'Body Awareness' review: Tap to lesbian funny bone
San Francisco Chronicle
It's Body Awareness Week at little, liberal Shirley State College in tiny Shirley, Vt., and the fervent lesbian feminist professor who organized it isn't happy about the female nude photographs displayed in the student union for the occasion.
'Body Awareness' deconstructs the Male Gaze for serious laughsStark Insider

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Why Visibility Matters
Huffington Post (blog)
As I was reading through the comments on that post, I was struck by some that seemed downright angry that we should want or dare think we deserve to be recognized as lesbians. Several people argued that perhaps our time would be better spent fighting ...

Today's Lady News: Lesbian Couple Fights St. Joseph's University Over ...
The Frisky
But when lesbian couple Megan Edwards and her fiancée Katie McTurk entered their love story in the How I Met My Hawk Mate contest, they were told “nope, no lesbos!” After a Facebook campaign by the couple (and a little bad media coverage!) ...
Catholic university forced to back down after denying lesbian couple's entry ...Daily Mail
After Pressure, St. Joe's Allows Lesbian Couple in ContestNBC 10 Philadelphia
Saint Joseph's University lesbian couple denied contest accessGloucester County Times - NJ.com
Philadelphia Magazine (blog) -Philadelphia Inquirer
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JC Penney stands by Ellen DeGeneres as spokeswoman
Reuters
| LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - JC Penney Co Inc said on Friday said it fully backs its partnership with chat show host Ellen DeGeneres after a conservative group urged the retailer to reconsider hiring DeGeneres as a spokeswoman because she is a lesbian.
JCPenney Confirms It Stands Behind Partnership with Ellen DeGeneresSheWired
Family group challenges retailer's use of lesbian iconOneNewsNow
JC Penney tells One Million Moms to suck itDallas Voice
MiamiHerald.com (blog) -Lez Get Real -AceShowbiz
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Celebrate difference, on page and stage
Sydney Morning Herald
The big title was Heather Has Two Mommies, a pioneering 1989 picture book by Leslea Newman about a little girl raised by a lesbian couple. Now there's an entire bay of young-adult novels and about nine shelves of picture books such as My Princess Boy, ...

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Jamaica lesbians suffer from under-reported violence -rights activist
TrustLaw
REUTERS/Hans Deryk By Branka Juran and Maria Caspani LONDON (TrustLaw) - Lesbians in Jamaica face attacks such as gang rape due to rife homophobia in the country, but few of these abuses get reported, Jamaica's leading gay activist said.
Questions for Maurice TomlinsonJamaica Gleaner

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Lesbian fling lands teacher in jail
3AW (blog)
Protecting ... more Steve on Lesbian fling lands teacher in jail What an absolute joke,why suspend 28 months?? if this was a male teacher he would be in there by now and copped the lot>!! more sue on Lesbian fling lands teacher in jail If it had been a ...

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Teacher jailed over lesbian relationship with student
Sydney Morning Herald
A Melbourne high school teacher has been jailed for three years for having a sexual relationship with a female student. But controversy has erupted in the County Court this morning after the sentencing judge proposed to delay the start of the female ...
Teacher jailed for student lesbian sexSky News Australia
Vic teacher jailed for pupil's lesbian sexThe West Australian

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Lesbian veteran sues government for benefits
CNN International
By Eric Fiegel, CNN Army veteran Tracey Cooper-Harris, left, attends a "Heroes Celebration" last April in Los Angeles. Washington (CNN) -- A US Army veteran of both the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is suing the federal government, claiming she and her ...
Lesbian veteran seeks spousal benefits in lawsuitWashington Blade
SPLC Files Suit Challenging DOMA On Behalf Of Disabled Lesbian VeteranLez Get Real
SPLC Challenges DOMA On Behalf of Disabled Lesbian VetCare2.com (blog)
Politico -San Francisco Chronicle
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Lesbian killers in South Africa get 18-year jail terms
BBC News
Four South African men have been sentenced to 18 years in jail for stabbing and stoning to death 19-year-old lesbian Zoliswa Nkonyana in 2006. The court found that the men killed Ms Nkonyana because she was living openly as a lesbian.
Lesbians, rhinos treated unequallyCitizen
South African men jailed over lesbian killingABC Online
South Africa: 4 given 18 years in jail for killing lesbianmsnbc.com
Times LIVE -AFP -Independent Online
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