Interviews with Queer Women

The building may be demolished, but the queers aren’t going anywhere.

Red pill, blue pill? This lesbian author reinterprets The Matrix in her new tome.

This August, 30 queer teams will spike, bump, and ace their way through one epic weekend of LezVolley.

New York’s newest dyke bar is carving out its own niche.

The L Word: Generation Q’s nonbinary hottie (and Jennifer Beals stan) dishes on “complicated queer-ass” love triangles.

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.

Step inside the kitchen of a New York City Institution.

Warning: this party gets feral.

“I remember why I’m doing this – for the little drummer girl in me.”

During the first week of May, hundreds of queer women will touch down in Ibiza.

Her new one-woman show, directed by BD Wong, premiers March 24.

Join Ferlise on a divinely raw and darkly hilarious journey through modern spirituality in an attempt to quiet her demons.

“I used to wake up praying they didn’t put that in, but they did.”

There’s a very good reason the bathroom line is long.

“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.”