News

by Leonard Tengco, Communications Intern

The Justice Department barred hundreds of employees from holding a lesbian and gay pride event at the department's headquarters last week, the first time a federal agency has ever forbidden a lesbian ...

GLAAD Applauds complete advertiser withdrawal from MSNBC'S 'Savage Nation' Debut
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced today that all six national sponsors of MSNBC's "Savage Nation" debut have publicly withdrawn from the program... Continued



Florida Judge grants child custody to transgender parent
Judge Gerard O¹Brien of Clearwater, Florida handed down his decision today in the landmark case of Kantaras v. Kantaras ...

Women's Issues

Women of Color resources and information that address the concerns of women of color -- for the African-American and minority woman with breast cancer and those who care about her ...

Battering in Lesbian Relationships:  describes the lack of services available to lesbian victims of battering, the homophobic response they may expect to receive should they seek help, and how heterosexual women have many more options for assistance ...

Gay Issues

Fem World Women's Resources

Health

Physically, lesbians are no different from straight women and should generally receive the same health care. However, differences in sexual behaviors affect the incidence of certain gynecological problems and result in distinctive health-care needs ...

Allergic Vaginitis: Sometimes referred to as 'chemical vaginitis,' this condition is a great mimicker. Because it often affects not only the vagina itself but external tissues (the vulva), it is often mistaken for a yeast infection ...

Are Lesbians At Risk for Contracting HIV from Each Other?
Yes!! There have cases reported since the mid 1980's which indicate that women are transmitting HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) to each other. Despite these reports the Federal Government's Center for Disease Control (CDC) does not include female to female transmission in its AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) reports. Many lesbians mistakenly believe that they are not at risk. HIV is transmitted when blood, vaginal fluids, breast milk or semen from an HIV infected person enters your blood stream ...
 

Literature

Lesbian pulps were titled and pictured in "codes" that helped lesbians pick them out from amongst a drugstore rack filled with similar, often lurid, titles: a cover with a brunette towering over a reclining blonde, often with a man in the ..

Entertainment

  Lesbian Media Maven
By Ann Turner

The world's first lesbian soap opera debuts; POWER UP Film heads to Sundance Festival; k. d. lang sails into the sunset; Winona Ryder commended for 'good' behavior and Pink in a threesome? All the dish on those girls ..

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