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Social Good Fund, The Curve Foundation

The Curve Foundation champions lesbian, queer women, transgender and nonbinary people&#39;s stories and culture through intergenerational programming and community building. Curve Envisions a world where all LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people feel valued, supported and connected.

Reclaiming the Word Lesbian: An Inclusive Discussion on Queer Identity and Media

Calling Portland SAPPHICS! Join Curve for our third and LAST NIGHT watching the Portland Fire on Tuesday, September 22nd! This is the Fire&#39;s last game of the season, playing against the Valkyries, and it&#39;s Fan Appreciation Night (with special giveaways to all attendees). Come for the queer community and joy, stay for the basketball! Join the game by entering the TICKET LOTTERY&nbsp;for one free ticket to attend. Join the&nbsp;PREGAME for a fun hang with other sapphic basketball fans prior to the game. We&#39;ll head over to MODA Center together! Please read the details below carefully. This event is prioritized for people who identify as&nbsp;LGBTQ+ women/sapphic/FLINTA and nonbinary people. FREE TICKET LOTTERY INFO 🎟️&nbsp;What: Portland Fire vs Golden State Valkyries Game<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: 7 PM on Tuesday, September 22, 2026&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Moda Center, Portland, OR</li></ul>How it works:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">ONLY ONE ENTRY&nbsp;PER PERSON&mdash;WE WILL CHECK</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please only enter if you are 100% sure you can make it to this game</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch your inbox: We will email everyone a few days before the game to let you know if you scored a ticket.</li></ul>PRE-GAME MEETUP INFO 🏀Whether you score a ticket with us through the lottery, already have your own seats, or just want to hang out with the community before tip-off, you are officially invited to the pre-game party! We&rsquo;re meeting at Spirit of 77.&nbsp;<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: 5&nbsp;PM on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 (two hours before the game)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Spirit of 77&nbsp;(500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Who: Everyone! This hangout is open to all, ticket or no ticket.&nbsp;Spirit of 77 is all ages until 10pm.</li></ul>To join:<ul fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please let us know you&#39;re joining by registering through this page so we can give the venue a heads-up on our numbers</li></ul>

Join Curve: Portland Fire Game and Free Ticket Lottery (Sept 22)

Join Curve for our second epic night of basketball, community, and queer joy! Curve is hosting a&nbsp;Sapphic Pre-Game Meetup and Lottery for FREE tickets to the Portland Fire v Golden State Valkyries&nbsp;game on&nbsp;Sunday, August 30th, 2026. Please read the details below carefully. This event is prioritized for people who identify as LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people. FREE TICKET LOTTERY INFO 🎟️ &ndash; NOW CLOSED <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">What: Portland Fire vs Golden State Valkyries Game</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 4 PM</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon (1 N Center Court St)</li></ul>How it works:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please only enter if you are 100% sure you can make it to this game</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Enter the Lottery by choosing the corresponding ticket option on this page</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch your inbox: We will email everyone a few days before the game to let you know if you scored a ticket.</li></ul>Note: Only&nbsp;one entry per person. PRE-GAME MEETUP INFO 🏀Whether you score a ticket with us through the lottery, already have your own seats, or just want to hang out with the community before tip-off, you are officially invited to the pre-game party! We&rsquo;re meeting at Spirit of 77.&nbsp;If you are heading to the game, we will take the short walk together from Spirit of 77 to the Moda Center around 6pm.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: Sunday, August 30, at 2&nbsp;PM (2 hours before the game)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Spirit of 77&nbsp;(500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Who: Everyone! This hangout is open to all, ticket or no ticket.&nbsp;Spirit of 77 is all ages until 10pm.</li></ul>To join:<ul fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please let us know you&#39;re joining by registering through this page so we can give the venue a heads-up on our numbers!</li></ul>

Watch a Portland Fire Game with Curve! Free Ticket Lottery (Aug 30)

Shane Lookalike Contest&nbsp;- a sapphic spectacle and fundraiser for&nbsp;Lesbian Visibility Week 2027! Join The Curve Foundation as we bring the fun and raise money for Lesbian Visibility Week 2027. In addition to the contest, we&#39;ll also be hosting a raffle 🎟️ &nbsp;for a coveted Curve magazine x The L Word archival item...to soon be announced! You can participate in this event by&nbsp;entering the contest as Shane or attending and cheering from the sidelines&mdash;with a choice to dress up as any L Word character for fun (prizes for audience favorites)! 🏆 Compete as &quot;Shane&quot;:&nbsp;$5 to Enter Contest👀 Attend as Spectator:&nbsp;FREE (with option to dress up for fun)Date:&nbsp;Saturday, August 22, 2026Time:&nbsp;3pm Sharp (don&#39;t be late)Where: Rikki&#39;s: 2223 Market Street, San FranciscoWho can compete: Everyone is encouraged to compete!Raffle: In-person *Open to the public. RSVPs encouraged for bar planning.&nbsp;Does not guarantee admission.&nbsp;The bar may reach capacity; arrive early to guarantee a seat.&nbsp;** MUST RSVP TO COMPETE Cohosted by The Curve Foundation and Rikki&#39;s Women&#39;s Sports Bar The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; -webkit-user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Shane Lookalike Contest!

Join us for an epic night of basketball, community, and queer joy! Curve is hosting a Pre-Game Meetup and Lottery for FREE tickets to the Portland Fire v Indiana Fever&nbsp;game on&nbsp;Friday, July 31, 2026. Please read the details below carefully. LOTTERY INFO 🎟️ <ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">What: Portland Fire vs Indiana Fever</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: Friday, July 31, 7pm</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon (1 N Center Court St)</li></ul>How it works:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please only enter if you are 100% sure you can make it to the game on July 31st!</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Enter the Lottery by choosing the corresponding ticket option on this page</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch your inbox: We will email everyone a few days before the game to let you know if you scored a ticket.</li></ul>Note: Only one entry per person. PRE-GAME MEETUP INFO 🏀Whether you score a ticket with us through the lottery, already have your own seats, or just want to hang out with the community before tip-off, you are officially invited to the pre-game party! We&rsquo;re meeting at Spirit of 77 to connect, hang out, and celebrate Portland Pride Month before the Portland Fire take on the Indiana Fever. If you are heading to the game, we will take the short walk together from Spirit of 77 to the Moda Center around 6 PM.<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">When: Friday, July 31, 5pm (2 hours before game)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where: Spirit of 77&nbsp;(500 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd)</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Who: Everyone! This hangout is open to all, ticket or no ticket. Spirit of 77 is all ages until 10pm.</li></ul>To join:<ul fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Please let us know you&#39;re joining by registering through this page so we can give the venue a heads-up on our numbers!</li></ul>

Curve's Portland Fire Lottery & Pre-Game Meetup (July 31)

