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Scott Turner Schofield Chooses His Own AdventureThe performance artist talks gender, aerial acrobatics and his show "Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps." |
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And Sophie Comes TooMeryl Cohn delivers laughter and heart with a new play. |
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LGBT Publishing Company Files For BankruptcyThe "Washington Blade" and "Southern Voice" shut their doors. |
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Daniela Sea’s InvitationA Thanksgiving that’ll change—and save—lives. |
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Tapping the "FEED"A viral hit web series becomes a feature film—and we’re lapping it up. |
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To Be Or Not To Be—Out On the JobSirius XM’s "Focus Group" Looks at Biz From Gay Perspective. |
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Lesbian Web Series We Can't Get Enough OfThese online shows are boldly going where TV should be. Check out our top picks for must-stream watching. |
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Tips for Coming Out to Your KidsSo you know what to say when your child asks, "mommy, whats a lesbian?" |
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Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Hate Crime BillPrevention act broadens hate crime scope. |
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The Whole StoreyShe’s the creative drive behind the cover art for Tegan and Sara’s latest album, “Sainthood.” Now, Emy Storey opens up about her design style, her fans and the visual concept behind the new... |
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Win a FREE "The L Word: The Final Season" DVD!Are you a Bette? A Shane? Enter our look-alike contest for a chance to win a copy of season six of "The L Word." |
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Hot Lesbian Nightlife in Cool San FranciscoLesbian promoters bring much needed girl nights to the Bay Area. |
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Defensive Dating for Dykes11 types of toxic women you should avoid. |
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5 Financial Tips for the LesbiansOut consultant Jennifer Brown wants to be your fiscal mentor. |
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Rosie’s Wife Talks TravelFormer Nickelodeon executive Kelli O’Donnell talks about helming R Family Vacations. |
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Women’s Soccer: The Next GenerationTen years after an iconic World Cup finale, a new women’s pro league takes the field. |
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Welcome Home to the Michigan Womyns FestivalPhotographer Angela Jimenez shares her stunning behind the scenes festival photos. |
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The Sex WarsLipstick and Dipstick's porn related advice caused a ruckus. Now, it's your turn to weigh in. |
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When Everything CliksThe band talks musical influences, their new album Dirty King and the challenges of being role models — shortly before their recent split. |
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Hot 'n' HeavyQueer porn maven Courtney Trouble offers up her Top 9 sexy adult flicks — made by lesbians, for lesbians. |
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News NotesHarry Potter star gives back, a lesbian solider seeks asylum and Annie Leibovitz heads to court. |
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American Idol's New JudgeIt's official, Paula is out and Ellen is in. The out comic and daytime TV favorite is making her return to primetime as a judge on the hit series American Idol. |
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Artistic LicenseThe 15 animated couples you never knew you always wanted. |
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10 Things Femmes Wish You KnewFunny ladies and proud femmes Suzanne Westenhoefer and Vicki Shaw school you on the subject. |
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Art on the FringeFringe festivals give female performers permission to experiment. |
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Oh So ScandalousOur brazen cover girl Aubrey O'Day is heating up the blogoshere! |
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Smack Down!It's Perry vs. Foster in the battle over lezzie lyrics. |
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Taking Home the Literary GoldBoth new and veteran names round out the list of this years award-winning queer writers. |
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Odalys Nanin Gets NakedA Long Running Off-Broadway Production Gets a Sapphic Makeover. |
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Most Desirable Queer Women - Final RoundCast your vote one last time for the queer gals of your choice. |
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Queen for a NightSpotted at a lesbian hotspot, Queen Latifah spurs more queer speculation. |
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Strut Your Literary Stuff for ChromaQueer writing competition offers more than bragging rights. |
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Domestic Partnerships in the HeartlandWisconsin wakes up the Midwest with domestic partnership legislation. |
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Technical DifficultiesThe popular lesbian website Shewired.com falls prey to hackers. |
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Unique and Unusual DigsWant to bed down in a beagle-shaped bedroom? There is a website to help you find this wacky guesthouse—and many more. |
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Most Desirable Queer Women — Round FiveThis week it's old school lezzies vs new school queers. |
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Lesbian Fall TV PreviewBrace yourself ladies, your TV is about to get very, very gay! |
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Gender TurbulenceThe TSA's new policy may have you dressing in drag. |
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My First WinLammy award winning author Jenny Block shares what it was like to get the gold. |
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Chastity Bono Comes Out as TransThe famed activist, musician and author becomes the first celebrity lesbian to come out as trans. |
