ethics investigations

Rep. Michele Bachmann claims it would be immoral to say whether her husband's clinics perform so-called reparative therapy on gay people. In the past the Bachmanns haven't taken such a hard line on whether it's OK to discuss the menu of treatment available at their clinics. Marcus Bachmann told a Minnesota newspaper in 2005, "If someone is interested in talking to us about their homosexuality, we are open to talking about that. But if someone comes in a homosexual and they want to stay homosexual, I don't have a problem with that."

In a long-standing lawsuit brought by the Log Cabin Republicans, a federal judge has ruled that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy violates the U.S. Constitution. Phillips further ordered a permanent injunction barring enforcement of DADT. The Justice Department has until a September 23 deadline to submit objections to the court regarding Phillips's injunction, which it is likely to do: DOJ attorneys have argued that Phillips does not have the authority to issue a nationwide injunction against the ban on openly gay service members.

Glenn Close and Rose Byrne adorn billboards all over promoting the Damages season 3 premiere on January 25th. They ooze sex appeal, and what lesbian isn't drawn to the two complex, powerful women who make bad guys pay. There are interesting new characters, such as Lily Tomlin as Tobin’s wife and Martin Short as Tobin’s attorney, and there is an all-new plotline, but the winning formula of Damages remains intact.

This week during the livestream of SheWired's The Gloves Are Off, join the conversation with our favorite lesbian pair, Cathy DeBuono and Jill Bennett, to continue last week's topics and discuss racial profiling. This Thursday at 7:00 PM PST.

The Good Wife features some of the strongest female characters on all of TV.

This week's collection of outrage-inducing news spans the globe, from antigay psuedoscientists in Uganda, to proudly bigoted restaurateurs in Oklahoma.

Bisexual international woman of mystery, and the best-damned investigator to grace the small screen, or anything for that matter, Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) ended The Good Wife season with a bang. Well, we didn’t really see the bang, we just saw the afterplay, which if it’s any indication of the actual event, means that whomever hooks up with Kalinda is one lucky lady – or man – or lady…