Anya Schulman

Intimacy In her column DYKE DRAMA, GT’s own ‘sapphic Carrie Bradshaw’ explores a new, very online era of lesbian visibility. Lesbian Visibility Week may have been and gone, but everyone’s favorite lesbians seem to be…married? Kristen Stewart and Dylan Meyer, Gabby Windey and Robby Hoffman, and Tanner Fletcher’s  Bridal Fashion Week show this month had no shortage of real queer couples. After all, the easiest way to be visibly gay is with a partner.

When I started writing this column a year ago, I’d never told anyone I loved them. Which was fine for editorial purposes, because this is a sex and dating column. I wanted love from people who kept me at arm’s length. I thought if love was hard won, it would last. That if love was universally acknowledged as rare because it was coming from someone who didn’t offer it readily, that it would be less likely to fade or disappear.

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