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Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever. (Aug. 1, 2008)

THE VIEW IS FINE FROM HERE Rumors have been flying about a new television show for Rosie O’Donnell all this week. But this time, instead of being a morning chatfest, Rosie’s return to TV would be a prime-time affair.

Rosie is said to be in talks with NBC to host a weekly prime-time variety show. Reports have called it a “2009 version of Carol Burnett or even The Ed Sullivan Show.” One of the ideas bandied about is to air the show live from a Broadway theater. Rosie would present all kinds of acts – music, comedy, drama, etc. Since her abrupt departure from The View in May 2007, the funny woman has been in on-again-off-again talks for various projects including the hosting gig on The Price Is Right and a news show for MSNBC. But this time around Rosie has stayed uncharacteristically mum on the subject, which is probably a good sign. She has even decided to temporarily shutter her popular, haiku-style blog for the month of August.

This week she wrote on her blog:

i am taking off august in blog-ville 2 c if i can rosie unplugged
Don’t worry – if she gets her new show, expect her to be back and as electric as ever. Be afraid, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, be very afraid.

ANOTHER VIEW, THIS TIME OF KISSING While Rosie seems to be moving on, her former View-mates are making out. More accurately, the ladies of The View got to see a little action as Katy Perry finally kissed a girl for the cameras. The singer behind the ubiquitous, bi-curious No. 1 hit “I Kissed a Girl” visited the morning gabfest last Monday to perform. Afterward, co-host Whoopi Goldberg joined her onstage and gave the surprised Perry a little peck on the lips. For the record, that’s the only actual girl-kissing I’ve ever seen from Perry despite her Girls Gone Wild-esque lyrics. Interestingly, her song seems to be a favorite of conservative View co-hosts Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd. The women gushed about it and belted out the chorus together afterward.

Hasselbeck and Shepherd kissing girls and liking it? Does not compute. Brain, melting. Luckily, one person we know for sure Perry won’t be kissing is 15-year-old teen sensation Miley Cyrus. Earlier this month Perry told Stepping’ Out magazine that Cyrus would be her “dream same-sex smooch.” She even joked about having a Britney-Madonna moment when they meet at the Teen Choice Awards this Sunday. See what I was saying about my brain melting? Regardless, Cyrus turned her down flat this week with a “No thanks.” To which I say, “Thank heavens!”

(For more on Katy Perry, read MSNBC’s new article “Media giving Katy Perry a pass on ‘Kiss’: The popularity of two gay-unfriendly songs is a disappointing development.”)

by Dorothy Snarker

FINALLY! LESBIANS ARE MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF SOCIETY THAN EVIL TWINS! After 47 years on the air, British soap opera Coronation Street is finally going to add a lesbian character, according to News of the World. (Thanks to AE reader Hopeless_Savage for the tip!)

First broadcast in 1960, Coronation Street, aka Corrie, is set on a fictional street in the fictional town of Weatherfield in Greater Manchester, England. “Corrie lags behind on issues of race and gender,” said a source at Granada Television, the show’s production company.

Indeed, Corrie has been a bit slow on the uptake – although minority characters appeared on the show sporadically through the years, the first regular non-white family, the Desai family, did not join the show until 1999. The show’s first gay character appeared a few years later in 2003, when Todd Grimshaw (Bruno Langley) began his coming-out process. He has since left the show, but Corrie does still have a gay character in the flamboyant Sean Tully (Anthony Cotton), who is in a relationship with another man. (Read more about the gay men of Corrie on AfterElton.com.) The show’s producers had originally intended for the character Violet Wilson (Jenny Platt), a barmaid, to be a lesbian when she joined the cast in 2004, but that idea was soon abandoned. The source explained: “Violet was pinpointed as the one character they could take down that route but they went cold on the idea and cast her as straight. It does seem ridiculous it has never been explored on Corrie but that’s all about to change.”

If there’s one thing I’ve noticed about American TV, it’s that soap operas are the most conservative type of programming you can find on television, so it’s not that surprising that British soaps are similarly behind the times. But at least Corrie‘s producers seem to understand that now. “Executives want to create a soap which is representative of society in 2008 and they are acutely aware they need more gay characters,” said the source.

