Good morning! I hope you had a lovely long weekend. I had the flu and it was terrible.
Megan Rapinoe kneeled during the National Anthem before a Seattle Reign game on Sunday night. She later said it was a “little nod to” NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick. She told American Soccer Now:
“I think it’s actually pretty disgusting the way he was treated and the way that a lot of the media has covered it and made it about something that it absolutely isn’t. We need to have a more thoughtful, two-sided conversation about racial issues in this country.
Being a gay American, I know what it means to look at the flag and not have it protect all of your liberties. It was something small that I could do and something that I plan to keep doing in the future and hopefully spark some meaningful conversation around it. It’s important to have white people stand in support of people of color on this. We don’t need to be the leading voice, of course, but standing in support of them is something that’s really powerful.”
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe joins 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick in national anthem protest. https://t.co/XydiuC7tq5 pic.twitter.com/eBlhilH5ze
– ABC News (@ABC) September 6, 2016
Legendary status.
Still more on Hillary Clinton being a secret lesbian.
The Miss America competition is happening this week and Miss Missouri, Erin O’Flaherty, is the first-ever out lesbian contestant!
Last Tango in Halifax creator Sally Wainwright regrets killing Kate but wishes people would recognize Caroline is “the heart of the drama” and she’s still a lesbian and alive.
Queer Fashion Week is coming to Oakland.
A tragic rape of a lesbian who was attacked by someone she knew because she “made herself look like a man.”
Well, Phyllis Schlafly died. Bye.
At OutSports: Israeli lesbian rower Moran Samuel set to be a force in Paralympics.
Love & Hip Hop gets another bisexual love story.
Will the Wonder Woman movie touch on her bisexuality?
EW has an oral herstory of Xena: Warrior Princess.
Below Her Mouth screenwriter Stephanie Fabrizi explains why her film is both highly sexual and empowering.
Seattle’s Capitol Hill is currently home to pasted public portraits of local elder queer women, which is so bad ass.
Meanwhile, queer couple Mary McHale and Sara Hinton had a not so awesome time at a Seattle Mariners game a few weeks ago, which they talked about with KATU.
Five queer black women authors you should be reading as recommended by The Root.
At The Cut: The Bisexual Woman Whose Boyfriend Doesn’t Know She’s on Tinder.
Actresses/wives Leah and Stacey Raymond started a new YouTube channel, My Queer Wife.
Cara Delevingne is a Burner.
At Huffington Post: Meet Kendyl Noor Aurora, The Queer Tattooed Hijabi.
Sia‘s new song, “The Greatest,” features Kendrick Lamar.
Bella Thorne wants you to know she’s single.
If you’re on Snapchat, follow “gaywomenchannel” and watch the series This Is Taylor “about a goofy college student who discovers that she likes girls, as we follow her search to find the right one.”
Pillow Talk is a coming of age short film about sexual identity. Donate a few bucks to help it get made if you can.
Today in Lesbianish TV:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show – The Season 14 premiere
Good Morning America (ABC 7 a.m.)
Home & Family (Hallmark 10 a.m.) – Guest: Elizabeth Falkner
The View (ABC 11 a.m.)
Buffy (Pivot 11 a.m.) (rerun)
Supernatural “Pac-Man Fever” (TNT 11 a.m.) (rerun)
Home & Family (Hallmark 12 p.m.) – Guest: Dot-Marie Jones (rerun)
The L Word Mississippi: Hate the Sin (Showtime2 12:15 p.m.)
Grandma (Starz Cinema 1:35 p.m., 10 p.m.)
General Hospital (ABC 2 p.m.)
The Talk (CBS 2 p.m.) (rerun)
Ellen (Laff 3 p.m./3:30 p.m.) (rerun)
Nick Cannon Presents Wild ‘N Out “Bella Thorne; Jadakiss” (MTV 3:08 p.m., 12:40 a.m., MTV2 10:30 p.m.) (rerun)
Survivor’s Remorse “Mystery Team” (Starz 3:40 p.m., 12:55 a.m., Starz In Black 5:45 p.m., 11 p.m.)
Sisterhood of Hip Hop marathon (Oxygen 4 p.m.)
Mary + Jane “Pilot” (MTV 4:20 p.m., 11:32 p.m.)
Glastonbury Festival 2016 Hour 3 (MTV Live 4:30 p.m.) – Christine and the Queens perform (rerun)
Last Man Standing “Restaurant Opening” (Hallmark 8:30 p.m.) (rerun)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC 9 p.m.)Sisterhood of Hip Hop “Hustler Musik” (Oxygen 9 p.m.)
Ridiculousness “Wanda Sykes” (MTV 9:30 p.m.) (rerun)
WNBA Basketball – Minnesota at Los Angeles (ESPN2 10 p.m.)
Man vs. Child: Chef Showdown “The Emperor Has No Stove” (A&E 10:10 p.m.) – With Susan Feniger (rerun)
Saving Hope “The Other Side of Midnight”/”Days of Heaven” (Ion 11 p.m./12 a.m.) (rerun)
Archer marathon (FXX 12 a.m.)
The Danish Girl (HBO2 12 a.m.)
Cribs “Celeb Teens Edition” (MTV Classic 12:30 a.m.) – With Keke Palmer (rerun)
Last Call with Carson Daly (NBC 1:37 a.m.) – Guest: Natasha Lyonne
Buffy “Same Time, Same Place”/”Help” (Pivot 6 a.m./7 a.m.) (rerun)
Steven Universe (Cartoon 6 a.m./6:30 a.m.) (rerun)
Classic Tennis – 1989 U.S. Open Final – Navratilova vs. Graf (ESPN Classic 6 a.m.) (rerun)
Classic Tennis – 1984 U.S. Open Final – Navratilova vs. Evert-Lloyd (ESPN Classic 8 a.m.) (rerun)
Four Weddings “…and a Nail in the Head” (TLC 8 a.m.) (rerun)
