Miss California’s sister says she was “surprised” to hear herself described as a ‘gay rights activist’ by the beauty queen. (more…)

The London Women’s Clinic (LWC) has two fertility seminars planned in June for women interested in receiving free IVF treatment through an ‘egg-sharing’ scheme. (more…)

Children are to be taught about different kinds of relationships – including same-sex relationships – from the age of five, the UK Government has announced. (more…)

The new Equality Bill is a triumph for women and minority groups, according to Minister for Equality Harriet Harman. (more…)

The new archbishop of New York has said that heterosexual marriage is “embedded in the human DNA”. (more…)

The new archbishop of New York has said that heterosexual marriage is “embedded in the human DNA”. (more…)

A crowd of 100 gathered on Saturday (25 April 2009) to protest the ‘cure gays’ conference taking place in London. (more…)

A crowd of 100 gathered on Saturday (25 April 2009) to protest the ‘cure gays’ conference taking place in London. (more…)

I am a massive geek, writes Rosie Kirk. I own an Xbox 360, a PS3 and I built my own PC. I don’t wear square glasses and I never got into role playing (no, not the bedroom kind of role-playing, the other kind. Wikipedia it) but I programme code by day and watch sci-fi by night. I am therefore a total nerd and thus qualified to present to you the 13 most lesbilicious sci-fi characters on TV or film. Enjoy.

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Transgender patients in Wales will now be able to access funding for gender reassignment therapy. Previously, “exceptional circumstances” had to be applied to funding applications for treatment of gender dysphoria. (more…)

Following the $1.5m anti-gay marriage advert released two weeks ago by the National Organization for Marriage, there have been literally hundreds of parodies from individuals and organisations. (more…)

The FA is calling for lesbian sports coaches and bisexual athletes to help with two pieces of research into gender and sexuality in sport. (more…)

And Tango Makes Three, the children’s book about two male penguins bringing up an orphaned chick, is the most complained about book in the USA for the third year running. (more…)

600 people protested in Dublin last weekend over the Irish government’s plan for an “inferior” civil partnership Bill. (more…)

The runner-up of Sunday’s Miss USA beauty pageant, Carrie Prejean – aka Miss California – says she lost because she doesn’t believe in gay marriage. (more…)

The runner-up of Sunday’s Miss USA beauty pageant, Carrie Prejean – aka Miss California – says she lost because she doesn’t believe in gay marriage. (more…)

Happy birthday to us! Yes, we turned one in March. Don’t worry, you aren’t the only one who forgot to send us a card. To compensate we thought you might like to spend 5 minutes taking the Lesbilicious 1st birthday survey. If you’re lucky, you might win a £50 Amazon voucher. (more…)

Homophobic hate crime convictions in Wales have almost doubled since 2006, according to the latest official figures. (more…)

University can be a welcome opportunity to explore your identity, expand your horizons, and date people whose profiles on Facebook will make you cringe five years down the line, writes Kaite Welsh.

However, lack of coordinated support means that for many LGBT students, higher education is not the gateway to freedom that they may have expected. (more…)

Pop-punk band NOFX have written a song dissing Tegan and Sara. (more…)

Some lesbian victims of domestic violence don’t seek help because they’re afraid of homophobic reactions from friends, family and the police, according to new research to be presented to the British Sociological Association’s annual conference in Cardiff today (17 April 2009). (more…)

An openly gay Peer has launched a website to help LGBT people in the UK lobby their MPs on equality issues. (more…)

Martina Navratilova’s ex-partner Toni Layton is threatening to reveal embarrassing secrets of the tennis champion unless she receives a big cash pay-off, according to the New York Times. (more…)

Martina Navratilova’s ex-partner Toni Layton is threatening to reveal embarrassing secrets of the tennis champion unless she receives a big cash pay-off, according to the New York Times. (more…)

