother said ‘You look like bloated, as if you’ve been found dead in a […]
Judy Gold “Representation is everything,” Judy Gold tells GO. And she would know. The out comedian with a mile-long resume—standup specials on HBO, Comedy Central and LOGO, roles on everything […]
Laura Erickson-Schroth “The two aspects of my work I love the most are connecting with young people and creating resources that impact people’s lives,” says Laura Erickson-Schroth. A psychiatrist, author, […]
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner “Growing up in the early 2000s, I rarely saw queer people in the media and long wanted to change that,” recalls Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner. And she has. […]
Linda Lewis In 2008, Linda Lewis provided entertainment to one local Pride celebration. Eleven years later, she facilitated most of the entertainment for WorldPride NYC. Now, Lewis’s Left of Center […]
Kimberleigh Joy Smith For Kimberleigh Joy Smith, Senior Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at New York’s Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, observing the effects of the AIDS crisis was pivotal […]