by Melanie Nathan, San Francisco: Three of America’s leading LGBT cruise companies announced a joint fund to raise money for disaster relief in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Olivia Cruises, the all lesbian cruise and vacation company, owned by Judy Dulgacz and Rachel Wahba,... (Continue reading)
Image by Getty Images via Daylife 01/14/2010-by Natasia Langfelder Well ladies, it was only a matter of time. The Daily Mail is reporting that a 47 second scene featuring Lohan and a “mystery” man is being shopped around LA. It is said... (Continue reading)
Hey Lezzies, Welcome back to “Ask A Femme.” I’m Natasia and I will be dishing out advice on love, dating, relationships, friendship, career, family and fashion issues. Are your friends tired of trying to come up with the solutions to... (Continue reading)
Image via Wikipedia 01/13/2010-by Natasia Langfelder Logo, the only television channel aimed specifically at the LGBT community, is launching four new series for 2010. These include “The Robert Verdi Show starring Robert Verdi”, “RuPaul’s Drag U”, “The Arrangement” and “Kept.” With the possible... (Continue reading)
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The tourism industry has suffered greatly since the recession hit. Many Americans are tightening their belts and lavish vacations are generally one of the first luxury items to go. However, NY1, New York City’s 24... (Continue reading)
12/22/09-by Paula Brooks China’s first government-backed gay bar finally opened its doors this weekend in the tourist city of Dali in southwestern Yunnan Province, after a nearly three week delay. Set up by a local anti-AIDS activist, Dr. Zhang Jianboto, with funding... (Continue reading)
12/21/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire When the Republicans made it their mission to rile up as much of the anti-government, anti-Democrat, anti-reform, racist, sexist, bigoted, anti-Semitic groups as possible in this country in order to return to power, they made one thing... (Continue reading)
O K K I E S (ah-keez’) n.: plural of Okkie, familiar form of Oscar – When I first arrived in New York City from South Africa, albeit an attorney , my foreign-ness made finding work near impossible. I moved... (Continue reading)
Posted By Melanie Nathan I found this post on Las Vegas Craigslist, after receiving an alert from a connection on LinkedIn. Thought I would post here so that we can all be on the alert. LGR and its writer’s are not making these... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan:- When I met Senator Leahy, I was touched by his compassion, his sensitivity and his veracity. Most of all he is a champion for equality and as a supporter of UAFA, and has done much for our LGBT... (Continue reading)
From the Mediation desk of Melanie Nathan: Recently in my mediation practice I have had a spate of divorce cases where the spouses (partners) have been at odds about how to deal with underwater real estate. When dividing community property... (Continue reading)
By Melanie Nathan The billboard, located at 4855 Miller Road, shows two cartoonish images of Obama wearing a Muslim turban and reads “PRESIDENT or JIHAD?” It also says “BIRTH CERTIFICATE – PROVE IT!” alluding to the conspiracy theory which claims... (Continue reading)
11/27/09-by Paula Brooks The Huron-Superior Catholic District School Board in Sault Saint Marie, Ontario is catching flak over H1N1 vaccinations… not because it is giving them… or concerns that a batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine was recalled after reports... (Continue reading)
In mid- 2009, MassEquality sent a survey to one individual in each of the 38,210 households on its mailing list to capture the participant sample possible, providing the largest “snapshot” ever taken of the health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender... (Continue reading)
11/19/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire A recent study recommends that women start getting routine mammograms after the age of fifty. This has caused a great deal of uproar. Cynthia Nixon is a breast cancer survivor, and she is only forty... (Continue reading)