GO! Presents 100 Women We Love: Class of 2024

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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 16, 2024

Barbara Gaines

Getting A Mammogram Saved My Life 

In this hilariously raw and beautifully real essay, Barbara Gaines tells the story of her breast cancer journey.

October 9, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

40 & Nonbinary: How Middle Age Set My Gender Free

“Are you sure you really want to cut that off?” the hipster hair stylist asked. I was sure.

September 23, 2024

Lauren Emily

This Fall, Cuddle Up With A New Queer Book

Get cozy with a new queer book.

September 4, 2024

Becca Williams

NYC’s Surprisingly Sapphic Surf Scene

Rockaway Beach belongs to the sapphic surfers – at least for a few hours every Sunday.

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.

August 21, 2024

Kimberly Dark

A Queer ‘Coolcation’ In Seattle

Seattle is very cool, in more ways than one. 

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. 

July 26, 2024

Ali Hinman

Criibaby’s Debut Album Is A Bisexual Fairytale

Album inspo: “two young queers meet in a magical garden.”

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Femme House

8 events,

6 events,

CVNTY CVNT DYKE NYTE

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Femme Fantasies Festival

8 events,

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FEMMES Book Club

4 events,

6 events,

10 events,

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Femme House

11 events,

5 events,

9 events,

YUMMY

11 events,

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Yes Holiday Market

5 events,

6 events,

9 events,

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Femme House

9 events,

7 events,

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LEZ-JINGLE HOLIDAY PARTY

7 events,

5 events,

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11 events,

8 events,

5 events,

7 events,

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Queer & Trans Yoga

7 events,

5 events,

6 events,

7 events,

Femme House

8 events,

5 events,

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9 events,

5 events,

8 events,

YES New Year’s Eve!

6 events,

9 events,

5 events,

5 events,

7 events,

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July 4, 2024

Margaret Hetherman

SisterSpace Weekend Women’s Festival 2024

Sisterspace just might be the rite of passage that you didn’t know you needed.

June 27, 2024

Claire Alexander

How To Focus On Life When All You Can Think About Is Pride

DO NOT go outside, the streets are dangerously flooded with people who want to turn up with you.

June 26, 2024

Ellie J Rudy

Nine Years After Marriage Equality, The Union Between WLW Is More Important than Ever 

These six women, ranging in age from 27 to 95, get to live their authentic lives with their partners because of that momentous day in June 2015. 

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.

March 25, 2024

Sassafras Patterdale

Queer Social Media Is A Lifeline

A registered psychotherapist weighs in on the benefits of social media for queer people.

February 13, 2024

Becca Williams

The Magic Of My First Queer Love

I’ve never felt more known than when they put their hand over mine to stop me from biting my nails.

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 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.

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. 

November 14, 2023

Corey Rae

I’m A Trans Bride-To-Be Living My Fairytale

Love for the trans community is possible, and if we want to, we can find safety in cis-het partners who will celebrate, love, and support us.

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.  

October 10, 2023

Leilah Feinstein

The Sex Worker Closet: Why Coming Out Isn’t So Simple

“Sex worker” is far more than just a professional label; it’s a political, often gendered, identity that follows us for life, whether we like it or not. 

September 27, 2023

Leilah Feinstein

Lesbian Strippers Don’t “Have it Easier” 

I started stripping back when I thought I was straight, and absolutely nothing changed about my relationship to my job once I realized I was queer.

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 24, 2023

Clare Hand

Poly Sapphic Nomads Find Their Home On The Island Of Lesbos

My Big Fat Polyamorous Sapphic Greek (unofficial) Wedding.

July 27, 2023

Margaret Hetherman

Riis Beach: Then, Now, Forever

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

May 27, 2023

Dayna Troisi

GO’s ULTIMATE NYC Pride Guide 2023

The hottest Prides, parties, events, and more!

May 10, 2023

Clare Hand

1 Woman Delivered Food To Sick Queer Friend, Now 3 Million Have Been Fed

Step inside the kitchen of a New York City Institution.

April 20, 2023

Justine Harrington

boygenius Helped Me Come Out Later In Life

How the supergroup, who played Coachella on Saturday, shaped one woman’s coming out journey.

March 15, 2023

Zoë Sprankle

Confessions Of A Passenger Princess

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Riding in cars with bois.

February 28, 2023

Dayna Troisi

Witches, Bitches, & Whores Get A New Patron Saint In This Queer Author

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

February 16, 2023

Dayna Troisi

15 Parties LGBTQ People Should Avoid at All Costs

The only exception for #13 is if you got really hot and want to show off.

February 14, 2023

Alison Hinman

Valentine’s Day Forget Me Nots for Forgetful Lesbians

She won’t ever know you forgot. And we won’t tell. 

February 6, 2023

Clare Hand

Sapphic Pleasure Abounds At This Montréal Hot Spot

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