Month: July 2012
A First, Saudi Arabia Lets Women Compete in Olympic Games
Bowing to six months of ongoing international pressure, Saudi Arabia made a historic last minute move on July 12 announcing that two women athletes Wujdan Shahrkhani, in judo, and Sarah Attar, in track and field will compete in the 30th Olympic Summer Games in London.
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Grrrl Rock It!
In the late ‘80s pop was filled with girls, but punk rock was a different world. Still a bastion of maleness, Joan Jett, who straddled punk and rock, was the only girl who pushed through the testosterone to make it.
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Backstage with Chely Wright
All-American girl Chely Wright shocked the nation when she became the first U.S. country singer to declare her love for women two years ago with her seventh musical release “Lifted Off the Ground” and her confessional memoir Like Me: Confessions Of A Heartland Country Singer.
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Five Fabulous Years of Fabulosa Fest
Hundreds of women will head to the fifth annual Fabulosa Fest to camp out and frolic in the sun listening to great music, check out crafts and attend workshops, swim in the creek, and maybe even partake in a little mud wrestling at Walker Creek Ranch in Sonoma County, CA on July 20 – 22.
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U.S. Women Athletes Score at Olympics 2012 before the Games Begin
Sporty girls are making historic milestone that is a testament to the value of supporting women in sports on the 40th year of Title IX. The United States Olympic Committee revealed that for the first time in the 116 year history of the modern Olympic Games American women outnumber the U.S. men heading to London this summer on July 10.
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Guiding Women: Damron Women’s Traveller 2012
Don’t leave home without it. Damron Women’s Traveller: 2012 Edition Damron Women’s Traveller, the most popular travel guide for queer women, is back with all new and updated listings for 2012. Want to know where to go in Nashville? Damron Women’s Traveller will point you in the right direction. It is the must have guide for queer girls and their friends.
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Life’s a Party, New Orleans Does it in Style
There is always a party going on in New Orleans and why not? The French Quarter is always dressed up and ready for fun and any given week there’s a festival to suit anyone’s fancy, the food rivals the best culinary centers of the world, and the hospitality can’t be beat.
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Escape to France with French Escapade
Not everyone can be Julia Child and live in France to get to know the culture and the food, but guest can get a Julia-esque taste of France with French Escapade.
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5th Annual Running of the Rollergirls … ahh Bulls
What better way to wrap up a week of partying in New Orlean’s French Quarter than being chased by women on roller skates wearing read horns and armed with waffle bats for the fifth annual San Fermin in Nueva Orleans?
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Dykeadence Steams Up New Orleans
Girls are making their mark on Southern Decadence. Once a sinful week long party for gay boys started more than 40 years ago, four years ago the girls busted into the party with Dykeadence.
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Brit’s Americana Summer Adventure
Sowing her Americana oats, Londoner Iris Mansour, made an Americana wish list and hopped onto a plan to the United States for a 60 day summer adventure.
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Girls Join Southern Decadence’s Debauchery
Southern Decadence, New Orleans’ biggest gay party, is hotter than ever this year with record numbers of gay men heading south for the festivities over Labor Day weekend. For the first time ever, lesbians will join the party with their own signature events.
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