Lesbian Life

The "comprehensive" immigration reform bill introduced this month does not include gays and lesbians. "The lawmaker said Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), who has led the House effort on comprehensive immigration reform, initially 'didn't want to deal with it. At all.' Then he tried to work out a 'stupid' compromise whereby the same-sex partner provisions would be in the bill but they wouldn't take effect for five or six years, said this Member...  

Alison Goldfrapp and Lisa Gunning BY STEPHANIE THEOBALD The London Times For many people, the thrill of the recent revelation that the writer Jeanette Winterson is dating Susie Orbach is that Orbach is not some bolshie 20-year-old with tats and piercings who is declaring she’s a dyke and running off to do queer performance art in Dalston. This [...]  

"...I do not ring the bell for the Salvation Army. I do not donate to the Salvation Army, because the Salvation Army discriminates against gays and lesbians in employment, works to defeat civil rights measures that protect gays and lesbians and promotes position that gay relationships “do not conform to God’s will for society.” Some will say, but the Salvation Army performs good work — the organization feeds the hungry, shelters the homeless...  

As some of you may already know, earlier this year I launched an online lesbian and dating personal site www.lesbiansanddating.com. And if you have been thinking about joining, now is the time to do it. Basic membership is free and if you decide to upgrade to a Premium Membership (where you can initiate an e-mail conversation or respond to a smile with an e-mail), now through 12/31/09 we are  

At family gatherings, many keep their lives and personality locked away Even after he turned 20, Justin Herren viewed Christmas with childlike wonderment. Back at his family's home in Tennessee, he and his brother and sister -- all three grown up -- would rise before dawn to open presents, just like they did as kids.  

More than 60 black lesbians and their friends were drawn to the "Spotlight on African American Lesbians" exhibit and panel discussion at the GLBT Historical Society earlier this month, where they reminisced and remarked upon their contributions to queer life.  

Two hot Lesbian sluts and a bunch of horny guys with big dicks! Who wouldn’t want to see that? Here is your chance to see one of the nastiest bukkake scenes ever! Watch two hot and horny lesbian sluts give good head and get drenched in cum! Oh and they also got their holes viciously fucked! Is [...]  

Let's face it: not many of our favorite lesbian actors, musicians, comics and characters enjoy the kind of mainstream affection they do with AfterEllen.com readers. In fact, if your gaydar is in the shop, one quick queer test is to drop a name like Tegan and Sara. Or maybe mention Piper Perabo. If someone knows her as Rachel from Imagine Me & You, and not "that girl from Coyote Ugly," you've probably met yourself a genuine lez. Back in 2008...  

Washington Blade, the oldest newspaper in the United States for gays and lesbians, said Monday it was shutting down.The announcement of the closure of the Blade, a weekly, and other titles in the Window Media group was made in a posting on micro-blogging service Twitter."Washington Blade, like all Window Media publications, is closing today," it said. "Thank you for your support."Window Media is largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher in...  

As a member of the queer community it is inevitable that we will face ignorant questions or suppositions raised by the more straight-minded species. Hell, I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to some of our own community (I couldn’t pick out a top from a bottom in a lineup if I had to). Nikki Dowling over at The Frisky finally had enough of the idiocy and decided to once and for all extinguish the flames of stupidity coming at her on a daily...  

The Salt Lake City Council has become the first Utah City to pass ordinances that will prevent unfair housing practices based on sexual orientation.In a rare move, the LDS church attended last night's council meeting to support the ordinances.THE LGBT community has been working hard to foster a relationship with church officals.  Progress has been made and this is a step in the right direction.Read the Deseret News article here.Read the text...  

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20091111/NEWS01/911110344/1002/CUSTOMERSERVICE02/Maine-vote-seen-as-a-setback-for-state-s-gays After last week's vote in Maine tossed out a state law granting gays and lesbians the right to marry and voter approval of a Washington state law granting its gay couples "everything but marriage," gays and lesbians in Northern Colorado are a bit circumspect about the implications those votes have on Colorado. "It...  

As many of you know, earlier this month the New York State Legislature failed, yet again , to allow LGBT people to get married in NYS. Fortunately the NYS courts ruled in April of 2008 to acknowledge same-sex marriages...  

A reader: So let's grant that justice is indeed served by discriminating against gays and lesbians on certain issues. The upshot is that gays and lesbians potentially are left without various primary goods: homes, jobs, food, medical care, health insurance, etc. What though does charity demand? If we follow the Church's traditional practice, as articulated by Onaiyekan, charity would demand that the Church provide for needy gays and lesbians...  

Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give gay couples more rights, including allowing them to adoptThe bill passed the capital's local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who yelled: "Yes, we could! Yes, we could!"