Here's the scenario: You've met someone you kind of like and you've asked for her cell phone number. You're thinking about her and want to say hello. Calling seems too ... Read More

I live in a pretty liberal city. I don't think twice about being out when I go to the grocery store, when I'm out on a date or walking with ... Read More

My girlfriend asked me to insert my finger in her while I was playing with her. I have absolutely no desire for penetration of anything. Why does ... Read More

A long time friend of mine recently came out as trans. I have to get used to using a new name and new pronouns, but other than that, I ... Read More

Gay marriage is wrong! At least that's what some people will try to tell you. Are you ever at a loss for words when someone starts spouting off the ... Read More

Dear Lesbian Life: My 15-year-old daughter came out to me about six weeks ago although I’ve known it was coming for some time now. Yesterday she brought home a girl she ... Read More

It's rare that Mary Foulk, our lesbian movie reviewer, gives a film five stars. But then again, it's not every day that she reviews a Lola Award (Germany’s equivalent to ... Read More

When Prossy Kakooza of Uganda and her girlfriend were found in bed by her parents, both women were marched naked to the police station. They were locked up in jail ... Read More

I hate the words "hand job" and "fingering," the two expressions most used to describe making love to a woman using your hands. Hand job sounds so male and fingering ... Read More

This weekend I had the pleasure of seeing a very talented singer/songwriter and just plain nice person, Catie Curtis. Catie Curtis has been a professional musician since 1991 and ... Read More

The Harlem Renaissance is perhaps best known as a time of cultural explosion for the African American community. The time period of the 1920s and 1930s in New York's Harlem ... Read More

You're in a relationship with someone and you meet a new friend. Getting to know this person excites you and you want to spend time with her, to get to ... Read More

Presidential politics isn't the only thing we'll be voting on this November. Voters in four states will be deciding the fates of many gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans. Here's ... Read More

From the Lesbian Life Forum: I'm an extremely depressed person right now. I have been seeing two doctors plus a marriage counselor. I cry all the time and have been on ... Read More

The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled today in favor of same-sex marriage. The court ruled that civil unions are not the same as marriage and that gay and lesbian couples deserve ... Read More

Where can my partner and I go and get married where we don't have to be a resident? I get this question a lot and I'm not always sure what is ... Read More

Returning from a lovely holiday abroad, Anna and Mara discover that they’ve brought home much more than beautiful photographs and lasting memories. Anis, a young Moroccan immigrant, has stashed away ... Read More

Is there a lesbian celebrity rush to the altar? Because the status of marriage for same-sex couples in California is threatened by Proposition 8, which will appear on the November ... Read More

When I heard of Matthew Shepard’s vicious homophobic attack ten years ago, I was working as a counselor with gay and lesbian youth. The fact that a young gay man ... Read More

Ann Bannon was writing lesbian novels before she even knew the word "lesbian." Back in the 1950s, the word "homosexual" was the preferred term for gays and lesbians. But it ... Read More

Rosie O'Donnell is returning to TV. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rosie O'Donnell is set to host a live variety show, much like the "Carol Burnett Show" from the 1960s ... Read More

Last night, during the vice- presidential debate the topic of same-sex marriage was raised. Now I know that during these elections, all of gay rights seems to be boiled down ... Read More

Back when Stacy Codikow was a film producer in Hollywood, she didn't know any other lesbians in the business, except for her girlfriend at the time. With a few successful ... Read More

Last night Ellen DeGeneres was a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She took the opportunity to talk about her marriage and the fact that it is threatened ... Read More