Girlfriends (magazine)
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Girlfriends was a women's magazine that provided critical coverage of culture, entertainment and world events from a lesbian
perspective. It was founded by Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Diane Anderson-Minshall, and Heather Findlay. It also offered relationship, health and travel advice. Published monthly from San Francisco since 1993, it was distributed nationwide by Disticor. It had the same publisher as lesbian erotica
magazine On Our Backs
. However, Girlfriends magazine also distanced itself from its pornographic counterpart by refusing to carry sexual ads. Girlfriends magazine is no longer published as of 2006.
One of the major features of the magazine was its annual list on the best cities for a lesbian to live in, which it began publishing in 1994. The magazine also ran an online personals
service through its website while it was still in operation.
Lesbian
Lesbian is a term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic desire between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an...
perspective. It was founded by Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Diane Anderson-Minshall, and Heather Findlay. It also offered relationship, health and travel advice. Published monthly from San Francisco since 1993, it was distributed nationwide by Disticor. It had the same publisher as lesbian erotica
Erotica
Erotica are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing descriptions...
magazine On Our Backs
On Our Backs
On Our Backs was the first women-run erotica magazine and the first magazine to feature lesbian erotica for a lesbian audience in the United States....
. However, Girlfriends magazine also distanced itself from its pornographic counterpart by refusing to carry sexual ads. Girlfriends magazine is no longer published as of 2006.
One of the major features of the magazine was its annual list on the best cities for a lesbian to live in, which it began publishing in 1994. The magazine also ran an online personals
Online dating service
Online dating or Internet dating is a dating system which allows individuals, couples and groups to make contact and communicate with each other over the Internet, usually with the objective of developing a personal, romantic, or sexual relationship...
service through its website while it was still in operation.