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LIVE: Community Story Share at As You Are (Washington, DC / 05.28.26)

LIVE: Community Story Share at The Lipstick Lounge (Nashville, TN / 06.06.26)

LIVE: Community Story Share at Gossip Grill and Diversionary Theatre (San Diego, CA)

Making Queer Space in Brooklyn: LIVE Panel at Greenlight Bookstore

LIVE: Community Story Share and Book Launch (Ginger's Bar, Brooklyn / 05.26.26)

LIVE: Community Story Share (Northampton, MA / 06.01.26)

Highlights From Our Lesbian Bar Road Trip

Organizer Meg Riley on living in a lesbian co-op, the history of radical resistance in Minneapolis, and the ICE surge

Activist Mandy Carter on war resistance, the Quaker tradition, and the search for her long lost siblings

Franco Stevens on the history of Curve Magazine, lesbian visibility, and extremely creative fundraising

Angeli Luz on creating the Lesbian Masterdoc and the backlash

Bernie Stark on women's softball, Title IX, and trans inclusion in sports

Activists Heather Booth and Martha Scott on their historic underground abortion network

Margaret Cho on her parents’ gay bookstore, BDSM during HIV/AIDS, and why Ellen hates her

Diane on coming out at 77, going viral, and life as a nun

Carmen Maria Machado on writing 'In the Dream House,' tops/bottoms, and the forgotten history of queer DV

Elaine Stott on trying dr*gs at 5, getting kicked out of school bathrooms, and her journey to Survivor

Brooke Webster on Meow Mix, Cattyshack, and being featured in Chasing Amy and Go Fish

Jess Dobkin and Lisa DeBoer on the "Lesbian Time-Out Kiss-In," Lesbian Avengers, and queer visibility in the WNBA

Oak Chezar on rejecting the patriarchy and more stories from Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp

Ronnie D. Ron on creating Shakedown: LA's legendary Black, lesbian strip club

Tricia Cooke on making a lesbian B-movie trilogy, and her polyamorous marriage with Ethan Coen

Lez Hang Out! Ep. 317: God Save the Lesbian Bar w/ Lisa Cannistraci

The Queer Family Podcast, S19 E1: Gays With Kids Founder Brian Rosenberg

Shame Spiral, S1 E32: "You're Not Gonna Call Me Dirty Because You Feel Dirty" w/ Robby Hoffman

Michelle Axelson on Womencrafts Provincetown, the "dyke discount," and existing within a spectrum of a community

Sean Monaghan and Susanna Stein on Stud Country, Big Apple Ranch, and the history of queer country western dancing

Heather Purser on passing same sex marriage in her tribe, and meeting the love of her life at 7 years old

Holly Near on Women's Music, Jane Fonda's Free The Army Tour, and music as activism

Angela Denise Davis on ZAMI NOBLA and moving through the world as a Black, blind, lesbian.

I'm Baby and Denise Gaylord on Dyke Drag

Robin Tyler on the fight for marriage equality, and getting arrested for 'female impersonation'

Activist Sue Say on the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Encampment, organizing in prisons, and annoying the police as best you can

Valery Hughes on nursing in NYC hospitals during the AIDS epidemic, and falling in love in the on-call room

Comedian Kristen Becker on Summer of Sass, touring the Deep South, and getting stabbed in the chest

Journalist Tracy E. Gilchrist on queer media, childhood crushes, and what 'holding space' means to her

Barbara Smith on The Combahee River Collective, lesbian identity, and Black feminism

Activist Michelle Crone on a lesbian nation, the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment, and strategies for radical civil disobedience

Introducing Season 3: Beyond the Bars

Cruising the Archives: Lillian Faderman

Cruising the Archives: Ms. Mabel Hampton

Cruising the Archives: Pete Smith

Cruising the Archives: Patricia McCombs

Redz / Nancy Valverde | Los Angeles, CA

The Bush | Brooklyn, NY

Bonus Content: Summer | Doc Marie's

Hershee Bar | Norfolk, VA

Welcome to Cruising!

Alice Brady's | New Orleans, LA

The Ruby Fruit | Los Angeles, CA

Lost and Found | Chicago, IL

Dorothy Downstairs | Chicago, IL

Mona's | San Francisco, CA

Maud's | San Francisco, CA

Bonus Content: Ray | Doc Marie's

Doc Marie's | Portland, OR

Bonus Content: Anjali Kumaran | The Sports Bra

The Sports Bra | Portland, OR

Bonus Content: Teryl Lynn Foxx | Les Pierres

Les Pierres | New Orleans, LA

Femme Bar | Worcester, MA

Charlene’s | New Orleans, LA

Introducing Season 2! - Trailer

Bonus Content: Ruthie Boirie | Ginger's

Ginger's | Brooklyn, NY

An Update From Cruising!

Babes of Carytown | Richmond, VA

The Lipstick Lounge | Nashville, TN

My Sister's Room | Atlanta, GA

Herz | Mobile, AL

Pearl Bar | Houston, TX

Sue Ellen's | Dallas, TX

YBR Pub | Tulsa, OK

Frankie's | Oklahoma City, OK

Alibi's | Oklahoma City, OK

Boycott Bar | Phoenix, AZ

Gossip Grill | San Diego, CA

Wild Side West | San Francisco, CA

Wildrose | Seattle, WA

Bonus Content: Shirley J | Nobody's Darling

Walker's Pint | Milwaukee, WI

A Message from Cruising

Nobody's Darling | Chicago, IL

Bonus Content: Lisa Cannistraci | Henrietta Hudson

The Back Door | Bloomington, IN

Bonus Content: Lillian Faderman | LGBTQ+ Scholar

Slammers | Columbus, OH

Bonus Content: Deb Greenberg | Cubbyhole

A League of Her Own | Washington, DC

Henrietta Hudson | New York, NY

Cubbyhole | New York, NY

Introducing Cruising - Trailer