EMMA C. BANKS

Seventy-Five Years of Savoring Cherry Grove
08–20–25

An oral history of Cherry Grove for volume 7 of Cake Zine. Illustration by Mala Kumar.

The New York City Dyke March, Then and Now
06–28–24

“[Dyke] means fuck you, in a really nice, inclusive way.”

This Texas Community Library Provides ‘Queer Rural Resistance’ to Book Bans
06–10–24

Thousands of books have been banned since HB 900 was signed into law last year, but Carabiner Collections aims to combat the censorship.

The forgotten history of Clit Club
05–28–24

“It was total sexual freedom. You just haven’t felt it since.”

The story of Trees for Queens, “the first gay liberationist environmentalist group.”
04–22–24

How cruising can save the planet.