We are pleased to present the Curve Power List for 2025. Raquel Willis (she/her) is an award-winning author, activist, and media strategist dedicated to collective liberation, especially for Black ...

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 ...

As we enter 2025, we find that many steps remain to secure LGBTQ+ rights. Curve's archivist Julia Rosenzweig examines the inspiring legacy of lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid.

How many times have you been asked to describe the challenges you’ve faced based on your sexual orientation and gender identification? How has misogyny, racism, classism, ageism, and ableism impacted ...

We asked, and you nominated. Here are the top 50 outstanding individuals who made our inaugural Power List for their incredible work in the public eye, behind the scenes, in our community, or the ...

When it comes to spilling her heart and soul to thousands of complete strangers, Mary Lambert is no rookie.

This issue of Curve arrives during a political moment plagued with attempts to draw hard lines—between genders, identities, and, by implication, freedoms. The recent executive order narrowing the ...

When I was a closeted young adult, I would sometimes wear dresses, not high femme fashion like a Victorian dress, but dresses nonetheless, to throw the scent off people wondering if I was gay.

From Stonewall activist Stormé DeLarverie to renowned author Leslie Feinberg, butch women have been influencing American lesbian culture since before the genesis of the contemporary Western identity ...

Brooklyn natives Jannah and Kiyanna have made it their life’s work to fossick for and preserve Black ephemera from all around the world, and they do so with the care of highly educated, hip, and ...

This year, two women who dedicated their lives to increasing lesbian visibility – in the queer community and in the mainstream – came together to celebrate Lesbian Visibility Day. Curve magazine ...

In a grassy area by the river, twenty women stand in a circle. They’re in a women’s retreat; they’ve gathered for a radical body-positive exercise. The exercise centers on the Yoni (the Tantric word ...