There are two commonly held beliefs about femmes, and both of them are wrong. The first is that real lesbians aren’t femmes (with the pernicious corollary that all bisexual women are). The second is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Steph Tharpe is a journalist who covers Black enterprise and culture. Heather Lowery is the President/CEO of Femme It Forward.

It’s 2003 and I’m in a tattoo parlor in Toronto’s Gay Village getting a pink star inked on the inside of my right wrist. A discursive indie rock anthem blares as I explain to the artist that it’s my ...

The most revelatory aspect of the art of drag is how it lays bare the centrality of performance in our everyday lives. That’s most obvious when it comes to thinking about gender. Wigs, heels and ...

Femme, a queer thriller written and directed by Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choo Ping, had its premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival and stars George Mackay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett. The film ...

Marco Vito Oddo is a writer, journalist, and amateur game designer. Passionate about superhero comic books, horror films, and indie games, he formally worked as a Senior Writer for Collider. When he's ...

Filmmakers Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping unleash a loaded cinematic punch after a homophobic attack spurs both a vengeance plot and a troubling love story. In our cancel-happy times, there’s hardly ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...