The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has finally admitted that gay Iranians do exist. However, he denied that his country executes people for being gay. (more…)

It’s official: Pink loves penis. Below is a transcript of the singer explaining all on a radio phone-in: (more…)

It’s official: Pink loves penis. Below is a transcript of the singer explaining all on a radio phone-in: (more…)

Beth Ditto has been voted the UK’s favourite magazine cover girl.

Ditto, singer of band Gossip, is a lesbian and an advocate of queer rights. She appeared nude on the front cover of the NME in June 2007, and was also named as the ‘coolest person in rock’ by the magazine. (more…)

Beth Ditto has been voted the UK’s favourite magazine cover girl.

Ditto, singer of band Gossip, is a lesbian and an advocate of queer rights. She appeared nude on the front cover of the NME in June 2007, and was also named as the ‘coolest person in rock’ by the magazine. (more…)

There’s more to lesbian music than guitars – Bianca Camminga introduces some of the top dogs in lesbian hip hop. (more…)

Google’s great and everything, but you know what it can’t do? It can’t tell us which is the gayest of two arbirtary things. Until now, that is!

The clever folk at b3ta have created a ‘Which is gayer?’ application to help you decide which is the gayest of 2 things searched for via Google.

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Google’s great and everything, but you know what it can’t do? It can’t tell us which is the gayest of two arbirtary things. Until now, that is!

The clever folk at b3ta have created a ‘Which is gayer?’ application to help you decide which is the gayest of 2 things searched for via Google.

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Financial crisis – what financial crisis? Earlier in the week Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg both gave $100,000 to support gay rights, and now PepsiCo has given $500,000 to Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). (more…)

Drinks company Jim Beam has faced criticism in Australia for airing an advert which suggests that lesbianism is a tragedy.

Watch the advert in question: (more…)

Drinks company Jim Beam has faced criticism in Australia for airing an advert which suggests that lesbianism is a tragedy.

Watch the advert in question: (more…)

Steven Spielberg has joined Brad Pitt in donating $100,000 to protect gay marriage rights in California. (more…)

They’ve given us Tegan and Sara, Sleater-Kinney and Martina Navratilova, and now The L Word presents us with one last lesbian icon for the final season of the show: Lucy Lawless, aka Xena Warrior Princess. (more…)

A vicar in North Wales has been reprimanded for blessing the civil partnership of two women. (more…)

A vicar in North Wales has been reprimanded for blessing the civil partnership of two women. (more…)

Simon Amstell from Never Mind the Buzzcocks, singer Sam Sparro and comedian Sue Perkins are among those shortlisted for ‘Entertainer of the Year’ at 2008 Stonewall Awards. (more…)

Tracy Chapman is releasing a new album in November 2008. Entitled ‘Our Bright Future’, the album will be released on November 10 in Europe and November 11 in the USA. (more…)

Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice last week attacked lesbian parenting in an effort to promote the rights of fathers. (more…)

Protest group New Fathers 4 Justice last week attacked lesbian parenting in an effort to promote the rights of fathers. (more…)

Could a homophobic, women-hating US President really be great for queer women? Kia Momtazi dreams up some amusing benefits from this worst-case scenario.

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“Dear Sappho. I abandoned being a lesbian for a guy and my relationship with the guy has just ended because I am so ridiculously gay.  However, I am struggling to get back into ‘being a lesbian’ and more importantly I can’t find a woman who is free from drama or hot enough to sleep with…and I’m horny! Help!” Leanne, 25, Glasgow

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Dr Elizabeth Atkinson of the anti-homophobia project No Outsiders has spoken exclusively to Lesbilicious about her disgust at claims that her organisation is planning to teach the pleasures of gay sex to infants. (more…)

Dr Elizabeth Atkinson of the anti-homophobia project No Outsiders has spoken exclusively to Lesbilicious about her disgust at claims that her organisation is planning to teach the pleasures of gay sex to infants. (more…)

