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Lesbian filmmaker Pratibha Parmar is working on an Alice Walker documentary

the linster

on February 24, 2011 | Comments (3)

Beauty in Truth will celebrate the best-selling author of The Color Purple.

The Right Time: Lesbianism in Middle-Class Black Movies

Sarah Warn, Founder and Former Editor in Chief

on June 2, 2002 | Comments (9)

Lesbians are mostly invisible in movies produced by and for the black community, like Waiting to Exhale, The Best Man, and Love and Basketball.

The Top 11 Cinematic Lesbian “Reveals”

AfterEllen.com Staff

on October 2, 2008 | Comments (60)

From criminals to teachers to best friends, the lesbian/bi film characters we didn't see coming.

'Tis the season to be striking: Broadway stagehands picket

Ace

on November 13, 2007 | Comments (27)

By now you've probably heard about the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. And you probably know that Ellen DeGeneres is catching hell from WGA East. Som

Chaka Khan and LaKisha Jones paint the town "Purple"

globalgrrl

on October 4, 2007 | Comments (3)

Last week was an especially Chaka-licious week: as though her well-received new album (blogged about by roc in August) and AfterEllen.com shout-out were

The Problematic History of Lesbians in Musical Theater

Karman Kregloe, Editor

on September 11, 2007 | Comments (29)

From Chicago and The Color Purple to Rent and Bad Girls: The Musical, we examine the representation of lesbian characters in musicals.

Jane Austen, you'll never make it in this town

roc

on July 24, 2007 | Comments (11)

Here’s a horrifying thought. What if someone wrote two chapters of a novel, purposely using plagiarized sections lifted directly from one of the world’s m

13 Lesbian and Bi Characters You Should Know

Malinda Lo, Contributing Writer

on May 22, 2007 | Comments (90)

Just in time for your beach reading list, here are 13 of our favorite fictional queer women, from crime-solvers, to thieves, to teenagers coming of age.