Somewhere along the way, “lesbian” became a word people hesitate to say out loud. It’s been mischaracterized, flattened into ...

The original Curve Photo Contest, which ran from 1995-2006 in Curve magazine, initially named the Lesbian Life Photo Contest, ...

As a highlight of Lesbian Visibility Week 2026, the Curve Power List celebrates LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals in ...

There are moments in history when visibility feels celebratory. Pride parades. Cultural milestones. Firsts that signal ...

At just 31 years of age, Gabe Montesanti has two memoirs behind her. Brace for Impact, in which she chronicles her journey as ...

Coming out is hard; coming into being is even harder. Lesbian renaissance artist Hayley Kiyoko has made this distinction into ...

Despite ongoing setbacks and challenges facing the LGBTQ+ community, one segment is blossoming. Sporty dykes are having a resurgence and winning at love and life. Here’s a recap of recent milestones ...

In the 40th year since the release of Desert Hearts, Merryn Johns sits down with the film’s director and its stars to discover the essence of this groundbreaking lesbian-feminist movie. Even though ...

In a sea of streaming services and an increasingly strange film industry landscape, where did our beloved genre of “lesbian cinema” land last year? Merryn Johns takes a look. Last year wasn’t a ...

The number of lesbian bars in the U.S. has drastically declined since their emergence in the 1980s. America went from more than 200 bars to as few as 33, according to The Lesbian Bar Project. (During ...

Do you remember the first lesbian movie you ever saw? I remember mine vividly. It was Desert Hearts. The film premiered the year I graduated from high school, though I didn’t see it in a theater. That ...

Artist-in-residence Ava Calbreath was inspired to dive into ‘Ask Fairy Butch’ and visually represent some of the highlights of the beloved Curve advice column. The result was a conceptual art project ...