“If I inspired even one young activist to use what I did as a springboard to speak up and represent their community, then it was a total win.” Franco spoke with Claudia Cometa about her experience with Curve magazine on the Free Your Mind podcast.
We Salute the Lesbian ‘Blood Sisters’
So proud of our lesbian history. In the ’80s as the gay community struggled to process incredible trauma, grief, and homophobia, groups of lesbian women banded together to support and tend to the men dying from AIDS. They even held regular blood drives to ensure those with HIV and AIDS had the blood needed for […]
AHEAD OF THE CURVE will be at Lesbians Who Tech
Lesbians Who Tech will be closing down the Castro with 6,000 queer women, trans and non-binary folks, and allies in tech. We’ll follow founder Leanne Pittsford at the conference of our dreams, with technical leaders covering topics like AI, machine learning, engineering, design, UX, and the future of work. And 6,000 queer women!
Fabulous Funny Lady Suzanne Westenhoefer in Ventura on 2/15
Voted “America’s Funniest Lesbian” by Curve magazine readers, Suzanne Westenhoefer will bring down the house at Rainbow Night at The Ventura Harbor Comedy Club in Ventura, CA on 2/15. Grab your tickets now!
Sarah Bush Dance Project at the Ahead of the Curve Fundraiser
Amazing surprise performance at the Ahead of the Curve fundraiser this week by the rockin’ Sarah Bush Dance Project – including former Club Q dancers! We need everyone’s support to get this queertastic film made! If you’d like to donate, you can do so here.
Out Magazine Highlights Black Queer History This Month
Out is featuring a month’s worth of content centering Black queer excellence. “I see it as an opportunity for us to resurrect the legacies of the Sylvesters, the Moms Mableys, the Glenn Burkes, and the Lucy Hicks Andersons. It’s a chance to pay homage to those who paved the way for the Janet Mocks, the […]
Outspoken Ellen Page Is Our Hero!
Check out Ellen Page’s take down of Trump & Pence’s attacks on LGBTQ people. “Connect the dots. If you are in a position of power and you hate people and you want to cause suffering to them, you go through the trouble, you spend your career trying to cause suffering — what do you think […]
Melissa Etheridge joins Ahead of the Curve!
Huge news! Melissa Etheridge rocked our interview for AHEAD OF THE CURVE – and she will rock the National Anthem at this weekend’s Chiefs/Patriots game! Go Melissa!
The Gilda Stories coming to TV!
Author, playwright, and activist, Jewelle Gomez’s ‘The Gilda Stories’ is being made for the screen! Based on the 1991 novel, Cheryl Dunye will write and direct the series, which follows a black bisexual heroine throughout 200 years of African-American history. Raised by a vampire who runs a brothel, she will eventually become a vampire herself […]
US Court Rules in Favor of Trump on Transgender Military Limits
“Attorney Jennifer Levi, director of GLAD’s transgender rights project, said the decision is “based on the absurd idea that forcing transgender people to suppress who they are in order to serve is not a ban. It ignores the reality of transgender people’s lives, with devastating consequences, and rests on a complete failure to understand who […]