Ellen sits in front of a roaring fireplace in a mahogany living room, drinking whiskey from a cut crystal glass as Portia sleeps at her feet. So begins an "intense lesbian fanfiction" starring Ellen Degeneres, Portia di Rossi, Jodie Foster and a 21-year-old Midwesterner named Blaze. » 2/04/14 5:20pm 2/04/14 5:20pm

Robin Roberts, Good Morning America anchor, publicly came out on Sunday, via a touching Facebook post thanking fans, family and her longtime girlfriend, Amber Laign, for their support during recent health battles. » 12/29/13 8:30pm 12/29/13 8:30pm

Shakespeare With a Twist is happening everywhere right now; in New York on Broadway, Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad star in an interracial version of Romeo and Juliet. And in Philadelphia, the Curio Theater is producing the same play — with two women in the title roles. » 10/04/13 2:30pm 10/04/13 2:30pm

In trying to crackdown on porn, Tumblr has added #gay, #lesbian, and #bisexual to the list of censored terms that will return no results on their iOS app. They say this is because those tags return too much porn. I say it's because our very existence is seen as obscene, and that this is a crackdown on our very… » 7/21/13 9:00pm 7/21/13 9:00pm

22-year-old Brittney Griner, the number one pick in the WNBA draft this year, new Phoenix Mercury player and someone you will instantly like after seeing this picture, has become the first out-and-proud athlete to be signed to an endorsement deal by Nike. » 4/27/13 12:30pm 4/27/13 12:30pm

Kenneth "Manimal" Faried, who plays for the Denver Nuggets, which is a hilarious name for a basketball team, stars in this very sweet PSA for civil unions in Colorado. » 1/29/13 9:20am 1/29/13 9:20am

Last year it was discovered that bisexual women were more likely to have depression or anxiety than straight women—the head researcher said this was likely due to dealing with the stigma against bisexuals. Now, the first national study that examines abuse rates by womens' self-identified sexual orientation has… » 1/26/13 5:00pm 1/26/13 5:00pm

Yesterday, Sally Ride, the first American woman in space, passed away after battling pancreatic cancer for a year and a half. But hidden in her obituary was a surprise — she was survived by Tam O'Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years. Tam O'Shaughnessy is a woman. » 7/24/12 2:40pm 7/24/12 2:40pm

Essentially, what I love about lingerie is how it can express a part of you that has nothing to do with what everyone else sees. True, your choice of undergarment affects the look of the clothes on top of it (imagine a bullet bra vs. your classic Victoria's Secret push-up) but within the most basic guidelines, you do… » 7/16/12 6:40pm 7/16/12 6:40pm

The First Circuit US Court of Appeals ruled today that the Defense of Marriage Act, that Clinton-era relic designed to defend the institution of marriage against gays like a football team defends the end zone (if the gays get into the marriage zone, game over for straights!), is unconstitutional on the grounds that it… » 5/31/12 7:00pm 5/31/12 7:00pm

The Boy Scouts of America, in their continuing quest to act like shitty bizarro world Girl Scouts, have ousted a den mother from her son's troop after finding out that she was a lesbian. Guess they didn't want her to accidentally spill some gay on the boys' crisply ironed khaki colored tucked in shirts, high socks, and … » 4/18/12 3:00pm 4/18/12 3:00pm