The Curve Foundation is thrilled to present&nbsp;Curve Book Club with comedians Jenny Hagel and Murray Hill, discussing Jenny&#39;s new memoir, Advice No One Asked For. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780007347/wysiwyg/crjkmcnrkumd45queww7.jpg" style="width: 178px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; text-align: right; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: right; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 178px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; text-align: right; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: right;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Please RSVP on this page to receive a link to join the virtual event. Here&#39;s where you can purchase Advice No One Asked For:<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Advice-No-One-Asked-For/Jenny-Hagel/9781668079614" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Hardcover Book</a><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Advice-No-One-Asked-For/Jenny-Hagel/9781668121313" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Audiobook</a> Event Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026Time: 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ETWhere: Virtual (Zoom) <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780007293/wysiwyg/utpprsgygw51v8dnovhc.jpg" style="width: 210px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 210px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> About Jenny HagelJenny Hagel is an Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedy performer in New York. She is a writer/performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where she created the recurring segment Jokes Seth Can&#39;t Tell &ndash; which New York Magazine called &ldquo;the best segment in late night.&rdquo; Jenny also served as Head Writer/Executive Producer of The Amber Ruffin Show. Other writing credits include the Golden Globe Awards, Impractical Jokers, and Big Gay Sketch Show. Jenny has been nominated for two GLAAD Awards for her work addressing LGBTQ issues on TV. Her debut essay collection, &quot;Advice No One Asked For&quot; is available now wherever books are sold. Photo credit Lloyd Bishop. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1780612923/wysiwyg/m2bzjmkje1jcimraaxpg.jpg" style="width: 172px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 172px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">About Murray HillMurray Hill is a one-man entertainment machine: comedian, host, actor, writer, producer, and walking time capsule of classic showbiz charm. Television audiences know him as the lovable Fred Rococo on HBO&rsquo;s award-winning Somebody Somewhere, and from his appearances on Life &amp; Beth (HBO), Drag Me To Dinner (Hulu), Elsbeth (CBS), Welcome to Flatch (FOX), and King of Drag (Revry). NBC News selected him as one of modern history&#39;s 30 most iconic and influential drag performers, and New York magazine included him in the Fifty Most Iconic Gender Benders of All Time list. His campaign for Mayor of New York in 1996 was inducted into the New York Historical Society. He lives in Brooklyn in a fourth-floor walk-up, where he watches Three&rsquo;s Company reruns and reads celebrity memoirs. - - - - - - - - -&nbsp; The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Curve Book Club: Jenny Hagel and Murray Hill

As part of Lesbian Visibility Week 2026, join The Curve Foundation for a free virtual screening of JEWELLE: A Just Vision by Madeleine Lim (2022, 64 min) Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026 (12:00 AM Pacific) - Sunday, April 26, 2026 (11:59 PM Pacific) &nbsp; Where: Virtual&nbsp;RSVP TO JOIN About the film:&nbsp; From Black Power in late-60s Boston, to AIDS activism in mid-80s New York, to Marriage Equality in early-10s San Francisco, JEWELLE: A Just Vision shines a joyful and hope-filled spotlight on award-winning novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and journalist Jewelle Gomez. An Ioway and Wampanoag, Black and Cape Verdean, femme lesbian, Jewelle co-founded&nbsp;decades-old social justice organizations that are more relevant than ever. Expansive in her creative imagination, inclusive in her philanthropic leadership, and passionate in her lesbian of color feminist ethics, she is an unrelenting torchbearer for the transformative power of the artist as activist. This intimate portrayal weaves haunting visuals, poignant images and personal papers that illuminate her cultural impact. The soundtrack draws on African American and Native American spiritual and musical traditions. It drinks deeply from a life of art and activism, and anchors Jewelle&rsquo;s personal struggles at the confluence of social movements. Before the air date, you will receive an email confirmation with a code to view the film. It will be available for streaming from 12:00am on 4/23/2026 until 11:59pm on 4/26/26.<p fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396.006px; margin-inline: 0px !important; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;" style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: 100%; color: rgb(30, 14, 93); width: 396.006px; margin-inline: 0px !important; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0.25px; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"> The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Film Spotlight! JEWELLE: A JUST VISION (Virtual/Free)

***This is an encore streaming of the live event that happened on Wednesday, April 22nd. This Beyond the Rainbow virtual panel centers the real experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women navigating healthcare today. Presented in collaboration with <a fr-original-style="" href="https://glma.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality,</a> the conversation looks at what&rsquo;s working, what&rsquo;s not, and what needs to change, for both patients and providers. Grounded in the long history of LGBTQ+ women pushing health equity forward, this discussion focuses on practical solutions and clear, actionable takeaways. Topics include:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sexual health and preventive care</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Midlife, perimenopause, and menopause</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Navigating clinical interactions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mental health and systemic stress</li></ul> Panelists will share real-world examples and guidance to help improve care and outcomes for LGBTQ+ women, as well as trans and nonbinary people with shared health needs. ASL interpretation will be provided by Hands of Equality. Moderator<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jessica Halem is Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Aviva Bio, a biotech company focused on improving hormone health for women. She&rsquo;s spent her career advocating for LGBTQ people to get the care they deserve&mdash;and making sure the healthcare system catches up. A former stand-up comic turned health innovator, Jessica brings honesty, humor, and actual evidence to conversations about our bodies, our health, and what better care can look like.</li></ul>Panelists<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Uchenna &ldquo;Lulu&rdquo; Umeh is a Black queer immigrant pediatrician, physician-educator, speaker, and affirming life coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the founder of Dr. Lulu&rsquo;s Pride Corner, a coaching practice providing affirming emotional support for LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, and their families, with a particular focus on multiply marginalized communities. With over three decades in medicine, Dr. Lulu&rsquo;s work sits at the intersection of healthcare, family systems, identity, and healing. She is widely known for her bias-informed, affirmation-centered frameworks, including Reverse Intersectionality, Bias Begins at Home&trade;, and Safety, Affirmation, and Inclusion (SAI)&mdash;approaches that shift conversations from blame and silence toward systems, safety, and sustainable care.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Debb Dunn, PA-C, MBA is a nationally recognized leader in transgender health care and a family practice physician assistant at Resolve MD, where she provides comprehensive care for transgender and nonbinary patients across the lifespan. As Director of Gender Affirming Care for Planned Parenthood of Maryland, she has expanded access statewide, training staff and establishing transgender care at every location. She helped develop the Trans Health Equity Act in Maryland and has shaped gender-affirming care policy at both institutional and state levels. Dunn serves on Maryland&rsquo;s inaugural LGBTQ Commission and the Maryland Board of Physicians Physician Assistant Advisory Board.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Beth Oller has practiced Family Medicine in rural Kansas for the past 15 years. She serves on the Board of Directors and Vice President for Membership and Development for GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, is the President of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, and serves on the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Federal and Public Policy. Her practice focuses are women&#39;s health, reproductive healthcare, maternal mental health and gender affirming care.</li></ul> About The Curve Foundation The Curve Foundation champions LGBTQ+ women&rsquo;s and nonbinary people&rsquo;s culture and stories through intergenerational programming and community building. We are inclusive of all who identify as part of the Curve community. With your support, we can continue to power Lesbian Visibility Week. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-the-curve-foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Donate here.</a> Donations are tax-deductible. The Curve Foundation is fiscally sponsored by Social Good Fund, a 501c3 non-profit organization, tax identification number 46-1323531.

