GO! Presents 100 Women We Love: Class of 2024

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January 31, 2023

Dayna Troisi

New England Is Getting A Lesbian Bar, Thanks To This Married Couple

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

January 30, 2023

Liana DeMasi

Queers In Suits: The Thing That Unites Us All

“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.”

January 27, 2023

Clare Hand

Is Soup Night Replacing Gay Bars?

Chicken Soup For The Queers!

January 5, 2023

Clare Hand

Nobody’s Darling Is For The Outcasts

“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.”

January 5, 2023

Dayna Troisi

Farms, Freak Shows, & The Future

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.

December 30, 2022

GO Staff

GO Is Currently Accepting Nominations For 100 Women We Love: Class of 2023! 

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.

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.

December 21, 2022

Dolly Mahtani

A Queer Girl’s Guide To Meeting Your In-Laws This Holiday Season

Don’t show up empty-handed.

December 21, 2022

Savannah Sipple

I Am Worth The Space I Inhabit: On Coming Out, Again (& Again)

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.

December 16, 2022

Alison Hinman

Holiday Gifts For Every Type Of Lesbian, From The Beauty Babe To The Gaymer

Size totally matters when it comes to hair tools… 

December 16, 2022

Kelsey Myers

My Engagement Was A Real-Life Lesbian Fairytale

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

December 9, 2022

Zoë Sprankle

So Much Of You Bled Into Me

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

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June 21, 2021

Elina Street

Our Love Was A Mirage: What It’s Like To Fall For Someone You Don’t Really Know

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Our romance was a mirage. It had been written there on my wall all along.

June 18, 2021

A'Kala Chaires

I Carry My Pride Everyday

The older I become, the more that Pride becomes a period of remembrance.

June 17, 2021

Emily L. Quint Freeman

Confessions Of A Lesbian Fugitive: Telling My Partner The Truth Didn’t Set Me Free

I became Emily Alexa Freeman, my third alias, with a fairy tale for a backstory. I had one overriding rule: tell no one.

June 15, 2021

Ty Yule

Country Roads, Take Me Homo: Part 1

Country Roads, Take Me Homo is an ongoing series chronicling Ty Yule’s experience at small town Pride events across America. 

June 10, 2021

Robin Kish

‘The Lesbian Bar Project’ Teaches Us That Queer Reveling Is Activism

“Show up to the bars,” Street says. It’s not enough to lament the loss of the lesbian bars of old; we have to support those that are still here, “to show up to the brick and mortar. It’s a form of activism.” 

June 4, 2021

Lindsay Curtis

Horoscopes for Queer Women: June Might Be Pride Month, But Don’t Forget It’s Gemini Season, Too

Read on to learn more about what the cosmos have in store for you this month.

May 19, 2021

Emily L. Quint Freeman

I Met Harvey Milk When I Was A Wanted Fugitive. He Inspired Me To Stop Hiding.

A tall drag queen with mascara running in a jagged line down her cheek sang in a rich baritone. I knew the song well, the same one I sang with a maverick group of angels, as we surrounded a pyre of burning draft files in 1969, gripping our fear, as the police sirens approached. We shall overcome. We shall overcome someday.

May 17, 2021

Liv McConnell

These Queer Doulas Are Breaking Down ‘Birth Binaries’ & Creating ‘New Cycles of Love’

“One of the main reasons I chose to be a part of this line of work is because I want those cycles of trauma to end,” they say. “I don’t want to always hear about how traumatic that experience was for that person… it isn’t going to be perfect, but at the end of the conversation, I want them to be able to say, ‘I had support. I knew it was going to be okay.’ I want to start hearing that more.” 

May 6, 2021

Brennan Bogert

Shea Diamond Wrote ‘I Am Her’ As A Last Testament Behind Bars. Since Then, Her Voice Has Only Gotten Stronger

“I would lay on the bare floor of the cell, and there was no light in there. So the only light you’re seeing was a little bit of light from under your door. I would get on the floor and start singing that song. It gave me a little bit of hope again. It made me realize I could dream.”

