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Welcome to the debut of Curve quarterly!. So many of you have been asking me about Curve magazine’s status, so here’s a rundown of where we are 33 years after our first issue. As we’ll now be publishing — digitally — four times a year, the magazine continues to evolve.

Franco Stevens came on the Bay Area scene in the late-1980s, eager to immerse herself in the lesbian community she knew existed there. She went to A Different Light bookstore in the Castro looking for a magazine that would connect her to San Francisco’s vibrant lesbian scene only to be told that no such publication existed.

This issue of Curve arrives during a political moment plagued with attempts to draw hard lines—between genders, identities, and, by implication, freedoms…Read more »

Support Us. If you would like to support Curve and contribute to a permanent place in mainstream culture for LGBTQ+ women, please visit the donation page at The Curve Foundation.If you are passionate about Curve and would like to donate your skillset or time to keeping the community powerful and connected, please contact The Curve Foundation.

We put out an open call to submit original images and we were delighted by the richness, diversity, and quality received. Submissions were not limited to lesbian-identifying cisgender people and we encouraged queer women, trans, non-binary, and others to participate. Three winners and two honorable mentions were chosen by The Curve Foundation team based on creativity, self-expression, and ...

Highlights From an Incredible Year. As I think about the year’s milestones, a few moments really stand out for me: JANUARY: We wrapped up our “Curve Magazine Cartoons: Dyke Strippers’ Retrospective,” a live exhibit of lesbian comics printed in DENEUVE and Curve through the ’90s. It was a joyful, hilarious, and moving tribute to the artists who dared to laugh in the face of ...

Apr 6, 2021 · SONiA disappear fear has been an out lesbian since the earliest days of her career, when she chose to refuse changing the pronouns in her songs to fit popular music’s mainstream mold of girl-loves-boy narratives, opting instead for loud and proud declarations of sexual, spiritual and artistic independence…

As Lesbian Visibility Week arrives, we're bursting with excitement to unveil the inaugural Curve Power List, a celebration of 50 LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals who are creating seismic shifts in the United States. From sports and entertainment icons to corporate leaders and politicians, these individuals are breaking barriers, challenging norms, …

On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, The Curve Foundation proudly screened There Are Things To Do, an award-winning documentary about LGBTQ+ activist Urvashi Vaid.The short film captures Vaid’s time in Provincetown with her long-term partner, comedian and activist Kate Clinton.It chronicles just a small slice of Urvashi’s lifetime commitment to fighting for equality through community and calls ...