Sydney Pokorny (23 December 1965 – 1 September 2008) was a lesbian writer, editor, columnist and activist based in New York. She graduated from Vassar College in 1988 with a degree in art history. The author of numerous articles on topics ranging from "Madonna Studies" to art criticism and the AIDS epidemic; she also cowrote the Lambda Literary Award nominated So You Want to be a Lesbian? with Liz Tracey.
Read more about Sydney Pokorny: ACT-UP and The Women's Caucus, "Obsess Yourself", Collaborations With Liz Tracey, Outweek and So You Want To Be A Lesbian, Dead Jackie Susann Quarterly, Artforum, Bookforum, and Later Art and Cultural Criticism and Editorial Work, Other Work
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