I usually don't watch daytime TV, with the exception, of course, of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Today, I just happened to turn on the TV and got to see ... Read More

What a night for Women's Basketball fans: one upset and two really great games. Number one ranked Duke and Alana Beard were upset by the talented play of Lindsay ... Read More

I don't have children of my own, but I do have 13 nieces and nephews. The oldest is 13. He's been alive one year longer than my partner ... Read More

Spring has finally hit where I live. The sun is shining, the flowers are blooming and the birds are swarming my bird feeder. If you're like me, when ... Read More

Melissa Etheridge is a lesbian icon. No one can deny that her coming out helped the visibility of gays and lesbians. She has been unflaunting in her willingness ... Read More

One of the reasons gays and lesbians are fighting so hard for the right to get married, is to have the same benefits and privileges that heterosexual married couples have. ... Read More

Back in 2000, radio talk show host, Laura Schlessinger, caused a lot of controversy by advising her listeners that homosexuality was a sin and referring them to the Bible. ... Read More

I love to read. Lesbian fiction is a genre that's all over the map. Some books are little more than trashy sapphic soap operas, others read like Pulitzer ... Read More

Who do you think will win the NCAA Tournament? Vote in the Lesbian Life Forum Poll.

Benton County Oregon has stopped issuing marriage licenses while they wait for the courts to decide the legality of same-sex marriages. No one will be able to get married ... Read More

Proponents of a Constitutional Amendment to ban gay marriages have tweaked the wording. They say the new wording leaves the door open for states to recognize civil unions. ... Read More

The Lesbian Life Chat Room has moved. To log on, simply log into the Lesbian Life Forums and scroll down to the bottom of the left hand side. ... Read More

Lesbian rumors have long surrounded the LPGA. From the disparaging remark about the "L" in LPGA standing for Lesbian to rumors about who is and who isn't a lesbian. ... Read More

Rev. Karen Dammann will be allowed to continue her duties as a pastor of the Methodist Church. Dammann, of Ellensburg, Washington, was on church trial because she admitted that ... Read More

A reader submitted these two new jokes. Are they funny or offensive? I'll let you decide.

Whoopi Goldberg, a supporter of gay and lesbian rights, is taking the issue of same-sex marrige to her NBC sit-com Whoopi. The show, which will air March 23rd ... Read More

It seems like most of the mail I get is from readers who have questions about either love or sex. I'm going to take a break from the whole ... Read More

Despite a statement from the Attorney General that gay marriages are against the law in Oregon, the Multnomah County Commissioners decided to let same-sex couples continue to wed. Attorney ... Read More

Despite the chance that they could be criminally charged, two Unitarian ministers continued to marry gay and lesbian couples this weekend in New Paltz, New York. More than 25 ... Read More

A lesbian life reader let me know about a great organization, the International Gay and Lesbian Association. The ILGA has been around for 25 years and is fighting for ... Read More

As of yesterday, gays and lesbians can no longer get married in San Francisco. New Paltz, New York and Asbury Park, New Jersey have also stopped issuing marriage licenses ... Read More

If you're like me, you're an Ellen addict. I can't always get around to watching her show in the middle of the day, but I tape it and watch ... Read More

A little humor is a good thing. And sometimes a joke can make a political point stronger than any heated debate or letter to the editor. About Political ... Read More

Breaking News! The California Supreme Court ordered an immediate halt to same-sex marriages in San Francisco. It is not known yet whether or not the marriage licenses that ... Read More

I get asked the question all the time. Why do you want marriage? Aren't Civil Unions the same? Many politicians who in the past have been supportive ... Read More

I've had the letter forwarded to me by at least three different people. Perhaps you've seen it too; Bette Midler's letter to President Bush condemning his support of a ... Read More

New Jersey was the latest state to jump on the same-sex marriage bandwagon. Two men were married yesterday in Asbury Park. New Jersey's Superior court recently ruled that ... Read More

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickles announced the city will recognize gay and lesbian marriages performed in other cities. Nickles is a supporter of gay marriage, but because cities, not counties, ... Read More

Openly gay man V. Gene Robinson officially became a Bishop of the Episcopalian Church on Sunday. More than 700 people crowded into the New Hampshire church to show their ... Read More

Everything is changing so rapidly. Two weeks ago, San Francisco was the only place gays and lesbians could marry in the United States. Then New Mexico began issuing ... Read More

I'm compiling a list of frequently asked questions about lesbian sex. What do you want to know about? Email me your questions and I'll do my best to ... Read More

Today, I was never prouder to be an Oregonian. Portland joined in the battle for same sex marriage today by granting marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples. ... Read More

Portland, Oregon, my hometown, became the second West Coast city to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. I will be down at the County building today. Check ... Read More

California Governor, Arnold Schwarznegger told Jay Leno that he thinks gay marriages are fine and that he thinks the people of California should decide whether or not to ban them. ... Read More

As the debate over same-sex marriage continues, many straight people are wondering why gay and lesbian people so want to enter the institution of marriage. When the legal process ... Read More