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Sandy Young's Got the LookThis rock star mom turns season two of the model competition on its head. |
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Terri Nunn Headlines L.A. PrideSet to headline the L.A. Pride Festival, the Berlin vocalist talks about pride, sex and her latest album. |
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The White House Goes Queer |
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Grassroots Activists Demand Marriage EqualityProtesting the California State Supreme Courts ruling on Prop. 8, gay rights activists flooded the streets of Fresno in an effort to "Meet in the Middle." |
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This Week's Curve Gets Around Winner!Check out the first lucky winner in our month-long Curve Gets Around Contest! |
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The California State Supreme Court Upholds Prop. 8The verdict is heartbreaking but the fight is still not over. |
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Wanda Sykes and Wife Welcome TwinsIt's a boy—and a girl, for the out comic. |
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Von Iva Turns Up the HeatThey've got a feature film and an expanding tour. What’s next for this up-and-coming synth rock band? |
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The Great Divide: Chick-Lit and Queer ChicksOne curvette’s hunt for light lesbian fiction in a sea of chick-lit and bodice rippers. |
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Shawnee Harkins, Fitness at SeaA look back at the out fitness maven, with a classic Curve interview |
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Kelly McGillis, Out At LastIt's official, the iconic Top Gun star plays for our team! |
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KG MacGregor and JLee Meyer Talk Lesbian LitTwo literary insiders discuss each other’s books, awards and smartass characters. |
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Lohan, Looking for Love (and Laughs)The notorious Lindsay Lohan charms our pants off in a hilarious web parody. |
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A Tribute to Bea Arthur5 (and a half) Reasons We’ll Miss Bea Arthur. |
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Betsy Bosen, Burlesque or BustThe self-proclaimed Peruvian Princess of Burlesque gives us a peek behind the scenes. |
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Staceyann Chin Tells It Like It IsThe award-winning slam poet and performer on her new memoir, coming out and why she credits it all to her grandmother. |
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Nine Reasons You Should Be Watching Sugar RushThe British lesbian phenomenon Sugar Rush has finally made it's way to the States. Curve gives you nine reasons why if you aren't watching, you should be! |
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Broadway Backwards 4: Queers Take ManhattanBroadway goes gay-er for a good cause with a gender-bending fundraiser. |
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Lucy Andrews is Out and FierceModel Lucy Andrews breaks the runway mold, and looks damn good doing it! |
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Honeymoon in VegasSin City isn't just for singles. |
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Twitter Justice: Amazon Backpeddles on Homophobic PolicyAre sentient, anti-gay computers taking over the world? Or is this human homophobia in action? |
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Chatting with BridgetComedian and pillow fight warrior, Bridget McManus talks defying boundaries, tattoos and turkey baster performances. |
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Showing Some SkinEliza Dushku, Padma Lakshmi and Chelsea Handler make our dreams come true in Allure's Nude Issue. |
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Elizabeth Saewyc Researches Teen HealthNew research reveals surprising facts about LGB youth pregnancy |
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Straight Outta CanadaMusical vagabond Awna Teixeira on her inspirations, improving interpersonal skills and why she loves the gut bass. |
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The National Ability Center Helps Everyone AchieveUtah's National Ability Center is the place for recreation and sports for people with disabilities. |
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Sisterhood on the MountainWhether you’re on the bunny slopes or the black diamonds, Utah is the place to be. |
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Ride Like a GirlPro snowboarder and founder of BitchBoards Alex Masterson is singlehandedly raising the bar for the women’s snowboard gear industry. |
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A Lofty Life - Paso Robles, Calif.Paso Robles has plenty on pour and in store for the serious foodie in search of big city sophistication in a small town setting. |
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Curve 2.0The best-selling lesbian magazine goes digital. |
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Granny's Got Your BackOlder activists who refuse to take injustice sitting down are taking to the streets. |
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Lady and the VampMeet one of TV's hottest stars, and one of Curve's Entertainers of the Year, Dirty Sexy Money's Candis Cayne, and the power lesbian behind her, Nikki Weiss. |
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Top 10 Reasons To Tune in To Exes & OhsA new lesbian show to fill the L-shaped hole in your heart. |
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Getting Playful with GenderGenderPlay in Lesbian Culture, on now at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives, aims to show that lesbians have been playing with gender for over 100 years - from Calamity Jane to Rachel... |
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Two Hot Women in a TentA Beautiful View challenges and defies expectations. |
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A Lofty Life - VODBOX in Beverly Hills, Calif.Nic’s VODBOX in Beverly Hills is the perfect place for a cool, cool summer or a wee walk in a winter wonderland. |
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Classic Curve: Laurel Holloman Gets Personal About TinaGoing back with The L Word: Find out what Laurel Holloman thought about Tina circa 2007 in this classic Curve interview. |
