Community Voices

GO got the hottest lesbian takes from its most opinionated guests.

Meet 23 inspiring LGBTQ+ leaders shaping a better future.

A queer Librarian reveals the quiet creep of censorship in communities — and how to stop it before it spreads.

SisterSpace Weekend returns to Northern Maryland this September with three days of music, art, dancing, and queer sisterhood.

A queer astrologist makes sense of your new boo’s texting style.

El Daña has been shaking her hips and stealing fans’ hearts since she turned 21 in 1965, and more than 60 years later, she still wants to give even more to her adoring public.

Following GO’s recent piece, “A New Era of NYC Pride,” spotlighting the changes at NYC Pride and the work of their dynamic new team, we wanted to help our readers get to know the architects behind this year’s celebration and
answer our biggest (and silliest) questions.

For more than four decades, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Center has touched nearly every corner of queer life in New York. The Center serves the city with the largest queer population in the world, offering over 30,000 essential, life-saving services. Meet some of the dedicated team behind this vital work.

“Queer families are socially invisible or othered. Homophobia doesn’t always look like rejection or discrimination. Sometimes it just looks like misrecognition and assumption. And I want to be seen with my wife.”

Through thoughtfully curated spaces where lesbians can form genuine friendships, Emilie van der Gronden creates experiences where women build connections without the pressure of dating or fitting into cliques.

At Long Count, a dimly lit wine bar in Alphabet City, Chef Haley is building a kitchen rooted in care, not cruelty—one perfectly balanced plate at a time.

Growing up skating in the ‘90s, I could never have imagined seeing happy successful queer people, let alone ice skaters.

I have never felt more connected, more centered, loved, or had a deeper sense of self-love than I am experiencing in my life now—and I have polyamory to thank for that.

After having three children, my view of romance has shifted.

After becoming a member of the official Punxsutawney Phil Fan Club, I decided to celebrate Groundhog Weekend 2026 with the man himself.

Following the Trump Administration’s quiet removal of Gilbert Baker’s original Pride flag from the Stonewall National Monument, the LGBTQ+ community gathered in protest. Speakers included activists Jay Walker and Ken Kidd, Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz and actress, model and Stonewall Gives Back Initiative board member Angelica Christina.

Photos by Abbie Thompson.

Choosing to surrender my “X” passport before being forced to feels deeply against my nature, but I’m tired, and I’m scared.

To my surprise, more than anyone else’s, my queerness led me from private silent prayers, back to church. 

I’ve narrowed down my top five lesbian films and series released this year for your viewing pleasure.

November is Native American History Month. Today, we are specifically reflecting on the life of PJ Two Ravens.

My wife and I accidentally had pseudo triplets. Now, we’re raising three toddlers with our donor.

I feel blessed that I was raised by queer activists who did this work not for a paycheck, but because it was their world, our world.

When it comes to stone identities like stone top and pillow princess, each person has their own unique relationship to the word.

My wife and I reimagined what a wedding could be, and we wouldn’t change a thing.

I’d love to open my Scissor app (the lesbian equivalent) and gaze at the little dots on my phone.

Ten lesbians sat down with GO to discuss their personal connections to the term ‘lesbian.’

When you’re queer, not only do people judge the way your body looks, they judge what it yearns for as well.

Queer femmes are still totally buggin’ over Cher Horowitz’s lesbian-coded diss tracks.  

Like so many fans, I have leaned on Andrea’s brilliant and poignant words during some of my darkest days.

Is Lesbian Bed Death a myth or a sad reality? How can you fix it? Sex educator Maya Walsh-Little has the advice for you.

On July 17, the 988 National Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s services for queer youth will lose funding.

You don’t prove your support by marching in front—sometimes, the most radical thing an ally can do is step back.

Snapshot aficionado Camille DeGrocco revels in the nightlife movement that changed the game for queer New Yorkers.

This project in New York City is providing direct legal support and advocacy to at-risk, street-involved, and unhoused LGBTQ+ youth.

Friday marks the first official day of summer, a time for new beginnings and growth.

GO’s Special Projects Editor reflects on what he’s learned—and unlearned—contributing to a publication shaped by queer women.