Personally, I’ve always thought that lesbian characters would be perfect for soaps – I mean, think of the possibilities! The town’s resident playgirl leaves her unbelievably beautiful fiancĂ©e at the altar. A tawdry love affair erupts between a high-powered female executive and her sexy handydyke. After stealing millions in a poker heist, a formerly rich heiress lands in jail and falls for her diamond-in-the-rough butch cellmate.

Oh, wait – that show already exists!

GRATUITOUS CELESBIAN SIGHTING OF THE WEEK The gossip about Veronicas band member Jess Origliasso and lesbian Australian MTV VJ Ruby Rose continues this week as more photos surfaced of the two getting real snuggly in Sydney. Perez Hilton has even noticed and has declared that “They’re like the Australian LezLo and saMANtha!” (Ooh, Perez, way to slip a butch-bashing joke in there – that’s so inclusive of you.)

But the news isn’t only on the gossip sites; even MSN has taken to reporting sightings from various “sources” who have encountered the pair out at clubs together. Maybe I’ve been working at AfterEllen.com too long, because I don’t really see why this is such big news. A rock star from an all-female band is hooking up with an openly gay MTV VJ – is that actually surprising?

You know what would really floor me? If the media stopped covering this with a dripping layer of Girls Gone Wild salaciousness. That’ll be the day!

– by Malinda Lo

BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE (UNLESS YOU’RE A LESBIAN) This week on American TV, it was Shark Week! And Lesbians in the Military Week! (But alas, not Lesbian Sharks in the Military Week.)

First, Lifetime’s new Army Wives episode (“Loyalties”) featured a story line about psychiatrist/high school teacher Roland Burton (Sterling K. Brown) being accused of an inappropriate relationship with a female student, Jessica. Unbeknownst to the principal, it was a whole lot of fuss about nothing because Roland was just helping Jessica with her girlfriend problems – but Roland can’t disclose this information to exonerate himself, because it would jeopardize Jessica’s military career (she was just accepted to West Point).

So Roland gets fired, until Jessica suddenly remembers she’s on a Lifetime show and Does The Right Thing by telling the principal she’s gay because “what kind of officer would I be if I just sat quietly and let you take a bullet for me?” Then Roland gives a rousing speech to the principal on the ridiculousness of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

 

I’m all for standing up for what’s right, and the show clearly criticizes “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but I have to agree with what the Linster wrote in her recap of the episode:

Now obviously, I appreciate this story line on one level. Anything that promotes understanding of the plight of lesbians and gay men in the military is worthy of praise. But allow me to nitpick a little. First, how can so much of an episode concern a lesbian without the word lesbian ever being spoken? … Second, I’m not thrilled with the concept of encouraging Jessica to pursue a dream that means repressing who she is and hiding who she loves.
Yeah, what she said! Although in Army Wives‘ defense, the word lesbian is actually almost never used on network or cable TV, unless it’s for comedic effect (as it often was on Friends), or if the writers work for The L Word. Or The O’Reilly Factor.

This episode deserves a Lesbian Emmy, however, compared to HBO’s new documentary The Recruiter, which debuted this week and follows a successful Louisiana Army recruiter and four of his recruits through sign-up, basic training, and then to deployment.

Of the four recruits, only one is a woman. She turns out to be gay. And devoid of all common sense, apparently.

But let me start at the beginning. (Warning: rant to follow!)

First, watch the trailer:  

See the woman in fatigues around 30 seconds in, bitching about the military? That’s Lauren.

I didn’t know Lauren was gay when I started watching this documentary. (Then why was I watching it, you ask? Because I’m fascinated by subcultures – I’m currently reading a book on the Amish concept of forgiveness, for example – and because, well, my girlfriend’s out of town and I was bored.)

But as soon as they introduced Lauren, I started seeing red flags that she was gay, and that joining the military was a really, really bad idea for her.

Red Flag No. 1: She looks really, really gay in that backwards baseball cap and baggy pants. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that … oh wait, yes there is, if you’re joining the military.)

Red Flag No. 2: She likes to draw slightly twisted art and wants to be an art teacher.

Red Flag No. 3: She rocks out to songs that are about screwing over the establishment. (Again, not that there’s anything wrong with that, unless you join the military!)

Red Flag No. 4: She whips out a photo of her girlfriend during boot camp and tells the camera she’s gay – and not even because she’s trying to get booted under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

It didn’t take a genius to figure out this wasn’t going to end well, but Lauren still had my sympathy – up until she said this in the middle of boot camp:
I’m not learning anything to what I want to learn. I mean, this is combat smart, your basic infantry s— that you need to know in case you get stuck out there with a gun and ammo and people shooting at you. I want to learn about art, I want to learn about history, I want to learn about Englishes (sic). I want to get smart that way.
Um, what?

