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Tipping the Velvet novelist Sarah Waters has pledged to walk over hot coals for feminist campaign group The Fawcett Society. (more…)

Mexico City has become the first city in Latin America to make same-sex marriage legal. (more…)

The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in Turkey has launched an investigation into a work of lesbian fiction, calling female same-sex relationships “obscene.” (more…)

A UK-based Christian extremist group is calling for Christians to support a proposed law in Uganda which could make some same-sex activity punishable by execution.

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Sexual assaults against members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community in Lancashire are not being reported, according to local police. (more…)

The Times newspaper has confirmed that writer Jeanette Winterson is in a relationship with influential psychotherapist Susie Orbach. This ends months of media hints and speculation on the matter. (more…)

A BBC website story with the headline Should Homosexuals Face Execution? has triggered 103 complaints in less than 24 hours. (more…)

The Court of Appeal has ruled against a registrar disciplined for refusing to perform same-sex partnerships. Lillian Ladele had claimed her Christian conscience prevented her from performing the ceremonies and accused her employers, Islington Council, of religious discrimination. (more…)

Brain injuries sustained while protesting have forced human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell to stand down as the Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford East. (more…)

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is pushing for British civil partnerships to be legally recognised across the EU. (more…)

The USA’s fourth-largest city has elected an openly gay woman to be mayor. (more…)

It’s been a busy decade for lady loving ladies in that business we call show. We’ve come out of the closets and onto the small screen. But what were the highlights? Here, Kaite Welsh gives an entirely subjective view about her top 10 lesbian TV moments. (more…)

There’s no such thing as ‘breaking your hymen’ through first-time sex, using a tampon or horse-riding, according to a new myth-busting booklet about hymens produced by the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education. (more…)

The Austrian parliament today passed a bill which will allow same-sex couples to have civil unions. (more…)

A heterosexual woman is offering to sell her right to marry on ebay to raise funds for a LGBT charity. (more…)

Gay rights charity Stonewall has launched a new guide to help teachers challenge homophobic language in schools. (more…)

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams yesterday called on Anglicans in the USA to block the appointment of a lesbian bishop. (more…)

Bad acting. Ridiculous plots. Terrible production. It’s no secret that lesbian-interest films are generally pretty awful. But does it always have to be this way? And are there any hidden classics that are actually worth watching? Film buff Siobhan McGuirk investigates… (more…)

French tennis player Amelie Mauresmo has announced that she is retiring from the sport. (more…)

New York has rejected a bill to make gay marriage legal in the state. The state senate voted 24-38 to reject the bill, despite earlier approval of the bill. (more…)

Two players in the Dutch national women’s football team have have lost their places in the national squad, allegedly because their relationship was causing problems in the team. (more…)

Meredith Baxter, star of 1980s sitcom ‘Family Ties’ today came out as a lesbian on American TV. (more…)

One in five people with HIV in the UK have been assaulted, harassed or threatened in the past year, according to a new study released on World AIDS Day. (more…)