Abdul announced her departure in July and was replaced by a number of guest judges during the auditions that occurred this summer across the country, including actor Neil Patrick Harris, former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham and Tony-winner Kristin Chenoweth.

During an episode of her talk show set to air Thursday, Ellen made the following statement:

“We’ve been dealing with this for the last couple of weeks and I’ve been dying to tell everyone. It’s just been so hard to keep it a secret and we just finally got the okay and I’m so excited. It is going to be so much fun. I don’t know how it happened myself but I have not missed one episode of that show. I’ve watched every single thing. I love everything about it and I love music, as you know. Hopefully I’m the people’s point of view because I’m just like you…I’m not looking at it in a critical way from the producer’s mind. I’m looking at it as a person who is going to buy the music and is going to relate to that person. So I’m hopefully going to be that voice of what we’re all doing at home.”

Ellen, will also continue her her role as host of her Emmy-winning daytime talk show as well.

Maybe now I will watch that silly show.

* Coming out of the closet can kill their career. (21%, 8 Votes)
* TV land isn’t ready for too many out lesbians. (34%, 13 Votes)
* There are more out lesbians on TV than we know. (29%, 11 Votes)
* I don’t care about seeing out lesbians on TV. (16%, 6 Votes)

Total Voters: 38

Rachel Maddow is a liberal political commentator, radio personality, and the host of her own television show on MSNBC.

Rachel Maddow is from California and has an impressive education including a degree in public policy from Stanford University. She was also the first openly gay American to win a Rhodes scholarship. After wining a radio co-host contest with The Dave in the Morning Show on WRNX, she continued to share her talents through a variety of hosting positions which ultimately led her to create The Rachel Maddow Show. You can currently find The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America and MSNBC.

What’s going on with the cops? New videos of really odd police brutality are popping up every day on youtube. Look at these too:

What’s going on here? Did they start giving the cops steroids or something? I’m very worried that as the economy drops, our government is preparing to contain riots, and I guess us in general. Couple this upsurge in police brutality with the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision to pretty much decimate the 6th amendment on the same day Prop 8 was upheld, and you can color me deeply concerned about what’s happening.

“Certainly our decision in Jackson did not mandate such an odd rule.” From Justice Steven’s dissenting opinion. Please read the entire ruling yourself in a pdf. here, and see what you think about it. Let me know. I care; I’ll listen to your opinion. I’d also Really, REALLY like to Sonia Sotomayor’s opinion on this subject. We better let our representatives know we want it asked!

Please also check out this Pdf. of the Ammicus Brief from 19 former judges, prosecutors, and law enforcement officials, arguing strongly against overturning Jackson.

“Law enforcement personnel, prosecutors, and trial judges will have to start anew in developing a common law from particularized decisions reflecting inherently subjective assessments of the tactics as well as the intent of investigators, the timing as well as the content of interrogations, and the understanding as well as the free will of defendants.”

Their brief also argues that the purpose of the Sixth Amendment goes beyond merely preserving the adversary process and that the Jackson rule protects crucial Fifth Amendment due process protections that help ensure a fair trial and public confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system:

Third, Jackson links two key criminal procedural rights — the Sixth Amendment right to counsel under Gideon v. Wainwright and the Fifth Amendment rights of an accused under Miranda — which are fundamental to the adversary process and maintain public confidence in our criminal justice system. Discarding Jackson would undermine both rights. Allowing the police to initiate interrogation of a represented defendant and to use any resulting statements would strip away protections the attorney can provide, interfere with the relationship between counsel and client, and undercut the integrity of criminal trials…To abandon a rule that safeguards them would erode the public confidence they foster. It would signal that enduring legal principles and important constitutional rights are no longer so enduring nor so important.

Just another example of the Obama administration adopting Bush administration positions and undermining constitutional protections.” Ed Brayton, Science Blogs, May 31, 2009.

And here’s your new ID card America. Papers Please!, a blog chronicling the increasingly Orwellian control grid that’s being forced upon us.

“As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s permission.

We are now forbidden by Federal regulations from leaving or entering the USA, anywhere, by any means — by air, by sea, or by land, to or from any other country or international waters or airspace — unless the government chooses to issue us a passport, passport card, or “enhanced” drivers license (any of which “travel documents” are now issued only with secretly and remotely-readable uniquely-numbered radio tracking beacons in the form of RFID transponder chips), or unless the Department of Homeland Security chooses to to exercise its standardless “discretion” to decide — in secret, with no way for us to know who is making the decision or on what basis — to issue a (one-time case-by-case) “waiver” of the new travel document requirements.

