December and January are great times to rent movies. It gets dark early and in most places it's colder and wetter than other times of the year. If ... Read More

Catie Curtis is an acoustic singer/song writer from Boston. While many famous lesbians and lesbian celebrities are afraid or reluctant to come out, Catie Curtis has been out her ... Read More

At some point in our lives, most of dream of leaving it all behind and hitting the open road. Sometimes we just want to escape our mundane lives, other ... Read More

My out-of-town guests have left, but I'm still eating left-overs from Christmas dinner. The cookies have been polished off and I've got piles of laundry to do. I'm ... Read More

It's just two weeks until the start of the Third Season of The L Word. I haven't taken a poll, but it seems like Shane is the character most ... Read More

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate this holiday. For some Christmas is a joyous time, for others it can remind them of all the persecution and hostility ... Read More

It's Christmas and time to visit family. Or perhaps you're hosting relatives at your home. Does that mean you and your partner have to abstain from having sex while ... Read More

Everybody has a story. Gays and lesbians, we have coming out stories. How did we come out to ourselves, our friends and our parents? Each story is as ... Read More

Whereas gay, lesbian and bisexual people are becoming more accepted and understood in our culture, there is still a lot of confusion and ignorance about transsexual and transgender people. ... Read More

Today is the Solstice, also known as the shortest day of the year. The Solstice is celebrated by the Pagan and Wiccan religions and many others who value our ... Read More

The New York Times recently reported that the United States government has been spying on US citizens without court orders or warrants under the guise of protecting us from another ... Read More

Like most of you, I eagerly await Season 3 of The L Word. Mark your calendars for January 8th, 2006 for the beginning of Season 3. The third ... Read More

I usually only write about lesbian topics in this site, but today I just had to write about the new gay film Brokeback Mountain. I saw this film this ... Read More

If you're like most lesbians I know, spending time with our families is a mixed blessing. Sure, we love our families and it's always good to see them around ... Read More

Last night my favorite Christmas special was on TV: How the Grinch Stole Christmas. While I watched it, I couldn't stop thinking about a poem that I got a ... Read More

I love this time of year when everyone has a list. Best films of the year, person of the year, best albums of 2005, etc. Well, I decided ... Read More

Are you planning a vacation this winter? Perhaps you're heading to a warm, sunny destination to lounge in the sun with your sweetie. Or maybe snow and skiing ... Read More

I don't know about you, but I'm busy this time of year. It seems like everyone has a deadline that they want completed by Christmas or the New Year. ... Read More

Imagine being in a relationship where you are out to all of your family and friends, but your lover is not out to any one. What do you do ... Read More

In the conservative 1950s it was hard for lesbians to find any mention of their kind at all, let alone anything remotely positive. All that changed with the advent of ... Read More

At age 15 Jo was only out to a few people. When someone saw her kissing her girlfriend, suddenly she was out to the whole school. When her ... Read More

Yesterday gay and lesbian couples began lining up to register their civil partnerships. For the first time in history, gay and lesbian couples in the United Kingdom will be ... Read More

This week the cover of The National Enquirer asks, "Who's Gay and Who's Not?" Inside the magazine lists different celebrities like Courtney Love, Drew Barrymore and Laura Dern ... Read More

Add South Africa to the growing list of countries where gays and lesbians can marry. Not quite yet though. South Africa's highest court ruled that to deny gays ... Read More

Last night I saw one of my favorite lesbian comedians perform: Suzanne Westenhoefer. To say she made me laugh is an understatement. Here's one joke I remember. ... Read More

Today is World AIDS Day. All over the world there will be vigils and educational seminars about the disease. Chances are it will be hard to find any ... Read More