The Q! Film Festival, which opened last week in Indonesian capital Jakarta, has been targeted by masked protesters. (more…)

A lesbian mother who was forced to pay more child support because she was not in a heterosexual relationship has won damages, after a court ruled there was no justification for the discrimination. (more…)

Actress Portia de Rossi has legally adopted her wife Ellen DeGeneres’ surname. The former Ally McBeal and Arrested Development star will henceforth be known as Portia Lee James DeGeneres. (more…)

On Wednesday 29 September 2010 Sir Ian McKellen will unveil a blue plaque in Southwark, London, honouring human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. (more…)

The ninth annual Q! Film Festival opens tonight in Jakarta, Indonesia. It is the biggest festival of its kind in Asia and the only one to be hosted in a Muslim country. (more…)

Do you feel like the only gay in the village? writes Milly Shaw. Well if your village has a population of 100 people then statistically yes there is only one gay person, which must therefore be you. Congratulations. (more…)

The percentage of gay Britons is much smaller than initially thought, according to new figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS). (more…)

London’s gay arts festival GFEST has announced its 2010 programme.

The event, now in its fourth year, will be held 8th-21st November in London venues including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the National Gallery and Rich Mix. (more…)

Lesbian author and cultural critic Jill Johnston, who wrote the seminal feminist book Lesbian Nation, has died aged 81. (more…)

Kelly McGillis has wed her girlfriend, Melanie Leis, in a civil union in New Jersey just one year after coming out as a lesbian. (more…)

TV presenter Sue Perkins has been unveiled as the host of the 2010 Stonewall Awards. (more…)

Gay rights charity Stonewall has launched a YouTube channel which will feature films about new research and major campaigns, tasters from events, and interviews with youth volunteers, politicians and celebrities. (more…)

A Sunday Times column which called lesbian presenter Clare Balding a “dyke on a bike” was “demeaning and gratuitous”, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled.

Writer AA Gill used the term in a television review of Britain by Bike, which was presented by Balding.

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Just over two-thirds of Irish people support gay marriage, according to a new poll.

The Irish Times also found that 91 per cent would not think less of a person if they were lesbian and gay, and 60 per cent do not believe that civil partnerships undermine the institution of marriage. (more…)

The Greek village of Skala Eressos has been host to hundreds of women over the past two weeks, as the lesbian-run International Women’s Festival celebrates its tenth year. (more…)

Lady Gaga picked up eight statuettes at the MTV Video Music Awards this weekend, and used the opportunity to highlight the US Military’s controversial Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) policy. (more…)

We’re pleased to announce the return of our almost-regular comedy night in Newcastle upon Tyne.

On Wednesday 27 October 2010 Lesbilicious Comedy presents improv stars The Short and Girlie Show, plus guests Hannah Brackenbury and Julie Jepson.

For full details please see Lesbilicious Comedy.

This week’s heroine is: Virginia Woolf (1882-1941).

Also known as: Adeline Virginia Stephen (her sunname before she was married to Leonard Woolf). Played by Nicole Kidman in 2003 film The Hours (more…)

Australian swimmer Stephanie Rice has apologised after posting a homophobic comment on Twitter. (more…)

Lesbian author Emma Donoghue has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, for Room. (more…)

Love could truly be in the air later this year when a Scandinavian airline gives gay competition winners the chance to experience Sweden’s first-ever in-flight gay marriage. (more…)

Film critics and showbiz commentators were abuzz last night with reports of Natalie Portman’s “steamy” new role in Black Swan, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. (more…)

MTV Australia host Ruby Rose talks about puking on rockstars, her love/hate relationship with Katy Perry and ‘outing’ Twilight star Kristen Stewart… (more…)

Lesbian and gay Christians have criticised secularists planning to protest at the Pope’s UK state visit later this month. (more…)

The search is on for information about the colourful – and often clandestine – history of Newcastle upon Tyne’s gay scene. (more…)