(ENCORE) Beyond the Rainbow: Health Equity for Lesbian and Queer Women

The Ultimate Lesbian Taco Eating Contest&nbsp;- a sapphic spectacle for&nbsp;Lesbian Visibility Week&#39;s Queer Women in Sports Day! As a follow-up to Curve&rsquo;s viral Lesbian Pie Eating Contest, this is a playful, high-energy community event at Rikki&#39;s SF&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s sports bar.&nbsp;Get your face in there!&nbsp; Prize: Win $100 cash + Rikki&rsquo;s gift card Register Now!&nbsp; Attend: Free with RSVP* &nbsp;Compete:&nbsp;$20, INCLUDES tacos!** Who can compete: Everyone is encouraged to eat tacos!&nbsp; Rules:&nbsp;3 tacos (vegan or chicken), fastest to eat all three wins. Rikki&#39;s will also have delicious tacos for sale, 3 tacos for $17. * Open to the public. RSVPs appreciated for bar planning.&nbsp;Does not guarantee admission.&nbsp;Bar may reach capacity, arrive early to guarantee a seat.** MUST RSVP TO COMPETE Cohosted by The Curve Foundation, Rikki&#39;s, and the Honorable Rafael Mandelman The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Ultimate Lesbian Taco Eating Contest! (San Francisco)

In collaboration with Give Us the Floor, this Beyond the Rainbow virtual&nbsp;panel explores how lesbians and queer women talk about identity, across generations and in real time. Timed for Lesbian Visibility Week, the conversation centers youth voices and asks a simple question: what language feels right now, and how did we get here? The panel will look at how terms shift, why some create connection while others create tension, and what it means for elders to listen to younger queer people as language evolves. It will also make space for disagreement, including debates around terms like &ldquo;queer&rdquo; and &ldquo;FLINTA,&rdquo; and how those conversations reflect broader questions about inclusion, history and community. Two moderators, one a millennial and one Gen Z, will lead the discussion with panelists from Gen Z to Gen X.&nbsp; ASL interpretation will be provided by Hands of Equality. Moderators:&nbsp; Anna DeShawn&nbsp;is your favorite queer radio personality. She is a social entrepreneur, storyteller, and community organizer known for her signature greeting, &ldquo;Family,&rdquo; while hosting her award-winning podcast, Queer News. The Queer News podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, with video episodes on YouTube.&nbsp;Media has always been her passion, and in 2009, she turned that passion into reality when she founded E3 Radio. In 2021, she expanded her media reach by launching her podcast company, The Qube. In 2023, Anna was inducted into the Chicago LGBTQ Hall of Fame. She remains committed to telling the stories and playing the music that deserve to be heard. Eva Lynn Anderson is a law student at UMass School of Law and a Marketing Assistant with Give Us The Floor. As a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, their work centers on creating spaces where young people feel supported, empowered, and able to speak openly about their experiences. Her passion for this work comes from her own journey of navigating identity, community, and finding her voice at a young age. Panelists:&nbsp; Amanda Timpson&nbsp;is a public historian, the founder of Yesterqueers, a former television executive, and a Carrie Fisher-inspired sass factory who is passionate about celebrating the broad expanse of queer history. As the descendant of a long line of writers and raconteurs, storytelling is part of Amanda&rsquo;s DNA. She believes that restorative storytelling is our most powerful tool for connection, understanding, and change. She is a member of the NCPH, AHA, and PGA. Follow and support her social content @Yesterqueers on all platforms. Kim L. Hunt has used her platforms in storytelling, public speaking and civic engagement to curate brave, inclusive spaces for social change for over 25 years. Kim&rsquo;s personal vision is to co-create the Beloved Community that MLK and others have dreamed about, and her mission is to ensure that all the co-creators are at the table. She is currently the Executive Director of Pride Action Tank (PAT), a project of AIDS Foundation Chicago, where she also serves as the Vice President of Special Projects and Innovation in the Policy &amp; Advocacy department. Kim drives the innovation, collaboration and learning necessary to make PAT a leader in improving the health, safety and progress of individuals and groups within the LGBTQ+ community. She has served on the AMA Foundation LGBTQ+ Health Fellowship Commission, was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Illinois Council on Aging and Illinois Commission on LGBTQ+ Aging Issues and by the Mayor to serve on the Chicago LGBTQ+ Advisory Council. Kim is a founding co-host of OUTSpoken LGBTQ Storytelling, a monthly show at Chicago&rsquo;s Sidetrack The Video Bar, a live commentator for the Chicago ABC-affiliate, WLS-TV, for the Chicago Pride Parade, and a former co-facilitator for the Aspen Young Leaders Fellowship program. Kim has a bachelor&rsquo;s degree in journalism, from Iowa State University, a master&rsquo;s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master&rsquo;s degree in public policy studies from the University of Chicago. She resides in Chicago with her wife of 25 years and their dog, Jake, and has three adult children. Olive Okoro is a lesbian economist, human rights influencer with a platform of over 700k people, and the founder of the international nonprofit Queer Motherland. Olive has spoken at LGBTQ+ conferences for organizations such as FreeMomHugs and PFLAG about the history of queer Africans. She brings a diverse perspective on lesbianism in the modern age adding socioeconomics to her content and advocacy. You can find Olive on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube at digital.olive. Julia Esposito is a 25-year-old Junior Adult Advisor and Chair of the Youth Advisory Board for Give Us the Floor. She is also currently pursuing her PhD in Physics at Georgia Tech, studying exoplanets and astronomy. In her free time, she enjoys trying out new tea spots, crocheting, and reading science fiction novels. She is also proudly pansexual and excited to talk to other Queer folks about the Gen Z perspective! The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Beyond the Rainbow: The Terms We Use panel (Virtual)

Join The Curve Foundation for a Sapphic bar crawl through the historic Castro 🌈. We&rsquo;re gathering LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people to celebrate our stories, share space, and enjoy queer-owned spots together.&nbsp; Celebrating lesbians, queer women and the people who love them!&nbsp; 21 and up, prepare to show ID at the individual stops.&nbsp; Participants will receive a FREE collectible cup! The Sapphic Bar Crawl will begin at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.academy-sf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Academy SF</a> and make its way to <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.rikkisbarsf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Rikki&rsquo;s</a>, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.lobbybarsf.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Lobby Bar&nbsp;</a>and end at <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/mobydickbarsanfrancisco/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Moby Dick</a>. The plan is to spend around an hour at each location, so feel free to join us throughout the evening.&nbsp; Addresses:&nbsp; The Academy SF: 2166 Market StRikki&#39;s: 2223 Market StLobby Bar: 4230 18th StMoby Dick: 4049 18th St * Open to the public. RSVPs appreciated for bar planning. Does not guarantee admission.&nbsp;Bar may reach capacity, arrive early to guarantee a seat. This event is supported by the Castro Merchants Association.&nbsp; CASTRO MERCHANTS Supported by the Castro Merchants Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to uniting local businesses in San Francisco&#39;s iconic Castro District, ensuring its ongoing success as a thriving, progressive, and diverse The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Sapphic Bar Crawl of the Castro (San Francisco, CA)

