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The
Life and Legacy of Susan Sontag
The
acclaimed lesbian writer died this week, leaving behind
a career as one of America's most influential, and controversial,
intellectuals. |
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Interview
with Jenn Lindsay The indie singer-songwriter
who weaves sharp words with a transcendent voice and outstanding
musicianship talks about her inspiration, leaving New York,
reading poetry, and the orchestra in her brain. |
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Interview
with Meredith Kadlec
here!'s
VP of Development talks to us about the series she's developing,
what trends she's seeing in gay and lesbian movies, and
why she thinks there are so few good lesbian scripts out
there. |
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Interview
with Jane Lynch The
actress who played Jennifer Coolidge's lesbian lover in
Best in Show (and guest-stars on the next season
of The L Word) talks to us about her career,
why she thinks comedy is more challenging than drama, the
changes she sees in roles for women, and why there aren't
more lesbian movies. |
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Interview
with Guinevere Turner
On
the day of the release of The L Word on DVD, writer
Guinevere Turner answers our questions about Season 1, drops
some hints about Season 2 and gives us the latest on what
she's up to. |
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Hollywood
Comes Out for POWER UP Premiere
Stars,
fans, and industry execs turned out to support gay women in
entertainment this weekend at the gala event, where Jane Lynch
rocked, Jennifer Beals inspired, and the future of lesbians
in entertainment never looked brighter. |
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Ellis
Finds Evidence of Joy 28-year-old singer-songwriter
Ellis talks to us about her career. |
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Interview
with L.P.
25-year-old rocker L.P. talks about her craft,
her fans, and Howard Stern. |
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Interview
with the Butchies Allison,
Kaia and Melissa talk to us about the recent U.S. elections,
their new record label, and how butch women are portrayed
in the media. |
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Interview
with Mimi Ferrar The
28-year-old lead singer of rock band Audio Fiction--and
touring Rent actress--talks
to us about her songwriting, being out, and the continued
meaning of Rent.
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Sexuality
No Big Deal in Coverage of Openly Lesbian and Transgender
Candidates The
Mary Cheney brouhaha aside, press coverage of candidates
in local and state elections across the U.S. this year has
mostly avoided focusing on the sexual orientation of LGBT
candidates. |
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Melissa
Etheridge's Lucky Life
Melissa Etheridge's announcement that she
has been diagnosed with breast cancer shows the same steady
strength of character and personable attitude that the singer
has exhibited throughout her extremely successful career.
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Cherry
Jones Paves the Way for Lesbians on Broadway
This openly gay actress may not be a household name,
but she has contributed significantly to gay and lesbian visibility
in the U.S. since she first stepped onto the stage in the
late 1970s. |
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Interview
with Laurie R. King
The
Edgar Award-winning author of four mystery novels featuring
lesbian SFPD homicide detective Kate Martinelli talks about
writing, publishing, and her latest Martinelli novel.
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Cynthia
Nixon in Relationship With a Woman
The Sex and the City star joins the growing number
of lesbian and bisexual celebrities who are striking a careful
compromise between coming out and staying in the closet. |
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Amelie
Mauresmo Becomes World's Top Women's Tennis Player In
the wake of the U.S. Open last week, a landmark event occurred:
out lesbian tennis player Amelie Mauresmo became the number
one female tennis player in the world. |
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Interview
with Marga Gomez The
queer Latina writer/performer/comedian tells us about her
latest show, sociopathic ex-girlfriends, censorship on NPR,
and the GLAAD award she still hasn't received. |
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Interview
with Alix Olson The
poet and activist who has been featured on HBO’s Def
Poetry Jam and was voted the 2004 OutMusician of the Year
talks to us about performing, the politics of non-monogamy,
and writing break-up poems. |
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Interview
with Kinnie Starr The
bisexual singer who describes her style as "head-nodding
pop with a fresh sexy hop" talks to us about her music
(which has been featured on The L Word), her
Native American/Native Canadian roots, and her new
album. |
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Heather
Matarazzo Comes Out
Heather Matarazzo, who co-stars in the The Princess Diaries
2 and was recently seen in the critically-acclaimed indie
film Saved!, has just come out of the closet, sort
of, by saying "I met the person I'm so madly crazy in
love with. She's not famous yet. She will be." |
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Interview
with Sarah Dougher Folk-rock
singer Sarah Dougher talks to us about her songs, the music
industry, and fighting cancer. |
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Interview
with Kate Clinton
The award-winning
lesbian comedian talks
with AfterEllen.com about her career, this year’s election,
and The L Word. |
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Interview
with Katherine V. Forrest Katherine
V. Forrest is the Lambda Award-winning author of eight mystery
novels featuring lesbian LAPD Detective Kate Delafield;
she has also written several other novels, including the
classic Curious Wine. She
talks to us about her latest book, Hancock Park,
her experiences as a writer, and the price of being closeted. |
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Interview
with Amy Duddleston and Hilary Shroeder
Film
editors Amy Duddleston and Hilary Schroeder, who have worked
on a slew of films with lesbian characters or themes,
talk to us about their careers, their relationship, and
their perspectives on lesbian-themed films and television
shows. |
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"Fumerist"
Kate
Clinton Continues to Makes Us Laugh
While
other well-known lesbian comedians such as Ellen DeGeneres
or Rosie O’Donnell tend to stay away from hot-button
topics such as feminism or politics, Kate Clinton’s
brand of humor has consistently and openly affirmed her support
for feminism and gay rights.
