Margaret Wise Brown

Though Margaret Wise Brown is best known for her children's books, she was also a bisexual who had tempestuous love affairs.

queer identity

Is the lesbian identity giving way to the queer identity? Are identities also adapting with the times? We look at the evidence.

Julie d'Aubigny

Julie d’Aubigny was a cross-dressing swordswoman, opera singer, and mistress to both men and women rich and powerful.

Amanda Nunes

MMA fighter Amanda Nunes is known as the first openly lesbian UFC champion, and she's not ashamed to let the world to know it.

Robin Roberts_Good Morning America

For Good Morning America TV show host Robin Roberts, 2013 was a milestone period as she finally came out after an illness.

Gia Carangi

Before the likes of Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, and Claudia Schiffer made supermodels a big thing, there was Gia Carangi.

Financial guru Suze Orman is known for her TV shows and books. She also believes in being open about being a lesbian.

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry became famous for her play, 'A Raisin in the Sun.' However, what a lot didn't know was that she was also a lesbian.

Obamacare

What does it means for the LGBT community when the Republican majority in Congress strips Obamacare without any replacement? Definitely nothing good.

LGBTQ groups at Women's March

If you're attending the Women's March, you're in good company as a number of national LGBTQ groups like the HRC and the NCLR will also be there.

Garage band Partner

The garage band Partner comes from a long line of lesbian singing duos who've made a cultural impact on the LGBT community. They also really rock.

Chavela Vargas

Unabashedly lesbian, Chavela Vargas was the legend of Latin American song who sang the traditional, macho Mexican music of rancheras and made it her own.

Sarah Paulson

Despite being busy in TV and movies, actress Sarah Paulson has always done it her way, whether her career or how her relationships are perceived in public.

Hatshepsut and Deborah Sampson

History has shown us that you can't keep a good woman down, like Hatshepsut and Deborah Sampson, who both dressed like men to persevere during their time.

Lesbian resolutions

We need to remember that something good always come out of anything bad. That's why we're come up with 2017 New Year Lesbian Resolutions list.

LGBT health care 2016

The US Department of Health and Human Services cited its major accomplishments in 2016 to push for better LGBT health care and fight discrimination.

Kate Tempest

The poet and spoken word artist Kate Tempest has a lot of devotees, thanks to her ability to weave words and music to challenge sensibilities.

Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker

There were great queer partnerships that changed the world, and there were great romances like the one between bisexuals Frida Kahlo and Josephine Baker.

Old fashion lesbians - Lesbian quiz_2

Let’s take a lesbian quiz to know if we’re really one, based on how doctors in the past knew as collected in Dell Richard's book, Lesbian List. .

Guinevere Turner

From Go Fish to American Psycho to The L Word, Guinevere Turner has become well known in the lesbian community and in the movie/TV world.

Vitit Muntarbhorn

With the UN ready to take the cudgels for global LGBT rights, we have to ask: who is Vitit Muntarbhorn, the new independent LGBT rights investigator?

Mina Meyer and Sharon Raphael

For World AIDS Day, we remember Mina Meyer, a lesbian activist who tackled not only issues involving LGBT rights but also the treatment of AIDS patients.

Lesbian bars - lesbian spaces

Are lesbian spaces disappearing-- or evolving? Where and how are future generations of queer women finding themselves in the face of mainstream acceptance?

Cathy DeBuono

Cathy DeBuono has been around, and we mean that as a compliment. You could say she’s one versatile lesbian: athlete, actress, and radio talk show host.

Sidney Abbott

In a time when activism is needed once more to protect LGBT rights, we remember Sidney Abbott, the lesbian activist and feminist writer who fought for us.

Transgender Day of Remembrance

As the world marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance, groups and personalities issued statements of hope and support for the transgender community.

Christine Jorgensen

For Transgender Awareness Week and Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember Christine Jorgensen, who broke down barriers and was proud of it.

Jenny Shimizu

It’s hard to disassociate Jenny Shimizu from superstar actress Angelina Jolie, but the Japanese-American lesbian supermodel is a celebrity in her own right.

Jill Soloway

It’s easy to think that Jill Soloway being a lesbian could have leaked over to her TV shows like 'Transparent.' But Jill's stories aren't about her.

If there was great love story among the Lost Generation writers, we believe it was the long relationship between Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.