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2005
AfterEllen.com Visibility Awards
Our second annual pick of the people, TV shows, movies,
and music that have most positively or negatively influenced
lesbian and bisexual visibility in American entertainment
during the year. |
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Roberta
Munroe: Filmmaker, Author, Amazing Gay Woman
This up-and-coming black lesbian writer/filmmaker progarms
short films for the Sundance Film Festival, and was named
one of this year's “10 Amazing Gay Women in Hollywood.” |
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Unveiled
Director Angelina Maccarone Maccorone
talks about her new film, the story of an Iranian woman
who flees to Germany to escape persecution for being a lesbian,
and opens in limited release in the U.S. this weekend. |
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Interview
with South of Nowhere's Gabrielle Christian
The
actress who plays the questioning teen on the ground-breaking
new TV show talks
about her character, Spencer and Ashley, and hitting
it off with Mandy Musgrave. |
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Interview
with Filmmaker Erin Greenwell
The writer/director/producer of Mom, a new buddy
road movie with a lesbian twist, talks about the movie,
where filmmaking is headed, and why she keeps putting lesbians
in her films. |
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WNBA
Star Sheryl Swoopes Comes Out
In publicly revealing her lesbian relationship of 7 years,
the women's basketball star becomes only the second out player--and
the only out black player--in the WNBA. |
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Intervew
with Karen from Logo's Coming Out Stories
The single mother profiled in the first episode of Logo's
new reality series talks
about coming out to her family, and coming out to the world
on national television. |
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Interview
with Sarah Rhoades from America's Next Top Model
Sarah
talks to us about hooking up with Kim, whether she considers
herself to be gay, and how folks in her conservative Midwestern
home town are reacting to the show. |
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Interview
with Sandra Bernhard The
outspoken bisexual comedian/actress/social commentator talks
about her career, her girlfriend, Oprah, Streisand, and
why there aren't more women doing cultural comedic criticism. |
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Interview
with Nip/Tuck's Roma Maffia
The
actress who plays the drama's lesbian anesthesiologist
talks to us about what's in store for her character this
season, which includes her first on-screen romance...with
Joely Richardson's Julia? |
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Interview with Jennie Livingston
The out director of the ground-breaking documentary
Paris is Burning talks about her new short film. |
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Remembering
Greta Garbo
The
1920s movie star perfected
the art of being world-famous without really being known
at all.
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Interview with Lesléa Newman
The author of Heather Has Two Mommies and numerous
other GLBT books talks about her the 1970s, sexuality in
the suburbs, and her latest young adult novel, Jailbait. |
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Don't Quote Me: Jodie Foster and the Great Lesbian
Hope What
would happen if Jodie Foster came out publicly? We'd celebrate
and annoint her our leader...until she proved she was only
human, after all. |
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Interview
with Danielle Egnew
The lesbian singer whose stellar voice propelled her band
Pope Jane to cult classic status talks about her music,
her upcoming movies, and all those rumors circulating the
internet about her. |
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Interview with Ligy Pullappally An interview
with the director of The Journey, a lesbian love
story set in India. |
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Interview
with Miranda July The
openly gay filmmaker talks about her award-winning new dramedy
Me and You and Everyone We Know, now in limited
theatrical release. |
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Interview
with Lesley Gore
The singer who catapulted to fame as a teenager in the 1960s
with hits like "It's My Party" and "You Don't
Own Me" comes out on the record, talks about her career,
and shares her perspective on the music industry. |
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Profile
of Lesley Gore
How the 16-year old “sweetie pie from Tenafly”
became an overnight singing sensation in the 1960s, and
what's she been doing since then. |
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Interview
with Emily Blunt A
conversation with the actress who plays troubled rich girl
Tamsin in My Summer of Love. |
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Sophie
B. Hawkins Still a Hit The
omnisexual singer-songwriter talks to us about her career
and her 1992 hit song "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover,"
which she performs tonight on the NBC reality show Hit
Me Baby, One More Time. |
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Sarah
Paulson in the Spotlight Out theater
star Cherry Jones and actress Sarah Paulson weren't keeping
their relationship much of a secret before, but they finally
went public with it at Sunday night's Tony Awards.
