Robin Lowey // Robin Lowey, Speaker, author, filmmaker, and historian, Robin Lowey seeks to elevate the discourse in our country about the role lesbian history plays in advancing LGBTQ+ civil rights and social equity. As a pioneering queer parent and an activist, Robin’s work focuses on LGBTQ+ achievements that have advanced a more inclusive society as well as on the unmet needs of a culture that continues to oppress queer people.
Author of Game Changers: Lesbians You Should Now About www.lesbiangamechangers.com
An award-winning graphic designer and writer, Robin is the founder of Epochalips.com and has been Editor-in-Chief since 2010. Her writing has appeared in The Advocate, Lesbian.com, and Epochalips.com. Honored in Go Magazine’s 100 Women We Love issue, Robin was a featured speaker at Talks at Google and the Michelle Meow Show on The CW Network. She is a member of the LGBT Speakers Bureau. Robin’s work donating 300 Game Changers books to local Bay Area schools was covered on CBS news during their Pride Special Report. Creative Director, Robin Lowey Branding + Design. Member of Spectrum LGBT Speakers Bureau. Surfer, snowboarder, hiker and Mother of two beautiful grown boys.
2011 – Expecting the Unexpected
I don’t know about you, but I am a member of the ‘Sandwich Generation’. I have a kid in puberty and octogenarian, depression-era parents. I’ve learned to roll with the punches—and this past year was no exception. The good news is I’m past menopause and no longer living in the “House of Hormonesâ€. 2011 was […]
The Great Gay Holiday
Why do Gays and Lesbians love Halloween? We just do. It’s the one time of year that cross-dressing is enjoyed by all. Lesbian poet and scholar Judy Grahn, calls Halloween “the great gay holiday.” I love dressing up, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons and the whole spooky deal. I hope I never grow out of the thrill of […]
Out Female Rapper – Young Kaii
I first learned about Young Kaii (formerly K Star) when I was driving home from the Rock the Bells Rap Festival last year with my son and two of his friends in tow. One of the friends, a 14 year old girl, was telling me about a rapper “boy†who she thought was really good […]
Troubled Teens, Then and Now
FROM THE ARCHIVES: National Coming Out Day is over this year, but homophobia is still ongoing. This week a 13-year-old kid hung himself in the schoolyard at the same middle school that I attended. I remember my days in 8th grade there and how I desperately tried to pretend that I was NOT achingly in […]
Dating 101
I spent a lifetime with one woman and we enjoyed many wonderful years together. We have a beautiful family, so the shame of splitting was more than just about her leaving me, it meant I had failed my kids. But over time I came to realize that it was nobody’s fault. It just had to […]
Lets Tie One On!
We’re going, won’t you come party with us? This is the party of the year! Curve Magazine and our San Diego friends at FlawLes Media are co-presenting The Tie Party (click here for tickets) on Saturday, October 22nd. The Tie Party, FlawLes’ signature event, is designed to raise community visibility while uniting the LGBT community […]
Surfing through Motherhood
From the Archives: Last month I was feeling a little down and impulsively booked a trip with my grown son for a week in Mexico. Running off is one of my favorite ways of coping with the devastation of the break-up of my relationship of 27 years. Max was on summer break from San Diego […]
Wine Country Concerts for Equality
If you are looking for something amazing to do this summer, don’t miss the series of benefit concerts sponsored by Sweet in Calistoga. I went to the first one with the Battle Axe (Eleanor Palacios) on June 11 and we helped raise money for NCLR while enjoying a special private concert by Edie Carey, and […]
Help Leta Beat the Odds and Reach Her Goal
Is there anything in your life that you thought, “I’d like to do that,” or “That’s a dream of mine,”? It seems that there are two choices: 1) you do it, or 2) you don’t. Pretty simple. Leta Sharpe came to that crossroads, as many of us do. Leta is a 42 year old single […]
2011 RISD Grad a Gay Role Model
Last week I attended my niece’s graduation from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. I’ve been a graphic designer for over 30 years and this crop of graduates filled me with excitement about a new generation of talented artists, photographers and designers. I’m thrilled that my darling niece will follow in my footsteps […]
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