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Happy St. Patrick’s Day and shout-out to all the Irish lady-lovers out there! Celebrate by checking out AE’s list of lesbian and bisexual Irish women HERE (my favorite Irish gal is novelist Emma Donoghue).

St. Paddy’s day aside, this week Cara Delevingne revealed she wrote a book, Rachel Maddow (sorta) exposed Donald Trump’s 2005 tax returns, and Call The Midwife’s lesbian story line FINALLY paid off. Rejoice!

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Mariah Brown Has A Girlfriend!

Remember Mariah’s emotional coming out on Sister Wives? A month after Brown revealed she’s a lesbian, the reality star struck up a romance with Audrey Kiss, a fellow student at Westminster College. While the two became Facebook official in February (ah, young love), the news just became public this week. As expected, the ladies are super cute together and they’re clearly enjoying the honeymoon stage of their relationship.

Bask in all the adorable feels below:

https://twitter.com/mariahlian/status/839591637596581888

Congrats to Mariah and Audrey!

Rachel Maddow Exposes Two Pages Of Donald Trump’s 2005 Tax Returns

For anyone who has been following the saga of Trump’s elusive tax returns, you probably lost your shit when Rachel took to Twitter on Tuesday to claim that she was in possession of the documents. Unfortunately, the lesbian journalist only finagled two pages of Donnie’s 2005 tax returns… and the whole thing turned out to be pretty anticlimactic.

While there was no smoking gun in the docs, Rachel denounced accusations that she overhyped the episode, commenting:

“Because I have information about the president doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily a scandal. It doesn’t mean that it’s damning information. If other people leapt to that conclusion without me indicating that it was, that hype is external to what we did.”

No matter your feelings on the TV moment, the journalist raked in a whopping four million viewers that night and earned the show a ratings high.

Here’s a clip from the episode:

Kristen Stewart Teams Up With CHVRCHES For Planned Parenthood

Anyone else love CHVRCHES as much as I do?

According to the LA Times, Kristen has teamed up with the band in an effort to support Planned Parenthood. While the fine details of the project are unclear, the actress directed a “musically oriented piece” for the group.

Stewart went on to say:

“I had been asking them to let me do something for them for a while. They’re so good. I ended up with a pretty simple but definitive narrative arc that highlights the cause in a sweet but quiet and confronting way.”
Interestingly enough, the 26-year-old’s ex, St. Vincent, is also working on a project for Planned Parenthood:

Hmm… maybe the pair signed on for this before their breakup? Either way, I’m curious to see how this turns out.

P.S. Another article claims Kristen directed the music video for CHVRCHES’ single Down Side of Me. While I have no official confirmation on that assertion, it will be cool if it’s true.

Call The Midwife Has A Leztastic Season Finale

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Full disclosure — I have never seen this show. Despite the fact that I haven’t watched a single episode, I’m thrilled for shippers of Patsy Mount and Delia Busby.

On Sunday night’s season 6 finale of Call The Midwife, Patsy and Delia FINALLY kissed after years of tension, lots of drama, and a prolonged separation. From what I’ve gleaned, the kiss was a long time coming!

http://raymukada.tumblr.com/post/158325343606/wherever-i-go-next-youre-coming-with-me

Welp, it looks like I’ll be tuning in from now on. It’s a good thing the BBC has ordered three more seasons of the show!

Rosie O’Donnell Turns 55

Happy birthday, Rosie! On March 16, the lesbian activist celebrated her 55th birthday at home with her sweet kiddos. O’Donnell shared this family snap in honor of her special day:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtrO-xjptm/?taken-by=rosie

As for what else is going on O’Donnell, she continues to speak out against Trump and his administration’s policies. Fighting the good fight all day, err day.

Cara Delevingne Writes Her First Novel & Poses For Puma

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Plot twist!

On Tuesday, Cara took to Instagram to announce she had written a book called Mirror, Mirror. The “coming-of-age story”(set to hit shelves in October of 2017) centers around five maturing teens and a “tragic” death.

The official synopsis:

“A gripping coming-of-age story that explores identity, sexuality, friendship and betrayal for fans of WE WERE LIARS, GO ASK ALICE and THE GIRLS. Friend. Lover. Victim. Betrayer. When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Sixteen-year-old friends Red, Leo, Naima and Rose are like anyone their age: figuring out who they are and trying to navigate the minefield of school and relationships. Life isn’t perfect, but they’re united by their love of music and excited about what the future holds for their band. That is until Naima dies in tragic circumstances, leaving behind only one word. ‘Sorry’. What awful truth was she hiding? What dark secret was lurking behind her seemingly sunny persona? And how did Red, the self-styled protector of the group, fail to spot the warning signs? While Rose turns to wild partying and Leo is shrouded by dark moods, Red sets out to uncover the truth and find out what – or perhaps who – was responsible for Naima’s death. It’s a journey that will cause Red’s world to crumble, exposing the dark and dangerous truth behind the fragile surface of their existence. Nothing will ever be the same again, because once a mirror is shattered, it can’t be fixed.”

