A few weeks ago, we told you about Charlize Theron’s selfless act of a kissing a woman for $140,000 donated to charity. She’s a regular Mother Teresa. … continue reading

This week, the ladies of Cherry Bomb welcome their friend and producer/director Mel Robertson to the couches to talk about the pitfalls and positives of dating someone who's still in the closet. Mel lets us in on the details for her upcoming film, Queens of the World, a coming of age, lesbian love story within the world of women’s professional soccer.

And the surprise question of the week: What if a straight girl has a crush on you? Do you try to bring her to the other side of the fence?

Watch previous episodes of Cherry Bomb and check out the official Cherry Bomb MySpace page. Keep up to date with the women of Cherry Bomb by subscribing to their monthly newsletter.

After a self-promotion campaign that involved everything from waiting on hold at Harpo in front of a live studio audience to sending Justin Timberlake on an emissary mission, Ellen DeGeneres' quest to share the cover of O Magazine with Oprah has finally come to fruition. And Monday, The Oprah Winfrey Show is having "An Oprah Exclusive Event: Ellen DeGeneres and her wife Portia de Rossi!"

Oprah revealed two of the four possible O Magazine covers at Oprah.com this morning, and revealed the final two on her show today. … continue reading

Law & Order is famous for ripping its storylines from headlines, so no celebrity is safe. The show is now casting for an episode based on the recent David Letterman scandal, in which he publicly announced that he had relationships with several women working on his show and was being blackmailed by one of the women's new boyfriend.

But this is the intriguing part: The show is going to make the TV host character female, so it'll be a lesbian-based plot. Also, the faux show will be more like The View than a late night talk program, which can only make things more interesting. Perhaps Whoopi Goldberg is available?

E! News reports that the female host (named Vanessa Carville) will be a "well-known celebrity talk-show host, married with children" that has had “a series of short-lived affairs with some of the employees on the show and up until now has managed to keep them off the radar.” … continue reading

Halloween is my favorite holiday of all the holidays-turned-consumerism fest in America, as it allows me to get into a ridiculous character and eat free candy. However, it’s also the worst holiday ever, because many Americans feel that it’s a day off of being decent, tactful human beings.

Walk around any college campus and you’ll see every stereotype: men ridiculing drag queens and it be socially acceptable, people squinting their eyes to appear Asian and crowd after crowd of crass costumes.

Nothing makes me madder, though, than when people do blackface aka painting their faces a dark brown color to resemble African-Americans. Enter Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Whitney Isleib, who committed the cultural crime by donning blackface for her costume of soon-to-be incarcerated Lil Wayne.

The pictures of the cheerleader were tagged on Facebook, leaked first to Deadspin and then all over the internet. … continue reading

After a two week hiatus, Michelle comes back in full on rant mode, devoting the entire video to Maine voters rejecting a law allowing same-sex couples to marry. More importantly, she wants to know your thoughts and feelings on the vote.

Learn out more about Michelle at MySpace.com/anythingsarcastic, follow her on Twitter and check back next Friday for another episode of Really?! REALLY?!

If you lived through the late '80s, it’s hard not to have a soft spot for Winona Ryder. Little Noni with her pixie haircut and her big eyes, her pale skin and her goth before goth was even a thing sensibilities. Ten years have passed since her last big splash in the movies with Girl, Interrupted. Since then she has still worked steadily, though often in smaller roles and less high-profile pieces. And she has kept largely to herself and often shunned the spotlight.

So it was great to read her take on her own life now in the new BlackBook interview to promote her upcoming film The Private Lives of Pippa Lee. For a person who doesn’t give interviews all that often, she sure gives great copy.

On why her career has slowed: … continue reading

Lindsay Lohan really has something against pants. The girl is rarely seen sporting a pair of skinny jeans, preferring instead the super-ultra skinny look of her trademark piece of clothing: leggings.

When she launched her own line of leggings for Nordstrom, 6126, we got it. She's so into leggings, she needs to make her own for other people to buy. Fine. But, photos for her Spring 2010 ad campaign for 6126 Leggings have just started popping up online and they are confusing, to say the least.

The photos themselves, shot by celeb photographers Indrani and Markus Klinko (who will star in Bravo's new reality show Double Exposure) are hot, as most non-tabloid-y snapshots of LiLo are. But the leggings themselves really make no sense.

In one photo, it looks as though Linds is only wearing some biker shorts, with sheer leggings possibly attached. She's apparently going for the "Spandex shorts with tights underneath are totes in, guys!" look. It's not working. … continue reading

Today: Rachel covers the breaking news of the horrifying Fort Hood massacre.

Breaking News

Rachel once again did separate 9:00 and 11:00 broadcasts as she tried to sort out Thursday’s tragic and baffling events at Fort Hood.

