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Today, October 8, is International Day of the Lesbian. Or International Lesbian Day. Also known as Lesbian Day. Not to be confused with Lesbian Day of Visibility in April. On these commemorative days, I like to revisit the archive. Sometimes, I publish the #AMPLIFY posts, sometimes my original content. I see some themes – Thanksgiving, […]
I’ve read a few thought pieces on a recent interview out bisexual singer Betty Who gave. She was talking about the recent news from several queer women who are now in relationships with men we are to presume are cisgender heterosexual. Similar to Betty Who. She got a bit snarky and riled up the lesbians […]
Saturday, June 7 will mark the 15th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Dyke March, an institution that began formally in 2006. The stories of queer women, lesbians, dykes organizing in Pittsburgh stretch much further back. Be sure to check out our timeline and watch the Pgh Dyke March spaces for dyke history. This year’s dyke march […]
Spoilers for a show that aired 29 years ago. Ahem. Never have I ever watched this titan of lesbian adjacent television before. I don’t know that it was a specific avoidance. Xena: Warrior Princess aired 1995-2001, most of which I was in grad school or starting my social work career. That’s probably why – not […]
I am so thrilled to have been profiled by the lesbian media site Autostraddle, especially by a Pittsburgh based journalist. Her blog is a living archive of nearly 20 years of LGBTQ history and struggle and culture and joy. It’s a place where the memories of the people who’ve had their lives cut short by […]
Joyce Myers Shulick was a lesbian hero during her life, but one whose modest contributions fade slowly into the mists of time. I refuse to allow that to happen. It matters that Joyce was here. It matters that she made an impact of any size. And it matters that we acknowledge a life lived always […]
“I launched the Mombian Database of LGBTQ Family Books in early 2021 to help people find the books they are seeking in this rapidly-growing genre. The database includes reviews of LGBTQ-inclusive books for ages 0-12 and books for grown-ups about LGBTQ parenting. (I don’t review young adult books or I’d never sleep; also, my audience […]
Lesbians get two awareness days – Lesbian Visibility Day on April 26 and International Lesbian Day on October 8. Obviously today is October 8. I don’t have many great lesbian thoughts to create an essay to pay tribute to lesbians. Instead, I compiled a list of 100 blog posts written since 2005 about lesbians. Interviews, […]
Each October, we celebrate LGBTQ History Month to coincide with National Coming Out Day on 11 October and to commemorate the first and second marches on Washington in 1979 and 1987 for LGBT rights. The third march, co-coordinated by Pittsburgh activist Billy Hileman, took place in April 1993. This is something I did not know. […]
When I was a young child, I remember riding with my grandmother in their car and asking her to identify her favorite part of her life. This was in the mid-1970’s. She didn’t miss a beat when she said “In my 50s.” I did the math and realized that was pre-me. She confirmed and said […]
