Robin Lowey // Robin Lowey, Speaker, author, filmmaker, and historian, Robin Lowey seeks to elevate the discourse in our country about the role lesbian history plays in advancing LGBTQ+ civil rights and social equity. As a pioneering queer parent and an activist, Robin’s work focuses on LGBTQ+ achievements that have advanced a more inclusive society as well as on the unmet needs of a culture that continues to oppress queer people.
Author of Game Changers: Lesbians You Should Now About www.lesbiangamechangers.com
An award-winning graphic designer and writer, Robin is the founder of Epochalips.com and has been Editor-in-Chief since 2010. Her writing has appeared in The Advocate, Lesbian.com, and Epochalips.com. Honored in Go Magazine’s 100 Women We Love issue, Robin was a featured speaker at Talks at Google and the Michelle Meow Show on The CW Network. She is a member of the LGBT Speakers Bureau. Robin’s work donating 300 Game Changers books to local Bay Area schools was covered on CBS news during their Pride Special Report. Creative Director, Robin Lowey Branding + Design. Member of Spectrum LGBT Speakers Bureau. Surfer, snowboarder, hiker and Mother of two beautiful grown boys.
Monica Palacios’ Queer Comedy in SF!
San Francisco, Mi Amor! The 80’s: Queer Comedy, Taquerias, The Castro, The Mission, Mullets & Shoulder Pads So Wide You Could Fly! I first saw Monica perform as one half of the ‘Only Latin Female Comedy Duo in the Universe’Â alongside Marga Gomez. It was 1985 at Fanny’s in the Castro, where I lived with […]
Important LGBT History in ‘Freeheld’
On Wednesday night I attended a special screening of Freeheld at the Castro Theater, benefiting NCLR. It was packed with lesbians—SURPRISE! I was reminded of the time I saw the premier of Desert Hearts at the Castro in 1985…you could have heard a pin drop during some of the intense scenes. While I can’t say […]
Get on the Queer Cruise at Oakland Pride!
If you are looking for something fun to do during Oakland’s Pride weekend why not ride THE QUEER CRUISE! REVOLVE 2015 is a 7-day cinematic and artistic celebration  LGBTQIA and Ally Pride. Don’t miss the Queer Cruise TODAY SATURDAY September 12th at Jack London Boat Pier – next to Scotts Seafood + Lungomare Restaurants – 1 Broadway: […]
Think Different: Exiting the Loop
I’m not referring to that old “poor grammar†Apple slogan. Did you ever go into a loop over someone? When you can’t get her out of your head? And even if she made it clear she doesn’t want to be with you, you still keep spinning on it? I found myself stuck in the loop […]
Best of LEZWRITES! by 3 Girls Theatre Company
Due to the extraordinary lack of theatrical productions that feature lesbian writing and themes about our lesbian lives, LEZWRITES! was created. We strive to meet the need for lesbians, bi, and transwomen playwrights, poets, essayists, monologists and solo performers to have a place where their work is sought after, appreciated and put up onstage where […]
A LOVE picnic for Page Hodel’s 500th Heart
On Sunday, August 2, join artist Page Hodel as part of a HUGE human heart, which will be her 500th Monday Heart for Madalene marking the 10-year anniversary of her meeting Madalene. Reserve a place in the heart by joining our team, tell all your friends to support you. Or, if you live far away or […]
Remembering Lynnly!
Ever had a friend who was with you through thick and thin, taught you important things, exasperated you, but led you through each stage of life feeling like you were running to keep up? Well I had that with Lynnly Labovitz. Lynnly lost her valiant fight with breast cancer in the Fall of 2008. I […]
New Book By Carmen de Monteflores!
The following is an excerpt from Carmen’s new novel ¡JÃbara! that tells the story of Juanita, a jÃbara, a poor, young woman from the mountains of Puerto Rico, who wants to become a teacher. She attends a rural school until a hurricane forces her and her mother to migrate to the city where they end […]
Amazing Lesbian Musician Jen Foster is Back!
Over the last 5 years, Jen has been making regular trips to Los Angeles, CA, to record music with her dear friend, producer Rich Jacques. It all began at a little studio called the “White Room†in Hollywood, and on her initial trip, in the spring of 2009, they recorded a group of four original […]
So. African LGBTQs Represented at Frameline!
South Africa led the world with its all-embracing Constitution, granting homosexuals unprecedented freedoms and rights. The film While You Weren’t Looking is featured at this year’s Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco, (produced by The Out In Africa Gay & Lesbian Film Festival) and takes a look at South Africa through the lives and experiences […]
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