Interviews with Queer Women

“The energy and the vibe of a lesbian space is so different and so welcoming to all people.”

“Like a Cheers, but for lesbians.”

Harry Hamlin’s powerful trans daughter might surprise fans.

“Back in the day, women didn’t have access to the service of going to a tailor and having a suit made. Fast forward to now.”

Chicken Soup For The Queers!

Shadi Amin, the founder of 6Rang, Iran’s Largest LGBTQ+ organization, tells her tale of becoming one of the most prominent lesbian Iranian activists.

“Every time I wake up in the morning tired, and trying to balance work and the bar, I think about the impact that we’re having,” says Riddle. “and will have for a good few more years to come.”

It all comes back to that little girl, belting out Cher in front of the mirror in the home of her Armenian family.

“It’s not the mistake that matters, it’s how you come back from that.”

“If I can help people, lift people’s spirits and find joy and love and purpose, or just have a feeling of excitement about life, then I feel like I’ve done my life’s work.”

“I am so proud of what Fluide achieved in these four years, and that we moved the beauty industry forward, to a more diverse, accepting and inclusive vision of beauty.”

The ultimate It Girl that’s captured everybody’s hearts and minds social media feeds might be queer. Julia Fox was recently interviewed by Ziwe for the second season of Ziwe’s late-night […]

“I may the first out lesbian to serve in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, but I definitely will not be the last.”

“My experience as a contestant on the sixth season of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” was quite tumultuous. I had never been on television before, so I had no idea what I was walking into. At the time, I was 23-years-old.”

“When I told the world that I identify as pansexual, most people didn’t fully understand it. And they still don’t know what pansexual means — I’ve been asked for the definition more times than I can count. But my fans were so supportive and I’m very thankful for them.”

In an exclusive interview with GO Magazine, Shadi Amin, Director of 6Rang, the largest Iranian LGBTQ+ organization, sheds light on the urgency of this situation and what our community can do to help.

“Seriously, there’s nothing out there for us, there’s nowhere you can have all three components – good vibes, good drinks, good music and feel safe and feel okay to sit in a bar alone as a woman.”

“Sexual freedom is a big part of Butch Please. As a butch dyke, my sexuality is policed in a very public and deep way so it’s crucial that this space is somewhere we feel free to express our sexuality.” 

Furman’s songs have always followed queer characters, outcasts, and tired and desperate people with haunted heads. When I felt aimless, her songs were a compass. When I felt so disconnected from the earth that I would float away, her songs were an anchor.

“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.”

“I always knew I had a calling on my life.”

“I had a whole conversation with my captain about what it means to be trans. It opened up his world. I feel like he left that conversion a better person, which is the best part of my job. Aside from saving lives.”

Naturally, a ranch festival can’t be all about nightlife – the blue cloudless skies, sandy beaches, and cool Mediterranean breeze, call your hungover ass to action no matter what you imbibed the night before.

Master Barber Khane Kutzwell has created the queer barbershop of our dreams.

From Miami to Atlanta to Northwestern New Mexico, power couple Veronica Paige and Bridgette Young pull off the perfect wedding.

What would Lea DeLaria be like as president? “Impeachable,” the comedy legend says, without missing a beat.  I can’t see her asking a favor of the president of Ukraine or […]

“The book presented itself to me automatically because I was f*cking miserable.”

Her Mouth A Door, After Which / There Is Another Door

“I think that, when you layer gender and sexuality, and race on storytelling, it gets harder and harder and harder to tell your story sometimes, and the amount of space or permission you have to do that can really become smaller, and smaller and smaller.”

EL*C have created a Lesbian Hosting Network, gathering over 300 availabilities: spare rooms, sofa beds, and second apartments in just a week. They are currently relocating lesbians in Spain, Bulgaria, Germany and the UK, and have helped two lesbian families (plus their pets) get to the Netherlands, and a lesbian couple to Portugal. 

“We’ll sit by the window,” says one patron as they order a bottle of red, “so we can watch the world go by.”

Lenny Emson speaks to GO about his team trapped inside Kyiv as Russian forces close in on the city.

“I don’t care if it’s a tiny movie where I’m making no money or a giant show. Because the reason I do what I do, and love what I do, is about storytelling, and expressing those moments of human interaction that are both beautiful and agonizing.”

“There are moments I experience so much happiness, I cannot take it.”

“Thank God, and thank the lesbians.” 

One of the awesome things about being queer is that it frees us from certain social expectations. When we do make stereotypically heteronormative life moves, like getting married or becoming parents, it’s more likely to feel like a conscious choice rather than the fulfillment of some predetermined script.