Month: June 2014

Gina Gatta, publisher and owner of Damron, enjoying the beach and sun at the Four Seasons Punta Mita, about 30 miles from Puerto Villarta, Mexico. (Photo: Courtesy of Damron)

What A Trip! Damron Women’s Traveller Turns 25

Going somewhere? Need to know where to stay that is queer woman-owned or –friendly? Want a drink at the local girl bar? Hungry and want to eat somewhere that is gay- or lesbian-owned? Simply open your Damron Women’s Traveller.

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EDEN San Francisco, the all-girl party during San Francisco Pride Weekend. (Photo: Courtesy of EDEN Pride Events)

EDEN SF V Is The Party

The girls were a mess in San Francisco for a while. Parties popped up and disappeared like shooting stars. Then EDEN came to town and nothing has been the same since.

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Goapele (Courtesy of Goapele)

Rising Star: Goapele Sings A Happy Tune

The Bay Area has been producing some of the most original artists for decades, Oakland native Goapele’s star is rising fast as the most recent to break out of the East Bay’s independent music scene.

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San Francisco Dyke March (Photo: Courtesy of The San Francisco Dyke March)

Dyke March Get’s Personal and Political

The San Francisco Dyke March is working around the renovation at Dolores Park this year by returning to its roots with a shorter rally taking place before the march.

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Bev Hickok, second to the right, next to Phyllis Lyon and across from the late Del Martin at a Daughters of Bilitis Breakfast in the 1950s.

‘We Can Do It!’: Gathering Stories Of LGBT Life On WWII Home Front

It was the 1940s and there was another great war going on. Men were called off to battle. Women were called to serve on the home front. It was a major shift in gender roles and social mores for the U.S., but somehow little is known about life for LGBTs on the home front during World War II.

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Out lesbian Tacoma, Washington singer and sonwriter Vicci Martinez, who was the third runner up on NBC's singing competition series The Voice in 2011.

Soul Dance: An Interview with Vicci Martinez

Get ready to rock this summer with Latina rocker Vicci Martinez. She’s hitting the road this summer promoting her latest album Otra Cancion featuring the title track “Otra Cancion.”

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Out lesbian Tacoma, Washington singer and sonwriter Vicci Martinez, who was the third runner up on NBC's singing competition series The Voice in 2011.

Vicci Martinez To Rock Seattle Womens Pride

Pacific Northwest girls should be excited! The women of Seattle Women’s Pride 2014 are celebrating the vibrancy that well makes them proud to be queer in Seattle.

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Family of Ele in the Zambezi River (Photo: Courtesy of Wild Rainbow African Safaris)

Wild Rainbow African Safaris Celebrates 10 Years

Whenever I think of the magic of Africa, Meryl Streep’s voice utters, “I had a farm in Africa …” from the opening lines of Out of Africa and suddenly and quite immediately I am – as many others have been – whisked away to the mysterious, magical and often complex continent.

Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke penned her classic memoir about her life in Kenya as Isak Dinesen, which was adapted into the now classic film of the same name starring Streep and Robert Redford.

For a decade Jody Cole, owner and tour guide of Wild Rainbow African Safaris, has unraveled Africa’s mystery, magic and complexity for her guests.

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Lion cubs play as their mother looks on into the bush during Sweet’s Kenya Safari with Wild Rainbow African Safaris in 2010. (Photo: Shannon Wentworth)

Out in Africa: Lesbian Safari Company Celebrates 10 Years

Going to Africa is an adventure of the lifetime that LGBT travelers have been enjoying for a decade thanks to Jody Cole, owner and tour guide of Wild Rainbow African Safaris, who has unraveled Africa’s mystery, magic and complexity for her guests.

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Group shot! A group of young girls in bikinis hanging out around the pool. Photo: Courtesy of Pandora Events

Top 5 Summer Girlie Fests

The posters for lesbian parties are slick bursting with celebrities and hot chicks boasting about the latest must not miss girl bands and artists and laugh out loud funny ladies. We know you are biting your lip and wondering what to do and where to go?

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