Anderson-Minshall::About Diane::

Diane Anderson-Minshall is the Editor-in-Chief of Curve, the world’s best-selling lesbian magazine. She co-author of the Blind Eye Detective Mystery series. The third installment, Blind Faith is available now. Diane is the host of Portland Oregon's LGBTQ literary series, Qliterati.

Diane co-founded and was executive editor of Girlfriends magazine as well as being the co-founder & former editor/publisher of Alice magazine. She co-edited the anthology of queer youth writings, Becoming: Young Ideas on Gender, Race and Sexuality. Diane was named one of PowerUp’s 2006 Top Ten Amazing Women in Showbiz, for her work with lesbian filmmakers.

Her writing—which focuses primarily on lesbian life, popular culture, travel, entertainment and celebrities—has appeared in dozens of magazines including Passport, Film Threat, Utne Reader, Wine X, India Currents, Teenage, Bitch, Seventeen, American Forests, Femme Fatale, Diva, The Advocate, Fabula, Bust, Natural Health, Venus, and numerous newspapers. Her essays have also appeared in several anthologies including Reading The L Word: Outing Contemporary Television; Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine; Body Outlaws; Closer to Home: Bisexuality and Feminism; Young Wives Tales: New Adventures in Love and Partnership; 50 Ways to Support Gay & Lesbian Equality; and Tough Girls.

Diane spends part of her time in San Francisco and part in Portland Oregon where she lives with her co-conspirator of nearly two decades, Jacob, two spoiled dogs and two brave foster boys.