Lesbian Lifestyle

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

“I made this video in my living room with my wife filming on my iphone, it’s raw and intimate – just as I wrote the song to be.”

“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.”

Babylon to Penn Station. Penn Station to St Jeromes. Jeromes to a “secret location.” A spray painted school bus to a warehouse in Greenpoint. Susanne Bartsch. Flashing lights. Open bar.  I accidentally follow Solange to her private car.

As another queer year approaches, what better way to welcome it than by dancing the night away at NYC’s hottest NYE parties? Check out our top picks for where to ring in 2023 in NYC.

Each year, GO publishes 100 Women We Love, a roundup of outstanding queer women who are making an impact on the world through their work, advocacy, and visibility. We are currently accepting nominations for Women We Love, Class of 2023.

Lesbian and queer women slayed in 2022 in the realms of social justice, music, film, sports, and more.

Scrooge’s silk nightgown doesn’t exactly scream heterosexuality…

Don’t show up empty-handed.

It’s a risk to be out at work, to wear my hair in a pompadour, to tell the new handyman that I have a wife. I take that risk each day because as much as there’s possible danger, there’s also relief.

Size totally matters when it comes to hair tools… 

“Sweet mother, I cannot weave,” I quoted from memory. “Slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl.”

Cozy season is here and so are these fabulously queer reads.

No trip to Turkey is complete without a visit to the beaming light that is Bigudi.

I don’t think I’ve ever fallen out of love with anyone I’ve been with. Not completely anyway.

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.”

What do monsters represent for us versus a straight audience?

Happy haunting!

“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.”

“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.” 

It’s rare to see a show that celebrates queerness in all of its expansive, joyful glory.

Photos by Grace Chu.

“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.”

FROM THE ARCHIVES: The game begins. I chase the ball instead of my thoughts. I sweat the way I’ve started to at night, my body washing all of its parts that used to hold her. The plate of my chest, the crook of my arm, and the crevice of my thighs all weep as I sleep. 

Has anyone checked on Finn?

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.

“We’re not afraid to be queer and different. / If that means hell, well hell we’ll take the chance. / They’re all so straight, uptight, upright, and rigid. They march in lockstep; we prefer to dance. / We see a world of romance and pleasure. All they can see is sheer banality. Lavender night, our greatest treasure, where we can be just who we want to be.”