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Street Intersection in the "Gayborhood" of Philadelphia.

December 30, 2024

Becca Williams

Unusual Lesbian History Gets A New Spotlight In Philadelphia

The Lesbian Mapping Project was born as an alternative, not a replacement, to the solemn queer history we are used to seeing.

December 27, 2024

Dan Tracer

Roaring Back With 1920s Lesbians: Rare Photos Of Queer Women From A Century Ago

Step back in time with these courageous and defiant queer women.

December 27, 2024

GO Staff

Our Year In Review: The Top 100 Lesbian, Bi, Trans, & Queer Moments of 2024

2024 was the Year of The Lesbian.

December 13, 2024

Becca Williams

Queer Artists Make Their Mark with Billboard Music Award Wins

Chappell Roan was awarded Top New Artist and SZA was awarded Top R&B Artist and Top R&B Female Artist.

December 11, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

How Queer Youth Homelessness Prepared Me for the Trump Presidency

Fear has always been part of my daily life.  So has the determination to thrive despite it.

December 4, 2024

Dayna Troisi, Becca Williams

GO’s Ultimate Queer Gift Guide: 30 Fabulous Finds for Everyone on Your List

From butches to femmes, pet lovers to culinary queens, there’s something here for everyone.

November 19, 2024

Dayna Troisi

Censorship, Sex Work, and Free Speech: Alex Kekesi and Asa Akira’s ‘Terms of Service’ Podcast Explores How Porn is Political and Connects Us All

Alex Kekesi and Asa Akira sit down with GO Magazine, shining a light on the ways porn is political—and how everyone is connected in this fight for free expression.

October 11, 2024

Becca Williams

Know Your Queer History: National Coming Out Day

Happy National Coming Out Day from GO Mag!

August 23, 2024

Clare Hand

The Magic Of A Lesbian Wedding On The Island of Lesbos

Countless sapphic love stories have unfolded on these shores, and this lesbian wedding felt like the culmination of generations of herstory.

August 22, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

How Leather Bars Helped Me Fall Back In Love With Myself

After my divorce, I’ve been spending time in Leather bars. I feel more connected to Dyke culture, and more confident in myself.

July 29, 2024

Clare Hand

Meet Mexico City’s Sapphic Separatists

There’s a plate of food for anyone who’s hungry, and a bed for any lesbian, queer or trans person who needs a place to rest. 

June 24, 2024

Becca Williams

Lesbian Herstory Archives: Preserving Our Stories, Our Lives

Lesbian Herstory Archives, a treasure chest of queer history, has been operating since 1974.

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March 18, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

For The Love of The Feminist Bookstore

Feminist bookstores aren’t just places to purchase queer books, they are gathering sites that bring local lesbian and queer communities together.

February 12, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

I Cry, You Cry, We All Cry For ‘Fast Car’

When Tracy Chapman starts strumming, I start crying, and it turns out I’m not alone.

February 6, 2024

Margaret Hetherman

Mädchen in Uniform Is Unexpectedly Timeless

Mädchen in Uniform is screening at Film Forum’s SAPPH-O-RAMA Film Festival on Tuesday, February 6 at 4:10pm, and Saturday, February 10 at 12:15pm.

January 31, 2024

Clare Hand

Sierra Leonean Trans Activist Finds ‘Home’ On The Island of Lesvos

It all started with a broken heart.

December 28, 2023

Clare Hand

The Last Queer Bar In Istanbul

This time last year there were three queer bars in Taksim: this year, only Bigudi remains.

December 20, 2023

GO Staff

The Top 100 Lesbian, Bi, Trans, & Queer Moments of 2023

It’s impossible not to be in awe of all the powerful queer women who dominated 2023– especially during a year that was markedly hard on our community.

December 18, 2023

Liana DeMasi

Taking The Time To Land In Flyover States

We Live Here: The Midwest unearths the stories of those who are often ignored, forgotten about, or flown right over.

December 13, 2023

Kimberly Dark

Queer Madrid & Her Garden Of Earthly Delights

From pussy-shaped waffles to Picasso.

December 11, 2023

Josefin Dolsten

8 Ways to Spread Queer Joy This Hanukkah

There’s even a queer rewrite of “The Dreidel Song.”

November 28, 2023

Kimberly Dark

Bulgaria: The Finest Rosewater & Unexpected Queer Love

To be clear, Bulgaria is no tourist mecca for queer folks. But there are still some great reasons to visit if you have the privilege of safely doing so. 

November 20, 2023

Margaret Hetherman

The Real Clever & Complicated Life Of Diana Nyad

Nyad, the movie, is inspirational. Nyad’s story isn’t so simple in real life. 

October 18, 2023

Ali Lopez

LP Just Wants To Make You Feel Good

But beware they identify as a “part-time cheater.”

October 11, 2023

Dayna Troisi

Chappell Roan Still Feels Like Some “Random Girl”

Chappell Roan “doesn’t feel like a queer icon.” Her cult following says otherwise.

October 10, 2023

Kimberly Dark

There’s No Place Like Berlin: A Queer Love Letter

Berlin is a magnet for those wishing to change and possibly change again, to hold the door open for futures unknown and unknowable.  

September 6, 2023

Clare Hand

Italy Might Not Feel Safe For Queer People, But This Milan Trans-Feminist Bar Does

Welcome to Pop, Milan’s queer safe space in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy.

August 17, 2023

Margaret Hetherman, Lauren Emily

Anita Dolce Vita on dapperQ & the Joyful, Radical Politics of Queer Style

“One of the most stylish forms of protest of our generation.”

July 27, 2023

Margaret Hetherman

Riis Beach: Then, Now, Forever

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

June 27, 2023

Ali Lopez

GO Was There: Kamala Harris Visited The Stonewall Inn

June 12, 2023

Lauren Emily, Amanda Beres, Lindsay Curtis, Robin Kish

100 Women We Love: Class of 2023

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.
Jennifer Beals in purple, Kate Moenig in black, leisha hailey in blue, Karine Jean-Pierre in fuscia, and Ilene Chaiken in beige all at the white house podium

April 26, 2023

Diane Anderson-Minshall

The L Word’s OG Stars Went to the White House and Even Karine Jean-Pierre Swooned

Iconic.

February 3, 2023

Dayna Troisi

20 Queer Black Women You Need To Know

From singers, to authors, to historical figures, to activists, these 20 extraordinary Black women deserve to be celebrated everyday.

January 19, 2023

Clare Hand

A Real-Life Hero’s Journey: Iranian Lesbian Activist Shadi Amin

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

December 29, 2022

GO Staff

The Top 100 Lesbian, Bi, Trans, and Queer Moments of 2022

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

October 28, 2022

Olivia Typaldos

Here’s Why Your Favorite Horror Films Are Actually Gay

What do monsters represent for us versus a straight audience?
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