I know those Army recruiters can emphasize the benefits and downplay the risks of joining the military. But no one who has ever seen any movie, TV show or ad for the Army – or even watched an episode of Army Wives, for cripes sake! – can possibly believe that boot camp is about art lessons and literature. And did she somehow miss the fact that we’re at war?

My disappearing sympathy turned to annoyance as Lauren proceeded to complain and half-ass her way through boot camp while her male counterparts gave it their best effort (and mostly succeeded). The documentary showed a few other female soldiers who were doing well, but it didn’t focus on them. Then Lauren went and made it even worse by deciding during her one-month leave that she just wasn’t going back.

Really, Lauren? You really thought that was a good idea?

Needless to say, the military didn’t, and Lauren received unspecified “disciplinary action,” according to the documentary, and was apparently booted from the Army.

In a follow-up interview a year after the documentary was filmed, director Edet Belzberg told HBO: “Lauren is doing well. I think she’ll probably start at a community college, and she’s trying to figure things out after the Army. But she’s very happy with her decision and feels that she can be a voice telling people to be sure about their decision.”

Um, has Edet been spending too much time in the jungle with the Special Forces? Because from where I sit, the only thing Lauren is a voice for is the idea that women are slackers who can’t cut it in the military (and by extension, other careers that rely on physical toughness).

Look, I know not everyone’s cut out for the military (including me – all that shooting would interfere with my lesbian movie reviewing, plus I don’t actually want to shoot people), but it’s no one’s fault but your own if don’t do basic research before signing your life away for four years. And if you start something, you should finish it. (This does not apply to women who figure out they’re gay while they’re in the military. But Lauren knew going into that she was gay, and she didn’t leave the military because of that, she apparently left it because it just wasn’t what she thought it would be).

But most importantly, if you’re the only woman and the only lesbian in a documentary about a male-dominated occupation, you better represent!

I know it’s not fair to ask one person to represent an entire group, but that’s just the way it is. Suck it up. If you’re the only woman or lesbian in a documentary about box-cutters, for example, you should not be the one who goes crazy with the box-cutter one day and starts hacking people up. Leave that to the straight white men who don’t have a million stereotypes to overcome just to get hired.

And definitely don’t act happy about making things worse for the women who come after you!

And now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to climb off my soapbox and go back to reading my book about Amish forgiveness.

by Sarah Warn

CHERRY BOMB: THE FILM? Joan Jett must be bored. I can only imagine how much free time she has on her hands seeing as how she’s constantly recording, touring, running a record label, guest starring on Law & Order and managing not to age (like, at all). Lucky for her, she just found a project close to her heart that can take up some of that time. Jett will be executive producer of a new film being shot this summer that is based on her original band, the Runaways. The Runaways are legendary for being the first all-girl band to play their own instruments and crack the boys’ club of mainstream rock in the 1970s. The film (which is to be directed by music video director Floria Sigismondi) will follow the band’s career from its formation in 1975 through the tumultuous four years that followed until they disbanded in 1979.

As producer, Jett will hopefully be able to ensure that the script is true to life, but because the band infamously partied and had several changes in its lineup during its short run, that may be difficult. Here’s hoping Lita Ford, Cherie Currie and Micki Steele don’t disagree too much – or object to who is cast as their younger selves. As for the young Ms. Jett, she could probably play herself, since wrinkles aren’t in her genes. But if the casting director protests, perhaps Jess Origliasso is interested in acting like a lesbian.

LESBIAN DIRTY TALK: ANOTHER REASON TO SEE THE WOMEN Last month we told you that Jada Pinkett Smith is starring as a lesbian among a gaggle of straight gals in the upcoming film The Women. Next week, Steppin’ Out magazine will publish an interview with Smith’s on-screen boo, Natasha Alam. In the press release for the interview, some details on her role are shared with Steppin’ Out‘s Chaunce Hayden:

Chaunce Hayden: So just how lesbo are you in The Women? Natasha Alam: I play a lesbian super model with anger management issues. Jada Pinkett Smith is my girlfriend in the movie and I cheat on her with Eva Mendes.

