Unfashionably Lesbian Focussed
Out of the closet And into the fire Hotter than hell the flames lick my face As my lover Cools my heels Out of the closet And into the sidewalk Walking as a female looking kind of like a guy And for once I am Read more
Vancouver plays this wonderful trick on Vancouverites every February. For a short while, it seems like spring is fully sprung and summer is a whisper away. The snow drops and crocuses pop up from the ground, and buds on trees start to swell. Alas, the Read more
We are happy to announce that we have just confirmed a location for a dance in Vancouver on March 15th!! The new management at the Howard Johnson’s (formerly the Biltmore) has offered us a monthly Saturday night for a women’s over-30’s dance. The lounge has Read more
Jodie Foster has kind of shocked Hollywood by publicly acknowledging her same-sex lover of almost 20 years for the first time ever. Here’s a link to the story in the Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Friday, January 4th, 7:00pm @ Rhizome Cafe We’re back for another round! Join us for a night of queer-friendly board games! DJ Ruggedly Handsome and DJ Fagbot will be spinning tunes. Bring the games you want to play or use ours. www.rhizomecafe.ca for more details Read more
“Parenthood does not have a cookie-cutter definition.” The documentary film Mommy, Mommy is scheduled to air this December on CBC Newsworld on “The Lens”: – Tuesday, December 4th at 7pm and 10pm Pacific Standard Time (PST) – Saturday, December 8th at 8pm PST and 11pmPST This Read more
Welcome to the winter edition of Lesbian Quarterly.
Winter holidays. As someone who celebrates the secular version of Christmas, it’s a time of figuring out what to buy people and when to mail it so they get it on time. It’s also a time to focus on the things I like about the various winter holidays, and leave the rest.
My spiritual holiday is Winter Solstice, which is a nice thing to celebrate, since you can make it whatever you want to be. Lesbians are like that, taking what we like about popular culture and hopefully leaving the rest. Yule evergreens decorated with blessings, decking the halls, candles and blessing people with gifts belong to Solstice/Yule as much as Christmas, and that makes me happy.
About 20 years ago, young, broke and unwilling to go to my parents place for Christmas, I chose to gather my chosen family around me and start some new traditions. That year, my Solstice / birthday candlemaking celebration was born. Each year since then, the people I’m closest to, and some others that just seem nice, are invited to my home to sit around, drink mulled apple juice and dip candle wicks in tall jars of hot coloured wax. It’s nice, homey and peaceful, the kind of thing I’d want my children to remember fondly, if I was going to have children.
This quarter in LQ we have some resources for making lesbian and gay friendly purchases from companies with positive practices towards people like us. We also have a book review by guest contributor Jeanette Nelson, about a first novel written by a Canadian lesbian, published by a Canadian publishing company. As well, a new opportunity to recommend your favourite lesbian-owned businesses and artisans.
In This Issue
The Skin Beneath I was recently at one of my favourite holiday events, the Women’s Winter Craft Faire hosted by Pat Hogan of Sounds and Furies Productions. This yearly fair, held at the Heritage Hall on Main Street brings a great assortment of quality women artisans together in Read more
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