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 Amazon Drops Gay Titles 
 From Sales Rankings 

Company blames glitch for shunting innocuous gay titles to adult list

Apr 13, 09 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amazon is facing a backlash for yanking hundreds of gay and lesbian titles from its sales ranking system, CNET reports. The bookseller has a policy of excluding material deemed "adult" from the sales and bestseller lists, but critics say its exclusion of titles like The Well of Loneliness—a... More »

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lesbians • book • Amazon.com • best seller • gays

(Newser) - Remember Miss Cleo? Her thick Caribbean accent is familiar to many late-night TV watchers, from pitches for the Psychic Readers Network. The Miami Herald finds that since the lawsuit that took down Youree Dell Cleomili Harris’ former employer, she’s come out as a lesbian, voice-acted in a video game,... More »

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Florida • television • lesbians • lawsuit • video games • psychic • Miss Cleo • Howard Stern Grid

Iranian Lesbian Wins Asylum
in Britain

Refugee fled after girlfriend sentenced to death by stoning

Feb 16, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman who fled Iran for Britain after her girlfriend was arrested has won her battle for asylum in the UK. In 2007 Pegah Emambakhsh was refused asylum, but gay rights groups claimed that she would be executed if she was forced to return to Iran and led a campaign... More »

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Iran • gay rights • lesbians • United Kingdom • homosexuality • asylum • Britain • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - Wanda Sykes has been tapped to roast Barack Obama at this year’s White House Correspondents' Dinner on May 9. The lesbian comic will likely skewer the President’s anti-gay-marriage stance, but she has some skeletons of her own, the Los Angeles Times reports. After hearing about the engagement,... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • lesbians • stand up comedy • comedian • White House Correspondents Dinner • President Obama • Wanda Sykes • roast

Lesbian Batwoman Busts Comic Book Barriers

DC Comics' first openly gay crime-fighter to take starring role in Batman's absence

Feb 11, 09 8:45 AM CST
(Newser) - With Batman presumed dead, keeping the streets of Gotham City safe will be left to comics' only gay hero, reports the Daily Telegraph. Batwoman—described as a "lesbian socialite by night and a crime-fighter by later in the night"—will star in a 12-issue run of  Detective Comics... More »

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lesbians • superhero • Batman • DC Comics • comic books

(Newser) - Kelly Clarkson isn’t a lesbian, a large fan contingent and persistent rumors to the contrary, the singer tells PopEater. “I could never be a lesbian,” she says. “I would never want to date (someone like) myself, ever. I’m a crazy person. I need some kind... More »

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lesbians • Kelly Clarkson • homosexuality • interview

 Iconic Mass. Gay Couple Splits 

Goodridge suit legalized same-sex marriage in state

Feb 3, 09 1:18 PM CST
(Newser) - A lesbian activist couple well-respected for leading Massachusetts' gay marriage charge has filed for divorce, the Boston Herald reports. Hillary and Julie Goodridge's landmark lawsuit legalized same-sex marriage in the state six years ago. The couple married a year later—after nearly two decades together—and share custody of their... More »

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gay marriage • divorce • lesbians • Massachusetts • activist • Julie Goodridge • Hillary Goodridge • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - So-called "womyn's lands" are quietly persisting across North America but face a cultural shift as modern gays embrace mainstream society, the New York Times reports. Founded in the 1970s to give lesbians man-free, safe, non-judgmental communities, the roughly 100 groups have seen membership dwindle and populations age. “In... More »

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gay rights • feminism • lesbians • settlement • rural area • 1970s • gays • gated communities • womyn's lands • insular

Iceland to Appoint First Openly Gay Woman as PM

Ex-flight attendant to lead until May elections

Jan 28, 09 9:30 AM CST
(AP) - Iceland is set to appoint the world's first openly gay woman as prime minister: a former flight attendant who rose through the political ranks to become a cabinet minister. Johanna Sigurdardottir, the 66-year-old social affairs minister, is the pick of the Social Democratic Alliance Party to lead an interim government.... More »

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lesbians • European Union • Europe • Iceland • prime minister • interim government • bank failure • Bill Maher Grid

Calif. Court Rules School Can Expel Lesbian Kids

Private body not ruled by discrimination laws

Jan 28, 09 8:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A California court has ruled that a private school's expulsion of two girls for "conducting themselves in a manner consistent with being lesbians" was lawful, the Los Angeles Times reports. The court decided the religious school did not count as a business and was therefore exempt from discrimination... More »

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California • high school • lesbians • discrimination • homosexuality • expel • Lesbian • homosexual

 What Gets Women Hot to Trot? 

