All posts tagged "lesbians"
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Officially Empowered
Earlier this month poet Dana Gioia, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, delivered a commencement address to the 300 graduates at Wisconsin's Beloit...
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Harrassed Indian lesbian couple commits suicide by fire
“Around midnight, they poured kerosene on their body and set themselves on fire. They appear to have hugged each other during the final moments of...
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Ellen commits. Jodie splits.
“Yesterday, if you haven’t heard, the California Supreme Court overturned the ban on gay marriage. So, I would like to say right now, for the...
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Chatty Cathy
It's a rainy Friday afternoon, and Cathy McElrath Renna is sitting on the floor -- the chairs have yet to arrive -- of what will...
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Healing Humor
Karen Williams has been a Buddhist for 36 years and a comic for 25. She's a mother, a grandmother and queer. And if you don't...
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Diva in a Dress
Tackle football is usually synonymous with fall weather and rough guys. That's old school. Today, tackle football can mean daffodil season and kick-ass women like...
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Breaking Barriers
Breaking down barriers is old hat for Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton. After all, she's been breaking them since she was a little girl in Montreal. The...
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Wicked Win
Wicked Jezabel Forget the Grammy Awards. In D.C., it's all about the Wammies, the Washington Area Music Awards (WAMA), which...
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Writing Lessons
Michelle Burleson didn't choose to become a songwriter. It chose her. She can't explain why it happened, but it was sometime in between admiring the...
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Gold Rush
''Oh, goddammit, fuckhead ass!'' Judy Gold's phone won't stop making loud bleeping noises. And it's getting on her nerves. And the one thing you don't...
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Exorcizing Demons
Singer-songwriter Nicole Reynolds had her heart broken recently, and as history has shown, heartbreak can be a powerful artistic muse. Reynolds translated her tumultuous experience...
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Mautner Project Appoints New E.D.
As the newly appointed executive director of the Mautner Project, Leslie J. Calman is hoping to double the health organization's budget, currently nearing $1 million,...
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Label Free
Mindy Chateauvert doesn't do too well with labels. The 49-year-old identifies as a ''leather dyke'' when asked about her BDSM orientation. But Chateauvert's involvement among...
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Farm Fresh
There was a time when Nicole Reynolds didn't know she could sing. The 24-year-old native of Pittsburgh worked behind the scenes of the music industry,...
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Survey Says: Lesbians are Sadder
Lesbians are more likely to experience higher levels of stress and depression than straight women around the winter-holiday season, according to a new study conducted...
