The Curve Foundation

Nominations for The Curve Power List 2026 are now open! Let us know the LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals who are shaping culture, policy, and social change, who should be honored.

The form closes January 10, 2026.

This Trans Day of Remembrance, we're highlighting the many incredible people and orgs mobilizing for trans lives every day. We honor lives lost to anti-trans violence as we “fight like hell for the living.”

See Advocates for Trans Equality @transequality.bsky.social for more insights and resources

In a few hours: We're hosting a virtual LIVE READING with lesbian Cuban-American writer, translator, and activist ACHY OBEJAS!

⏰ It's not too late to register for the event. Join us here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

LGBTQ+ journalists are vital in today's media landscape. In 2021, Curve proudly launched the Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists with NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social

Congratulations to this year's fellowship recipients! More at TheCurveFoundation.org

Talking, laughing, loving, breathing... Don't miss our next book club about SO GAY FOR YOU, Leisha Hailey & Kate Moennig's new best-selling memoir! With special guest and book editor Hannah O'Grady! RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/ticketing/in...

HOT OFF THE PRESS! Curve sits down with lesbian royalty Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey to talk about their smash-hit memoir, So Gay For You.

Read the new issue of Curve Quarterly today for free at www.CurveMag.com

We're saddened by the loss of Andrea Gibson, whose fearless poetry and art have offered courage and hope to the LGBTQ+ community. Read Curve magazine's interview with Gibson here: archive.curvemag.com/s/curve-arch...

TODAY! Just a few hours until our author Q&A with Bonnie J. Morris. There's still time to register to join for free. 🔗 Link to register: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...

📚 Join our virtual book event next Wednesday, July 9th! We'll discuss the book "Sappho's Bar and Grill" by author and prof. of women's history at UC Berkeley, Bonnie J. Morris!

Register here: zeffy.com/ticketing/in-the-stacks-with-bonnie-j-morris

We're proud to have been a part of the SF Dyke March this past weekend, with Franco Stevens energizing the crowd with an inspiring speech during the rally!

Cheers to Dyke Solidarity and Dyke Resistance ✊

#Dykemarch #SFDykemarch #Pride #Pridemonth #Lesbian #Lesbianvisibility #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQ

🌊"I literally need to be the change that I want to see,” said Dr. Tiara Moore. This #Juneteenth we're spotlighting Dr. Moore, a Black queer scientist who is making marine science more inclusive through Black in Marine Science (BIMS).

Read Curve's full feature on Dr. Moore at CurveMag.com! 🔗

Victoria Brownworth X Curve FDN Interview This oral history interview with Victoria Brownworth, 2023 winner of the Curve Foundation's award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage, covers her impressive career in journalism; from her undergraduate

You can find The Curve Foundation's one-hour oral history interview with Victoria A. Brownworth from August 5, 2023, on Soundcloud. 🔗 soundcloud.com/the-curve-foundation/victoria-brownworth-x-curve-fdn-interview

We are deeply saddened to share the news of Victoria A. Brownworth’s passing. At The Curve Foundation, we were so inspired by Victoria’s fearless voice in journalism as an out lesbian that we created the Curve Award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage in 2023 in her honor.

Dive into Curve Quarterly's Spring 2025 Issue! Featuring the Curve Power List and Curve Photo Contest winners, plus pieces on navigating environmental justice as a queer Black woman marine scientist, and the growing momentum of queer women in sports!

Last call for applications for the 2025 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists by The Curve Foundation and NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists! APPLY: nlgja.org/awardsinfo/curve-award

This fellowship is open to lesbians, queer and trans women and nonbinary people based in the US.

New pledge from philanthropist Dr. Jen Rainin to Fund Our Futures!