Brad Pitt announced yesterday he is donating $100,000 to fight California’s Proposition 8, which seeks to eliminate gay couples’ right to marry. (more…)

Right wingnewspapers and Christian groups are whipping up a homophobic media frenzy by misunderstanding an academic seminar as a suggestion that 5-year olds should be taught about the pleasures of gay sex. (more…)

Lesbian, gay and bisexual people are at a higher risk of suicide, depression, subtance abuse and deliberate self harm than heterosexual people, according to a new study published by BMC Psychiatry. (more…)

Queen Latifah nearly called her new album ‘The L Word’…. but then decided not to. Not because of potential copyright issues but because she didn’t want to ‘waste energy’ on the persistent rumours about her sexuality. (more…)

On the second day of their autumn conference, the Liberal Democrats have called for the Government to stop deporting gay and lesbian people to countries where they face persecution. (more…)

On the second day of their autumn conference, the Liberal Democrats have called for the Government to stop deporting gay and lesbian people to countries where they face persecution. (more…)

Burlesque star Dita Von Teese has launched her own line of lingerie for Wonderbra.

According to Dita, “Lingerie shouldn’t be something you just put on for your lover; you should do it for you. It’s not about seducing men, it’s about embracing womanhood.”

Watch the promotional video to see Dita (‘as you’ve never seen her before’ according to Wonderbra) totally not setting out to seduce men as she dances in her underwear: (more…)

Sarah Palin’s not getting much love from the entertainment industry recently. Hot on the heels of Tina Fey’s skit on Saturday Night Live comes criticism of the Vice President candidate from Lindsey Lohan, Sam Ronson and singer Pink. (more…)

Comedian and officially the hottest woman on the planet Tina Fey plays Republican Vice President-wannabe Sarah Palin in a hilarious sketch for Saturday Night Live. Watch and LOL. (more…)

The Gay Marriage Thing is an independent film about, well, the gay marriage thing. (Watch the trailer here)

We spoke to the film’s Director, Stephanie Higgins, about why marriage is so important to some gay people, why civil unions are a bad idea, and how her own thoughts about marriage changed as a result of making the film. (more…)

Gayle and Lorre are two thirty-something college sweethearts. After 15 years together, they finally had the chance to get married when Massachusetts law changed to permit same-sex marriage.

The Gay Marriage Thing documents the chaos that swirled around them – from pro- and anti-gay rallies outside the Massachusetts State House to the chambers of State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein – and we see the emotional and spiritual toll the decision took on their lives.

Watch the trailer for The Gay Marriage Thing below: (more…)

Danni Minogue, Sir Ian McKellen and comedian Alam Carr are some of the celebrities who have pledged their support to a campaign to tackle homophobia in schools. (more…)

The UK’s only openly lesbian MP is to have a civil partnership ceremony with her partner. Treasury minister and Labour MP Angela Eagle will tie the knot with Maria Exall, a BT engineer. (more…)

Ellen Degeneres is reportedly the new face of make-up brand Cover Girl. According to the New York Post, Ellen is shooting the advert campaign this week, in deal that could be worth $1million.

Could this be true? Is the cosmetics industry really prepared to be represented by a 50-year-old out lesbian?

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Last week an Ohio church cheerfully displayed the uplifting message ‘I KISSED A GIRL I LIKED IT THEN I WENT TO HELL’. Now anonymous vandals have created a more permanent (and positive) sign: (more…)

Last week an Ohio church cheerfully displayed the uplifting message ‘I KISSED A GIRL I LIKED IT THEN I WENT TO HELL’. Now anonymous vandals have created a more permanent (and positive) sign: (more…)

Australia has this week introduced a bill to improve equality for gay and lesbian people. (more…)

After 14 years of just one lesbian/bisexual magazine on British newsstands, there’s finally an alternative to Diva. We spoke to Sam Eastwood, Editor of new magazine crAve, to find out what to expect from her new magazine…