As of the first broadcast, almost all that was known was that the shooting suspect is U.S. Army Major Nidal Malik Hassan, a military psychiatrist, and for much of the first broadcast he was believed dead.

A press conference with Lieutenant General Bob Cone clarified the matter, but raised more questions about the flow of information. … continue reading

One of the high points on last year's LGBT Roller Coaster Ride of Terror was Wanda Sykes coming out as gay and married. It's not every day our community gets an intelligent, hilarious, high-profile woman of color as a spokesperson — especially one that isn't afraid pull punches.

This Saturday night (Nov. 7), Fox is launching The Wanda Sykes show, which should be the perfect platform for Sykes to push as many buttons as the FCC will allow.

Wanda has been making the daytime talk show rounds over the last few weeks, stopping in to chat with Oprah, Joy Behar on HLN and the women of The View. In every interview, she's spoken openly and affectionately about her wife and their six-month-old twins. … continue reading

In this week's 3 Minute Conversations, Lauren talks to friend and fellow vlogger Tatum de Roeck about how to keep things spicy in a relationship.

Check back for a new episode next month. In the mean time, learn more about the series and the people who make it happen at 3minuteconversations.com.

Tried and true, suspenders have been a lesbian's best friend for decades. Back in the 1920s, it was all the rage for the gentlemen of the day to be hiking up their shorts with these stretchy shoulder straps and they sure were a helping hand to a gal pal disguising herself as a man in order to "pass."

The look has never really gone away, it sort of ebbs and flows with the trends but since this autumn is all about the '90s it's back faster than you can spit out Jessie Spano.

More recently, they've been considered more of a "dress up" thing with lady-lovin'-ladies but I think that they could easily be incorporated into every day and dressed down when done right. Kristen Stewart recently got bashed for sporting them kinda questionably, but you cant blame her for trying. … continue reading

Star Trek Voyager fans, prepare to have your heart rates accelerated to warp speed. Kate Mulgrew, the actress who portrayed the wonderful, dynamic, possibly lesbionic Captain Kathryn Janeway, has expressed an interest in appearing in a new Star Trek film. The Geek Files blog has the scoop:

Asked by Sci Fi Now if she'd consider a role in the new films, she said: "I would, I'd love to return to Janeway. I'd love to do her in a movie. I think he'd be wise to do it, don't you? He should get me and Picard in there. It's a brilliant idea.”

The latest Star Trek film covered its tracks in re-launching the “original” series with Kirk, Spock and the gang — but it also allowed for the possibility for other characters in the universe to appear. With a touch of creative sci-fi imagining, Picard and Janeway could totally make cameos. … continue reading

This is part of an ongoing series of Jane's World comic strips posted every Thursday on AfterEllen.com.

For more Jane's World, visit PaigeBraddock.com, and read our previous Jane's World blog posts.

Greg Rucka, the writer responsible for Detective Comics' relaunch of the baddest-ass Batwoman in history, is adding another lesbian to the comic book canon — this time in his own series, Stumptown.

Stumptown is a pulpy PI story that follows down-on-her-luck gambler/private investigator Dex as she tries to wiggle her way out of debt and keep her PI firm, Stumptown Investigations, from going bankrupt. When Rucker opens on Dex, though, her firm seems like the least of her worries.

(It'd be the least of my worries too, if I was stuffed into the trunk of the car.) … continue reading

Take a walk with Jennie and musician and actress Lexie Shine. Lexie discusses her writing process and how it differs from acting. She also talks about her recent theatrical performance in Provincetown with Queer as Folk's Michelle Clunie and the equality song they're writing together.

And, of course, something we've all always wanted to know the answer to: Why do musicians have such good luck with the ladies?

For more info on Lexie or to hear her music check out lexieshine.com or reverbnation.com/lexieshine and, as always, for Jennie's touring schedule and hysterical out takes from today's vlog go to jenniemcnulty.com.

Thanks to @lindsaydp1 for pointing us in the direction of a great new interview with Jessica Capshaw, where she dishes on Arizona and her relationship on Grey's Anatomy with Sara Ramirez's Callie.

Here's an excerpt in which she tells TVGuide.com about Arizona's sexuality, her intimate future with Callie and if a wedding could be coming up for them.

TVGuide.com: What's in store for the future of Callie and Arizona's relationship?

Jessica Capshaw: This season has been about cementing a very mature and grounded relationship and taking it forward. This is a drama, of course; there will be conflict, but for the time being, they're enjoying being in a relationship that seems stable. … continue reading

Kristen Stewart used the words "I'm a lesbian" in an interview and, of course, it gets taken out of context.

