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Córdova’s legacy as a trailblazing lesbian feminist activist has been preserved at the One National Gay & Lesbian Archives, the oldest continuous LGBT organization in the United States, where Córdova was elected Board President in 1995. Córdova’s extensive archival records remain vital documentary evidence of the rich and complicated history of the lesbian feminist movement in the United States.

Misogyny, part five. The pressure to conform or to be an obvious club member for starters is embedded in white patriarchy. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the most qualified Supreme Court Justice candidate in history. Republican senators were...

Jill Sobule plans to perform with Emma Ivy at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 10, at One Longfellow Square, 181 State St. in Portland. Sobule’s work is at once deeply personal and socially conscious, seriously funny and derisively tragic. In a dozen albums spanning three decades of recording, the Denver-born songwriter/guitarist/singer has tackled such topics as […]

Lauren Hough, author of acclaimed essay collection 'Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing,' had a prominent LGBTQ literary nomination withdrawn over her tweets.

Lambda Literary cancel lesbian author Lauren Hough’s award nomination after she tells critics to read a book before passing judgement.

She didn't write a single 'transphobic' word; now she's cancelled.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Judges pull award nomination for book by Lauren Hough

NEW YORK (AP) — Judges for a prominent LGBTQ literature award withdrew a planned nomination for Lauren Hough's acclaimed essay collection, “Leaving Isn’t The Hardest Thing," after the author used sharp and sometimes profane language in Twitter exchanges with critics of a novel she had expressed admiration for.

Her essay collection was removed from contention in the category of best lesbian memoir after she went on Twitter to defend a forthcoming Sandra Newman novel from charges that it was transphobic.

Writers: Step away from Twitter, and don’t even think about tangling with Goodreads.