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.