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Interview
with Saving Face's Alice Wu and Joan Chen
Out director Alice Wu and actress Joan Chen talk about coming
out, mothers and daughters, and lesbian potlucks. |
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A
Tribute to Dusty Springfield The semi-closeted
60s pop icon, famous for songs like "I Only Want to
be With You" and "Son of a Preacher Man,"
is the subject of an upcoming film by Universal Pictures. |
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Joan
Jett Influences a New Generation of Women in Rock
Joan Jett may be best known for recording the ultimate rock
and roll anthem “I Love Rock N’ Roll" in
1982, but she's done a lot since then. |
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Martina
Keeps on Swinging Legendary tennis player
Martina Navratilova is still one of the best players in
women's tennis, but lately, she's been in the spotlight
more for her actions off the court than on it |
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Interview
with Julie Anne Peters The former systems
engineer-turned-award-winning young adult novelist talks
about her career, her writing process, and her brand-new
book about a butch lesbian teen who falls for an evil straight
girl. |
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Rosie
Jones's Last Tour? Jones, who made headlines
last year as one of only a few professional female golfers
ever to come out publicly as a lesbian, has announced this
tour will be her last. Will she go out on top? |
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Interview
with Girl Play's Robin Greenspan and Lacie Harmon
The
writers and stars of the indie lesbian film Girl Play
talk about making the movie, which opens in New York
this weekend. |
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The
Adventures of Kayce Brown From organizing
jock straps on Jerry Maguire to dealing with an
obsessive-compulsive Leonardo DiCaprio on The Aviator,
Kayce Brown talks about the highs and lows of her career
as an Assistant Director. |
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A
Taylor Made Career Prolific TV and film
actress Holland Taylor, currently starring in the CBS sitcom
Two and a Half Men and the movie D.E.B.S.,
talks about her career, roles for women in Hollywood,
and what she plans to do next. |
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Interview
with Jordana Brewster The actress who
plays the lesbian femme fatale in D.E.B.S. talks
about the movie, kissing Sara Foster, and why she likes
the idea of being a lesbian sex symbol. |
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Interview
with Michelle Wolff The openly gay star
of Mango Kiss talks with us about playing straight,
the need for more good lesbian movies, and the challenge
of being typecast. |
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Moore
Success for Amanda
Former
high school basketball star-turned-supermodel Amanda Moore
is one of only a few openly gay models to achieve this level
of career success. |
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Lily
Tomlin's Evolutionary Career With
the help of her partner Jane Wagner, Lily Tomlin has built
a remarkable career in comedy over the last forty years.
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Interview
with Patricia Barber The openly gay
jazz singer described by Time magazine as a cross
between Diana Krall and Susan Sontag talks to us about her
work, her politics, and the state of jazz today. |
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Portia
de Rossi Inches Out The
Arrested Development star's increasing openness
about her sexuality signals a small but significant shift
in how she publicly handles her personal life. |
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Interview with Jill Bennett The
TV and film actress talks to us about her experiences as an
out lesbian actress, why she's always cast in bad girl roles,
and what changes she'd like to see in queer films. |
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Interview
with JenRO Queer Latina rapper JenRO
talks about getting ahead in the male-dominated hip-hop
scene, her recent appearance on VH1, and the female R&B
star she'd like to take on a romantic dinner. |
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The
Outing of Marcia Cross How online gossip
that Desperate Housewives' star Marcia Cross is
about to come out as a lesbian became front-page news. |
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The
Life and Music of Chavela Vargas
A
legend in Mexican ranchera music, Vargas publicly came out
as a lesbian in 2000 at the age of 81, the same year she
was awarded Spain’s highest honor for artistic production.
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Interview
with Otep Shamaya The lead singer of
Otep talks about being one of the only out lesbians in heavy
metal, performing in Ozzfest, and getting a visit from the
ghost of Jim Morrison. |