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Does Season Six Measure Up?With everyone’s favorite lesbian soap opera drawing to a close, Curve gives you the inside scoop on how the final season stacks up. |
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On the Down LowWhy some African American lesbians find it hard to come out to their families and communities. |
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Sexuality and SociabilityWhat can queer studies do for us? |
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Just a Girl from QueensLauren LoGuidice’s one woman show Queens Girl is a story for all of us. |
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Sonja Sohn Taps Into the WireClassic Curve: The Wire might have been canceled, but it is still one of the best police dramas ever shown on TV - with one of the best lesbian characters. Check out this classic interview... |
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Confessions of a Doggie DykeClassic Curve: Our editor in chief waxes canine. |
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Drama Queen…Drag KingJennifer Lanier captivates with humor while exploring gender roles and the complexities of identity. And her alter ego Bruce the Drag King is taking the Northwest by storm. |
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Here Comes the Lesbian Soap Opera BrideBianca and Reese tied the knot on All My Children last week, but the day didn't go off without a hitch. Will their marriage go more smoothly from now on? |
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Malibu GirlAre women really different when it comes to cars? Designer Heather Scalf sure thinks so. |
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Top Ten Reasons We Love Chagmion AntoineThis hot young correspondent for CBS News on Logo keeps us informed—and that’s just one of the reasons we love her. |
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A Lofty Life - Kirkland, Washington's bin vivantWith two inspired women at the helm, this restaurant will change the way you look at food and wine. |
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World’s First Gay Head of StateIceland made history this month by appointing the world’s first gay head of state - but Icelanders are more interested in how the move will affect their ailing economy. |
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My Naughty ValentineGet in the mood for Valentine's Day. |
Beyond Buenos AiresBeautiful women, spectacular scenery and a weak peso make Argentina the perfect lesbian destination for tough economic times – and there’s a lot more to see than the capital city. |
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Love in the Time of LAVADon't miss this spectacular production of "acrobatic and feminist feats" led by lesbian artistic director Sarah East Johnson, with music and text by Toshi Reagan. |
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Sweet Cruise Winner AnnouncedOver 1,600 women entered our Sweet Cruise vacation giveaway last summer. And here's our winner! |
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Understanding EcoadventuresYes, you can enjoy the environment and protect it at the same time. |
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Taking Life to the XtremeMatty McNair has made a career out of breaking records and setting a new standard for female adventurers. |
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How to Stay Friends With Your ExA 10-step program to camaraderie after coupling. |
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Out of AfricaMeet Rose Jere, an African safari guide who faced up to doubt and discrimination to get her dream job. |
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GLAAD Announces Nominees for 20th Annual Media AwardsEllen DeGeneres, Tyra Banks and Suzy Orman among those recognized. |
Silent Auction a SuccessA big thanks to all the contributors who helped make our L Word party a smashing success. |
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Healthy Relationships 101Author of The Purpose of Love on how to improve yourself and your most important relationship. |
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Curve magazine celebrated in Hotlanta with a booth at the Piedmont Park Festival grounds over Halloween weekend for the Pride Festival. |
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| Scene: Curve Presents Third Annual Ladies Night Dine Out for Life | Archive » |
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Music, drinks, tapas and fund raising at Charanga to stop AIDS one plate a time. |
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Get a peek at the GLAAD Media Awards red carpet and the after party! |
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New Leaf & Curve Magazine Spring Gala ‘09. Featuring special guest comic Sabrina Matthews and Master of Ceremonies Ross Palomobo. It was a night of food, fun and spectacle at the Teatro Zin... |
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Following heartbreaking decisions in California, Florida and Arizona to prohibit gay marriage, more then 700 people assembled on Nov. 15 at the plaza of the Hennepin County Government Center in... |
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| Scene: Lipstick & Dipstick's International Book Tour! | Archive » |
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Curve advice gurus Lipstick & Dipstick's hit the road on their International Book Tour, which took them from Canada all the way to Boston and so many places in between. |
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| Scene: Ladies Night & Curve Magazine Holiday Party 2008 | Archive » |
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Curve Magazine Holiday & Ladies Night Party at Under One Roof. Featuring special guest Marga Gomez, Comedienne. |
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| Scene: Remembering Del Martin | Archive » |
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Del Martin was a pioneer, an icon and a hero. Her activism changed the face of the lesbian community, and her death on August 27, 2008 was mourned by us all. Now that our right to marry hangs in... |
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| Scene: Fem Bar | Archive » |
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November, 2008 photos from Fem Bar in San Francisco |
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| Scene: Castro Street Fair 2008 | Archive » |