Here are some of the headlines about this statement:

"Kristen Stewart's Lesbian Confession" Blackbook Magazine
"Twilight star Kristen Stewart on dating Robert Pattinson: 'We are. We aren't. I'm a lesbian." Telegraph
"Lesbian Kristen Stewart" Contact Music

Ironically, this is what Kristen was hinting at in her original interview when she made this statement. In response to constantly being asked about dating Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson, she said she'd rather keep something to herself because no matter what she says, the press is going to run with it. And, it appears she was right. … continue reading

This week, Dana and Helen of Mombian.com bring you up to date on Scholastic's refusal to carry a book with lesbian moms at its book fairs. The company has now made a step in the right direction, but is it enough?

They also discuss Preacher's Sons, a great new documentary showing five years in the lives of two gay dads and the five sons they adopt from California's foster care system. Plus: If you think lesbian parenting is funny, you don't know enough about wombats.

Check back every Thursday for a new episode.

Today: Rachel interviews Al Gore and dissects the election spin.

Decision ‘10: Game On

Rachel started us off with Tuesday’s results and the gyroscopic spinning thereof.

Rachel, way out of character for a political talking head, calmly noted that the changes aren’t huge, but may be building.

Apparently the far right failed to notice that scaring the bejabbers out of the locals and splitting the vote in New York’s District 23 lost them the election and increased the Democratic majority in the House.

The tea party Republicans are way more focused on throwing their weight around in their own tent, and at this point it serves the Republican Party right. … continue reading

Season one of the highly anticipated web series Venice was shot in Los Angeles last week, and AfterEllen.com was invited to the set to catch up with the hardworking and attractive cast. They are shooting primarily in, you guessed it, Venice Beach, with headquarters in a hipster hotel where we met in one of the suites.

As we've previously reported, a great cast for the series has been assembled. Series creator Crystal Chappell (Guiding Light) will play the lead, Gina, a designer and lesbian who has been out since her teenage years. Jessica Leccia (Chappell's former love interest on Guiding Light) will play Gina’s ex, and possibly future, girlfriend, Ani.

Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia

Leccia and Chappell in a production still from Venice

The details of their relationship have not been confirmed and everyone is very tight-lipped about plot specifics. We do know that Gina will hook up with attorney Tracy, played by Lesli Kay, and deal with her disapproving father in the first season. … continue reading

When I was a child, I remember telling my mother that I would “absolutely never” get married or have children. She told me that my opinion on the subjects would change as I grew older, but who knew that when I did get older and fell in love, I couldn’t get married anyway — not even if I did change my mind.

Weddings are a touchy subject for many gays, and rightfully so. While some hope to legally marry their partners sometime in the not-so-distant future, others swear off the tradition as heteronormative and want no part of it. After yet another heartbreaking loss with Maine’s Question 1 this week, one might think we gays are ready to step back, take our civil unions where we can get them and let this country treat us as second class citizens forever. Not so much.

Bigots from the National Organization for Marriage can throw their dirty money around all they want, but they will not break our spirit — and most certainly will not prevent us from having a big, themed, lesbian wedding whenever and wherever we want. Just ask Anli and Laura.

The lesbian gamers were wed in September in New South Wales, Australia, where gay marriage is illegal — but that didn’t stop them. The wedding was based on the video game "Portal" and the anime series Revolutionary Girl Utena. … continue reading

It’s been a long time since I saw my last episode of 90210 and boy, has a lot happened. Of course, if you are like me and tuned in just to see Samantha Ronson, it was a gigantic let-down.

Let’s see if I can give you a breakdown of what transpired so you’ve got some context. Navid and Adriana broke up. Adriana tries to get Navid back with a lame song and strum of the guitar. He says hell no.

It took 20 minutes for Silver to get on my screen — which is way too long, CW, you hear me?

Liam is a surfer now and has surfer friends and they all say "dude" way too much. The girl surfer invites them all to some Hollywood party that everyone else seems to have been invited to as well. … continue reading

Actress Natalie Portman posed for the cover of the winter issue for V magazine, and was asked about her new role in the film Black Swan, which began shooting in New York City this month. Up until this point, we've known little about the film, other than Natalie and Mila Kunis play rival ballerinas who end up bedding one another.

From V:

It's a pretty serious sex scene, and a lesbian one at that. Portman, however, insists “it’s not raunchy—it’s extreme.”

She used to avoid roles like this, at first turning down 1999’s Anywhere But Here because of a nude scene. (It was excised to get her back on board.) … continue reading

On this week's episode, the Gay Girls Who Game take a look at one of the years hottest: "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" for PS3.

There's also a fun review of "Brutal Legend" for Xbox 360 and PS3, and Bunny returns with review scores. Plus, there's a shout out to Sarah Warn.

Read more game reviews at lesbiangamers.com.