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Fringe actress Jasika Nicole never imagined that her upbringing—as a biracial lesbian from the South—would perfectly prepare her for a career in sci-fi TV. 

Shepard Fairey, partnering with LGBT grassroots organization FAIR, debuted a selection of the 100 celebrity-customized Defend Equality Love Unites posters designed to raise awareness — and funds — for the fight for gay and lesbian marriage equality. Thursday night’s event featured the redesigned creations from the likes of Tegan Quin, Virginia Madsen, Dustin Lance Black (Milk), Matt Groening, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Renee Zellweger and many more on display at the Andaz in West Hollywood. The L Word's Daniela Sea and New Moon's Anna Kendrick. 

Best known for portraying dual lives of FBI junior special agent Astrid Farnsworth on J.J. Abram’s sci-fi series Fringe, Jasika Nicole opens up to The Adovcate about growing up between two worlds, introducing her girlfriend to her father, homophobic stigmas in the African-American community, and portraying a character with Asperger’s syndrome.

Lip Service follows the lives of six lesbian women living in Glasgow, Scotland. Already being hailed as the “British L Word,” the six-part drama has been described as “a bold new drama in contemporary Glasgow. Lip Service creator, Harriet Braun, says she hopes her latest drama is authentic to lesbian viewers and their lives.  Braun says it was important to her that the main lesbian characters Cat, Frankie, Lou and Tess, played by Laura Fraser, Ruta Gedmintas, Roxanne McKee and Fiona Button respectively, came across as authentic to a lesbian audience. Here's a recap of the fourth episode.