This Beyond the Rainbow virtual panel looks at where queer women stand in sports today, from pro leagues to local teams to the stories that shape how athletes are seen.&nbsp; Moderated by Brenda VanLengen, the conversation brings together voices from broadcast, journalism and global competition to examine visibility and access. Panelists will look at the current state of play, including whether increased openness has led to real progress or new forms of scrutiny, and where gains are uneven across race, gender expression and identity. The panel will also dig into how media coverage shapes perception. Who gets coverage, how stories are framed and how lesbians and queer women athletes are discussed compared to their peers are all part of the equation.&nbsp; Beyond elite sports, the conversation shifts to community leagues and everyday participation. From organizations like the Gay Games to local networks, panelists will explore what access looks like on the ground, how inclusive spaces are built and how those spaces can lead to leadership and advocacy. The panel will also address the current political climate, including how anti-LGBTQ policies affect athlete safety, participation and support from teams and leagues. Throughout, the focus stays on queer women, their experiences, and the systems that shape who gets to play, compete and be seen. ASL interpretation will be provided by Hands of Equality. Moderator:&nbsp; Brenda VanLengen: Veteran sports broadcaster Brenda VanLengen has been an advocate for women&rsquo;s sports her entire professional career and is currently the creator and executive producer of If Not For Them, a ground-breaking multi-episode documentary series on the remarkable stories of the women who built the foundation for the success in women&rsquo;s sports today. Over the past three decades, the Emmy Award winner has served as play-by-play announcer, game analyst, telestrator producer and studio host for over 1,500 NCAA women&rsquo;s basketball, WNBA, volleyball, softball and soccer games. VanLengen and her wife, Capri Hales, live in Olathe, Kansas with their family. Panelists:&nbsp; Kate Scott: The lone woman to do play-by-play for the NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA football, the Olympics and a FIFA World Cup, Kate Scott - the television voice of the Philadelphia 76ers - laughs often and sleeps rarely. Kate&#39;s other gigs include calling the NWSL on CBS, the WNBA on USA Network, preseason football for the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks, the NFL and USWNT soccer for Westwood One Radio, and continuing to lend her voice to EA&#39;s Madden NFL, the best-selling sports video game in the United States. She and her wife, Nicole, live in the Philly &#39;burbs with their rescue pitbull, Piper. Sophia Goodner-Rodriguez: Co-president of Federation of Gay Games Meghan L. Hall: Journalist and staff writer with USA TODAY&#39;s For The Win. She specializes in women&#39;s sports, particularly the WNBA and women&#39;s basketball space. Rachel Pearson: &nbsp;2x Emmy Award winning Lead Video Editor, Advisor to EQUAL-ESPN&rsquo;s LGBTQIA+ BERG and Champion of Women&rsquo;s Sports The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Beyond the Rainbow: Leveling the Field (Queer Women in Sports)

On behalf of San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, The Curve Foundation cordially invites you to join us for the Lesbian Visibility Week 2026 Flag Raising &amp; Reception on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 4:00 PM. Lesbian Visibility Week shines a light on LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people, fostering understanding, enhancing visibility, and building a lasting, positive legacy for our community. Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | Arrive: 4:00pm | Finish: 5:15 pmLocation: Mayor&#39;s Balcony, San Francisco City Hall RSVP: by Thursday, April 10, 2026 By invitation only:&nbsp;This invitation is non-transferable. Powered by The Curve Foundation&nbsp; Championed by President Mandelman and the SF LGBT CenterMade possible by the generous support of the Bob Ross Foundation *For any questions, please contact <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@thecurvefoundation.org</a> with &quot;SF Mayor&#39;s Reception&quot; in the subject line. The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

San Francisco Mayor's Lesbian Visibility Week '26 Reception & Flag Raising (by invitation only)

Join <a fr-original-style="" href="https://cruisinthecastro.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Cruisin the Castro&#39;</a>s expert guide Kathy Amendola on this lesbian and queer women&#39;s history tour through the famous Castro neighborhood. This &ldquo;Empowering Queer Women Thru Advocacy&quot; walking tour will include but is not limited to the following sites: -History of Queer San Francisco &amp; the Castro&#39;s LGBTQ Community -Birth of the Rainbow Flag -Lesbian advocates - Living Lesbian Legends Mural &amp; Harvey Milk Plaza featuring Sally Gearhart, Pat Norman, Soni Wolf, Donna Hitchens, Del &amp; Phyllis -The Pink Triangle Park &amp; Memorial, 1st in America remembering homosexual men persecuted in WWII - Will discuss the Black Triangle given to lesbians -Rainbow Honor Walk plaques, honoring famous LGBTQ&#39;s - Sally Ride, Barbara Jordan, Rikki Streicher and many more-The AIDS epidemic and the &quot;Hope for World Cure&quot; Mural featuring Soni Wolf and lesbian involvement This event is free but tickets are limited.&nbsp; The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Lesbian and queer women's history walk in the Castro (San Francisco, CA)

This Beyond the Rainbow virtual&nbsp;panel centers the real experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer women navigating healthcare today. Presented in collaboration with <a fr-original-style="" href="https://glma.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality,</a> the conversation looks at what&rsquo;s working, what&rsquo;s not, and what needs to change, for both patients and providers. Grounded in the long history of LGBTQ+ women pushing health equity forward, this discussion focuses on practical solutions and clear, actionable takeaways. Topics include:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sexual health and preventive care</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Midlife, perimenopause, and menopause</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Navigating clinical interactions</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mental health and systemic stress</li></ul> Panelists will share real-world examples and guidance to help improve care and outcomes for LGBTQ+ women, as well as trans and nonbinary people with shared health needs. ASL interpretation will be provided by Hands of Equality. Moderator<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jessica Halem is Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at Aviva Bio, a biotech company focused on improving hormone health for women. She&rsquo;s spent her career advocating for LGBTQ people to get the care they deserve&mdash;and making sure the healthcare system catches up. A former stand-up comic turned health innovator, Jessica brings honesty, humor, and actual evidence to conversations about our bodies, our health, and what better care can look like.</li></ul>Panelists<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Uchenna &ldquo;Lulu&rdquo; Umeh is a Black queer immigrant pediatrician, physician-educator, speaker, and affirming life coach based in Atlanta, Georgia. She is the founder of Dr. Lulu&rsquo;s Pride Corner, a coaching practice providing affirming emotional support for LGBTQIA+ youth, adults, and their families, with a particular focus on multiply marginalized communities. With over three decades in medicine, Dr. Lulu&rsquo;s work sits at the intersection of healthcare, family systems, identity, and healing. She is widely known for her bias-informed, affirmation-centered frameworks, including Reverse Intersectionality, Bias Begins at Home&trade;, and Safety, Affirmation, and Inclusion (SAI)&mdash;approaches that shift conversations from blame and silence toward systems, safety, and sustainable care.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Debb Dunn, PA-C, MBA is a nationally recognized leader in transgender health care and a family practice physician assistant at Resolve MD, where she provides comprehensive care for transgender and nonbinary patients across the lifespan. As Director of Gender Affirming Care for Planned Parenthood of Maryland, she has expanded access statewide, training staff and establishing transgender care at every location. She helped develop the Trans Health Equity Act in Maryland and has shaped gender-affirming care policy at both institutional and state levels. Dunn serves on Maryland&rsquo;s inaugural LGBTQ Commission and the Maryland Board of Physicians Physician Assistant Advisory Board.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Dr. Beth Oller has practiced Family Medicine in rural Kansas for the past 15 years. She serves on the Board of Directors and Vice President for Membership and Development for GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, is the President of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, and serves on the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Federal and Public Policy. Her practice focuses are women&#39;s health, reproductive healthcare, maternal mental health and gender affirming care.</li></ul> About The Curve Foundation The Curve Foundation champions LGBTQ+ women&rsquo;s and nonbinary people&rsquo;s culture and stories through intergenerational programming and community building. We are inclusive of all who identify as part of the Curve community. With your support, we can continue to power Lesbian Visibility Week. <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/donate-to-the-curve-foundation" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Donate here.</a> Donations are tax-deductible. The Curve Foundation is fiscally sponsored by Social Good Fund, a 501c3 non-profit organization, tax identification number 46-1323531.

