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April 2008
- Housewives Get Sweaty for 'Work Out' Star
  
  New York Times | Apr 13, 08 2:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Jackie Warner seems unlikely to spark suburban housewife crushes. And yet the star of Bravo’s “Work Out,” about the lesbian trainer’s elite Los Angeles gym, is much-loved by straight ladies. “I have women that send me photos of themselves with their husbands and three teenage boys or whatever, with a love letter attached,” Warner tells the New York Times . More »
March 2008
- Australian Lesbians Get Life for Murder
  
  West Australian | Mar 7, 08 4:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In a case that has gripped Australia since 2006, two lesbian lovers—one with a vampire fixation—were sentenced to at least 24 years in prison today for murdering a teenage girl, the West Australian reports. They bludgeoned and strangled the girl and kissed over her body, taking video on a mobile phone. The pair showed little emotion as the sentence was read. More »
February 2008
- Gay Couples Hit New Stage: Grandparents
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | Feb 7, 08 3:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A t-shirt slogan—"I love my trailblazing, woman-loving, out and proud grandma"—is proof: A growing demographic of gay couples who had kids in the 1970s are now grandparents. Gay-rights groups tell the Philadelphia Inquirer that such role models show kids how the world can change. "People with LGBT grandparents learn a broader view of how people can love," says one official. More »
January 2008
- Women Don't 'Outgrow' Bisexuality
  
  ABC News | Jan 17, 08 11:13 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new study rejects the idea that women can be "bisexual until graduation," ABC News reports. Utah professor Lisa Diamond followed 79 women between 18 and 25 who identified as "lesbian, bisexual, or 'unlabeled'" for a decade. Throughout, she found that few changed their self-categorization. Diamond argues that the study shows bisexuality is not a “phase," but rather a unique preference. More »
December 2007
- Lohan Can't Get Enough of New Gal Pal
  
  New York Post | Dec 19, 07 7:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In what may be both good and bad news for the guy community, Lindsay Lohan appears to have developed an extremely close female friend: Courtenay Semel, daughter of Yahoo! CEO Terry. They were recently spotted at a party hosted by "Power Lesbian" Jeanette Longoria, holding hands, reports a source for the New York Post's Page Six. The two are allegedly inseparable. More »
- Why Jodie Foster Finally Stepped 'Out'
  
  Daily Mail (UK) | Dec 15, 07 3:02 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Jodie Foster’s tentative move out of the closet, at an awards show last week, may be the work of an old friend who, rumor has it, may be the father of her children, the Daily Mail reports. Foster thanked her live-in partner Cydney Bernard—calling her “my beautiful Cydney”—to fulfill a promise to gay director Randy Stone, the Mail says, an old friend who died in February, after making Foster promise to come out. More »
- Lesbian Gossip Trumps Mideast Peace Plan
  
  Times (UK) | Dec 3, 07 6:26 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Sure, Condoleezza Rice is trying to broker Mideast peace, but isn't she really gay? Like Hillary Clinton? And isn't John Edwards having an affair? A recent spate of articles has swung the political spotlight on gossip, the Times of London reports—and the Columbia Journalism Review is so concerned that it hosted a panel this year to discuss government funding of serious newspapers. More »
November 2007
- Singapore Lifts Ban on Game With Lesbian Love
  
  Straits Times | Nov 16, 07 2:54 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Gamers in Singapore may now buy Microsoft's Mass Effect despite a female-female love scene. The country has decided to allow the sale of the video game under an M18 rating, reports Singapore's Straits Times , after previously banning it due to a scene showing a human woman and an alien woman kissing. More »
- Game Banned for Lesbian Scene
  
  Reuters | Nov 15, 07 8:53 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Singaporeans anticipating Microsoft’s much-ballyhooed Mass Effect video game should stop anticipating. Thanks to a scene in which a human woman kisses and caresses an alien woman, Singapore has banned the action-RPG, Reuters reports. Microsoft said it would respect the ban, but outraged gamers decried the decision as too strict. Sex between men is against the law in Singapore. More »
- Chicago Episcopalians Pass on Lesbian Bishop
  
  Chicago Tribune | Nov 11, 07 3:43 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Chicago’s Episcopal Diocese today passed up lesbian Tracey Lind for its bishop post, instead electing popular Midwest-native Jeffrey Lee. But Lee is a firm supporter of gay inclusion, much to conservatives’ chagrin. “I believe God is calling us to full inclusion of gays and lesbians in ministry of this church,” Lee said. “The church has to catch up with God's vision.” More »
April 2007
- Nigerian 'Lesbian' Turns Herself In
  
  BBC | Apr 28, 07 10:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Nigerian woman whose story of lesbian love on the run made international headlines yesterday has news for the authorities who hoped to arrest her: she's not a lesbian. "I have never practiced— never heard the word 'lesbian'—truly," says Aunty Madiguri, who was accused of violating Sharia law after she allegedly married four women last weekend. More »
- Nigerian Lesbians Take Forbidden Love on the Run
  
  This Day (Nigeria) | Apr 27, 07 6:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Five Nigerian lesbians are running for their love after a weekend wedding put them in direct violation of the local Islamic law. Police have issued arrest warrants against Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives, charging them with violating the Sharia law that governs much of northern Nigeria. More »
September 2006
- How 'Sex and the City' Star Cynthia Nixon Learned to Hide in Plain Sight -- New York Magazine
  
  New York | Sep 21, 06
  
  And this, finally, brings us directly to “the lesbian thing”—which may be the reason you’re reading this in the first place and which has been the subterranean aspect of our conversation all along. Because in 2003, Nixon ended her relationship with Danny Mozes, the father of her two children, Samantha and Charles. The couple had met in high school, and they’d never married. Then she got involved with Christine Marinoni, a Park Slope institution and a public-school advocate (although Nixon tells me Marinoni has since switched to union organizing). The result? An explosion of attention for an actress...