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Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.
by Sarah Warn

A weekly column highlighting lesbian pop culture news

Friday, October 7, 2005

FOX NEWS: THE NEW LESBIAN DATING SERVICE OF CHOICE?
The Internet is abuzz this week after Fox News correspondent James Rosen tried to set up Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice with another woman--on the air. The woman in question? Fox News anchor Lauren Green, another smart, successfully single black woman who also happens to be a trained pianist, like Rice.

Here's a transcript of the exchange, which followed Rosen's interview with Rice about Haiti and Iran on September 27th:


ROSEN: "You met this person once, I believe, but you really, I think, ought to know each other, because this woman is, I think you'll have an interest in knowing her. She is one of our Fox News anchors in New York. Her name is Lauren Green. She is brilliant, she's beautiful, she's African-American, she's single and she's a concert pianist in her spare time.
RICE: My goodness.
ROSEN: And she asked me to give you her CD, and I promised her that I would.
RICE: That's perfect.
ROSEN: And here's her doing a number of different classical pieces.
RICE: Well, that's special.
ROSEN: So there you have it.
RICE: Thank her very much, and I look forward to seeing her sometime.
ROSEN: All right. She's going to want to hear from you.
RICE: And maybe even play dual piano sometime.

When the New York Daily News asked Fox News if Green is a lesbian, a spokeswoman said, "I don't know."

You have to give Mr. Rosen some props: he managed to imply Condi and Lauren were gay at the same time, live on national television, without anyone seeing it coming. I'm guessing he's a plant by the KKK, the Religious Right, or the Democrats--or maybe all three, in some kind of unprecedented alliance to take down the most powerful black woman in America.

Well, besides Oprah. But don't worry, I'm sure he's willing to find her a nice girlfriend, too.

MORE WOMEN COMING OUT ON TV...
This week in lesbian TV, a new season of Degrassi: The Next Generation kicked off yesterday on The N network, where teenager Alex is rumored to be coming out as a lesbian later this season; Bravo aired the queer episode of its new show The Great Thing About Being; and Kimber and Christian finally kicked Rhona Mitra out of bed this week on Nip/Tuck, ending their cozy little threesome arrangement.

Meanwhile, Sarah and Kim got into bed on America's Next Top Model, after which, Sarah got the boot, and went back home to Booneville, Missouri, and her boyfriend (look for our recap with all the fun details on Sunday). Sarah assured her boyfriend on the phone that she doesn't "swing that way," but the steamy footage of her and Kim that aired this week says something different. Here's a tip for all you bi-curious women out there: don't have your first lesbian experience on national television and then try to lie about it. Just a suggestion.

Kim didn't fare too well in this week's episode, either, narrowly missing elimination herself. "Modeling isn't something Kim knows well," fellow contestant Bre commented casually to the camera, as the show flashed to scenes of Kim flirting with Sarah. "So, you stick to what you know. You know girls, you know you like 'em and you know you're good at gettin' 'em." I should have been insulted on behalf of my Lesbian People, but I was too busy laughing. Plus, girl's got a point.

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