Beyond the Rainbow: Health Equity for Lesbian and Queer Women

Curve Film Club presents HUMMINGBIRDS,&nbsp;with filmmakers Chiva&nbsp;and Jillian Schlesinger in conversation with Chelsea Hernandez. The conversation will focus on art and activism in response to changes in reproductive justice &amp; immigration rights through the lens of the film. In HUMMINGBIRDS, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance. The film won the Grand Prix at Berlinale in 2023 and can be streamed on PBS and The Criterion Channel <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/hummingbirds" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">here</a> (note that this requires a subscription). Date:&nbsp;Tuesday, April 21, 2026 Time: 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET Where: Virtual (Zoom)RSVP TO JOIN This event is co-presented by <a fr-original-style="" href="http://thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Curve Foundation</a> and <a fr-original-style="" href="https://franklyspeakingfilms.com/#about" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Frankly Speaking Films</a>, an independent production company led by filmmakers Rivkah Beth Medow and Jen Rainin. - - - - - - - - -&nbsp; The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Curve Film Club: HUMMINGBIRDS

The Curve Foundation and our partners invite you and a guest to celebrate&nbsp;Lesbian Visibility Week on Monday, April 20, at 4:30 PM EST. By invitation only. Tickets are not transferable. We will be officially launching the&nbsp;Curve Power List during this event.&nbsp; Please RSVP by April 10th, 2026. The entrance is on 58th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. *For any questions, please contact <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@thecurvefoundation.org</a> with &quot;NYC Kickoff&quot; in the subject line. The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Lesbian Visibility Week 2026: Official Kickoff Reception (by invitation only)

Lesbian Visibility Week USA 2026 Prelude Every journey toward wellness is personal, but none of us should have to walk it alone. On behalf of The Curve Foundation and the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, we are so excited to invite you to the official national prelude to Lesbian Visibility Week USA 2026. As we prepare for a week (April 20&ndash;26) dedicated to visibility, equity, and health, we&rsquo;re returning to the very heart of our history to start the conversation. This year, we are shining a light on the unique paths LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary individuals take to prioritize their well-being. It&rsquo;s a celebration of our community&rsquo;s incredible resilience, but also a call to action for the affirming healthcare we all deserve. We would love for you to be part of this exclusive evening of dialogue, connection, and community. When:&nbsp;April 19, 2026 | 5:00 PM &ndash; 7:00 PMWhere:&nbsp;Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center (51 Christopher Street, NY, NY 10014)The Evening:&nbsp;An intimate panel discussion followed by a community receptionOur Theme:&nbsp;Prioritizing Wellness and Bodily Autonomy in Healthcare Let&rsquo;s start off this landmark week together in the place where the modern movement found its voice. Speakers:Alex Sheldon: GLMA Executive DirectorMarilyn Ng, MD, MSc: Board-certified Plastic and Reconstructive surgeonJennifer Werner, NP, OneMedicalKate Steinle, MSN, WHNP, Chief Clinical Officer at FOLX Health The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

"Prelude" Reception: Pre-Lesbian Visibility Week event at SNMVC

Join <a fr-original-style="" href="http://thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Curve Foundation</a> for a one-hour guided walk through the West Village, one of New York City&#39;s most iconic neighborhoods for queer and lesbian history. Starting at the LGBT Community Center, we&#39;ll trace a 0.5-mile route past the NYC AIDS Memorial, the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, and the site of the legendary Duchess bar &mdash; stopping to share the stories of the lesbians, activists, and community builders who made this neighborhood a home and a movement. Every participant will leave with a historic booklet packed with additional sites and resources for their own continued exploration. All are welcome &mdash; whether you&#39;re a lifelong New Yorker or visiting for Lesbian Visibility Week, come walk with us and connect with the herstory of NYC. Your Tour Guide Kimm Topping is a writer, cultural historian, and historic tour guide leading queer history walks in Boston and New York City. They are the author of Generation Queer (Lee &amp; Low Books, 2025) and the founder of Lavender Education, a creative publishing and education platform. Their work has been recognized by the 2025 Curve Power List, the Lavender Rhino Award from Queer History Boston, and the Inaugural In-Service Award from the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. They live in Brooklyn, NY. The Lesbian Herstory Walking Tour is sponsored by <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.tellofilms.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Tello Films,</a> celebrating 19 years streaming lesbian and sapphic series, movies, and shorts&mdash;anytime, anywhere, on all your devices. This Lesbian Visibility Week, Tello is offering 50% memberships. Use code LEZVIS26 at checkout.&nbsp; This event is free but tickets are limited.&nbsp; The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Lesbian Herstory Walking Tour (New York City, NY)

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1768425857/wysiwyg/e9mbxtxnetty5t2is4vn.jpg" style="width: 224px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 224px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">&nbsp;Curve Film Club is delighted to present&nbsp;DESERT HEARTS (1985) with director Donna Deitch and actor Jane Lynch&mdash;the only Lesbian in America who has, among all her many other achievements, &nbsp;watched Desert Hearts 50 times! 🎬 &nbsp;This event celebrates the beloved film&#39;s 40th anniversary by spotlighting a live conversation between Donna Deitch and Jane Lynch. Be the first to celebrate the film&#39;s anniversary this year! This event is co-presented by The Curve Foundation and Frankly Speaking Films. In advance of this event, you&#39;ll be able to&nbsp;stream the film for free!&nbsp;The Curve Foundation will share a code to access the <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.criterion.com/films/29139-desert-hearts" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Criterion Channel</a> for 1 month to watch this film ahead of the event. The code will be released ONLY to Zeffy registrants on December 21, 2025.&nbsp;This code will only work for North American viewers. For other international streaming, you can locate where this film is available to you through this <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/desert-hearts" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">link.</a> Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Time: 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET Where: Virtual (Zoom)RSVP TO JOIN <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1768254380/wysiwyg/sneqjbsnl54rffougjmw.jpg" style="width: 308px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 308px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> About the Film: &bull; Directed and Produced by DONNA DEITCH&bull; Starring HELEN SHAVER and PATRICIA CHARBONNEAU &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; A landmark of independent film, Deitch&rsquo;s luminous debut (Sundance Jury Prize 1986) blazed new trails for generations of LGBT cinema. In 1959, conservative English professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver, Best Actress winner at Locarno) comes to Reno for a divorce. To her surprise, she falls hard for the free-spirited Cay Rivvers (Patricia Charbonneau, Nominated for Best Female Lead, Independent Spirit Awards) and discovers a side of herself she never knew existed, setting off an exuberant, deeply sensuous love story. &ndash; IFC Center <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1768258226/wysiwyg/vzxrgbrk7b7rbd07i98i.jpg" style="width: 210px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 210px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto 5px 0px; text-align: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">About Donna Deitch: Donna Deitch segued from award winning documentary filmmaker to Producing and Directing &#39;Desert Hearts&#39;, the landmark hit of the 1986 Sundance, Telluride Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals.Shortly after seeing the film, Oprah Winfrey hired her to direct the ABC Emmy nominated 4 hour mini series &#39;The Women of Brewster Place&#39;. She has directed movies for cable including HBO&#39;s &#39;Prison Stories, Women on the Inside&#39; and Showtime&#39;s &lsquo;Common Ground&rsquo; and &lsquo;Devil&#39;s Arithmetic&#39; starring Kirsten Dunst and Brittany Murphy for which she won an Emmy for her direction. Deitch also directed five pilots, four were picked up for series including &#39;Second Noah (ABC), &lsquo;Maloney&#39; (CBS) &#39;Veronica Clare&#39; (Lifetime) and &#39;South of Nowhere&#39; (MTV-Noggin). She has directed many one hour dramas including numerous episodes of &#39;Grey&#39;s Anatomy,&rsquo; &#39;Private Practice&#39;, &#39;NYPD Blue&#39;, &lsquo;ER&#39;, &#39;Law and Order: SVU&#39;, &lsquo;Heroes&#39;, &#39;Crossing Jordan&#39;, &#39;Murder One&#39;, &#39;Army Wives&#39;, &#39;EZ Streets, and others. Deitch occasionally goes back to her documentary roots as she did with &#39;Angel On My Shoulder&#39; about her best friend actress Gwen Welles&#39; (Nashville) experience with dying which won the Gold Hugo at The Chicago Film Festival. - - - - - - - - -&nbsp; The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Curve Film Club: Desert Hearts with Donna Deitch (40th Anniversary)

