Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) has banned children from visiting an exhibition about LGBT rights, despite a police ruling that it did not contain obscene images.
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La Roux singer Elly Jackson has said she is sick of getting bras thrown at by lesbian fans.

In an interview with Heat magazine, 21-year-old Jackson said she always knew she would have a large lesbian following, but she wished they were just interested in her music and nothing more. (more…)

‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’… something that was drummed into me as a kid. (more…)

Brighton Pride has been forced to axe jobs as it struggles to pay a £50,000 deficit from this year’s event. (more…)

Are you a real-life Bette? A lady-killing Shane? Reality TV show which aims to be “the real L Word” is calling for real-life Los Angeles lesbians to audition to be on the show. (more…)

Scottish same-sex couples hoping to adopt or foster have equal rights with straight couples from today (28 September 2009). (more…)

The BBC has reprimanded Graham Norton for making an offensive comment about lesbians.
A viewer complained to the BBC that Norton had reinforced a negative stereotype about lesbians’ appearance. (more…)

Being gay in school is hard enough for the pupils, but what about the teachers? Lesbian schoolteacher Eddie Acorn Edmondson looks at the issue. (more…)

Beth Ditto, Boyzone and Carol Ann Duffy are amongst the celebrities shortlisted in Stonewall’s 2009 Awards ceremony. (more…)

The average US Government LGBT employee earns 8-29% less than his/her heterosexual colleagues, according to a new report on discrimination against LGBT people in the public sector. (more…)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) teenagers are more likely to binge eat and/or suffer from bullimia, according to a major new US study. (more…)

A man was today jailed for life for his part in the gang-rape and murder of a lesbian athlete in South Africa.

Eudy Simelane, an international footballer, was killed last year in a spate of ‘corrective rapes’ against lesbians in the country. (more…)

Tegan and Sara have announced the dates for their November 2009 European tour.

The tour promotes the duo’s new 13-track album, called Sainthood (more…)

Sections of Manchester’s gay village will be traffic-free on Friday and Saturday nights as part of a pilot scheme running in October 2009. (more…)

Actress Charlize Theron has said she will not consider marrying her boyfriend of eight years until gay people can also legally marry in the USA. (more…)

An estate agent firm which publicly outed a lesbian couple who were trying to sell their house has been reprimanded by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). (more…)

A stranger might be a friend you haven’t met yet, but in lesbian circles a stranger is a friend you haven’t slept with yet. Slept with, become girlfriends with, broken up with and then become friends with again.

But is it really so easy to switch being girlfriends to exgirlfriends to just friends? Kaite Welsh doesn’t promise it’ll be easy, but she does think it’s possible. Here are her 9 tips for staying friends with your ex: (more…)

The head of the UK Football Association (FA) has promised that challenging homophobia at football matches will be a priority for 2010. (more…)

You won’t believe me, but I am going to tell you about this anyway.

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Lesbian and bisexual women are being encouraged to take better care of their mental and physical health with a new poster campaign from Stonewall and the Department of Health. (more…)

South African runner Caster Semenya “is like a raped person”, following world-wide speculation about whether she is male or female, according to the chair of South Africa’s sports committee. (more…)

North Yorkshire police have created 85 hate crime reporting centres across the region. (more…)

Ghosted: a supernatural thriller masquerading as a love story. Confused? Anna Bella certainly was… (more…)

Actress Jodie Foster is reportedly ‘devastated’ after being left by her partner Cindy Mort. (more…)

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has officially apologised for the British government’s treatment of World War II mathematician Alan Turing, following pressure from an online petition. (more…)

LGBT people and allies in London are being urged to visit Trafalgar Square on Saturday 12 and Tuesday 15 September to support two people using their ‘fourth plinth’ slots to promote Stonewall’s ‘some people are gay, get over it’ message. (more…)

And so the ‘getting myself out onto the gay scene’ has begun… sort of. A recent girly night out ended in Soho. So far, so good.

My sympathetic straight girl friend and I head to a busy bar for a drink and a bit of a boogie later in the evening. And so the recipe goes: (more…)

A publisher has been forced to apologise ‘unreservedly’ after publishing a book which claimed that Peter Tatchell had links with racist and fascist groups and had made Islamphobic comments such as “Muslim=Nazi” and “Muslim=Evil.” (more…)

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the USA are more optimistic for their future and the future of the USA than heterosexual Americans, according to a new poll. (more…)

Claud Cunningham, founder of Manchester queer club Black Angel, is cycling from Lands End to John O’Groats to raise funds that will be donated to the Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS). Lesbilicious is proud to be a sponsor of Claud’s journey.

Claud lost her father to Parkinson’s Disease which is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. This cycle is Claud’s tribute to her father who was a body builder and ran marathons before Parkinson’s Disease took away his athletic abilities.

Claud has faced gale force winds, torrential rain, and a nasty fall so far.  She is hoping to get from Lands End to John O’Groats in ten days and is aiming to raise £5000. To sponsor Claud visit her blog or go direct to Just Giving.

Good luck Claud!

Sarah Waters has today been named as one of the six authors shortlisted for the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. (more…)

Stephen Fry has joined the campaign calling for the British government to posthumously apologise to Alan Turing, the World War II hero who was chemically castrated and prosecuted by the government because he was gay. (more…)

The music is loud, the girls are hot and everyone in the room is dressed like a rockstar. Legs tangle, hands grab, hips sway. It’s girl on girl action like you’ve never seen before, and you’re not going to find it at your local gay bar… (more…)

Gossip singer Beth Ditto has defended Barack Obama’s decision to move slowly on the issue of gay marriage. (more…)

The fourth annual Stonewall Awards is set to take place on 5th November 2009 at the V&A in London. (more…)

Producers of the L Word are set to create a reality TV show called The Real L Word: Los Angeles.

After rejecting Ilene Chaiken’s idea for an L Word spin-off, Showtime have approved nine episodes of the reality show. The show will follow the lives of six lesbians in Los Angeles.

“Even though we concluded our sixth season of ‘The L Word’ on Showtime this past March, I believe we are not nearly finished telling our ‘L Word’ stories,” Chaiken has said. “Showtime has yet again come forward to continue with us this mission to entertain and enlighten and bring more ‘L’ to the world.”

It is expected that The Real L Word: Los Angeles could air in the US at some point in 2010.

The launch of LGBTory took place at Manchester Pride this year.

LGBTory is the official Conservative Party affiliated LGB group. Members of the group marched in the parade at Manchester Pride, showcasing the rainbow version of the party logo.

Matthew Sephton, chairman of the group, told Pink News: “We were flying the flag for the modern Conservatives and for the LGBT community and had lots of attention from the many thousands of people who lined the parade route through the city.”

A gay event will be held at the party’s annual conference next month, also in Manchester. The guests at the event are reported to include shadow equalities minister Theresa May, shadow environment secretary Nick Herbert and chief executive of Stonewall Ben Summerskill.

Conference Pride will take place on Tuesday 6th October at Spirit Bar in Manchester’s gay village.

Actress Kate Moennig has cancelled her appearance at an UK L Word convention less than three weeks before the event. (more…)

From today (1 September 2009) lesbian couples who have children through fertility treatment can name both women as parents on the child’s birth certificate. (more…)