CH: In the words of Paris Hilton, “That’s hot.” NA: I know! In the film Jada and I would go to lots of parties together and I would yell at her in front of her friends. I’m a very unhappy, starving model and I get angry very easily. I’m like Naomi Campbell. Between the scenes we would talk dirty to each other just to get into our lesbian characters. She would call me honey in a sexy voice and whisper to me that I should relax a little bit. In return I would tell her, “Hey, I love what you did last night to me. We have to do it again tonight.” We would talk very dirty to each other.

CH: Tell me more and talk slower. NA: I cheat on Jada with Eva Mendes. We do a scene where the paparazzi catch me and Eva making out. I really got to make out with her! It was so great! She’s so beautiful and so sexy. She was so easy. It was like I knew her all my life when I met her. It made kissing her so easy. Plus, she’s so pleasant to kiss. Her lips are so soft and beautiful. Her curves are just so inviting.

CH: I guess this isn’t the first time you kissed a woman. NA: Oh no, I’ve experimented before. On a scale from one to 10 I would give Eva a definite 10 when it comes to kissing. I get the feeling I wasn’t Eva’s first time kissing a woman judging by how good she was at it. I’ve heard stories. So I don’t think I’m her first.

Alam might possibly be one of the luckiest women in the The Women. But what a conundrum: Jada or Eva. Difficult, difficult life.

by Trish Bendix

NOBODY PUTS A GAY LADY IN THE CORNER What do you call it when 2,500 lesbians flock to the same city to get competitive? Here, I’ll do a little cheer to help you out: Give me a “G!” Give me an “A!” Give me a “Y!” What have you got? EuroGames!

This week 30,000 people descended on Barcelona, Spain, for the 16th annual EuroGames – the largest Olympic-style sporting event for LGBT people in the whole of Europe.

In addition to the regular ol’ sports lesbians usually dominate – basketball, golf, handball, softball, tennis, cycling, volleyball, bowling, rollerblading, running, swimming, beach volleyball, squash, arm wrestling, thumb wrestling and lesbian movie trivia – the EuroGames boast one of the world’s largest platforms for same-sex ballroom dancing. Long-time partners Caroline Privou and Petra Zimmermann won the women’s ballroom dancing competition this year, and I’ve got to tell you: Their routines gave me goosebumps. Mary Murphy from So You Think You Can Dance would have been hooting “hot tamale train!” before the pair even finished. If only they would replace the fox trot with some expert-level Dance Dance Revolution, I would be a shoe-in for a gold medal at next year’s competition.

CARRIE BRADSHAW: GOOD AT SHOES, BAD AT KISSING In an apparent follow-up to the Howard Stern interview a few weeks ago, a reporter this week asked Alanis Morissette what it was like to kiss Sarah Jessica Parker during Morissette’s 1999 cameo on Sex and the City. Morissette said: “I have experimented with same-sex relationships in my life, but it wasn’t about enjoyment with Sarah Jessica. Her character was supposed to be reluctant about getting involved, so it wasn’t a passionate kiss – it was a reticent one, which is the reason I didn’t enjoy it.”

That’s glowing praise compared to Carrie Bradshaw’s voice-over in that awkward scene. As soon as her lips move away from Morissette’s, she says: “It wasn’t bad, kind of like chicken.”

I’m going to go on the record and say that if kissing another girl is like chicken, there’s a pretty good chance you’re doing it wrong.

CHECK THIS OUT The Commercial Closet Association, an organization that promotes LGBT inclusion in marketing, handed out their Images in Advertising Awards this week. The winning queer-friendly commercials covered a broad spectrum of markets, from travel to automobiles to dating services to New Jersey’s “Think Equal” campaign.

While most of the commercials and print ads were aimed toward gay men, some of the cleverest marketing was geared specifically for lesbians. Washington Mutual’s same-sex checking account ad campaign not only creates a nice visual, it exploits that urge-to-merge lesbian stereotype perfectly. See what they’ve done there? She likes cats; her partner likes goldfish. She likes jeans; her partner likes slacks. She likes road bikes; her partner likes mountain bikes. But despite their differences, they both like money.

What they don’t tell you is that if the relationship bombs, you can get your money back, but you’re never going to see your favorite T-shirt again.

by Stuntdouble

I SEE GAY PEOPLE Or at least I will, if writer-director-producer Linda Andersson has anything to say about it. Andersson recently completed the pilot episode of an original lesbian cop series called The Seer and is now working on finding it a home.

