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The right-wing representative launched a campaign following Angela Carini's loss to Algerian boxer Imane Khelif, who conservatives were falsely claiming is a transgender woman.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in favor of a married lesbian couple who sued the state Department of Public Health after officials refused to list both women as the biological parents on their daughter's birth certificate in 2009.
In the midst of a federal lawsuit from transgender golfer Lana Lawless (pictured), and on the eve of the Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Ladies Professional Golf Association is preparing to admit women not born biologically female. The change — which requires approval from two thirds of the LPGA's membership — may not end Lawless's case, as she is seeking damages over claims that the LPGA prevented her from playing golf professionally.
Anyone who fell in love with actress Skyler Cooper watching her on that seminal 2003 documentary about African-American lesbians, Butch Mystique, is bound to be surprised by her turn on this week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag U. The Logo series, in which alums of RuPaul’s Drag Race do dragtastic makeovers of what the diva calls “biological women,” started off season 2 with a virgin theme but all eyes are episode 2, “Lesbians Gone Wild.”
A lesbian couple, Misty Turner and Brandy Standifer, and their children, were attending a July 4th fireworks display in Pathfork, Kentucky when they were attacked by a crowd of people,according to Towleroad (via The Lexington Herald-Leader). The couple, their children, and their extended family sat in a church parking lot to watch a fireworks display when people at a party across the street began shooting fireworks at them. The fireworks landed among the women's group, burning Turner's biological son, her 80-year-old grandmother and others.
The tennis star took issue with the actor’s inclusive stance on transgender women’s representation in sports.
'We must acknowledge that gender identity is not reducible to the body,' say Mt. Holyoke College officials of their historic decision to welcome applications from all trans students.
Just because she's running against Trump doesn't mean she's not terrible too!
This week our series on women you should know looks at a distinguished scientist who has much to say about sex and gender.
The internet's favorite personality is standing up for her community.
New York state has expanded the rights for gay and lesbian parents. New York's highest court ruled in two cases Tuesday that nonbiological parents involved in same-sex relationships have rights similar to those of biological parents. In one case, the court ruled unanimously that a woman can seek visitation rights from her former partner because she is a legal parent, even though she is not the child's biological mother. "In many ways this is a real breakthrough in New York."
A scientist says there's no such thing as a straight woman, but don't expect your straight crush to call you back just yet.
The long-awaited film "Becoming Chaz," a documentary about Chaz Bon’s female-to-male (FTM) gender reassignment aired this week on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. And it captures not only the arduous trek of coming out as transgender, but it also captures the universal experience we all face of coming out as our true selves.
Lesbian mom K. Pearson Brown gets on her soap box about pregnancy as a protected job status, among a host of other discriminatory practices and viewpoints reserved for pregnant women.
As part of our effort to profile more authors within the LGBT community, we present Diana Cage. Author, editor, blogger, and media personality Cage is the former host of The Diana Cage Show, a wildly popular, no-holds-barred nightly talk show on Sirius XM. Her books include Girl Meets Girl: A Dating Survival Guide, Box Lunch: The Layperson’s Guide to Cunnilingus, Bottoms Up: Writing About Sex, and the groundbreaking On Our Backs Guide to Lesbian Sex.
"You can identify as a woman and say you’re transitioning, but it changes once you start changing your body."
The GOP's anti-abortion platform hasn't changed—it is identical to that of its 2008 platform, allowing abortions only in cases of rape and incest. The GOP's anti-gay platform also hasn't changed—it is identical to that of its 2008 platform, allowing marriage only between a man and a woman.
Have you noticed that no one cares when lady celebs kiss each other anymore? Miley Cyrus kissed a girl and everyone was bored. Even proclaiming leztastic crushes has fallen out of vogue. Right now, the lez crush is beyond ubiquitous. No celebrity is complete without one. Washed-up stars stuck in reality show hell are scratching at the pages of Out magazine, dying to confess their attraction to Drew Barrymore. Ingénues vying for roles in Woody Allen films want you to know that they'd love to make out with Chloe Sevigny if only she'd give them the chance. The media might love it, but frankly, if your face doesn't smell like pussy, I'm bored.
Various celebrities and politicians are issuing hateful, transphobic remarks about the Algerian boxer competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Writer and lesbian culture guru Diana Cage marvels over the wonder of pro-gay marriage Republican Meghan McCain's magnificent rack. While McCain made great strides distracting the politicos by posting a boob pic on Twitter, Cage has some valuable feminist information to impart to Ms. McCain.