Curve Gala (Test)

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1763671040/wysiwyg/wojwq6btwff81dmndjfo.jpg" style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 296px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> On Sunday, November 23, Curve Film Club is thrilled to host a virtual watch party and filmmaker Q&amp;A featuring The Lesbian Bar Project!&nbsp;We&#39;ll be viewing the first episode, which spotlights Pearl Bar in Houston, Texas, and its founder, Julie Mabry. Pearl Bar holds a special place for us, as we collaborated with them last year to bring a community event to life. Filmmaker Erica Rose will join the event for a Q&amp;A with The Curve Foundation&rsquo;s co-founder and filmmaker Jen Rainin! Date: Sunday, November 23 Time: 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET Where: Virtual (Zoom)RSVP TO JOIN You&rsquo;ve heard the statistics before: lesbian bars have rapidly diminished. The docuseries <a fr-original-style="" href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/9643ee3914013f5bc57d047b608fe478/the-lesbian-bar-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Lesbian Bar Project,&nbsp;</a>created by filmmakers Erica Rose and Elina Street, was launched to document the remaining lesbian bars in the United States&mdash;just 21 when the project began in 2020. *You can also watch the docuseries for free ahead of the event, <a fr-original-style="" href="https://therokuchannel.roku.com/details/9643ee3914013f5bc57d047b608fe478/the-lesbian-bar-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">on The Roku Channel.</a> The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Curve Film Club Presents: The Lesbian Bar Project

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1763053227/wysiwyg/ls82e8daevbqr9h6rl6g.png" style="width: 130px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 130px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Curve&#39;s Official Lesbian Pie Eating Contest - a fundraising spectacle for&nbsp;Lesbian Visibility Week. Prize: Win $100 cash + Rikki&rsquo;s gift card Register now:&nbsp;Free to attend, $5 to compete ($10 extra for supplied pie or bring your own 9&quot; pie)&nbsp; Who can compete: Everyone is encouraged to eat pie! Rules:&nbsp;No Hands, no forks, get your face in there! Cohosted by The Curve Foundation, Rikki&#39;s, and the Honorable Rafael Mandelman The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Lesbian Pie Eating Contest (SF)

Join The Curve Foundation&#39;s first-ever&nbsp;LIVE BOOK READING with acclaimed writer Achy Obejas! Achy will be reading from her newly published bilingual poetry collection, The Boy Kingdom/ El reino de los varones&mdash;a meditation on being a queer mom to two sons. The event is FREE&nbsp;to attend&mdash;just RSVP here on Zeffy! *Reading the book is not a requirement to attend the event.&nbsp; Where: Virtual (Zoom)When: Thursday, October 16thTime: 4:30pm PT/ 6:30pm CT/ 7:30pm ET About the book:Just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month comes <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790558/the-boy-kingdom--el-reino-de-los-varones-by-achy-obejas/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Boy Kingdom/ El reino de los varones,</a> another brilliant bilingual poetry collection by Achy Obejas&mdash;a meditation on being a queer mom to 2 sons These 44 prose poems, artful yet accessible, presented in both Spanish and English versions, immerse us in the boy kingdom that Achy Obejas inhabits with her 2 sons. They move from the wild and divine spirit of boyhood to the everyday rhythms of family life&mdash;mac&lsquo;n&rsquo;cheese, television, sick days home from school. Achy carries multiple identities: she is Cuban American, lesbian, and Jewish. She captures the universality of motherhood while also illuminating the uniqueness of her queer, multilingual, multicultural family. The collection is divided into 4 parts. The first part focuses primarily on Achy&rsquo;s sons, and subsequent parts branch out into stories of her parents, her roots in Cuba, and her divorce from her wife. About Achy Obejas:In addition to Achy&#39;s new poetry collection, she also authored&nbsp;Boomerang/Bumer&aacute;n, a bilingual collection of poetry written in a mostly gender-free English and Spanish that addresses immigration, displacement, love and activism; the story collection The Tower of the Antilles, which was a PEN/Faulkner finalist, among other honors; and the novel Days of Awe, which was a Los Angeles Times Best Books of the Year. As a translator, Havana-born Achy has worked with Rita Indiana, Junot D&iacute;az and Megan Maxwell, among others. She currently pens the West Coast renters column for the New York Times. A recipient of a USA Artists fellowship, an NEA and a Cintas fellowship, among other awards, she lives in the San Francisco Bay area. About Us:The Curve Foundation is the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people&rsquo;s culture and stories from an intergenerational perspective, The Curve Foundation works to empower and amplify the voices of the Curve Community &ndash; lesbians, queer women, trans and nonbinary people of all races, ages, and abilities. The Curve Foundation is built upon the 30+ year legacy of Curve magazine, one of the most influential publications dedicated to representing and advocating for the experiences of lesbian and queer women.&nbsp;

In The Stacks: Achy Obejas

Join us for a live virtual conversation led by Franco Stevens, Publisher of Curve magazine, who will speak with special guest and&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.curvemag.com/articles/revealing-the-2025-curve-power-list/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Curve Power List</a>&nbsp;2025 Honoree Kelly Moffat, the Co-Founder and COO of Kirrin Finch, a company that makes menswear-inspired apparel for women, trans, and non-binary folks! The event is FREE to attend&mdash;just RSVP here on Zeffy!&nbsp; Where: Virtual (Zoom)When: Wednesday, September 10Time: 4pm PT/ 6pm CT/ 7pm ET <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1756426137/wysiwyg/d4kms0u2jgdcu4cwtqs0.jpg" style="width: 271px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 271px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">About Kelly Moffat: Kelly Moffat (she/her) is the Co-Founder and COO at <a fr-original-style="" href="http://www.kirrinfinch.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Kirrin Finch</a>, a Brooklyn-based company that makes menswear-inspired apparel for women, trans and non-binary folks. In 2015, after working for many years in education, Kelly and her partner, Laura, decided to solve an issue they encountered every day: trying to get dressed! At the time, neither of them knew anything about fashion, but what they did know was that dressing authentically was important to them, and they wanted to give others that same feeling. Today, Kirrin Finch makes everything from suits to shirts.When she isn&rsquo;t involved with the daily workings of Kirrin Finch, Kelly is wrangling her seven-year-old twins on an adventure, serving on the National Board of the Human Rights Campaign, or hanging out with her dog Bea Arthur. She graduated from Binghamton University with a BS in Education and Human Development. After graduation, Kelly moved to NYC to join the Teaching Fellows and worked in the NYC Public School System for eight years. She has two Master&#39;s degrees, one in Elementary Education and one in Information and Library Science from Brooklyn College and St. John&rsquo;s University. All are obviously very relevant to owning a clothing company! Discover Kirrin Finch&#39;s <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/kirrinfinch/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/kirrin-finch" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>

