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16 Apr Posted by in Jewelle Gomez

It’s Time to Plot Against the Proud Boys!

It’s Time to Plot Against the Proud Boys!

We have one thing that they don’t: pure joy. It’s time to be plotting. It’s time to be relentless. It’s time to fire up our love. And this time it’s got to be tough love. Beware the Proud Boys, Aryan Nation, Alt-Right, Holocaust Questioners and all the White Guys who feel disenfranchised For the first […]

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31 Mar Posted by in Robin Lowey

Lesbians are Headed to ClexaCon!

Lesbians are Headed to ClexaCon!

Nerdy queer fandoms rejoice! If you like your fandoms nerdy, loud, proud and queer, ClexaCon is the place for you! ClexaCon  is an LGBTQ+ convention for the fans, by the fans! No big corporations with sneaky motives. Just fandoms, fans and fun! Join us at the Tropicana, Las Vegas, April 5th – 9th for the […]

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31 Mar Posted by in Robin Lowey

Meet your Lesbian Super PAC in San Francisco!

Meet your Lesbian Super PAC in San Francisco!

LPAC is the national lesbian political action committee that supports pro-LGBTQ, pro-women’s equality, and progressive candidates, building the political power of lesbians and queer women by electing candidates who champion LGBTQ rights, women’s equality and social justice. LPAC achieves its mission by increasing the political power and engagement of LGBTQ women and their allies, and building a […]

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31 Mar Posted by in Robin Lowey

New Novel from Jacob Anderson-Minshall

New Novel from Jacob Anderson-Minshall

Swimming Upstream presents refreshingly multidimensional trans and intersex characters who offer fresh perspectives on human connection and the legacy of trauma through multiple generations. A welcome addition to the transgender fiction canon. —T Cooper, author of Real Man Adventures and Changers We are excited to read Jacob’s new novel, coming soon! (we’ll keep you posted on […]

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31 Mar Posted by in Guest Writers

Lesbian Startalk – April Aries

Lesbian Startalk – April Aries

Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, the cardinal Fire sign, and therefore a leader with an adventurous pioneer spirit, courageous with a blunt and direct manner. Aries people start a lot of projects, but seldom complete them. They need a lot of activity and will eventually explode without it. The “me first” attitude […]

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21 Mar Posted by in Robin Lowey

The Future of Mankind is…Woman!

The Future of Mankind is…Woman!

Think Orange is the New Black meets Pulp Fiction meets Enter the Dragon. Genesis, is a movie about the possible extinction of the male species and the promise of an all-female society. But it’s funny! And it stars Meredith Baxter. It doesn’t get much better than that — except it does. Robert Romanos, Suzanne Westenhoefer, and Dana Goldberg also star. This […]

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12 Mar Posted by in Guest Writers

Reading, Writing, Remission

Reading, Writing, Remission

Two weeks before our current so called president was inaugurated, I began a sequence of chemotherapy treatments, my second in two years, for a new, transformed bout of aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I couldn’t even think about going to the Women’s March in DC or the spin off version here in the Twin Cities. During the […]

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27 Feb Posted by in Guest Writers

Lesbian Startalk for March

Lesbian Startalk for March

January had two full Moons; a Super Full Moon on the 1st, and a Super Full Blue Moon Eclipse on the 31st. February had no Full Moon. And March will have two again, beginning on day one with the Virgo Full Moon (11 degrees) and a Blue Moon on the last day. The earthy Virgo […]

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08 Feb Posted by in Ask a Battle-axe

A Battleaxe Valentine

A Battleaxe Valentine

Dear Battleaxe, Valentines Day is coming up, I’m single, and of course feeling the pressure of all this couple bullshit, romantic dinners, you know—all the Hallmark moments. It just makes me miserable, I don’t know what to do. Dear Miserable, Valentines Day is just another day on the calendar, in 24 hours it is over. […]

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08 Feb Posted by in Robin Lowey

Gertrude Stein, Opium Queen

Gertrude Stein, Opium Queen

So Famous and So Gay: The Fabulous Potency of Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein is a new book by Jeff Solomon. Read an excerpt below: From the 1910s until the 1930s, many readers pictured Gertrude Stein lounging on a divan that drew from fin de siècle clichés as well as tropes of silent films. Sometimes she […]

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