I am 20 years old and have been out of the closet since I was 13. I am a very strong and open lesbian in my small town. Just recently ... Read More

The front runners in both the Democratic and Republican presidential races are starting to emerge. John McCain won heartily in Florida's Republican primary. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in ... Read More

Break-ups are never easy. But they don't have to be dramatic and mean. If you're in a relationship and you know that it's run its course, breaking up seems like ... Read More

Jenny is holding auditions for Lez Girls. Everyone really likes one actor, Nikki Stevens. Everyone except Jenny. Jenny likes some other girl who’s all weird and intense and whatnot. She ... Read More

Ellen DeGeneres turns 50 today. I sure hope I look as good and have as much energy as she does at 50! Ellen is a great role model for our ... Read More

I am having a big issue around if I am a lesbian or not. I believe I am for many reasons. I have done the whole thing of having boyfriends ... Read More

Charlie's Angels The third episode opens with a wonderfully fun vignette of Shane, Alice and Helena acting out Charlie’s Angels. They must have had so much fun filming this. I rewound ... Read More

The military's policy of not allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces certainly has an effect on the soldiers. They are often forced to lie about ... Read More

Every year on Martin Luther King Day, I like to run this essay, which was written by a friend of mine. Although we can't know how or to what degree ... Read More

Cambridge, Mass. will have the first Black lesbian mayor in the country. Denise Simmons was an out lesbian city council member when she was appointed as mayor. In Cambridge, ... Read More

Does life imitate art? It seems to be the case for Laurel Holloman, who plays Tina on The L Word. First, there's the bisexual thing. Both Laurel Holloman and ... Read More

I remember back in the 1990s when a book called Heather has Two Mommies came out. The book was ground breaking, in that it was a children's book that dealt ... Read More

We are the parents of a 15 Yrs old daughter and she has recently told us that she is gay. In a million years we would never imagined this coming. ... Read More

Tina and Jenny are meeting with the director of Lez Girls and he wants more lesbian sex. Bette & Shane. Put them together. No, that would never happen. Then ... Read More

I have been with my current girlfriend for the last year. We've been best friends for three years. I have always been comfortable with my sexuality, and been pretty open ... Read More

My name is Sonya. My 15-year-old daughter is sure she is at least bi, if not gay. As her family we have no problem with that except ... Read More

Thanks to Jackie for this joke. My favorite is number 2: "Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make ... Read More

Jenny Lives Jenny floated off on a raft at the end of last season and we didn’t know if we’d ever see her again. But she’s back. And apparently the writers ... Read More

Tonight is the premiere of season five of The L Word and I can hardly wait! I'll be heading out to watch with hundreds of other lesbians at one of ... Read More

From the Lesbian Life Forum: I am newly out and in a great relationship with a great girl. We are planning on moving in together and possibly even trying to ... Read More

One of the things we have to look forward to in 2008 is that we'll be electing a new president in the United States. The impact will be global. But ... Read More

Welcome to 2008. I for one am looking forward to the new year. Here in Oregon, we gays and lesbians woke up to some new rights this morning. No longer ... Read More