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Burning the Empress Card: When My Parents Tried to Exorcise My Gay Demons
The oil-soaked Evangelical ritual that proved to be my baptism.
Looking Back at 'Dracula's Daughter,' the 1936 Monster Movie That's Really About Love and Lesbians
Though forgotten to many, Bela Lugosi's Dracula had a follow-up, a sequel of sorts, that was not only quite romantic, but romantically progressive in that it used vampirism as a conceit to explore homosexuality in the 30s.
Inside LA's Lesbian Feminist Haunted House
Confronting our most enduring fear with the demented women's studies professors and "riot ghouls" of Killjoy's Kastle.
The Last Lesbian Bars
Why are all of America's lesbian bars shutting down? Broadly host JD Samson travels across the country to find out.
Same-Sex Couples in Mexico Can Adopt Children, Supreme Court Rules
The ruling struck down a law in Campeche state prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting kids, and comes after a broader ruling that effectively legalized gay marriage across Mexico.
We Talked to Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan About Putting More Bisexual Women on Our Screens
The Appropriate Behavior director thinks being bisexual is like having a superpower, and she's using hers to make astute comedy about the difference between the sexes.
Back in the Day, Lesbian Drag Kings Worked for the Mafia
Taking a look back at a forgotten chapter of queer history with novelist Lisa Davis.
Inside the Facebook of Sperm Donors
No sperm? No problem. The Known Donor Registry, a social networking site for free sperm, connects women with sperm donors who will go on to have some role in their kid's life.
Does Sydney Mardi Gras Cater Enough to Lesbians?
According to a recent survey 54.8 percent of the Sydney lesbian community feels disconnected from the annual LGBTI event.
Meet Silvana Imam, the Queer Feminist Rapper Who's Taking on Sweden's Fascists with Hip-Hop
"I write songs about my life, and since I write through a lesbian-immigrant-woman’s perspective, it's labeled as "political.” I'm letting people know how fucked up the world is through my art."
My Brief Foray into Lesbian Speed Dating
I'd never been on a date with a woman before, I hate people, and I hate talking to people—what could possibly go wrong?