Merryn Johns

New York

Editor at Curve Magazine

Editor @therealcurve; Digital Producer @newscorp; Publisher @vacationermag; Co-chair @DorianAwards theater

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This Season's Best Theatre Has Been Decided by Queer Critics!

2 weeks ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

GALECA, also known as The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, has kicked off Pride Month by revealing which shows and artists are the year’s most outstanding on and off Broadway. The Dorian Theater Awards, decided on by GALECA’s theater wing of thirty-plus qualified members, honor the best of Broadway and Off-Broadway, mainstream to more marginal, for the 2024-2025 season—all through a LGBTQ+ lens.
A Fresh Take on Beach and Resort Looks This Summer

3 weeks ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Beachware doesn’t have to be boring and resort or cruiswear doesn’t always have to be nautically-themed. Trust an Australian designer to bring a breath of fresh air to one of our favorite travel fashion staples. Zandra Stone was founded by former model and fashion creative Alexandra Stone, who is also co-founder of celebrated Australian lifestyle brands Bluestone Lane and Husk Bakeshop.
Save the Date For WorldPride 2028 in Cape Town, South Africa

1 month ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Why book now for 2028? WorldPride 2028 will draw tens of thousands of visitors to Cape Town, meaning people are already booking their accommodation. So start planning your trip for the Pride of a lifetime! We have all the exciting details and options sorted for you. Sikeleli Travel & Expeditions offers the best rates, vehicles, knowledge, and insider information. Plus, you’re in the hands of the company’s co-founder, Daniella Ponter, and she couldn’t be more excited about the event.
The Finger Lakes is Catering to You This Summer

1 month ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Amber Gansert-Dagnesi lives and works in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York State, and her appreciation of the good life has found expression through her creative catering business. Amber Gansert-Dagnesi of Authentically Amber Charcuterie and More, is the fierce female force behind the beautiful, made-to-order charcuterie boards in the Finger Lakes region.
Dale Corvino's Travelcentric Memoir is a Must-Read For Summer

1 month ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

For terrific Summer reading, tuck into Afterlife of a Kept Boy, a new gay memoir by writer Dale Corvino. Afterlife of a Kept Boy has us intrigued. First, there’s the title. Then there’s the talented chap who wrote it. Dale Corvino is a 2021 Lambda Literary Emerging Fellow, a 2018 winner of the Gertrude Press Fiction contest, and contributed a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Male Sex Work, Culture, and Society.
Your Chance to Cruise Croatia With New LGBTQ Friends

1 month ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Croatia is an increasingly popular travel destination because it offers a blend of stunning natural beauty, rich history, and vibrant culture. Now, imagine visiting the jewel of the Adriatic with like-minded and fun LGBTQ+ folks. With the crystal-clear waters of the Northern Mediterranean and rich historical sites, Croatia and its coastline offer diverse and attractive vacation spots—the perfect place to enjoy the tail-end of Summer in Europe. Croatia’s coast is renowned for its beauty.
Visit San Antonio, Texas For Pride

1 month ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Visit San Antonio during Pride for a rainbow season flavored with the rich history and heritage of this unique city in south-central Texas. San Antonio, Texas might seem like an unusual destination for Pride. Still, you’ll be more than pleasantly surprised by the welcoming, nonjudgmental people, the vibrant art scene, the innovative cuisine, and the pleasant energy and abundant green spaces afforded by the 240-mile namesake river that snakes its way through the city.
Clear Sailing With Captain Tiffany of Safari Explorer

2 months ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Women make up a very small percentage of the global seafarer workforce, with estimates consistently around 2 percent. But UnCruise Adventures has a much higher number of women behind the sailing wheel. UnCruise Adventures prides itself on having “the best team in the industry,” and this, of course, extends to its ships’ captains. Captain Tiffany McKeriman of Safari Explorer is one of them.
UnCruise Showed Me Another Side of Hawaii

2 months ago | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

I’ve been to Hawaii’s islands a few times, but never like this. And my voyage with UnCruise Adventures was the perfect way to honor Earth Day. I have been to Oahu, Maui, Kauai, and the Big Island. I have paddle boarded in the shadow of Diamond Head and had a luau on Waikiki Beach. I have shopped for ukuleles in Maui and driven the Road to Hana. I have explored the jungles of the Garden Isle, sailed the Nāpali Coast, and marveled at the simmering Kīlauea volcano.
Trip of a Lifetime: Planetdwellers' Inaugural LGBTQ+ Antarctica Pride Cruise

Mar 29, 2025 | vacationer.travel | Merryn Johns

Why this Pride expedition to the “seventh continent” was beyond the bucket list. I’m still getting WhatsApp notifications from the 70+ fellow travelers on Planetdwellers’ inaugural Pride Cruise to Antarctica, weeks after we parted and went separate ways, some of us onwards to Chile, others back home wherever that may be—from Australia to the US to the UK. I guess that’s what happens after the trip of a lifetime: you don’t really want it to end.

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9 Jun 25

Truly well deserved and one of the top theater performances I have seen in my lifetime. #sarahsnook

Australian Associated Press (AAP) @AAPNewswire

Succession star Sarah Snook has taken home the first acting Tony Award, winning the trophy for leading actress in a play for The Picture of Dorian Gray, in which she plays all 26 roles, reprising a performance that won her an Olivier Award. https://t.co/jMJLMFZFYv

Merryn Johns @Merryn1

8 Jun 25

This was a wonderful evening. Thank you @womensmediacntr Women's Media Awards 2025 - in pictures - Women’s Media Center https://t.co/JHOPWk1zrE

Merryn Johns @Merryn1

6 Jun 25

RT @filmmakerscoop: “An autobiographical space trip across the bridge of the midnight color...” —Donna Deitch See Donna Deitch’s short fil…