The bisexual model also went on to gush:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRm__n2DYpt/?taken-by=caradelevingne&hl=en

Good for Cara! While I’m usually dubious of celeb-authored novels (take Kylie and Kendall Jenner’s 2014 book Rebels: City of Indra: The Story of Lex and Livia, for instance), I have no doubt this was a genuine passion project of Delevingne’s. From the 24-year-old’s activism to her multi-faceted career, she seems to put her heart into everything she does.

On to Puma! Early this week the brand released its ‘DO YOU’ campaign for Spring/Summer ’17. The spread features Cara clad in workout clothes and cozied up with a furry mascot.

Check out the shots below:

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Ruby Rose’s Urban Decay Campaign Sparks Outrage

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Eep.

Over the past few days, people have expressed annoyance with Urban Decay’s decision to feature Rose as the face of their Jean-Michel Basquiat campaign. Fans are particularly upset by the brand’s choice not to feature a woman of color to honor the late artist, a valid point considering Basquiat was of Haitian Puerto Rican descent.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRrKvYSBYdR/?taken-by=rubyrose&hl=en

Here’s some angry responses to the campaign:

https://twitter.com/oculat/status/842416771697115137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

https://twitter.com/holy_wuu/status/842361693132992544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Thoughts?

Kate McKinnon Gets Animated In LEAP! & Parodies A Reality Show

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This is kind of a weird situation, but I’m glad Kate landed this gig!

According to reports, the lesbian comedienne will lend her voice to THREE characters in LEAP!, an animated film about two orphans who decide to take a risk on their wildest dreams. While the film is set to drop on April 21, producers decided last minute to involve McKinnon in the movie– in fact, she recorded her parts just this week. The French-Canadian project also feature Maddie Ziegler, Mel Brooks, and Carly Rae Jepsen.

The trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMpmYXi94Jo

Moving on!

If you’re from the New York area, you’re probably familiar with Fire Island and it’s reputation as a vacation haven for gay men. I learned this factoid when my AP Environmental Science teacher (who drove a hummer, btw), took us on a field trip to one of the surrounding islands. As our ferry edged past Fire Island, he pointed at the mass and flatly said: “That’s where the gays live.”

The gays. So educational and oh so appropriate.

Anyways, LOGO TV network recently unveiled its unscripted series about six gay men and their summer beach house on Fire Island. As expected, the trailer is full of stereotypes and underlying whispers of YASSS QUEEEEN everywhere you turn.

In response to the tired and offensive tropes, Kate and her SNL cast members decided to skewer the show with their own lesbian parody called Cherry Grove. Get ready for Annie Lennox sing alongs, perfectly swaddled miracle babies, and lots of feelings.

Tegan and Sara To Headline Regina Folk Festival

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Good news, Canada!

On Thursday, Tegan & Sara announced they’ll be headlining the Regina Folk Festival set to take place August 10-13. The appearance comes fourteen years after the ladies tried to perform at the festival back in 2003. Apparently a freak electrical outage prevented Sara from getting to the venue all those years ago.

The official announcement:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRtfto0FMZ_/?taken-by=teganandsara&hl=en

The full lineup so far: Tegan and Sara, Lights, Buffy Sainte Marie, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Coeur de pirate, Natalie MacMaster, Josรฉ Gonzรกlez, Vox Sambou, Kacy and Clayton, De Temps Antan, DJ Shub, Les Hays Babies, Begonia, Kobo Town, Como Mamas, William Prince, Blake Berglund, Kiera Dall’Osto, Tomato Tomato, Choir! Choir! Choir!, Ponteix, Ryan McNally, Dirty Catfish Brass Band, and Al Simmons. Tickets HERE.

In addition to Regina, the lesbian duo will be strutting their stuff at a New York City Pride event on June 24. Get your tix HERE.

Charlize Theron Talks Her Connection With Atomic Blonde Costar Sofia Boutella

In case you missed all the buzz, Charlize has sex a scene with Sofia in her new spy movie Atomic Blonde. After the film premiered at SXSW this past weekend, the lady lovin’ session made the rounds across the internet and dominated interviews about the film.

When Theron was asked what it was like to “seduce” Sofia, she revealed:

“Seducing her? It’s very easy, she’s gorgeous! She was just great. She was the only actress that we looked at. She came over, she hung out with me and [director] Dave, and there was something about her that was so genuinely innocent and yet incredibly strong, that she was really perfect for the film.”
Given the steamy trailer, I’ll take the actress’ word for it.

The UK Celebrates Its Inaugural National Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health Week

Photo: National Network of Libraries of Medicine

Better late than never!

March 13-17 marked England’s first National Lesbian and Bisexual Women’s Health week, an initiative designed to raise awareness about a variety of important LB health issues and to celebrate dedicated LB health care providers. Not only do 36% of LB women report their doctors assume they’re heterosexual, but a scary percentage of women who have sex with women are also told they don’t need pap smears. Spoiler alert: this is NOT true. Every sexually active female, regardless of her orientation, should regularly get pap smears.

On the mental health side of things, 21% of bisexual women and 12% of lesbians reported a long-term mental health problem compared to 4% of straight women. The good news is, the founders of this campaign are working hard to rectify the inequalities LB women face in the healthcare system. The organization even went as far to provide a guide on best practices in “providing healthcare to lesbian, bisexual and other women who have sex with women”. Educate yourself HERE.

That’s a wrap!

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