transgender opera Lili Elbe Lucia Lucas

History-Making Transgender Opera, ‘Lili Elbe,’ Stars Lucia Lucas

The world’s first transgender opera, “Lili Elbe,” Makes History Twice With Transgender American Bariton Lucia Lucas In The Lead Role as Lili by Heather Cassell Transgender Danish painter Lili Elbe’s story is now an opera. It’s a historical first. It is the first-ever opera about a historical transgender figure. It is also the first time […]

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Pink Rickshaws

Pink Rickshaws: Women-Owned Vehicles To Hit The Streets Of Some Indian Cities Soon

Mumbai, Pune, and Other Cities In The Indian Western State of Maharashtra Could See Women Behind the Wheel in Pink eRickshaws This Year by Heather Cassell India is attempting to empower women and green cities by reviving Pink Rickshaws in Mumbai and nine other cities in Maharashtra soon. Women will be able to hail a […]

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JetBlue Airways CEO Joanna Geraghty

JetBlue Taps Woman In A Historic First To Lead A Major US Airline

Longtime JetBlue Airways Executive Joanne Geraghty Tapped To Lead The American Low-Cost Airline Into Its Future by Heather Cassell JetBlue Airways became the first national airline to appoint a woman to head a major airline in the United States Monday. The low-cost airline named Joanna Geraghty as its next chief executive officer following a unanimous […]

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Airplane

7 Tips To Make Your Holiday Travels Joyeous and Merry

These Tips Will Help Avoid Turbulence Releasing Some Of That Holiday Stress by Heather Cassell An estimated 40% of Americans plan to travel for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, according to a NerdWallet survey conducted by The Harris Poll. Thursday was the busiest travel day of the holiday season, according to the United States Federal Aviation […]

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holiday travel

Busy Holiday Travel At Airports, But Still Short Of Pre-Pandemic Numbers

Taking To The Skies This Holiday Week, You Are Not The Only One by Heather Cassell Holiday travel is getting started with a bang. Thursday was the busiest travel day of the holiday season, according to the United States Federal Aviation Administration.  An estimated 40% of Americans plan to travel for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, […]

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Queer Book Festivals Worth Traveling For Cover

10 Queer Book Festivals Worth Traveling For

These Book Festivals Will Send You Soaring With The Latest Inspiring Page Turners by Heather Cassell I love fall and winter. The seasons give me the perfect excuse to curl up under a blanket in front of the fireplace with my latest read cracked open in front of me and a hot chocolate next to […]

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5 women-led food travel shows

These 5 Women-Led Food Travel Shows Will Inspire Your Table and Adventures

These Five Women-Led Food Travel Shows Are A Far Cry From Julia Child To Inspire You In The Kitchen and Booking Your Next Journey by Heather Cassell Thanksgiving. It is an American holiday celebrated by stuffing ourselves traditionally with too much turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie around the table with […]

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Superfine's sunken bar

Brooklyn’s Queer-Owned Restaurant, Superfine, Is The Definition Of A Good Time

Superfine Blends Art, Food, And Music For 25 Years. by Heather Cassell, originally published by Gay City News A quarter century ago, the perfect ingredients came together to create Superfine, the queer- and woman-owned restaurant and live music venue located in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood under the Manhattan Bridge. This week music lovers can get down at […]

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The girls cry out “Lez party!” at the Cabana Pool Party at The Dinah. (Photo: Girls That Roam / Pipi Diamond)

The Dinah Takes Over Palm Springs This Week With Thousands Of Women

The Dinah Founder and Producer Mariah Hanson Reflects on the Festival’s Cultural Impact and Meaning. by Heather Cassell This week thousands of queer women and gender-diverse people will take over Palm Springs for the biggest queer women’s music festival in the world: The Dinah. Tickets and rooms are still available for 32nd annual The Dinah, […]

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Curve Magazine Cartoon Exhibit

Sexy, Cool 1990s Dyke Cartoonists Get Second Look At New Retrospective Exhibit

Curve Magazine’s Lesbian Cartoonists Are in the Spotlight at New Retrospective Exhibit in San Francisco by Heather Cassell Before lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel made it on Broadway with her autobiographical musical, “Fun Home,” there was Curve magazine. The glossy lesbian magazine, Deneuve, launched by publisher Frances “Franco” Stevens in 1990 became the home for many […]

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Bad Blood cocktail

Heartbroken in San Francisco? Shake It Off At Bad Blood Bar

This Taylor Swift-Themed Bar Will Turn Your Heartbreak Into Self-Love. by Heather Cassell Had a hard breakup? Single and tired of serial dating? No date for Valentine’s Day? Need a place to sob it out or reclaim yourself? Rather than sit at home with your favorite tub of ice cream, dust yourself off, take the […]

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Tour-de-Forks

Forks + Map = A 20-Year Culinary Adventure for These Two Food Travelers

These Pioneering Women Know the Road to Travelers’ Stomachs with Tour de Forks, a culinary travel company. A love for adventure and food, Lisa Goldman and Melissa Joachim followed their wanderlust and forks two decades ago and launched Tour de Forks. The culinary travel company was on the cutting edge of a travel revolution. They […]

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