Category: News Reports

I know this has been making its rounds on the internet, but I just want to say that I am so proud of my local community for getting involved with the hotel union’s work. There have been a number hotel worker strikes all across the Bay Area in the past few years, and the issue [...]

Breaking news, Pres. Obama has announced the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy in the military. We ALL know that there are a ton of gay men and women serving in the military currently and many more gay veterans. For many folks military service is the path to college education and a better [...]

There has been considerable noise in the blogosphere lately about Amazon.com “accidentally” de-ranking thousands of gay and lesbian books. Without a sales ranking, it’s hard to find those books in search. In theory, this was done because the books were considered “adult” – and yet none of the straight “adult” books were de-ranked. [...]

eHarmony goes gay!
In response to a discrimination lawsuit, eHarmony is opening a matchmaking website for same sex couples after strongly resisting and refusing to work on same-sex relationships for years. They’re still icky evangelical, but in the event you want to see how they might match you up with another woman you can try out [...]

Lesbian separatists are getting new attention thanks to a New York Times article about communes that are still running today. Most of these womyn’s lands, as they are called, are inhabited by older lesbians who felt the need to pull away from society in the 1970s. You can read more about the history [...]

Del Martin was recently in the news when Gavin Newsom chose her and her partner of 55 years, Phyllis Lyon, to be the first same sex couple married in San Francisco when same sex marriage was legalized in California. They were also the first couple married by Gavin Newsom on February 14, 2004, when the [...]

Finally! After yeeeeears of rampant speculation – and the recent cover of Out magazine – she has finally spoken out for herself. Obviously “everybody has known” for years that she’s gay, but I don’t like to speculate until somebody says it for themselves. According to the AfterEllen article about it, Jodie [...]

This story almost slipped through my radar. I get lesbian news in my e-mail, and I read down a list of stories and hit delete – then I realized the last one looked interesting. I retrieved the e-mail and took a look.
Lesbian says restaurant ejected her from women’s bathroom for …
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Whew, okay, now I’m back and posting. According to the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, the LGBT Archives at Western Reserve Historical Society have stepped up their efforts to improve their collections. The LGBT Archives, which were established in 1991, are looking for personal stories, oral histories, documents, photographs, and publications. If you have anything [...]

A follow up to my last post, about the father who’s overreacting that his teenage boys found Felice Newman’s Whole Lesbian Sex Book on the shelves. Felice herself sent an e-mail to her mailing list encouraging us to e-mail the local librarian and voice our support for keeping the book on the shelves!