Of course this brings up an important question: Is that your holster, or are you just glad to “see” me? According to the show’s website, the premise goes like this:

As a child, Guin Marcus [played by Deborah Stewart] was forced by her mother to suppress her “Seer” powers, knowing how difficult that life path can be. When Guin picks up on energy left behind by others, she often receives disturbing and telling visions. Later in adulthood, Guin realizes her “Seer” powers were given to her to help others, so she joins the police force.

Guin kept her unconventional powers a secret until she partnered with April Reese [played by Michelle Tomlinson] who became more than a confidant. Though April was in a committed relationship, an affair between the two women began. When April’s long term girlfriend learns she has only six months to live, April breaks up with Guin without telling her why. Devastated, Guin quits the police force.

I guess Guin’s dubious powers didn’t “see” that coming. Meanwhile, leave it to a lesbian to chuck an entire career over a bad break-up. My source (and by “source,” I mean Stacie Ponder) has seen the pilot and reports that the episode begins two years after Guin and April’s breakup. Their stars cross once again while they each track a serial killer, Guin as a private investigator, and April as a police detective. Sparks and bullets fly, I suppose. How is it I’m just finding out about the hotness that is Michelle Tomlinson, winner of the 2007 Pretty/Scary Award for her role as a woman held in a cage in the horror film, The Cellar Door? Pretty and scary? My kinda woman.

With no new news on Elizabeth Keener’s proposed lesbian crime show for here! Network, maybe The Seer will hit the air first. And we’ll get to enjoy a lot more of Michelle, Deborah and clairvoyant lesbians with guns.

To read more about the film and cast, visit The Seer’ s MySpace page, Deborah Stewart’s website and Michelle Tomlinson’s MySpace page .

by Dara Nai

DESIGNER IMPOSTER LESBIANISM? According to a recent article in New York magazine, faux lesbianism (or bisexuality for that matter) is back! What? You didn’t know that it ever went away? Neither did I. (Paging Tila Tequila!)

Remember the olden days when Britney Spears and Madonna were making out willy-nilly and the two straight girls from t.A.T.u. (Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova) moistened their tank tops, locked lips and let all of us assume they were gay? It wasn’t that long ago, but when those women toyed with the notion of lesbianism, they were rewarded with instant publicity. The New York article suggests that it doesn’t work that way anymore.

Journalist Jessica Coen, in “The Diminishing Returns of Faux-Lesbianism,” writes that current pop culture is once again rife with girls who like girls – or at least pretend to and are willing to exploit it in the name of publicity. Only these days, being lesbian or bisexual doesn’t incite the same media firestorm that it once did.

As evidence of the trend – and the lack of public shock in response to it – Coen sites the alleged Lindsay Lohan/Samantha Ronson romance that has been splashed across the mainstream press, as well as the popularity of Katy Perry’s single “I Kissed a Girl” (although those two things hardly seem similar, and the former seems more real than “alleged”). Even the rumored relationship between Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson and Courtenay Semel has failed to cause the kind of gossip frenzy that it might have just a few years ago.

Coen writes: “These moments seem more like a performance for attention than actual sexuality. As far as career moves go, going insta-gay has entered into downright predictable territory (and predictability, in these matters, might as well be a sin). These may, in fact, be the last months in which we even notice lesbian-tinged lyrics. For these women performing for the public gaze, adopting the lesbian pose is as easy a career move as grabbing a bottle of peroxide.”

I think the article means to suggests that “faux lesbians” don’t make headlines anymore because one too many starlets has cried “lesbian wolf” and the public doesn’t buy it anymore. But I wonder if the “we” of Coen’s article includes lesbians and bisexual women, because our “we” (that is, we who are lesbians and bisexual women) does “notice” lesbian content in songs, television and film – even if it’s subtle, exploitive, or maybe not even real.

Despite the supposed ho-hum “predictability” of being gay, we all know that plenty of public figures still remain closeted out of fear that homophobia will cost them their career. The same goes for any kind of representation of lesbianism or bisexuality in popular culture. As of this fall there will be four queer women on network television, and two of those characters have never had relationships with women. It’s a lousy statistic, and I don’t think it’s because lesbianism is oh-so-boring.

