Three Percent Of Marriages In The Balearics Are Between Gay Couples
According to a statement released by the Instituto de Politica Familiar de Baleares (IPFB), nearly 3 percent of marriages in Spain’s Balearic Islands (Islas Baleares) are between gay and lesbian couples. The archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea consists of four large islands – Majorca (Mallorca), Menorca (Menorca), Ibiza (Eivissa) and Formentera – and many smaller islands. The Balearic Islands are popular tourist destinations. In... Read More
LGBTs on TV – does it get better?
It gets better’… or so Dan Savage’s campaign keeps telling us. However with what can only be described as ’endemic’ homophobic bullying in schools in both the United States, and my native United Kingdom, you can forgive the kids who are struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. While Savage’s campaign is entirely commendable, it can only do so much. You have to look to a more ubiquitous media source as an agent of... Read More
Oprah: ‘Stop saying I’m a lesbian’
Oprah Winfrey says she is irritated by the continuing rumours that she is a lesbian. The chatshow host, 56, said she would not hide the truth about her sexuality. For years, rumours have circulated that she and best friend Gayle King are a couple, despite Winfrey having been in a relationship with Stedman Graham since 1986. She told ABC’s Barbara Walters: “I have said we are not gay enough times. I am not lesbian. “I’m not even kind of a lesbian.... Read More
‘Zero per cent’ rate of abuse for children with lesbian parents
A small study of children brought up by lesbian couples found that not one reported any sexual or physical abuse. The research comes from the longest-running study into lesbian parenting, carried out by the UCLA’s Williams Institute. The study is now in its 24th year. Researchers asked the 17-year-old daughters and sons of lesbian mothers about sexual abuse, sexual orientation and sexual behaviour. Not one of the 78 young people said they had ever... Read More
Obama administration launches campaign against anti-gay bullying
Barack ObamaThe US Obama administration has launched a campaign against homophobic bullying. The new advice for schools and colleges comes shortly after President Obama recorded a video for the It Gets Better project, which aims to encouraged bullied gay teenagers. Officials said that the new advice does not break legal ground. Instead, it is a comprehensive guide to how civil rights law applies to schools, colleges and university campuses. It also... Read More
Gay, Female and Overworked Like Everyone Else
The old joke surfaces early on “The Real L Word.” ”What does a lesbian bring on a second date?” The punch line: “A U-Haul.” “The L Word,” which has inspired this new series, spent its five-year tenure on Showtime tirelessly working to upend the perceptions that underlie such bons mots: that lesbians mate like penguins, for life, with comparatively less vigorous libidos and healthier bean dishes. Created in part by Ilene Chaiken, who... Read More
Lindsay Lohan blasts new girlfriend reports
Lindsay Lohan has shot down rumors she’s embarked on a new lesbian romance with celebrity photographer and reality TV star Indrani. The “Mean Girls” star, who split from DJ Samantha Ronson last year, was alleged to be secretly seeing the 36 year old after working on a photoshoot together in recent months. Indrani, real name Julia I. Pal-Chaudhur, failed to put a stop to the reports when she admitted the pair had been “spending... Read More
Replacement Prom – But You Can’t Come!
There will be a prom, but you can’t come! In the latest twist of the canceled prom saga surrounding Constance McMillen it would seem that some of the parents and students have arranged their own replacement prom, and the shy 18 year old lesbian has NOT been invited. Following McMillen’s appearance on nationally and internationally syndicated Ellen DeGeneres Show, the school board have responded by announcing parents have organized... Read More
Prom Cancelled Because Of Lesbian Student
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a lesbian student whose prom was cancelled because of a lesbian student who wanted to wear a tuxedo to the event. 18 year old Constance McMillen, a student at Itawamba Agricultural High School in Mississippi, was barred from attending the event in a tuxedo and with her girlfriend. When she complained, the school decided to cancel the entire event. The lawsuit says the school has violated... Read More
21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards
The 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards announced its nominees in a wide variety of categories today. The event, presented by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), honors outstanding entertainment programming and news about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) issues; among the year’s 116 nominees in 24 English-language categories and 36 Spanish-language nominees in eight categories are the series “Mad Men,” “Modern... Read More
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