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The out New York City Council speaker and mayoral hopeful has received several antigay death threats, according to her wife.

David Kato, a prominent gay activist threatened with hanging on the front page of a Ugandan newspaper, was brutally beaten to death at his home in Kampala on Wednesday. Kato was the advocacy officer for Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), which confirmed his murder in a news release. He was one of the plaintiffs who won a case against the Rolling Stone newspaper earlier this month.

Usually when one plans to see Tegan and Sara in concert, it’s a common assumption that they’re usually accompanied by a sea of plaid, tattoos, and piercings singing along to every word. However last Sunday night, the iconic sounds of girl angst reverberated in the Hollywood Hills, playing for a different kind of crowd. Opening with the New Pornographers for Death Cab for Cutie at the Hollywood Bowl, the girl duo didn’t hesitate to tell the crowd that they were nervous to play at such an intimidating venue, but they held their own like a couple of pros.

Facebook released a list of most frequently used words and themes in users' status updates for 2009. Pop star singing sensation, and gay and lesbian equality activist, Lady GaGa was so popular she required her own category. Other topics users 'updated' about most include Michael Jackson, Swine flu, Farmville, Patrick Swayze, Billy Mays and more...

MTV is back in the lesbian-storyline game this season since recently revealing that Death Valley zombie-battling cop Carla (Tania Raymonde, Lost) loves the ladies. In an interview with Fearnet, Raymonde talked about her character’s sexuality and what’s coming up for her during the first season of the half hour horror-comedy series.

Music legend Whitney Houston has died at the age of 48. People.com reports that the Grammy winner was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "We received a call at 3:43 p.m. from hotel security and Beverly Hills Fire and police responded minutes later," the story quotes Beverly Hills Police Lieutenant Mark Rosen.

But was it a serious commitment or a bit of art?

Lesbian Bed Death might just be three most dreaded words in a gay girl's life but writers Tracey Stevens and Kathy Wunder offer up some solutions to help fan the flames.