2023 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists

The Curve Foundation and NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+Journalists are thrilled to announce to recipients of the third annual Curve Award for Emerging Journalists. The recipients of the 2023 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists are Christiane Cordero, Daric L. Cottingham, Hannah Schoenbaum, Salgu Wissmath, and Sarah Youngblood Gregory. The award, sponsored by the Curve Foundation, […]

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2023 Curve Award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage

The Curve Foundation and NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ+Journalists are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Curve Award for Excellence in Lesbian Coverage: Victoria A. Brownworth, Dana Piccoli, and Femi Redwood. Congratulations to the winners! The award, sponsored by the Curve Foundation, honors the contributions of journalists that have dedicated their careers to […]

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Queering the Archive

When I was brought on board the Curve Foundation team last March, what I looked forward to most was the possibility of putting queer values and theory into practice. As an archivist, it’s not every day that you are allowed the freedom to curate and describe a collection without the confines of the traditional archival […]

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2022: A Year in Stories

Happy Holidays, Curve Community! Thank you for everything you’ve done this year to build our community: from donations, to attending our First Anniversary celebration, to supporting our programming and journalists. We wouldn’t be here without you, and we are proud to share the work we’ve done to raise visibility, share culture and stories and connect […]

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Photo: San Francisco Dyke March 2019 , Courtesy of Frankly Speaking Films

Our First Program Year: A Reflection on ‘Space’

By Jasmine Sudarkasa Over the last year, I’ve thought a lot about space: safer spaces, spaces to grow and the so-called spaciousness that remote work brings. The luster that brought me to this role was its implied spaciousness: a fully-remote project focused on digital preservation and leadership development in the field-building world of philanthropy. We […]

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2022 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists

Together with NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, The Curve Foundation is excited to share the recipients of the second annual Curve Award for Emerging Journalists. The recipients of the 2022 Curve Award for Emerging Journalists are Leo Aquino, Priya Arora, Megan Mitchell, Holly Regan and Abbey White. The award provides financial support to emerging […]

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Thank You Curve Community, Onwards To Year Two!

By Jasmine Sudarkasa When we began this work, in May 2021, the idea of curating and connecting lesbian history and culture felt like a breath of fresh air – particularly poignant as we faced another year of pandemic life. On Zoom, we gathered. We road-tripped and flew to safely premier Ahead of the Curve. We […]

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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

It’s been a tough few weeks for our community. Our freedoms are at stake, and joy is the cost. We look forward to Pride, but stand in the reality that times like these make us question our solidarities and fear what seems inevitable. To ground ourselves, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. […]

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