Good morning! It’s Labor Day for us in the States, and in case you are wondering how the LGBT community fits into the labor movement, Pride at Work is a nonprofit organization that represents LGBT union members and their allies. Their site is super informative and details LGBT-specific labor issues.
At The Daily Beast: The Great Lesbian Sperm Crisis. (Crisis is a very strong word, BTW.)
Related: A lesbian mom suing her sperm bank for giving her the wrong sperm lost her case.
An Oregon judge is joining Kim Davis in saying he won’t wed same-sex couples.
Bangladesh is getting its own Dykes to Watch Out For. A new comic strip called Dhee “tells the story… of a girl who is attracted to other girls and falls in love” and will be “handed out at gay rights seminars and other events.”
Huffington Post’s list of 11 Tips to Fix Lesbian Bed Death begins with “No sex for 30 days.” Maybe you’ve got that one handled?
Chris Brown was supposed to perform at a lesbian event during Black Gay Pride in Atlanta this weekend, but he bailed. Party promoter Melissa Scott told The GA Voice:
“I was being told to take his (Brown’s) image down because he looks a little feminine in that image, an image that he took. As a promoter I should be focused on my crowd. I had to send text messages of pictures of my crowd to say, there’s nothing but girls in here man.”
Have we learned our lesson with Chris Brown yet? Not a good dude, and that’s putting it very lightly.
The people and organization doing great things for New South Wales and Victoria’s LGBT community have been announced, and so many amazing women are working hard for equality down under.
Ellen gets fucking real with Caitlyn Jenner and I love it. Damn, girl, you ask those hard questions! This episode airs tomorrow on Ellen’s 13th season premiere.
The Danish Girl director Tom Hooper talks about the importance of trans actors in Hollywood. The film, btw, received a standing ovation in Venice.
Kristen Stewart is also at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of Equals and looking gorgeous, of course.
Looking for a children’s book about a lesbian couple and their pets? Look no further than Rumplepimple.
First Dates is returning to the UK and 60-year-old lesbian security guard Ann is one of the first ones to play!
Today in Lesbianish TV: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (rerun) Live with Kelly & Michael – Guest: Mel B. Good Morning America (ABC 7 a.m.) 50 Girls Who Run the World marathon (Fuse 9 a.m.) Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out marathon (MTV2 9 a.m.) The View (ABC 11 a.m.) (rerun) Ellen (Laff 11 a.m./11:30 a.m.) (rerun) Empire marathon (FX 12 p.m.) Friends “The One With the Sonogram at the End”/”The One With the Birth” (TBS 12 p.m./12:30 p.m.) (rerun) Steven Universe (Cartoon 12:30 p.m./1 p.m.) Buffy marathon (VH1 Classic 1 p.m.) The Talk (CBS 2 p.m.) (rerun) Survivor’s Remorse “M.V.P.” (Starz In Black 2:05 p.m., 10 p.m.) Faking It “Stripped” (MTV 3 p.m.) (rerun) Ellen (Laff 4 p.m./4:30 p.m.) (rerun) Veronica Mars “Versatile Toppings” (Pivot 6 p.m.) (rerun) Masters of Sex “High Anxiety” (Showtime 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.) Person of Interest marathon (WGN America 7 p.m.) Best in Show (HBO Zone 7:25 p.m.) The Great British Baking Show “Cakes” (PBS) American Masters “Althea” (PBS) – With Billie Jean King 36 Hours “Beachin’ in Barcelona” (Travel 8 p.m.) Ray Donovan “The Octopus” (Showtime 8 p.m., 10 p.m., 3:45 a.m.) CBS Fall Preview Show (CBS 8:30 p.m.) – Hosted by Jane Lynch Black Ink Crew “This Ain’t No Call Time” (VH1 9 p.m.) Chasing Life “Bottle of Secrets” (ABC Family 9:01 p.m.) Faking It “The Revengers: The Age of the Monocle” (MTV 9:32 p.m.) Archer (Comedy Central 10 p.m./10:30 p.m.) (rerun) Big Brother: After Dark (Pop 10:30 p.m.) Queer As Folk (Showcase 11 p.m./12 a.m.) (rerun) Tig Notaro: Boyish Girl Interrupted (HBO 1:20 a.m.) Mulholland Dr. (HBO2 2:05 a.m.) Frida (IndiePlex 2:30 a.m.) Chef Wanted with Anne Burrell “Jet-Set Clientele” (Food Network 4 a.m.) (rerun) Buffy “Conversations with Dead People” (Pivot 6 a.m.) (rerun) Buffy “Doppelgangland” (ABC Family 7 a.m.) (rerun) House “Charity Case” (Universal HD 8 a.m.) (rerun) (Thanks Roni!)