May 5, 2021

Clare Hand

Are You Vaxed, Waxed, & Ready To Party? Moonlight Experiences Immerses You In International Queer Nightlife

You arrive in a new city, filled with new faces, tastes, sounds, and eventually, if you play your cards right, you’ll end up in a room of queers, sweaty and synchronized, the same baseline surging through your spines.

April 30, 2021

Freddie Jacob

The Organizations Tirelessly Fighting For LGBTQ+ Rights In Ghana & Nigeria

“We acknowledge the limitations and barriers but we know it’s going to get better, that is what fuels our fight.”

April 29, 2021

Nicia Gomez

Dancing Through Life: Lesbian Go-Go Icon Turned Real Estate Agent, Maria Andrade Shares Her Secrets For Success

“I dance when I celebrate, when I’m happy, when the sun is out, when I receive good news!  And when there is no good reason to dance, I dance!”

April 28, 2021

Angelica Cabral

Competing For Miss California USA Made Me Realize It’s Time For Us To Have A Pageant Of Our Own

“Pageantry definitely is evolving.”

April 26, 2021

Robin Kish

Meet Equal Ground, Sri Lanka’s Oldest LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group

Equal Ground is Sri Lanka’s oldest non profit LGBTQ+ advocacy group, raising awareness of rights and visibility in a country that officially offers no protections for queer and gender non-conforming people.

April 26, 2021

Clare Hand

Madeline Davis: The Incalculable Value Of A Lesbian Legend’s Life

“We want to make sure that this next stage of Madeline’s life is as free from fear and full of love as our whole lives have been because of her.”

April 23, 2021

GO Staff

11 Lit Ladies’ Events To Get You (Safely) Out Of Your Living Room

As the world opens up, it’s time to turn all of your t-shirts into crop tops. 

April 14, 2021

Nikolas Toner

All The Weird Sh*t My Family Has Said To Me Since I Came Out As Trans

If I have to endure them, so do you!

April 13, 2021

Liv McConnell

6 Ways To Have A Better Sext Life, According To The Maker Of A Sexting ‘Slutbot’

“I wish everyone would get rid of this idea that being coy is sexy. It’s not sexy. You’re just playing games and manipulating people. It’s okay to play cool and hang back, but don’t do it just to manifest mystery.”

April 9, 2021

Margaret Hetherman

‘The L Word’ In The Golden Age: Meet Mercedes de Acosta, Hollywood’s Most Romantic Lesbian

Modern lovers pining for the one who got away, take heart: Even Hollywood’s greatest lesbian romantic was dealt an unrequited hand.

April 6, 2021

Liv McConnell

Queer Couples Reveal How They Keep Their LDR Alive (& Thriving!) During COVID

“The sad thing is that there are couples who gave up on the love they had and didn’t keep fighting. That made me realize I will never be that person and give up.”

March 31, 2021

Nikolas Toner

Talking To A Middle School GSA Taught Me A Pivotal Lesson About My Adult Trans Experience

The middle school kids knew what it was like to avoid looking corny, but they also knew a lot about bravery.

March 30, 2021

Nicia Gomez

Meet Jasmine Higgins, The Queer Latina Getting Real About Infertility

“There’s a cultural stigma about infertility because as Latinas, we’re often raised to believe we’ll be mothers, and that it should come naturally. We’re pressured or asked constantly if we’ll have children.”

March 15, 2021

Mari Meyer

The Netherlands Is Closer Than Ever To Banning Conversion Therapy

“Every time I tell my story, the trauma comes back and destabilizes me. That’s why I continue to fight, so this doesn’t happen to other people.”

March 1, 2021

Brennan Bogert

A Cop, A Junkie, A Woman, A Man: Artist & Activist Marla Anselona Changed As Rapidly As The City Around Her

“I was more afraid when I went out to clubs, dressed in drag, than I was when I was befriending a drug dealer or up in some apartment buying for the NYPD, with no gun or shield. I would’ve rather been found dead, in some dumpster, because a dealer found out I was a cop than been busted in drag.”
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