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Queer Parent Pioneers – A Free Webinar!
Three lesbian parenting pioneers share the struggles and triumphs they faced while raising intentional LGBTQ families, and how their adult children are now thriving. Queer Parent Pioneers will present a roadmap for queer families navigating the complex issues of homo/bi/transphobia, intersectionality, and social equity will be presented at a panel discussion on May 15th from […]
A Queer Mother’s Day Story
Greeting customers with my voice using the mic made me feel like I had a talk show….with burgers and fries. “Would you like a hot apple pie with your meal….How about some large fries with that?…..Are you single?â€
Bodies & Barriers: Queer Activists on Health
Between COVID-19 and actions by the Trump administration to roll back LGBT health protections, healthcare has been front and center on our mind these last few months. The critically-acclaimed new anthology Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health (PM Press) is timely. This book is edited by Adrian Shanker, executive director of Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community […]
Queer Regeneration
There are no bloodlines connecting one gay generation to the next, the grand-lesbian culture to the great grand-lesbians.
Top 10 Lesbian/Queer Businesses to Buy Gifts!
Do the right thing! Buy gifts from our queer and lesbian sisters. Here are EPOCHALIPS’ TOP TEN PICKS (OK, 11!) of lesbian and queer owned businesses where you can find that special gift online for your pals and lovers! OLIVIA TRAVEL If you are looking for the ultimate escape with your partner or your best friends, […]
The True Queer Spirit of Halloween
Why do Gays and Lesbians love Halloween so? Celebrating Halloween was a longstanding tradition in my family growing up in Northern California. As a child I was allowed to run free—dressed as a monster or in some sort of boy-themed costume. Candy was like money, a commodity that involved trading and counting. The joy lasted […]
Sweden’s Queer ‘Girl King’
I have always gravitated to the films that pull us back in time to the grandeur or spectacle of royalty and those who attend them in the 15th, 16th and 17th century. In The Girl King, Director Mika Kaurismaki thrusts us into the world of Sweden with his brilliant view of a queen that shall […]
Oscar Highlights from the Queer Señorita
Patricia Arquette winning for Best Supporting Actress and her equality for women, speech and watching Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez who were sitting side by side responding enthusiastically to her. Common and John Legend’s powerful performance of their song Glory and then their potent acceptance speech “we live in the most incarcerated country in the […]
Kate Johnston, the Woman Behind ‘Tru Love’
New Series! The Women behind the Lesbian Films We Love: We watch their films. We watch their films many times. If we love their current film, we want more. And we want to know these writers, directors and producers who labor to bring poignant, dramatic, comedic or documentary films to us. This is the first […]
Leslie Feinberg and LGBTQ Allyship
I had lunch with Leslie in the early 1990s as she was preparing Stone Butch Blues for publication. Leslie was still formulating her ideas about personal pronouns, about writing, about movements and we discussed her book and the main character from a lesbian feminist perspective. (Please see her partner MinnieBruce Pratt’s discussion of Leslie’s pronoun […]
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