The Top Women's Stories of 2015

From top women in leadership positions to Women's Week in Provincetown, to the legendary Club Skirts Dinah Shore party in Palm Springs, 2015 has been a great year for the ladies! Here's a roundup of some of our most kicky stories, from sex and love to travel and fashion!

Women Innkeepers of Provincetown Make Your Stay Memorable!: For the past thirty years, the Women Innkeepers of Provincetown have made it their business to make the lesbian community feel welcome while visiting this Cape Cod LGBT getaway. As this season opens, Acting Coordinator Lynn Mogell welcomes all visitors to make their stay a memorable one by booking a room at one of their nine beautiful inns. Read more here.

Palm Springs Heats Up for The Dinah's 25th Anniversary: From a small, one-night event at a Palm Springs museum with 1,500 participants twenty-five years ago, to booking lavish locations at deluxe hotels over five days of epic pool parties and world-class entertainment, The Dinah has evolved into one of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley's largest tourism boosters.
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Dinah Vegas Gears Up for Fourth Year!: Sin City prepares for redemption when Girl Bar welcomes women from across the world to Dinah Vegas, now celebrating its fourth year. The event, held from April 23-26 in Las Vegas, will feature pool parties, dance parties, live performances and plenty of opportunities for high rollers to enjoy VIP perks. Read more here.

Lesbian Annise Parker Voted Best Mayor in U.S., Seventh Best in World:
Out lesbian Houston Mayor Annise Parker has been voted top mayor in the U.S., and seventh best mayor in the entire world, reports the City Mayors Foundation, an international think tank that is dedicated to urban affairs. Read more here.

Japanese Ladies Okanami-Yank It At Female Masturbation Bars: Japanese women are taking their pleasure into their own hands, so to speak, with female masturbation bars -- places for women to have a drink, browse sex toys and dig the vibes. Read more here.

Aerialist Dreya Weber Is 'The Hot Spot' of Teatro ZinZanni: Dreya Weber, the multi-faceted aerialist, performer and self-described omnisexual who wowed gay and lesbian audiences with her movies "The Gymnast" in 2006 and "A Marine Story" in 2010, is in Seattle to headline the latest show at Teatro ZinZanni. Read more here.

She's A Very Kinky Girl; Going Beyond 'Fifty Shades': In the LGBT community, kink has been around for decades. And although famed kink playgrounds like The Lure, The Hellfire Club and The Vault are no longer in existence, their spirit lives on. These days, women and transpeople are also creating their own safe space within the BDSM community. Read more here.

Brazil Ecojourneys Hosts South America's First Lesbian Surf Camp: On May 9-16 in Santa Catarina, South Brazil, Brazil Ecojourneys invites women to catch some of the sweetest waves in the country, during South America's first-ever lesbian surf camp. After successfully hosting a mixed LGBT surf camp, the lesbian-owned tour operator felt it was time to offer women a week of their own. Read more here.

Fall Has It All During Provincetown Women's Weekend: When the chilly air drives the scantily-clad twinks back home, and the artists pack up their brushes after a season of painting seascapes, it's still not curtains for Provincetown. On October 9-18, women from across the country flock to the crown jewel of Cape Cod for the 31st Annual Provincetown Women's Week, the annual celebration of lesbian life and culture. Read more here.

Dapper Boi Kickstarts New Androgynous Clothing Line: After struggling to find blue jeans that were simultaneously masculine in style, but fit a feminine form, partners Charisse and Vicky Pasche started their own androgynous clothing line, Dapper Boi, specializing in jeans with the details and look of men's jeans, but the superior fit and comfort for a woman's body. Read more here.

Missy Elliott Steals Super Bowl Halftime Show: Old school rapper and Missy Elliott bounced back into the public eye during the Super Bowl Halftime show on Sunday, February 1, as she joined Katy Perry to sing a medley of her hit songs, "Get Your Freak On," "Lose Control" and "Work It." Read more here.