Frankly Speaking with Kelly Moffat

We&#39;re thrilled to bring you a virtual book discussion and&nbsp;Q&amp;A with Hannah O&#39;Grady, the Editor of&nbsp;<a fr-original-style="" href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250361370/sogayforyou/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">So Gay for You,</a> the new dual memoir by The L Word&#39;s &nbsp;Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig!&nbsp;Hannah will be in conversation with Franco Stevens, Publisher of Curve and Co-Founder of The Curve Foundation.&nbsp; The event is FREE&nbsp;to attend&mdash;just RSVP here on Zeffy! *Reading the book is not a requirement to attend the event.* Any donations to The Curve Foundation supports our year-round LGBTQ+ programming. Where: Virtual (Zoom)When: Tuesday, August 26thTime: 4pm PT/ 7pm ET Get the hardcover book: <a data-fr-linked="true" fr-original-style="" href="https://amzn.to/45yhLyi" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/45yhLyi</a>Get the Kindle: <a data-fr-linked="true" fr-original-style="" href="https://amzn.to/41pcxm0" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/41pcxm0</a>Get the audiobook (read by Kate and Leisha!): <a data-fr-linked="true" fr-original-style="" href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399076/sogayforyou" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250399076/sogayforyou</a> *Note that Curve makes commission on book and e-book purchases made through these links. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1754062182/wysiwyg/pzolubozffx2bo9mbjyy.jpg" style="width: 164px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; text-align: right; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: right; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 164px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 0px 5px 5px; text-align: right; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: right;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Book Synopsis:An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word&mdash;including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their personal lives. <span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" id="isPasted" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">This friendship has seen Kate and Leisha through their greatest triumphs and most painful moments, stumbling from closeted queer kids to LGBTQ+ activists, actors, podcasters, and business owners. Full of never-before-shared glimpses into the making of&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">The L Word<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">, Kate and Leisha&#39;s real-life loves and losses, and their experiences as queer icons,&nbsp;<em fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" style="box-sizing: border-box; box-shadow: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: inherit; font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">So Gay for You<span fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline !important; float: none;" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: neue-haas-grotesk-text, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important; box-sizing: inherit;">&nbsp;is a heartfelt, inspiring love letter to a ride or die friendship over the decades, and a testament to the liberating power of chosen family. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1754061870/wysiwyg/krr9rpo2g3lfeds1kn3o.jpg" style="width: 151px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 151px; display: inline-block; vertical-align: bottom; margin: 5px 15px 5px 0px; text-align: left; max-width: calc(100% - 5px); float: left;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> About Hannah O&#39;Grady:Hannah O&#39;Grady is a Senior Editor at St. Martin&#39;s Press, where she publishes fiction and nonfiction. Across all genres, her list is defined by bold, voice-driven, socially conscious writing that illuminates, fights for a more equitable world, and keeps readers turning the pages.

In The Stacks with Curve: So Gay for You

<div fr-original-style='margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' id="isPasted" style='margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Join us for a FREE conversation and Q&amp;A with author and educator Bonnie J. Morris as we discuss her sexy time-travel adventure, &quot;Sappho&#39;s Bar and Grill.&quot;</div><div fr-original-style='margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' style='margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Register for Free through this Zeffy page. Link to share here: <a fr-original-style="color: rgb(0, 100, 209); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; border-style: none; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; outline: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: 600; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; display: inline; font-family: inherit;" href="https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/in-the-stacks-with-bonnie-j-morris?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExTXhnajhPSUREdGptZFJBawEe4-pZpTV95eMMqGN3VDrwKcHyCQ8JZEqEuswWEYE2OChmkJZ14DSNx0BgVfU_aem_TpAAGwvgGUzUHp4q_JxsMA" rel="nofollow noreferrer" style="color: rgb(0, 100, 209); cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; text-align: inherit; border-style: none; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; outline: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-weight: 600; touch-action: manipulation; background-color: transparent; display: inline; font-family: inherit; user-select: auto;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.zeffy.com/.../in-the-stacks-with-bonnie-j-morris</a></div> <div fr-original-style='margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;' style='margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "system-ui", ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; color: rgb(8, 8, 9); font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;'>Summary from The Lesbian Review: &quot;Sappho&rsquo;s Bar And Grill by Bonnie J Morris is a time-travelling romp that has to be read to be believed. Hannah Stern is a women&rsquo;s history professor, lonely after her last relationship ended two years ago and tired of her students who aren&rsquo;t particularly interested in learning. When she hits her local haunt, Sappho&rsquo;s Bar and Grill, for a drink with her best friend, longtime crush and bartender/mixologist Isabel, she decides that this year, women&rsquo;s history will be her date to the bar&rsquo;s Valentine&rsquo;s Day party. Sappho herself shows up to the party, marking the beginning of the wildest year of her life as Hannah is taken through time by the various women she teaches her students about every day. Hannah knows her trips are somehow connected with the bar, but damned if she can figure out how.&quot;</div> You do not need to have completed your reading to attend this discussion! We invite everyone to join this book club. About the author Bonnie J. Morris: Bonnie J. Morris is a women&#39;s history professor and the author of eighteen books. Born on Mother&#39;s Day, 1961, she attended an international elementary school in West Los Angeles, participating in peace vigils with her parents from a very young age. After her family moved to North Carolina, she graduated from the Carolina Friends School, and then earned a B.A. in Jewish history from American University: the first student to complete a minor in Women&#39;s Studies at AU. She earned her Ph.D. in women&#39;s history at Binghamton University in upstate New York in 1989, soon thereafter joining the faculty of Harvard Divinity School and teaching for Semester at Sea. From 1994-2017 she enjoyed two half-time positions teaching for both George Washington University and Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Courses included Approaches to Women&#39;s History, Gender and Athletics, Women and War, Lesbian History and Culture, and Introduction to Women&#39;s Studies.&nbsp; Dr. Morris began keeping a journal, handwritten in fountain pen ink, at age twelve, and has now filled 190 300-page volumes. Her public writing career includes essays published in over sixty anthologies of women&#39;s writing; a one-woman play performed in seen countries; and fourteen years with Mothertongue, D.C.&#39;s spoken-word stage for women. Her essays have appeared in Comstock Review, Curator, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Del Sol, Gastronomica, Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review, Lilith, Memoir, Ms., Quiddity, Travelers&#39; Tales, and the Washington Post. Seven books won national prizes. Three were finalists for the Lambda Literary Award: Eden Built By Eves (Alyson, 1999); Girl Reel (Coffee House Press, 2000); and Revenge of the Women&#39;s Studies Professor (Indiana University Press, 2009.) Girl Reel also won the ForeWord national prize for LGBT nonfiction. Women&#39;s History for Beginners took second prize in the New England B0ok Festival; The Schoolgirl&#39;s Atlas won the Finishing Line Press New Voices prize for a first volume of poetry by a woman writer. Sixes and Sevens won the Bloom prize for LGBT nonfiction.

