I imagine we've all heard of the concept - a man rapes a lesbian, believing it will correct her homosexuality - but it's the first time I've seen a mainstream western media outlet focus on it. It's a pretty sad article, so be aware it may be triggering. There are calls to classify it as a hate crime ( Read more... )

Remember the recent massacre in Norway perpetuated by a nutjob, that killed dozens and dozens of people?

The U.S. media has begun to pick up on a story about a lesbian couple who went to the island where youth were being slaughtered - 4 times - to rescue people, despite coming under fire themselves. Yes, that's a poorly constructed sentence ( Read more... )

It's about a lesbian. It's about a man. It's about to get confusing!

( In it August 2011 Cover Story, the Lesbian News sat down with three of the actors (Stephanie Reibel, Kristen Howe and Fay Wolf) who star in the ground-breaking LGBTQ web series to talk about their lives, their roles in the series and more. )

Reports had surfaced about a week ago that an openly lesbian blogger in Syria had been kidnapped. Well, it turned out that the blogger never existed. Instead, she was the creation of an American man who is currently going to school in Scotland. He is defending his fake blog, saying that no one was harmed by the deception.

Two lgbt bloggers in ( Read more... )

Season 2 is here! After a long wait, you can now check out the 1st episode in FenceSitter Film's popular Bisexual Web TV Series Rose By Any Other Name . . . in what promises to be a crazy season!

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BOSTON - Gov. Deval Patrick on Monday nominated a lesbian who is married to her partner to serve on the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ( Read more... )

Video of Zach Wahls addressing the Iowa State Legislature concerning his lesbian mothers.

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Today's Guardian newspaper carries an article about a one-woman play which explores the experiences of lesbians in townships in South Africa ( Read more... )

NPR has a piece on "late-life lesbians" are becoming more common, and what that says about the fluidity of sexuality over time.

There have often been thoughts that the causes of sexuality may be different in females than in males.

A drug long used to prevent females in-utero from developing ambiguous genitalia is now being explored to preventing lesbianismWell, saying it's being used for that purpose is a bit of an exaggeration, just that it could be or may have that effect ( Read more... )