About Us

Welcome to the website for America’s most loved and trusted source of information for lesbians, bisexual, transgender, queer women and non-binary folks — the Curve Community.

1991

First issue of Deneuve

1993

Melissa Etheridge cover article

1996

Name changes to Curve after lawsuit

1997

Ellen Degeneres comes out

2004

The L Word airs on Showtime

2010

Franco Stevens sells Curve to Silke Bader

2015

Federal recognition of same sex marriage in the U.S.

2020

Franco buys Curve back and donates it to the Curve Foundation

In 2021, Curve magazine became a not-for-profit project of The Curve Foundation. Curve relaunched digitally with an iconic new look that embodies the rich history and exciting legacy of our community’s stories. Going forward, Curve will draw a throughline between what was happening from the time it launched in the 1990s to what’s happening today for the Curve Community. Curve will fill a critical niche by providing a way to understand our history – a portal into the hard-won lessons from our past that can inform our actions into the future. Curve will bring the archive to life and making it accessible in service of preserving and communicating the history of our movement to empower today’s leaders.

Visit our searchable living archive, a remarkable storehouse of our culture and advancements since 1991. Relive our many milestones and achievements, or if you are new to our community, catch up on the last 30 years of ‘herstory.’ The Curve Archive is a developing project that preserves our collective history as published in back issues of Deneuve and Curve magazines for past generations and those to come.

Support Us

If you would like to support Curve and contribute to a permanent place in mainstream culture for LGBTQ+ women, please visit the donation page at The Curve Foundation. If you are passionate about Curve and would like to donate your skillset or time to keeping the community powerful and connected, please contact The Curve Foundation.

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