In The Stacks with Bonnie J. Morris

<div fr-original-style='box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; direction: ltr;' id="isPasted" style='box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5;'><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit;" style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 1.5;"><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; direction: ltr;" style="box-sizing: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word; direction: ltr; line-height: 1.5;"><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 20px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 20px; line-height: 1.5;"><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;"><strong data-end="189" data-start="138" fr-original-style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;' style='box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;'>Virtual Film Shorts: Celebrating Rainbow Families<div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;">Presented for Lesbian Visibility Week by The Curve Foundation&nbsp;and QWOCMAPIn honor of this year&rsquo;s Lesbian Visibility Week theme, Celebrating Rainbow Families,&nbsp;we invite you to experience three short films from QWOCMAP (Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project) that beautifully highlight the love, strength, and everyday magic within LGBTQ+ families of color.The film program will be available from Thursday, April 24, through 11:59 pm on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Films include:🎥&nbsp;The Gift of Family (18 min) Black lesbians raising children share powerful, radical visions of family grounded in love, resistance, and legacy. 🎥&nbsp;Coraz&oacute;n de Familia (25 min) From the heart of queer Latina families comes joy, resilience, and deep-rooted acceptance.<div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"> </div>🎥&nbsp;Family Blessings (25 min) Queer Asian and Pacific Islander women and their children reflect on connection, care, and everyday moments of grace. </div><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;">Date: The films will be available from Thursday, April 24, through 11:59 pm on Sunday, April 27, 2025 Location: Virtual (Link to be supplied with RSVP) Cost: Free</div><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;"> </div><div fr-original-style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5;">About QWOCMAPQWOCMAP uses film to shatter stereotypes and bias, reveal the lived truth of inequality, and build understanding and community around art and social justice.QWOCMAP creates, exhibits, and distributes high-impact films that authentically reflect the lives of queer women of color (cisgender &amp; transgender), and nonbinary, gender nonconforming, and transgender people of color (of any orientation), and address the vital, intersecting social justice issues that concern our multiple communities.QWOCMAP&rsquo;s vision nurtures filmmakers as artist-activist leaders for social change.</div></div></div></div></div></div>

Virtual Short Films: Celebrating Rainbow Families!

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<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Welcome to The Curve Foundation&#39;s official donation page! About Us<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">The Curve Foundation is the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people&rsquo;s culture and stories from an intergenerational perspective, The Curve Foundation works to empower and amplify the voices of the Curve Community &ndash; lesbians, queer women, trans and nonbinary people of all races, ages, and abilities. The Curve Foundation is built upon the 30+ year legacy of Curve magazine, one of the most influential publications dedicated to representing and advocating for the experiences of lesbian and queer women.&nbsp; Website and Contact<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">For more information about The Curve Foundation, visit <a fr-original-style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" href="https://thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" target="_blank">our official website here.</a> To contact us about any questions please reach out to <a data-fr-linked="true" fr-original-style="" href="mailto:info@thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">info@thecurvefoundation.org</a>. Social Media<a fr-original-style="" href="http://facebook.com/curvefdn" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Facebook</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.instagram.com/curvefdn" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/586097055740075" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">The Curve Community Group</a> Donations are tax-deductible. The Curve Foundation is fiscally sponsored by Social Good Fund, a 501c3 non-profit organization, tax identification number 46-1323531. <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1758209672/wysiwyg/qjcpwkvunh8x8ukvejl1.png" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; position: relative; max-width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">

Welcome to The Curve Foundation's official donation page!About UsThe Curve Foundation is the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people’s culture and stories from an intergenerational perspective, The Curve Foundation works to empower and amplify the voices of the Curve Community – lesbians, queer women, trans and nonbinary people of all races, ages, and abilities. The Curve Foundation is built upon the 30+ year legacy of Curve magazine, one of the most influential publications dedicated to representing and advocating for the experiences of lesbian and queer women. Website and ContactFor more information about The Curve Foundation, visit our official website here. To contact us about any questions please reach out to info@thecurvefoundation.org.Social MediaFacebook | Instagram | The Curve Community GroupDonations are tax-deductible. The Curve Foundation is fiscally sponsored by Social Good Fund, a 501c3 non-profit organization, tax identification number 46-1323531.

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<span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Lesbian Visibility Week - North America&nbsp;is presented by The Curve Foundation,&nbsp;the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people&rsquo;s culture and stories. The Curve Foundation works to empower and amplify the voices of the Curve Community &ndash; lesbians, queer women, trans and nonbinary people of all races, ages, and abilities. The Curve Foundation is built upon the 30+ year legacy of Curve magazine, one of the most influential publications dedicated to representing and advocating for the experiences of lesbian and queer women.&nbsp; Visit Lesbian Visibility Week - North America&#39;s official website at <a fr-original-style="" href="http://lesbianvisibility.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">LesbianVisibility.org.</a> <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">For more information about The Curve Foundation, visit <a fr-original-style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" href="https://thecurvefoundation.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="text-decoration-color:initial;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit;" target="_blank">our official website here.</a>&nbsp; <span fr-original-style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

Lesbian Visibility Week - North America is presented by The Curve Foundation, the only national nonprofit championing LGBTQ+ women and nonbinary people’s culture and stories. The Curve Foundation works to empower and amplify the voices of the Curve Community – lesbians, queer women, trans and nonbinary people of all races, ages, and abilities. The Curve Foundation is built upon the 30+ year legacy of Curve magazine, one of the most influential publications dedicated to representing and advocating for the experiences of lesbian and queer women. Visit Lesbian Visibility Week - North America's official website at LesbianVisibility.org.For more information about The Curve Foundation, visit our official website here. The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531.

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Join the Curve Circle Today!In honor of our 35th Anniversary, we&#39;re launching the Curve Circle, a new donorship tier with access and perks for monthly donors who give at the $35/month level or greater.&nbsp;While one-time donations are always appreciated, monthly gifts like this help us plan for the future. As a Curve Circle Donor, you help:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Amplify lesbian and queer women&#39;s stories</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Support free, accessible community programs</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Preserve the legacy of lesbian history for future generations</li></ul>Benefits of being a Curve Circle Donor include:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Quarterly curated articles from the Curve Archive</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Early entry to community events to meet our special guests</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Film screening access code</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Donor recognition on The Curve Foundation&#39;s website (optional)</li></ul>&nbsp;The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noopener" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

Join the Curve Circle Today!In honor of our 35th Anniversary, we're launching the Curve Circle, a new donorship tier with access and perks for monthly donors who give at the $35/month level or greater. While one-time donations are always appreciated, monthly gifts like this help us plan for the future.As a Curve Circle Donor, you help:Amplify lesbian and queer women's storiesSupport free, accessible community programsPreserve the legacy of lesbian history for future generationsBenefits of being a Curve Circle Donor include:Quarterly curated articles from the Curve ArchiveEarly entry to community events to meet our special guestsFilm screening access codeDonor recognition on The Curve Foundation's website (optional) The Curve Foundation is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

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<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1763053227/wysiwyg/ls82e8daevbqr9h6rl6g.png" style="width: 130px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; max-width: 100%; position: relative; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 130px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"> Curve&#39;s 2nd Annula Official Lesbian Pie Eating Contest - a fundraising spectacle for&nbsp;Lesbian Visibility Week. Prize: Win $100 cash + Rikki&rsquo;s gift card Register now:&nbsp;Free to attend, $5 to compete ($10 extra for supplied pie or bring your own 9&quot; pie)&nbsp; Who can compete: Everyone is encouraged to eat pie! Rules:&nbsp;No Hands, no forks, get your face in there! Cohosted by The Curve Foundation and Rikki&#39;s. The Curve Foundation is a <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.councilofnonprofits.org/tools-resources/fiscal-sponsorship-nonprofits" id="isPasted" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">fiscally sponsored</a> project of <a fr-original-style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219);" href="https://www.socialgoodfund.org/" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 0px; color: rgb(52, 109, 219); text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto;" target="_blank">Social Good Fund</a>, a California nonprofit corporation and registered 501(c)(3) organization, Tax ID (EIN) 46-1323531

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