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Meet one of Hollywood's first female directors.

The literary world mourns the loss of a unique icon.

Here are five good reasons we're going to tune in to Downton Abbey this Sunday!

Waters talks with SheWired about her sensuous and riveting new novel.

Is Emily dressed as a Suffragette for Halloween? We sure hope so.

The heiress to the sewing machine fortune, Singer was a benefactor to many artists and lover of many women.

Just when it looked as though the Emmy and Golden Globe winning Downton Abbey couldn’t get any juicier Shirley MacLaine has been cast as Lady Grantham’s (Elizabeth McGovern) American mother. Not that there's anything lesbian about that, it's just fun! Masterpiece Classics Upstairs / Downstairs meets Revenge – with its well-placed but deliciously soapy leanings – has become a pop culture juggernaut that’s not only wildly popular but critically lauded.

Yes, yes, the 'zipless f***' lady.

Capping a week that marked the loss of big-screen heartthrob Patrick Swayze and Kanye West lose his marbles — again — lesbian faves Tina Fey, Megan Fox, Elisabeth Shue, Maura Tierney, Helen Hunt, Robin Wright Penn and Mariel Hemingway lead this installment of the Hollywood Trade Roundup, a collection of hotties making headlines.

For Jennifer Beals’ fans still mourning Fox’s axing The Chicago Code it’s great news that the actress who starred on that show and played power lesbian extraordinaire Bette Porter on The L Word for six seasons was back on the small screen Monday with the beginning of her two-episode arc on Castle.

This week we reach back into history for a woman you might not know but should. Say hello to Dolly Wilde, the remarkable niece of Oscar.

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.

Here is the next installment of out 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums of all time. Look for albums by No Doubt, Leisha Hailey's The Murmurs, Natalie Merchant, The Gossip, Annie Lennox, Fleetwood Mac, Madonna, P!nk, Sade, Paula Cole and more...