🚨 Fund Our Futures update: Huge thanks to Dr. Jen Rainin for pledging $300K to @curvefdn.bsky.social —the only U.S. nonprofit focused on lesbian & queer women’s stories. As anti-LGBTI backlash grows globally, these funds are more vital than ever. Learn more fundourfutures.org
#LesbianVisibilityWeek

🚨 The deadline for applications for the 2025 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists has been extended to May 7, 2025! Apps are open to LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary journalists. APPLY AT: nlgja.org/awardinfo/curve-award

Co-presented by @nlgjaofficial.bsky.social

#lgbtq #lgbt #journalism #nlgja

Bluesky, help us spread the word! 📣 LAST CALL for applications: The 2025 Curve Fellowship for Emerging Journalists is proudly presented by The Curve Foundation & NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists. This annual year-long fellowship is awarded to LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary journalists

Today's the inaugural Queer Women in Sports Day!! 🎉 Check out our in-person and virtual events celebrating queer women in sports at LesbianVisibilityWeekUSA.com/lvw-events ⚽🏀⚾

🌈 INTRODUCING THE CURVE POWER LIST 2025! 🌟
Meet the 75 trailblazing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals who won your vote. See the full list now in the new #LesbianVisibilityWeek issue at CurveMag.com, where you can also download our official brochure.

It is Lesbian Week of Visibility! This year's theme is "Celebrating Rainbow Families". Celebrate with us and @curvefdn.bsky.social! Visit lesbianvisibilityweekusa.com for events, resources, and ways to support. 

LET'S GO LESBIANS! 🧡🤍🩷💜

TOMORROW! 📣 Hear from the queer women behind game-changing women's sports bars! Register for the panel using the link below.

🗓️ Tuesday, April 22, 12:00 PT / 3:00 ET
🎟️ FREE & VIRTUAL
🎟️ RSVP here: www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/beyond-the-rainbow-womens-sports-bar-owners-changing-the-game

🌈 HAPPY LESBIAN VISIBILITY WEEK! 🌈
We've got an exciting lineup of events from Monday, April 21 through Sunday, April 27. Explore our events at LesbianVisibilityWeekUSA.com 🔗

#LesbianVisibilityWeek is APRIL 21-27 this year! Check out events happening across the US at LesbianVisibilityWeekUSA.com

One week left to enter the 2025 Curve Photo Contest. This is a friendly reminder to submit your beautiful images of LGBTQ+ life—whatever that looks like to you! ❤️ Learn more and enter to contest for free at Archive.CurveMag.com by February 28.

🎤*And the category is...THE ARTS!* 🎨📖🍲
This is our last call for nominations of LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary creatives including AUTHORS, DESIGNERS, CHEFS, and ARTISTS of all kinds!

NOMINATE NOW, it takes just a few minutes: LesbianVisibilityWeekUSA.com/curve-power-list

TONIGHT! Look behind-the-scenes at lesbian magazine Curve through its unseen archived materials housed at the historic Lesbian Herstory Archives and Wanderground Lesbian Archive/Library.

*Feb 5, at 4:30pm PT/ 7:30pm ET
*RSVP at tinyurl.com/curvetreasures2525
*Free virtual event

Check out our upcoming free events and be sure to RSVP! Don't miss our special event next Wednesday, FEB 5—we're collaborating with Lesbian Herstory Archives and Wanderground Lesbian Library/Archives to bring you a deep dive into historic lesbian publications 🤩

📸 NOW OPEN: Submit to Curve's 2025 Photo Contest before Feb 28. Bluesky community, help us do your thing and spread the word!

The contest follows Curve magazine's 30-year legacy of depicting queer and #lesbian life proudly and authentically.

SUBMIT for free: tinyurl.com/curve-photo-contest25

Curve Film Club: D.E.B.S. OverviewJoin us for the Curve Film Club! We will be hosting a virtual discussion the 2004 American action comedy film written, edited and directed by Angela Robinson, D.E.B.S. Attendees will watch the...

Our year-round programming kicks off tomorrow with a Curve Film Club discussion on D.E.B.S., the iconic lesbian action-comedy of the early 2000s! 🍿 Join us tomorrow for this free virtual event, open to everyone!

RSVP: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/curve-film-club-debs