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Some of our Curvettes were out at the Castro Street fair in San Francisco. Check out the pics! |
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| Out in Front: Ecochick Political | Archive » |
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Nancy Sutley, Obama's top environmental advisor is putting the green back into red, white and blue. |
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| Curvature: Workout Weather | Archive » |
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It’s cold outside, but the hottest workout videos will get you moving—rain or shine. |
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Tips from the Curvettes on saving the planet and your wallet. |
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| Curvature: Eco-Friendly Living | Archive » |
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Contractor Iris Harrell shares tips on how to green-up your humble abode. |
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| Curvature: Seeing Through the Greenwashing | Archive » |
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What you should know about your personal products. |
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| Curvature: A Different Kind of Animal Lover | Archive » |
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Two taxidermists use their skills to honor our furry friends. |
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Nonprofit online store 'Nest' makes retail therapy good for the world. |
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| Curvature: In Their Own Words | Archive » |
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What do teens think about gender and sexuality? The book Out With It and the film Straightlaced start the conversation. |
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| Lipstick & Dipstick: The Lipstick and Dipstick Show | Archive » |
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L&D tackle the fine line of sexting. |
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| Lipstick & Dipstick: Run Off to Rio | Archive » |
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One hetro-married lesbian in love with another. What to do? |
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| Lipstick & Dipstick: Should I Follow My Bliss? | Archive » |
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Mixed signals about marriage lead to problems. |
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| Dyke Drama: Should You Forgive Her Infidelity? | Archive » |
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What do you do when you catch your girlfriend with her pants down? |
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Going from an unathletic tyke to an unathletic but well-adjusted dyke. |
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| Dyke Drama: The Long Wait for Those Three Words | Archive » |
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She’ll make you sorry you ever dated her. |
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| Politics: The Glorious Redundancy of Stockholm Pride | Archive » |
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Three days of Pride in progressive gay-friendly Sweden. |
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| Politics: Hate Crime in Tel Aviv | Archive » |
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Israeli gay and lesbian community rocked by violent attack at an LGBT center. |
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| Politics: Physician, Heal Thyself | Archive » |
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California therapists struggle in Prop. 8 aftermath. |
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| Politics: Is Martina Navratilova Actually Bad For Gay Rights? | Archive » |
| Politics: Love Without Borders | Archive » |
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Immigration laws are the next battleground in the fight for equal rights. |
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| Politics: Remember the Ladies | Archive » |
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When will women achieve full equality in the United States? |
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| Politics: Warren Selection Sparks Outrage | Archive » |
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Saddleback leader has no place at the inauguration. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Whip It Reviewed | Archive » |
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Lesbian fave Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with a roller derby love letter, but are we whipped? |
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| Sapphic Screen: The Real Lesbian Housewives of Los Angeles | Archive » |
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Ilene Chaiken dips back into The L Word well to create a lesbian reality series for Showtime. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight | Archive » |
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Legendary trans drag entertainer Vicki Marlane is immortalized in Michelle Lawler's new indie documentary. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Come To My Window | Archive » |
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A new lesbian film is in the works from the director of When Kiran met Karen. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Rumer Has It: Demi's Daughter Goes Gay on Screen | Archive » |
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Beverly Hills 90210 gets it's very own lesbian-guest star. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Sheetal Sheth Tells All | Archive » |
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She wooed audiences—and sultry Bollywood sensation Lisa Ray—in I Can’t Think Straight. Now, Sheetal Sheth takes us behind the scenes of the steamy lesbian romantic comedy. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Francaise, A North African Tale | Archive » |
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A story of one girl's rejection of gender roles in Morocco. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Q+A Najarra Townsend | Archive » |
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Catching up with the star of Tru Loved |
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| Sapphic Screen: Zack & Miri Takes a New Twist on Porn | Archive » |
| Sapphic Screen: Watchmen Is Eye Candy | Archive » |
