Why We Need(ed) a Gender, Sexuality, & Space Reading List

There are nearly 1,000 citations in here. As I said, I am *very* passionate about citations. Proof of life means so much to queers and transes, especially through records that we exist.

"My Lesbian Bar"

One of the first things my partner Rachel said to me was, "My lesbian bar was a babyfeeding café in Boston 2014-2015." And I've been thinking how I didn't bat an eye.

Lez Liberatory Geographical Imaginations: Dykeness in Retrospect

Many of us want to return to halcyon spacetimes. It's how the Far Right sells themselves. But wanting to go back to some halcyon spacetimes is how *everyone* makes sense of their geographies, just not in vile, cruel, and fascist ways.

The Only Lesbian Bar Guide in the World Is from 1928

Just then, Spinnboden archivist and director Katja Koblitz gently sprung up. She arrived at my shoulder and tapped me gently, as she said, “Why didn’t you tell me earlier you were writing a book on dyke bars?” I turned and found her beaming...

Let Us Tease You :: Our Dyke Histories Soft (Butch) Reveal

Coming in live from the Lesbian Lives conference in New York City, I'm excited to do a soft (butch) launch of my podcast with Sinister Wisdom: Our Dyke Histories!

Magicks: Our Dyke Histories podcast soft launch at Lesbian Lives!

Come for the history; stay for the revolution, gossip, and desire that built it. 🤌 That's our (sexy and smart) tagline for my podcast Our Dyke Histories. I'm releasing ODH in collaboration with the amazing Sinister Wisdom, the lesbian multicultural literary and art journal.

Okay, Okay, Now I (Sort of) Love Dyke Bars*

But I've never shared the reason I now (sort of) love dyke bars*. My anger arose from the question posed to me. And asking why lesbian bars are closing is an incredibly boring question.

I (Used to) Hate Dyke Bars*

I hate dyke bars*. Or I used to. Now I'm writing a book about them. ** In the fall of 2020, the bright leaves were falling on very lezbiqueertrans western Massachusetts. I had moved into my dyke bff’s / pandemic podmate’s guest room. We helped one another other

How Much We Don't (& Are Dying to Know) @ LBQT*S Dating & Hookup

In late 1999, I signed myself up for my first dating site, the now long defunct PlanetOut. I landed in New York City thinking I'd never meet anyone that I wanted to talk to at a bar or a club—primarily because I'd spent the last

20 Years On: Why I'm Still Living for Dyke* Spaces

It's utterly delightful to be back talking about lezbiqueertrans or dyke* spaces–by which I mean all the spaces and places claimed by, associated with, and personally and socially known to lesbian, bi, queer, trans, nb, gnc, and sapphic people. Or really anyone who'd affiliate with