AND BY "NO COMMENT", I MEAN "YES, ABSOLUTELY"
On Valentine's Day, New Zealand's only soap opera, Shortland Street, will feature the country's first on-screen lesbian civil union. Civil unions became legal in New Zealand last year, and soon after, Shortland's resident gay nurse Maia proposed to her partner Jay.

Adding to New Zealanders' growing interest in this storyline is the new rumor making the rounds of the NZ press that one of the actresses is "now gay like her onscreen character". The actress in question, Jaime Passier-Armstrong, just split up with her fiance, and when asked this week if his new ex is a lesbian, the fiance replied, "There's no comment on that. You'd have to speak to Jaime about that."

That's about as convincing as Kristanna Loken's "I plead the fifth" answer when asked whether she and Michelle Rodriguez hooked up in Romania.

But back to the show. I have to ask: what is up with all the lesbian nurses and doctors on TV? Besides Shortland, Spain's Central Hospital, Australia's All Saints, Brazil's Lady of Destiny , Belgium's Thuis ("Home"), and Britain's Emmerdale all feature lesbians in the medical profession.

And it's not just a trend outside the U.S.: in this season alone, we have Nip/Tuck's Liz, ER's Kerry Weaver (and Kim Legaspi and Maggie Doyle before that), and Out of Practice's Regina. Before that, we had Susan on Friends (doctor), Debbie's partner Joan on Mad About You (doctor), and Harrison's mom on Popular (pharmacist--close enough).

In fact, when it comes to adult lesbian characters on American TV, there's only thing on better than a lesbian doctor.

A pregnant lesbian doctor.

AND ONE MORE THING
Lesbians. Cheerleaders. Feb 15th. Veronica Mars. 'Nuff said.

That's it for this week! Check back next Friday for a new installment of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. or read past installments of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.

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