https://emmacbanks.com emma c. banks Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:54:11 +0000 https://emmacbanks.com en https://emmacbanks.com/21 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:54:11 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/21 What a NYC Trans Art Fest in 2026 Means04–24–26 "Trans art is the preservation of joy, not merely the celebration of it." Hell Gate <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1cf011149144bc334f7b4ea2afe4f97e509fae2195a55f9162ba38d4956726e1/Alchemists_Opening_April11.jpeg" data-mid="247587396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1cf011149144bc334f7b4ea2afe4f97e509fae2195a55f9162ba38d4956726e1/Alchemists_Opening_April11.jpeg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/20 Wed, 22 Oct 2025 13:41:06 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/20 Love Wins(?): A roundtable on 10 years of marriage equality10–16–25 One decade after Obergefell v. Hodges—a ruling that now feels more precarious than ever—queer people share their perspectives on marriage, love, and “progress.” Feeld <img width="1080" height="716" width_o="1080" height_o="716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c35bb5c88188adadc735160b0321bef350c7c4ac48ec7d4536b230a9c82eb995/511553515_18512509675040877_7499168615267072976_n.jpg" data-mid="239729858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c35bb5c88188adadc735160b0321bef350c7c4ac48ec7d4536b230a9c82eb995/511553515_18512509675040877_7499168615267072976_n.jpg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/19 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 20:32:36 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/19 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. Cake Zine <img width="1080" height="774" width_o="1080" height_o="774" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f7b1366388db97c7b39b767c417be5a5d94befc276e08b67bb440c98245e808/BANKS_KUMAR_1.jpg" data-mid="237355404" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0f7b1366388db97c7b39b767c417be5a5d94befc276e08b67bb440c98245e808/BANKS_KUMAR_1.jpg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/18 Sun, 07 Jul 2024 16:11:02 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/18 The New York City Dyke March, Then and Now 06–28–24 “[Dyke] means fuck you, in a really nice, inclusive way.” Feeld <img width="6608" height="4175" width_o="6608" height_o="4175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ed13f9099f5e8e94aa4a0496949db19997b8205cdc1aefb4415109a7e9f87ca1/05.jpeg" data-mid="214250393" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ed13f9099f5e8e94aa4a0496949db19997b8205cdc1aefb4415109a7e9f87ca1/05.jpeg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/17 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:43:31 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/17 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. Rewire News Group <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6bd0fe630d30fb45fd2679dc1a395cf3518d6f120e61d7dfdea57f49a84c048/Queer-libraries-Rainbow-Web-800x533.jpg" data-mid="212642824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/a6bd0fe630d30fb45fd2679dc1a395cf3518d6f120e61d7dfdea57f49a84c048/Queer-libraries-Rainbow-Web-800x533.jpg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/16 Tue, 28 May 2024 19:14:12 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/16 The forgotten history of Clit Club 05–28–24 “It was total sexual freedom. You just haven’t felt it since.” Feeld <img width="1280" height="997" width_o="1280" height_o="997" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5896d3ce1425a90c74d2644c819c3406ab7365aed2a10205866f990d77da68db/tumblr_64cee09d0eb5d0e7e37dda3c9222d582_d0a935cd_1280.jpg" data-mid="211835710" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5896d3ce1425a90c74d2644c819c3406ab7365aed2a10205866f990d77da68db/tumblr_64cee09d0eb5d0e7e37dda3c9222d582_d0a935cd_1280.jpg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/15 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:20:52 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/15 The story of Trees for Queens, “the first gay liberationist environmentalist group.” 04–22–24 How cruising can save the planet. Feeld <img width="2000" height="1125" width_o="2000" height_o="1125" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc61c27a02600b0595dec97a1b379403541d96b6e88902b7d6ddcf38c1cb1c52/earth_day_hero.jpeg" data-mid="210184299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc61c27a02600b0595dec97a1b379403541d96b6e88902b7d6ddcf38c1cb1c52/earth_day_hero.jpeg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/13 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 22:23:02 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/13 when sex is on the menu. 11–04–23 inside a 1970s guide to cooking for orgies. the maudern <img width="480" height="480" width_o="480" height_o="480" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ece46b163f2e6cc628966aafbc94bf72edd76c5e856c01c2ed61a62a9164385d/maudern_image_bw_480x480.jpeg" data-mid="196066927" border="0" data-scale="70" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/480/i/ece46b163f2e6cc628966aafbc94bf72edd76c5e856c01c2ed61a62a9164385d/maudern_image_bw_480x480.jpeg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/12 Tue, 24 Oct 2023 15:02:48 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/12 Pass the Butchy Borscht: Digging in the Lesbian Cookbook Archives 10–24–23 In the 1980s and ’90s, a wave of unapologetically queer cookbooks beat the odds and made it to print. TASTE <img width="2000" height="1123" width_o="2000" height_o="1123" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0dd5eacc8803dafee43f877e84de736b03b3e321e9c1de3ada5e452de3fed39/QUEERCOOKBOOKS_ARTICLE-2000x1123.jpg" data-mid="194692971" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0dd5eacc8803dafee43f877e84de736b03b3e321e9c1de3ada5e452de3fed39/QUEERCOOKBOOKS_ARTICLE-2000x1123.jpg" /> https://emmacbanks.com/11 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 18:21:43 +0000 emma c. banks https://emmacbanks.com/11 what is a boston marriage? 09–29–23 A lesbian history of rejecting traditional marriage in 19th century New England. the maudern <img width="555" height="492" width_o="555" height_o="492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d51341384f0b44f1ff6ac7d96fc3818d69c98f878cc5f0c19a3c383087cf395/tumblr_b6f27396e0a9d56358d3b9e13bd116b7_6756ad92_640.jpg" data-mid="192486811" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/555/i/2d51341384f0b44f1ff6ac7d96fc3818d69c98f878cc5f0c19a3c383087cf395/tumblr_b6f27396e0a9d56358d3b9e13bd116b7_6756ad92_640.jpg" />