Tag: Lesbian Culture

Plan V – intersectional, fun and fab

Plan V – intersectional, fun and fab

A group of women from the local lesbian meetup attended last Saturday’s showing of Plan V at the Vancouver Fringe festival. Consensus afterward (because what is a group of lesbians without consensus) was that we loved it. The first thing I was surprised about was Read more

Plan V at the Fringe

Plan V at the Fringe

LQ Editors Notes I haven’t seen this (yet) but I plan to. Looks like an adventure and a topic dear to many of our hearts. VANCOUVER SHOW TIMES Thursday 9/4  10:30 Saturday 9/6  7:00 Sunday 9/7  8:45 Monday 9/8  10:30 Wednesday 9/10 7:00 Thursday 9/11 8:45 Friday Read more

Opinion: Lesbians and Bi Women – Culture Clash?

Opinion: Lesbians and Bi Women – Culture Clash?

Why can’t we just all get along? I have a lot of close bi friends.  I have dated bi women. I hear a lot about how bi women feel pressure to ‘prove’ their queerness and how they get the message that they are not legitimate, Read more

Why does the first lesbian breakup hurt so much?

Why does the first lesbian breakup hurt so much?

One of the things about the first heart-rending, eviscera stomping, soul draining lesbian breakup is that you don’t know at the time that it’s because its the first, and because heterosexism makes things worse at every point.

How to be friends with your exes – for lesbians

How to be friends with your exes – for lesbians

Lesbian culture is built on family – the families formed by women, their exes and their ex’s exes. Here’s how we maintain that network.

What were lesbian bars like when we really needed them?

An oasis in a desert of systemic oppression.

How to tell if a woman is interested in you, for lesbians…

How to tell if a woman is interested in you, for lesbians…

models and internalized homophobia can make it difficult for women to let you know that they are interested in you. Here’s how to make it easier to tell.

Coming Out and Overcoming Faith Barriers

Coming Out and Overcoming Faith Barriers

by Renée Wood – Guest contributor to LQ I spent the years of my youth in church and eventually came out as a lesbian. My church didn’t accept me, but I learned to accept myself. Now I am engaged to my wonderful fiancee and I Read more

The 16 women you will see on lesbian dating sites when you’re over 40

The 16 women you will see on lesbian dating sites when you’re over 40

Have you noticed that there are a lot of similarities between lesbian dating profiles for women over 40? I have a brain that finds patterns and here are the one’s I’ve found so far. Please note, these are composites and any similarities to specific humans Read more

Film review: Lesbian Christmas kind of Rom Com – The Happiest Season

I watched the Happiest Season recently. This movie, starring Kristin Stuart (Bella from Twilight) and Alison Brie (Trudy from Mad Men) as those most lesbian of star crossed lovers (and most frequent young dyke hearbreak) – a closet case paired with an out-since-birth-with-supportive parents gal. Read more