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More celebrity lesbian gossip from The Sun: “LONELY Kylie Minogue has told how the lack of men in her life makes her consider turning GAY.” (more…)

More celebrity lesbian gossip from The Sun: “LONELY Kylie Minogue has told how the lack of men in her life makes her consider turning GAY.” (more…)

Tegan Quin last week performed onstage without her sister Sara for only the third time ever. (more…)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken out against the Anglican church for allowing its “obsession” with homosexuality to come before dealing with world poverty. (more…)

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has spoken out against the Anglican church for allowing its “obsession” with homosexuality to come before dealing with world poverty. (more…)

OMG there’s sooo much hot celebrity gossip around today! Read on for shocking revelations about Sam Ronson, Ellen and Portia, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Madonna and Jenny Shimizu! It’s all so exciting!! (more…)

From t.A.T.u to Katy Perry via Britney and Madonna, artificial representations of lesbian sexuality no longer seem quite so shocking. Instead they come off as both contrived and offensive. But can this posturing be having a positive impact on queer culture? Jane Bradley investigates… (more…)

Yesterday the world record the for the largest group of simultaneous girl-girl kissing was apparently broken, with 240 girls across New Zealand kissing for 20 seconds.

But this wasn’t part of a gay pride parade, or fundraiser for a lesbian organisation… (more…)

Yesterday the world record the for the largest group of simultaneous girl-girl kissing was apparently broken, with 240 girls across New Zealand kissing for 20 seconds.

But this wasn’t part of a gay pride parade, or fundraiser for a lesbian organisation… (more…)

Alice is the character to star in The L Word spin-off show, according to entertainment industry website Variety. (more…)

The EU ambassador to the United Nations has called on all countries to decriminalise homosexuality. (more…)

The EU ambassador to the United Nations has called on all countries to decriminalise homosexuality. (more…)

MPs are being urged to stop faith schools in England selecting students and staff on the basis of religion.

From 1 September 2008 it has been legal for voluntary controlled schools to reserve the headship for religious teachers and for voluntary aided schools to discriminate against non-teaching staff on the basis of their beliefs. (more…)

Nine out of 10 heterosexual adults in the USA would feel ‘indifferent’ or ‘positive’ if they learnt that a colleague was gay, according to a survey of over 2,500 people.

However, only 79% think that employees should be judged on how they do their jobs, rather than their sexual orientation. The figure falls to 71% for transgender employees, indicating that 29% of straight Americans believe that a transgender employee’s gender identity is a better basis for judging them than their work performance. (more…)

Two women arrested for kissing on a Dubai beach have lost their appeal against the charges. (more…)

Fan of the L Word? Fancy winning a walk-on part in Season 6, a tour of the production facility and lunch with the show’s cast and crew?

All this could be yours, but this just one catch… the prize is an ebay auction, and at time of writing the bidding was on USD $6,500. Oh, and you’ll need to pay for your own travel to Canada. (more…)

Gay students in some New Zealand schools have been banned from taking their same-sex partner to the prom unless they sign a form declaring they are homosexual. (more…)

Gay students in some New Zealand schools have been banned from taking their same-sex partner to the prom unless they sign a form declaring they are homosexual. (more…)

Award-winning stand-up comedian and author Rhona Cameron is touring the UK this autumn, and we have two pairs of tickets to give away – one for a show in the North of England, and one in the South. (more…)

She looks like a younger, edgier Jodie Foster. She sings, shouts and struts in a cowboy hat. She’s headlined both London Pride and Manchester Pride this summer.

But what’s the story with the photo negative lampshades? And is it true that she used to play in Tegan and Sara? We talked to Fi from GeEkgiRL at Manchester Pride and found out… (more…)

She looks like a younger, edgier Jodie Foster. She sings, shouts and struts in a cowboy hat. She’s headlined both London Pride and Manchester Pride this summer.

But what’s the story with the photo negative lampshades? And is it true that she used to play in Tegan and Sara? We talked to Fi from GeEkgiRL at Manchester Pride and found out… (more…)