Read Curve Quarterly’s first issue of 2025 today!

In this issue, we reflect on the life and legacy of lesbian activist Urvashi Vaid, exploring her lasting impact on LGBTQ+ rights. We review Alex Hedison and Jodie Foster’s new acclaimed documentary film ALOK, applying The Curve Test to this poignant spotlight on the gender nonconforming writer, comedian, and speaker Alok Vaid-Menon.

Hear from Melissa Etheridge in an exclusive interview as she shares her plans for 2025 with the release of her album, I’m Not Broken (Live From Topeka Correctional Facility) and upcoming tour with the Indigo Girls. Read an interview with the power couple behind BLK MKT Vintage, Jannah and Kiyanna Handy, who are preserving and celebrating Black diasporic culture through their collection and curation, and newly launched book! Shaley Howard, activist author of Excuse Me Sir! Memoir of a Butch, ponders on what it really means to be butch in a new essay. Finally, Franco Stevens reflects on the issue’s theme of dismantling binaries and redefining freedom in today’s political climate.

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