Scientists and psychologists study female desire

Jan 25, 09 6:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Nearly one in three women lack sexual desire, and sexologists are trying to help, Daniel Bergner writes in the New York Times. They've hooked up female sex organs to machines and run sexy movies, showing that unlike penises, vulva are excited by a wide range of stimuli—gay men, women,... More »

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lesbians • sex • libido • narcissism • female desire • sexologists

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson kicked off the New Year with a blistering back-alley clash and a hotel brawl, the New York Post reports. A homeless man eating a sandwich watched them go nuclear behind a Miami club. "When I storm off, you are supposed to follow me!... More »

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lesbians • Miami • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • fight • breakup • New Year's Eve • Samantha Ronson

4 Busted in 'Hate Crime' Rape
of Lesbian

Tips from outraged
San Francisco area
led to suspects

Jan 2, 09 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have arrested all four suspects in the Bay Area kidnapping and gang rape of a lesbian last month that police have deemed a hate crime, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The two adults and two teenagers face charges including felony kidnapping to commit a sex crime, carjacking and gang... More »

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lesbians • kidnapping • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • arrest • sexual assault

 Cops: SF Bay Lesbian 
 Gang-Raped in Hate Crime 

Attackers taunted victim over her sexual orientation

Dec 23, 08 3:02 AM CST
(Newser) - Bay Area police are treating the brutal gang rape of a lesbian as a hate crime, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The victim, who displayed a gay pride sticker on her license plate, was kidnapped, gang-raped and dumped naked by four men who taunted about her sexual orientation. A $10,... More »

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crime • lesbians • hate crime • rape • Bay Area • homosexual • sexual assault

 Grey's Axes Lesbian Doc 

Brooke Smith's last show airs Thursday

Nov 4, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - ABC is ending Callie and Erica's lesbian romance on Grey's Anatomy—and Brooke Smith's role as Dr. Erica Hahn along with it. Though Grey's executive producer said Smith's firing was due to a lack of "magic and chemistry," not her character's sexual orientation, insiders told Entertainment Weekly that... More »

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television • lesbians • ABC • Grey's Anatomy

 LiLo Hearts Sam, 
 Won't Rule Out Guys 

Friends say Lohan insists her next date will be a dude

Oct 26, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan isn't taking back any confessions of love for Samantha Ronson, but she's also not restricting her options, friends of the star tell the New York Daily News. Lohan "would date a guy next" if things fizzled with her DJ girlfriend, and plans to make it clear in... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • dating • Samantha Ronson

 LiLo to 'Scary' Dad: I Love Sam 

Actress defends Ronson after Michael Lohan's public attack

Sep 24, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan is choosing girlfriend Samantha Ronson over her dad, the New York Post reports, after Michael Lohan called the DJ a “dark, hideous and a disgusting representation of humanity” in a weekend email. “My father obviously needs to be on medication to control his moods,” the... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • celebrity • Samantha Ronson • Michael Lohan

Religion No Excuse for Not Treating Gays: Calif. Court

Doctors cannot avoid homosexual patients

Aug 18, 08 4:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - California doctors must provide services to gays and lesbians in line with all other patients, even if it conflicts with their religious beliefs, the state’s supreme court ruled today. The justices unanimously shot down an effort by a San Diego County fertility clinic's physicians to use religion as grounds... More »

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lesbians • California Supreme Court • gays • Guadalupe Benitez • doctors


 Sexual Confusion
 Drove LiLo to
 Drugs, Men 

Actress thought being a lesbian would ruin her career

Aug 18, 08 12:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan bedded a string of men and took drugs to suppress her lesbian urges before she embraced her relationship with Samantha Ronson, a pal of the actress’ ex-girlfriend tells the tabloid News of the World. “From the start Lindsay was very confused about her feelings so did more... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • Terry Semel • celebrity • Courtenay Semel • Samantha Ronson

 Pals: LiLo
 Back to
 Eyeing Men 

'Faux-mosexual' rumors shadow starlet, girlfriend

Aug 15, 08 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Friends of Lindsay Lohan suspect her relationship with DJ girlfriend Samantha Ronson may be coming apart, OK! magazine reports. Sources close to Lohan claim she has been spotted flirting with guys while Ronson isn’t looking, and they say she will likely make a move on “the next guy... More »

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lesbians • Lindsay Lohan • love • celebrity • relationship • flirting • Samantha Ronson

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