Coen writes, “Exploring her lesbian side is the least shocking thing Lohan could do at this point; in fact, for any other young woman, it’d be positively normal.” Call me crazy, but I don’t think so. It’s not that I don’t want what she’s suggesting about lesbians (faux or otherwise) to be true; it’s just that I don’t think she’s right.

Will any of the women above actually come out as lesbian or bisexual? The mainstream media may not care, but “we” will “notice” if they do.

by Karman Kregloe

WANTED: LESBIAN/BISEXUAL ENTERTAINMENT WRANGLER It is with mixed feelings that I am announcing that at the end of August, I will be leaving my job as managing editor of AfterEllen.com in order to write full-time. (My first novel comes out next year, and I have another one I have to write!)

I’ve been contributing to this site since 2003, when I wrote the site’s first article about Ellen DeGeneres, so this place has become a second home to me and I’ve loved seeing it grow into the wonderful community it is today. I’ll still be writing my Notes & Queeries column and might write other articles for AfterEllen.com too (you’re not getting rid of me that easily!), but I will be handing over the day-to-day managing editor reins to someone else.

[Added by Sarah Warn: I have mixed feelings about Malinda’s departure, too! I’m thrilled that she’s able to be a full-time novelist, but sad that we no longer get the benefit of her considerable talents in running the site. She began writing for AfterEllen.com when writing for AfterEllen.com wasn’t cool (i.e., when I was running this out of my extra bedroom on weekends and no one was reading it but my mother), and her daily presence will be very missed. But as she says, she will still be writing for us regularly. She has to – I know all her secrets!]

Speaking of which, hey, we have a job opening here at AfterEllen.com! Here’s a brief description of what we’re looking for:

The Managing Editor will develop original, timely and compelling content for AfterEllen.com by assigning and writing news and feature stories, and working with the online production team to implement new initiatives and ongoing improvements to the site. Can reside anywhere in the U.S., but L.A. residence is a plus. Must be an independent and creative thinker who is able to identify ways to optimize and improve the reader experience by adjusting content regularly. Must be a team player and possess the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects while meeting both short-term and long-lead deadlines. Must have a strong interest in lesbian/bi entertainment, and several years experience writing and editing online content. Must have a sense of humor. Must not wear bad hats.
For more information on the job requirements and to apply for it, go to mtvncareers.com (choose Logo in the “Channel” drop-down in the “job search”, and look for the job titled “Managing Editor”). Please do not contact me, Sarah Warn or any of the other staffers with your interest/resume/bribes, because all job applicants must go through Logo’s Human Resources.

And before you get too psyched about the possibility of hanging out with Mary-Louise Parker, touring the set of Dollhouse or getting free screeners of X-Files DVDs, let me warn you: This job isn’t only about schmoozing with the stars. It’s also a lot of work! My recent dream about being trapped in the Beverly Hilton during TCA while a tidal wave crashed through the sliding glass doors proves it. Proceed at your own risk!

– by Malinda Lo

BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE! On Aug. 4, Missy Higgins will be doing a live worldwide video chat at 6 p.m. EST via Paltalk. Go here for more info on how to join in.

Out actor Sara Gilbert will be guest-starring in the season premiere of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU on Sept. 23.

Shamim Sarif‘s film The World Unseen, which has been making the rounds at LGBT film festivals, will be premiering theatrically in North America this fall.

After we told you about the trailer for Sarif’s latest film, I Can’t Think Straight, last week, the film’s producers told us that they plan to release the film theatrically in late 2008 or early 2009.

AfterEllen.com contributing writer Cheryl Coward‘s theater group Stamp Lab’s performance piece, Hush, premieres this Saturday in Austin, Texas. Go here for details.

The documentary Camp Out, about gay teenagers attending an overnight Bible camp for LGBT teens, will be available on DVD on Aug. 5.

Season 2 of here! TV’s documentary series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality will premiere Friday, Sept. 5.

Several AfterEllen.com readers, led by AE reader show-time, are working together to start a European lesbian entertainment site similar to ours, but also including articles on politics and other topics beyond entertainment. If you’d like to help, post in this forum thread rather than PMing show-time (so that everyone can benefit from the discussion, and show-time doesn’t drown in private messages).

That’s it for this week! Got the inside scoop on a hot new lesbian/bi actor/musician/TV show/film? Tell us at [email protected]. Check back next Friday for another edition of Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever.

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