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Interview
with Jamie Babbit
Jamie
Babbit made her directorial debut with But I'm a Cheerleader
in 1999, and has since directed episodes for numerous television
shows. About
to begin pre-production on her new film, she talks to us
about making Cheerleader, why cable TV takes more
risks with lesbian characters, and what she loved about
working on Popular. |
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Interview
with Lori Kaye Producer
Lori Kaye (Joe Millionaire, The Ross Show) talks
to us about her career and working in reality TV, why there
are so few lesbians on reality shows, and how TV producing
is really a form of performance art. |
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Interview
with Michelle Tea Michelle
Tea took the writing world by storm with her second book,
"Valencia," a mostly autobiographical novel of
her fast-paced life in San Francisco. Tea is also known
for her live performances, with the spoken word troupe she
co-founded, Sister Spit, and a continuous public speaking
schedule; here she talks about her inspirations, writing
process, astrology and future plans. |
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Interview
with Maria Maggenti
Maria
Maggenti wrote and directed the 1995 indie hit The Incredibly
True Adventures of 2 Girls in Love.
Now on the eve of the DVD release for 2 Girls,
Maggenti talks about that film, what she's been up to since
then (including writing for CBS' Without a Trace),
and the film she's currently making with bisexual themes. |
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Interview
with Michelle Clunie As
Season Four of Queer as Folk kicks off this weekend,
the woman who plays one-half of the lesbian couple on the
show talks about how her character has evolved over the last
three seasons, the limitations of the motherhood storyline,
and what we can expect for Melanie and Lindsay this season. |
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Interview
with Alienated's Iris Graham Iris
Graham plays closeted lesbian teen Isabelle on the Canadian
TV series Alienated, a comedy about a family that
is experimented on by aliens. As the second season kicks
off, Iris tells us what changes are in store for her character--and
how
being willing to kiss a girl got her the part in the first
place. |
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k.d.
lang's Career Takes Another Twist It’s
been twelve years since the release of k.d. lang’s
platinum-selling album Ingenue, and in the dozen years since
then, she has released five more albums as well as a soundtrack,
won another Grammy Award and been featured in a series of
ads for Audi. Why, then, does it feel like lang has vanished
from the pop music world? |
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Rosie
O'Donnell Takes on Role of Lesbian Activist
Rosie
O’Donnell’s marriage last month firmly cemented
her new status as a lesbian activist, but can she be effective
in this role in light of her tumultuous and complicated public
image? |
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Interview
with Wonderfalls Co-Creator Bryan Fuller
Bryan
Fuller talks candidly about his new Fox series Wonderfalls
and its lesbian character, as well as the networks' discomfort
with lesbian content on TV. |
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Ellen
DeGeneres: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of a Reluctant
Lesbian Icon Just
one year ago, the idea that Ellen DeGeneres would be garnering
rave reviews across the country for her television
show probably would have seemed farfetched. But in the past
year, she has achieved an incredible comeback from the homophobic
backlash that exploded after she came out in 1997. |
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Are
Americans Ready for Idol's Briana?
TV
viewers who have been watching the third season of the hit
Fox show American Idol have been
treated to a rare sight: finalist Briana Ramirez-Rial, who
describes her musical style as "a mix between Pink, Celine,
and Cher" and who appears every bit the butch lesbian.
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Interview
with Erin Daniels
Actress Erin Daniels talks about her role as Dana on Showtime's
new series The L Word in this lengthy new interview. |
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Leisha
Hailey Says the "B" Word on The L Word
Hailey is one of the more intriguing actors on Showtime’s
new drama The L Word, both because Hailey is the
only openly gay member of the cast, and because the character
she plays is the only explicitly bisexual woman on the show. |
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Interview
with Jen Foster Singer-songwriter
Jen Foster's song about a lesbian relationship made her a
finalist for the John Lennon Songwriting Award; here she talks
about that song, as well as her just-released first album. |
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