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One of the most anticipated movies of this year, Watchmen is not to be missed. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Let the Sunshine in | Archive » |
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Sunshine Cleaning is a dark comedy about the mess of life and two sisters who are doing their best to tidy it up. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Coraline Dazzles Audiences | Archive » |
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The stop-motion, 3D adventure has us applauding. |
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| Sapphic Screen: Rachel Maddow on The Daily Show! | Archive » |
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What could be better than Rachel Maddow and Jon Stewart tearing into politics? |
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| In the Stacks: Author Cheryl Dumesnil’s makes her poetic debut | Archive » |
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Dumesnil shares how passion and persistence made "In Praise of Falling" possible. |
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| In the Stacks: Behind "A Darker Domain" | Archive » |
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The Award-winning crime writer shares some insight into the inspiration behind her latest novel. |
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| In the Stacks: 14 Great Foreign Thrillers | Archive » |
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Queer and feminist themes show up in these new novels by authors born or bred abroad. |
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| In the Stacks: False Positive | Archive » |
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M/M romances tap into an unlikely market. |
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| In the Stacks: Curve’s First Lesbro | Archive » |
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Gay NPR commentator Marc Acito dishes on girl-girl action, chick lit and Selma Hayek’s boobs. |
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| In the Stacks: Q+A Liz Ballie | Archive » |
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The queer indie illustrator and cartoonist talks gender, sexuality and representation of LGBT youth. |
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| In the Stacks: 11 Reasons to Love Kim Baldwin | Archive » |
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The release of the out novelist's new book trailer, Thief of Always, reminds us of the 10 reasons we love her, and gives us one more! |
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| In the Stacks: Books We Shouldn’t Have Missed in 2008 | Archive » |
| In the Stacks: Lit Picks | Archive » |
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Check out some of our book picks. |
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| In the Stacks: Twelve Powerful (Mostly) Lesbian Authors | Archive » |
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Coco Fusco tackles women in the military, Janis Ian gets real about the music industry and our book reviews editor names a few of her fiction picks. |
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| In the Stacks: Eowyn Wood Gets Naked | Archive » |
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Award-winning author Eowyn Wood dishes about her debut novel, Naked in the Rain. |
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| In the Stacks: A Love Letter from Beyond the Grave | Archive » |
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N. Sigafoos discusses her novel, Dear Violet: Letter from a Desert Grave, the Iraq war and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." |
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| Music Watch: Girl in a Coma’s Jenn Alva | Archive » |
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The out lesbian bassist talks life on the road. |
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| Music Watch: Kaci Battaglia is Breaking Out | Archive » |
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The San Francisco Pride performer talks Pride, her new album and what makes Jessica Alba so hot! |
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| Music Watch: Q+A Natalie Stewart | Archive » |
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The "Floacist" talks music, tattoos and enlightenment. |
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| Music Watch: As Dramatic as They Want to Be | Archive » |
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Telenovela Star went from the laundromat to iTunes. |
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| Music Watch: Classic Interview: Can’t Keep a Good Woman Down | Archive » |
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Melissa Etheridge has been many things: wife, mother, rock star and even cancer survivor. In this classic interview she talks about children, politics, money and why she’ll never have a threesome... |
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| Music Watch: The Original Righteous Babe | Archive » |
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Feeling Righteous: Ani DiFranco is back with a vengeance. She spills to Curve about her anthology Canon and never “selling out.” |
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| Music Watch: Classic k.d. lang: Long Live the Lang Thang | Archive » |
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A Zen k.d. lang talks love, monogamy, and why L.A. just isn’t a “lang thang.” |
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| Music Watch: Classic Interview: Melissa Ferrick Speaks Freely | Archive » |
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Head back to 2001 to see what Melissa Ferrick had to say about sex, sanity and her quest for love. |
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| Music Watch: Chattin' Up Natalie London | Archive » |
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The super-talented musician has been making waves on YouTube and attempting to get on Ellen's show. |
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| Health: Medical Self Advocacy | Archive » |
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Power to the not so patient people. |
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| Tech Girl: Games that Rock | Archive » |
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These musical games will unleash your inner rock god, or bring out the diva in you. |
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