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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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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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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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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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Powerful New Exhibit Explores SF’s ‘90s Defiant, Vibrant Lesbian Scene
Chloe Sherman’s New Photo Exhibit Revives San Francisco’s Vibrant Lesbian Scene In The ‘90s by Heather Cassell, originally published by the Bay Area Reporter San Francisco has always been a place where people are free to explore and find themselves. The ‘90s was no exception, yet it was exceptional as queer fine art photographer Chloe […]
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Through Peaks And Valley’s Mountaineer Is About To Have Her Monumental Moment
Mountaineer Erin Parisi Stands Tall on the World’s Highest Peaks for Transgender Visibility is Closer Than Ever to Making History Climbing the Seven Summits by Heather Cassell Mountaineer Erin Parisi started 2022 off right. She concurred her fifth peak summiting Aconcagua in Argentina planting the light blue, pink, and white flag at the top. Erin, […]
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Chicago’s BoHo Appoints New Artistic Director Elizabeth Swanson
Award-winning international nonbinary theater production professional Elizabeth Swanson named Chicago’s BoHo Theatre’s new artistic director by Heather Cassell Chicago’s BoHo Theatre announced the appointment of Elizabeth Swanson as the theater company’s new artistic director earlier this month. “While producing theater looks different these days, I am reassured knowing we have Elizabeth as our new artistic […]
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Non-Binary Activist Liberated Receiving First Gender ‘X’ US Passport
After A Long Battle Against The State Department, Dana Zzyym Became The First Non-Binary American To Receive A Passport Denoting Their Gender As “X” by Heather Cassell Dana Zzyym proudly became the first intersex American to receive a passport with the gender marker “X” last month, making the US the 16th country in the world […]
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The Dinah 30 Energizes Palm Springs With Sensational Women Rockers
The Dinah Returns To Palm Springs For A 5-Day 30th Anniversary Celebration With New Dates And A Knock-Out Roster Of Grammy-Winning Entertainers by Heather Cassell You only turn 30 once, and The Dinah knows it. Grammy artists Macy Gray and Yung Baby Tate headline the largest all-women’s party in the world next month. The Dinah returns […]
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Sonoma’s Fabulous Summer Kicks-Off With Pride and Wine
Sonoma’s Reopening Revs Up With Pride As Queer Wine Lovers Return To Wine Country by Heather Cassell Summer in Sonoma County is going to be fabulous! Visitors flocked to the wineries Memorial Day Weekend, the first unofficial weekend of summer vacation, signaling the near end of the global pandemic at least in sunny California. The […]
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Ecuador Hopes To Be The Next Great LGBTQI Travel Destination
The LGBT Chamber of Commerce Ecuador announced the launch of Proud Destinations, the South American country’s new LGBTQI destination marketing association for LGBTQI-owned and -friendly travel and hospitality businesses and LGBTQI travelers.
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Banned: Audacious Social Media Influencer Apologizes to Bali
Black Lesbian Influencer Apologized To Balinese for Promoting the Popular Southeast Asian Resort Island as LGBTQ-Friendly and Affording A “Luxury Lifestyle” in Tone-Deaf Social Media Posts After Deportation And Six-Month Ban From Returning by Heather Cassell Deported American influencer quazi-apologizes to Balinese for “LGBTQ-friendly” social media comment a week after being kicked out of the […]
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