Recently single Lindsay Lohan has made a hilarious mock dating video in which she claims to be “looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with… or at least my probation with.” Watch it here: (more…)

Amazon has issued an official apology about the AmazonFail fiasco, in which it insists the problem wasn’t specifically targetted to lesbian and gay themed books. (more…)

Listening to ‘To Be Still’ has been nothing short of a whirlwind romance, writes Gem Andrews. If people could marry albums then we would be first in line at the local registrar office. (more…)

Internet bookshop Amazon has deemed thousands of lesbian and gay-themed books ‘adult material’, stripping them of sales rankings and excluding them from search results. (more…)

Fast and Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez has spoken out about the pressures facing lesbians in Hollywood. (more…)

Fast and Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez has spoken out about the pressures facing lesbians in Hollywood. (more…)

A new US TV advert designed to push public opinion against gay marriage is based on lies and is intended to spread distortion and incite fear-mongering, claims leading US LGBT equality organisation the Human Rights Commission (HRC). (more…)

A new US TV advert designed to push public opinion against gay marriage is based on lies and is intended to spread distortion and incite fear-mongering, claims leading US LGBT equality organisation the Human Rights Commission (HRC). (more…)

Singer Pink and her former husband husband Carey Hart are giving their relationship another chance, reports The Sun newspaper. (more…)

The next comedy night in Newcastle upon Tyne from Lesbilicious will be slightly different. Instead of lesbian comedians for lesbians and their friends, we’ll be presenting gay and gay-friendly male and female comedians for lesbians, gay men and their friends, and we’re calling it Laugh Out Loud. (more…)

“Dear Sappho. I am struggling to accept that my girlfriend is a Christian. She wasn’t religious when I met her but has recently ‘accepted Jesus into her heart’. She has been through a lot over the past couple of years, including losing both of her parents. (more…)

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has criticised the Pope’s attitude towards homosexuality and argued that the Pope’s views are not shared by most Catholics. (more…)

Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has criticised the Pope’s attitude towards homosexuality and argued that the Pope’s views are not shared by most Catholics. (more…)

Celebrity lesbian darlings Lindsay Lohan and Sam Ronson have split up. And to the delight of the gossips magazines, Lohan has not been quiet about the end of the relationship. (more…)

Vermont yesterday voted to override a governor’s veto against same-sex marriage, making it the fourth State in the USA to allow gay marriage. (more…)

TV network Showtime has decided not to commission The L Word spin-off The Farm. (more…)

Iowa has become the third State in the USA to allow gay marriage. (more…)

Lesbians in the UK undergoing fertility treatment have new rights from today, 6 April 2009. Milly Shaw spoke to three lesbian families to find out how it might affect them. (more…)

Lesbilicious.co.uk is recruiting for four writers who will each have a monthly column on Lesbilicious. (more…)

LGBT people across the European Union are to have greater protection from discrimination.

The EU parliament has voted to increase current laws which ban discrimination in the workplace to include other areas including healthcare, commercial goods and services. (more…)

Dear Sappho. My mates think I am really shallow because I have gone off the girl I am seeing because I don’t like her hair.

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Same-sex couples in Sweden will be able to marry from 1 May 2009. (more…)

Well done to everyone who spotted our not-exactly-subtle April Fool’s Day story yesterday. As far as we know Pink isn’t really expecting a kitten, we don’t have solid proof that she watches the L Word, and, perhaps most importantly, she hasn’t cancelled her Australian tour.

There were some great April Fool’s stories on the LGBT and hetero news channels. In case you missed them, here’s a round-up of some of the best we saw: (more…)

Pink is pregnant, the singer revealed in an interview last night.

Speaking on MTV Europe, Pink accidentally revealed her news while explaining why her world tour was being cancelled before it reached Australia in May. (more…)

Discrimination against LGBT people is widespread throughout Europe, according to a new report. (more…)

Discrimination against LGBT people is widespread throughout Europe, according to a new report. (more…)