‘Unsuitable’ Looks at the Dynamic History of Lesbian Fashion
From Sappho’s violets to monocles to bandanas in your back pocket, queer women have long used fashion as a signal to find their community.
From Sappho’s violets to monocles to bandanas in your back pocket, queer women have long used fashion as a signal to find their community.
In 2013, Sue Kerr published her first memorial post for a lost trans life to her blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, which has been running since 2005. More than a decade later, when the mainstream media failed to meaningfully cover the death of Nex Benedict, she once again used her blog as a vital community resource.
Las Vegas Aces’ guard Kate Martin switched coasts this weekend to visit her girlfriend (?) Claire Gransee, thus devastating fans who wanted Kate to be their girlfriend but also simultaneously delighting those fans who wanted her to be gay.
Trans people’s stories are being told but trans people aren’t being rewarded.
In the second episode, before we learn of her transness, Kate gets flustered in a meet cute with a lesbian mechanic. This allowance of a trans girl, first and foremost, to have lesbian storylines is unprecedented.
Also, Jessica Madsen from Bridgerton is queer, which is very important to me.
Like many young Black people in the United States, I was raised in the church.
…and is on its third play-through and keeps accidentally dating Shadowheart even though Karlach is RIGHT THERE
Also, as an added queer bonus, the new theme song is written and performed by Julien Baker.
“The problem is I’m having a hard time adapting his boat lovin’, chill dude style to my tits and ass.”
The largest lesbian bar in the country and the oldest lesbian bar in the South has been running in Dallas, Texas since 1989.
For her queer fans in the Midwest and South, Chappell Roan’s rise is about so much more than her music.
Meryl Streep’s Daughter Louisa Jacobson came out as a lesbian, Chappell Roan embarrassed Jimmy Fallon, Freaky Friday 2 is happening, Ruby Cruz joins ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ and more!
What could be more inviting and enjoyable than a dyke bar crawl during Pride? Introducing your girlfriend and ex-girlfriend to each other while you do it!
Every federally recognized place, person, and object carries the asterisk of the violent history and present of the United States of America. But I’m still happy Pink Flamingos is preserved in the Library of Congress and I’m glad Yosemite can’t be turned into condos and I’m glad young people will take field trips to Stonewall.
Something about Lily Tomlin!
From graphic novels and romance to historical adventure and poetry, there is quite a wide variety to be found.
Do I have issues with this film? Yes. Do I have issues with the coats? No.
Kehlani has never been afraid to lay it all on the line in their music, but Crash is representative of a new kind of swagger — one that reminds us of where they came from, how talented they are, and how much further they have to go.
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