https://thelnmag.com/ LNmag is an independent digital magazine for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women and non-binary people, covering culture, lifestyle, news, and community. en-us Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 https://thelnmag.com/articles/allahabad-court-orders-protection-for-interfaith-lesbian-couple.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/allahabad-court-orders-protection-for-interfaith-lesbian-couple.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 News The Allahabad High Court ordered Uttar Pradesh police to protect a Hindu-Muslim lesbian couple in Varanasi after their families allegedly threatened their live-in relationship. https://thelnmag.com/articles/lgbtq-journalists-mark-35-years-of-nlgja.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/lgbtq-journalists-mark-35-years-of-nlgja.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Community LGBTQ+ journalists gathered in San Francisco to mark 35 years of NLGJA, the association Leroy Aarons founded in 1992 — and to talk about the representation gaps that remain. https://thelnmag.com/articles/zoey-serrano-says-shes-straight-but-loves-her-gay-fans.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/zoey-serrano-says-shes-straight-but-loves-her-gay-fans.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Celeb Wrestler Zoey Serrano says fans still ask if she's a lesbian years after the internet decided her faction was 'The Lesbian Shield.' Her answer hasn't changed, and neither has her fandom. https://thelnmag.com/articles/a-lesbian-elder-who-keeps-showing-up-for-us.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/a-lesbian-elder-who-keeps-showing-up-for-us.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Visual Arts Lisa Hartouni has spent four decades photographing the people institutions overlook. She's also a lesbian elder this community owes real, ongoing support. https://thelnmag.com/articles/at-home-with-a-loft-built-for-two-people-who-refused-to-compromise-on-the-bookshelves.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/at-home-with-a-loft-built-for-two-people-who-refused-to-compromise-on-the-bookshelves.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Home & Living A studio-tour profile of a couple's shared 650-square-foot space, and how they split it into two distinct personalities without a single argument about the shelving. https://thelnmag.com/articles/small-print-is-having-a-moment-again.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/small-print-is-having-a-moment-again.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 News As legacy lesbian magazines close or fold into bigger outlets, a wave of tiny independent zines and mailers are filling the gap — mailed, not posted, and proud of it. https://thelnmag.com/articles/softball-reimagined-inside-the-new-wave-of-queer-rec-leagues.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/softball-reimagined-inside-the-new-wave-of-queer-rec-leagues.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Sports Long before dating apps, rec league softball was where lesbians found each other. A new generation is bringing it back — with a lot less pressure to be good at softball. https://thelnmag.com/articles/suiting-season-tailoring-for-bodies-the-rack-was-never-built-for.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/suiting-season-tailoring-for-bodies-the-rack-was-never-built-for.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Style & Beauty A guide to finding — or altering — suits that fit across the masc-to-femme spectrum, without paying alteration fees that outprice the jacket. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-apps-that-actually-know-we-exist.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-apps-that-actually-know-we-exist.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Tech & Apps Dating apps, community boards, safety tools — a running look at the tech that's built with lesbian, bisexual, and queer women in mind, and the tech that just says it is. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-bar-nobody-wrote-down.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-bar-nobody-wrote-down.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Vintage Before there was an app for any of this, there was a phone number you had to already know. A start at collecting the community history that mostly never got written down in the first place. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-celebrities-who-stopped-explaining-themselves.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-celebrities-who-stopped-explaining-themselves.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Celeb A new generation of out actors and musicians are done doing media training on their own identities. That shift is changing what press coverage of them looks like, too. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-divorce-nobody-warned-me-about.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-divorce-nobody-warned-me-about.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Lifestyle Leaving a marriage is hard enough. Leaving a marriage that took years to be legally allowed to have complicates the grief in ways straight friends don't always understand. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-non-monogamy-conversation-nobody-has-before-they-need-it.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-non-monogamy-conversation-nobody-has-before-they-need-it.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Dating & Relationships Ethical non-monogamy isn't a personality trait, it's a set of skills. What the actual conversations sound like — and where they overlap more with traditional partnership than either side likes to admit. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-patchwork-problem-why-lgbtq-rights-depends-entirely-on-your-zip-code.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-patchwork-problem-why-lgbtq-rights-depends-entirely-on-your-zip-code.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Politics & Rights Legal protections for queer women vary enormously by state and country — sometimes down to the county. Here's why that patchwork exists, and why it isn't going away soon. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-quiet-return-of-the-community-center.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-quiet-return-of-the-community-center.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Community After years of community life moving almost entirely online, a handful of cities are seeing renewed interest in physical LGBTQ community centers — not as nostalgia, but as infrastructure. https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-travel-guide-nobody-reads-you-as-a-couple-for.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/the-travel-guide-nobody-reads-you-as-a-couple-for.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Travel Planning a trip as a same-sex couple still means a layer of research straight travelers skip entirely. A few questions worth asking before you book. https://thelnmag.com/articles/what-gay-bathhouse-history-can-teach-todays-disappearing-community-spaces.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/what-gay-bathhouse-history-can-teach-todays-disappearing-community-spaces.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 LGBTQ Corner A general-interest look at how one part of LGBTQ history dealt with losing its physical spaces — and what every part of the community can learn from it now. https://thelnmag.com/articles/when-the-system-doesnt-show-up-we-build-our-own.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/when-the-system-doesnt-show-up-we-build-our-own.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Mutual Aid Long before "mutual aid" was a hashtag, lesbian networks were quietly running informal safety nets — rides, meals, rent money, childcare. That instinct never really went away. https://thelnmag.com/articles/where-did-all-the-lesbian-bars-go.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/where-did-all-the-lesbian-bars-go.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Culture The number of dedicated lesbian bars in the U.S. has fallen by more than half in three decades. The people trying to bring them back are rethinking what a bar even needs to be. https://thelnmag.com/articles/your-gyno-may-or-may-not-know-whats-best.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/your-gyno-may-or-may-not-know-whats-best.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Health Most medical schools spend less than an hour total on LGBTQ-specific care. Here's what to ask for, and how to find a provider who already knows. https://thelnmag.com/articles/your-neighbors-dog-learned-your-name-and-other-small-wins.html https://thelnmag.com/articles/your-neighbors-dog-learned-your-name-and-other-small-wins.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000 Twee A running, unserious collection of the small good things happening in queer life right now. No analysis required.