Film
Lesbian Bars Make a Much-Needed Comeback
The new documentary All We’ve Got shows audiences the range of spaces designed as lesbian community hubs, performance venues, and places for dancing and partying.
LGBTQ
Books
Objects That Tell the History of LGBTQ+ Resistance
Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects serves less as a catalog and more as a continuation of a years-long effort to tell a millennia-long history.
Art
Activists Create Life-Sized Cyanotype in Trans Solidarity Action
Artist Cassils led “Etched in Light,” a participatory visual art and sonic performance in Washington, DC this weekend.
News
Two Lesbian Lovers’ Elaborate Art Hoax
Artworks will be attributed to both Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece for the first time in a new exhibition.
Books
The Glittery History of Drag in New York City
Glitter and Concrete demands we take drag seriously as a cultural art form that responds to, critiques, and is a crucial part of American history.
Books
Diarmuid Hester Distills Queer Longing
In Nothing Ever Just Disappears, Hester wanders in search of kinship with queer bohemians such as James Baldwin, Josephine Baker, and Kevin Killian.
News
UK Museum Reclassifies Roman Emperor as Trans Woman
Contemporaries of Emperor Elagabalus describe the ruler’s preference for being called “lady.”
Film
The Rhapsodic Elegance of Sultana of New York
Hadi Moussally’s short film "Sultana’s Reign" is a lovely portrait of queerness, Middle Easternness, and Palestinianness … a beautiful multitude.
Interview
Duff Norris On an Expansive Definition of Manhood
“I deeply desire an understanding of manhood that includes tenderness and open-heartedness that is not in opposition to butchness,” said the Brooklyn-based artist.
Interview
Tara Asgar Embraces Freedom in Sadness
The Bangladeshi artist, asylum seeker, and LGBTQ+ activist muses about trans queer survival and the unparalleled joy of taking walks near the ocean.
Interview
Judy Giera on “Sublimating Her Trans Body Through Form”
The Brooklyn artist talks about her mixed-media artworks, love of Lisa Frank, and hopes for the future as LGBTQIA+ rights come under attack.
News
Tennessee Bans Drag Performances for Children
The state has just passed a bill criminalizing public drag performances as well as private shows if a minor could be present.