Lesbianism
Romantic, sexual, and emotional attachment between women was named lesbianism after the island of Lesbos, home of Sappho, a Greek poet of the seventh century. Sappho wrote eloquently of her...
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In their 14-year relationship, Patricia Spado and Olive Watson spent only five nights apart. They lived in New York, spent summers in Maine, and shared the more practical pieces of a life together ...
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Belgrade (dpa) - The Serbian Institute for Blood Transfusion has
altered its questionnaire for potential blood donors after a lesbian
rights organization launched protests a...
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Kathmandu (dpa) - The Nepalese army has sacked two female soldiers
for indulging in "lesbian activities," local media reports said
Tuesday.
The Kathmandu Post...
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Arab lesbians quietly defied Islamist protesters and a social taboo to gather at a rare public event Wednesday in a northern Israeli city.Many of the attendees said they were sad that the only plac...
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A Lutheran church in Chicago has ordained a lesbian who refuses to take a vow of celibacy, becoming the first to test a new resolution that gives bishops leeway in disciplining such violations.The ...
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A crossposting from the Observer's manly mens' blog, The Cockpit.
Chick-on-chick lit
Our Bodies, Our Shelves
Of all the book galleys that get tossed on our desks on Monday mornings—where...
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A lesbian couple married in Massachusetts should have the same right as heterosexual couples to divorce in their home state of Rhode Island, lawyers for the women told the state's highest court Tue...
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Singapore has banned an Xbox video game because it contains a sex scene between a woman and a female alien, the city-state's censors said Thursday."Mass Effect," a futuristic space adventure publis...
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A Presbyterian deacon who has twice been denied ordination because of her sexual orientation can move forward with her bid to join the clergy.The regional body of the Presbyterian Church (USA) vote...
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Olivia Nabulwala says her family in Uganda was so angry and ashamed to learn she was a lesbian that her relatives hurled insults at her, pummeled her and, finally, stripped her and held her down wh...
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Lesbianism
Family challenges lesbian adoption
