Jane Lynch was celebrating her first Emmy win last night, taking home the Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy award for her role in hit series Glee. (more…)

Lesbians and gay men are more likely to believe that they will find long-lasting relationships through internet dating than their straight counterparts, according to a new survey. (more…)

An alternative Manchester Pride event – designed to tackle the “commercialisation” of the city’s main event – will take place this weekend. (more…)

Caster Semenya made a triumphant return to athletics this week, one year after being ordered to undergo gender verification testing. Her victory has provoked frustration among her competitors, however, reigniting debates over gender and sport. (more…)

The number of civil partnerships performed fell twelve per cent over the past year, while dissolutions – equivalent to divorce – have nearly doubled since 2008. The majority of dissolutions were to female couples.

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Oscar-winning actress Vivien Leigh was an adulterous bisexual, according to claims in a new biography about the British star. (more…)

School officials in Texas have barred Olivia Harrison from attending a local school because her parents are lesbians. (more…)

Lesbians wishing to become mothers who cannot pay for expensive fertility treatment are increasingly turning to the internet to find sperm donors and may therefore miss out on protection from the law, according to a new study. (more…)

Singer Will Young has been voted the best British role model in pop for young lesbian, gay and bisexual people. (more…)

The legal battle over Proposition 8 continued yesterday, as a California court of appeal extended the state’s same-sex marriage ban until the end of the year. (more…)

Worcester’s first Pride event has been postponed until next year due to funding problems and a lack of support from local organisations. (more…)

This week’s heroine is: Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968) (more…)

Women’s charity the Fawcett Society is making a legal challenge to the government over its “blantant unfairness” towards women in the recent emergency budget. (more…)

Ellen DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi is to legally change her name to DeGeneres. (more…)

A member of the public has filed an official complaint of homophobia to Nottinghamshire Police, in response to anti-Pride posters put up around the city, coinciding with the 31 July event. (more…)

A US federal judge has overturned the same-sex marriage ban in California. (more…)

Before meeting Shabby Katchadourian, her management informs me that she’s always late, writes Sophie Wilkinson. So when she arrives before me, gesticulating exuberantly as she gives a tourist directions to the nearby London Eye, I’m pleasantly surprised.

The 24-year-old’s four week stint in the final series of Big Brother had thousands of young lesbians across the nation glued to their screens. Her wardrobe, today consisting of her grandfather’s hat, a military jacket, braces, bandanas and ankle-swingers, betrays more than a “vaudevillian punk” aesthetic. She’s cute, androgynous, cheeky and bloody entertaining, all things onscreen lesbians aren’t allowed to be. (more…)

Lesbilicious’ very own Kaite Welsh was on Radio 4′s Woman’s Hour this morning, discussing the word ‘dyke’ following the Clare Balding / AA Gil dyke on a bike issue. Click to listen to the ‘dyke’ section on the Radio 4 website.

The eighth Gay Games opened on Saturday with a Ceremony attended by almost 10,000 people. The Games run until August 7 in Cologne, one of Germany’s oldest cities and home to a thriving gay scene. (more…)

The Independent on Sunday (IoS) has published its Pink List of the most influential gay and lesbian people in the UK, however, only 30 of the total 101 were lesbians, reflecting a lack of representation of gay women in the public eye. (more…)

This week’s heroine is: Marie Antoinette (1755 – 1793)

Also known as: Born as Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, later became the Dauphine and then the Queen of France. Played by Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 biopic Marie Antoinette. (more…)