If you’re in the USA without such documents — even if you were born here, or are a foreigner who entered the USA legally without such documents (a Canadian, for example, who entered the USA by land yesterday when no such documents were yet required), or your document(s) have expired or have been lost or stolen — you are forbidden to leave the country unless and until you procure such a document, or unless and until the DHS gives you an exit permit in the form of a discretionary one-time waiver to leave the country — but not necessarily to come home, unless they again exercise their discretion to “grant” you another waiver.”

As the rules go into effect people are being allowed to pass through the border with a notice that the rules have changed. MSNBC is reporting that 90% of people crossing are already complying with the new rules. I think that they don’t actually have a right to do this. We have a constitutional right, as well as a human civil right to travel due to international treaties that the U.S. has signed, to free travel. Its a human right. Why people are just shrugging and saying “no big deal”, I just don’t understand. Why are we so complacent as our government usurps the rule of law on a daily basis?

Suddenly I find myself in a country that seems to think I’m a terrorist. I think it’s time the people in power be reminded that it is us, the “little guys”, that keep this country running. I’m tired of taking my shoes off at the airport,  of not being abled to take my goddamn drink through security, of having to be frisked and even have fingers of some strange TSA agent in the waistband of my jeans, I don’t even know what that air poof booth at SFO was doing to me, and being treated like a goddamned criminal. These dragnet type policies are making rules based on the exceptions, not on what’s best for you and me.

Its about controlling us, getting us to submit to control grid of biometrics, and destroying any semblance of privacy left in our lives. I’m sick of it. I’ve had way more than enough. We’ve got to start standing up for ourselves, things are spiraling out of control.

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“Maybe some of the things she said were a little awkward, but I think she expressed a feeling that a lot of people have. I feel badly for beauty contestants who are put on the spot like that!” —Cynthia Nixon

“I’ve never heard it expressed that way. She said, ‘In America, you have the choice between same sex marriage and opposite sex marriage,’ like it was a flavor at Baskin-Robbins. You can have rocky road or mint chocolate chip.” —Rosie O’Donnell

(Found via Queerty)

**Full Story Here

May 1st – Romaine Brooks (1874-1970) – American artist whose nudes and portraits made her lesbianism visible to the world.

May 1st – Marie Corelli (1855-1924) – popular English novelist now known chiefly as a camp figure.

May 2nd – Edith Somerville (1858-1949) – Author of Novels short stories and hunting sketches who wrote with her life partner (Violet Martin).

May 2nd – Lesley Gore (Born 1946) – Singer, songwriter, and actress.

May 3rd – May Sarton (1912-1996) – Writer who works gradually revealed her lesbianism.

May 3rd – Miriam Ben-Shalom (Born 1948) – The first U.S. servicemember to be reinstated after being discharged for her sexual orientation.

May 6th – Olga Broumas (Born 1949) – Greek-born lesbian poet and translator.

May 15th – Barbara Hammer (Born 1939) – The most prolific lesbian feminist filmmaker in the history of cinema.

May 16th – Adrienne Rich (Born 1929) – America’s most widely read lesbian poet.

May 23rd – Lea DeLaria (Born 1958) – Proudly out lesbian actress, singer, and stand up comin.

May 27th – Rachel Carson (1907-1964) – Marine biologist who helped found the environmental movement.

May 28th – May Swenson (1913-1989) – One of America’s most inventive and incisive poets.

May 29th – Nancy Cárdenas (1934-1994) – Poet, journalist, playwright, director, and activist.

Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her by visiting her page on MySpace.

Ellen asked Lindsay all about the break up with Sam, about her support system, new plans, and all the inside info on their breakup.

During the interview Lindsay said she didn’t know her relationship with Sam was about to end: “I had no idea what was going on.”

Lindsay wrapped up the interview by saying, “I really care about Samantha.”

Here’s the video:

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Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman sat down with Out Magazine writer Barry Walters and after just a few questions revealed that they have been married since before the duo rose to fame with Prince and The Revolution.

Here are just a few of the questions and answers from that interview:

Why did the two of you decide to keep working together after you left the Revolution?
Wendy: We were married and I was her biggest fan. Everything that she played broke my heart and still does and I wanna own it and covet it and make it mine.
Lisa: [Laughs at that] Yeah, we’re chained together. We’re shackled. No, I love Wendy. We’ve known each other our entire lives practically. Once she was finally hired into Prince’s band, it was like a dream for me. I had fallen in love with Wendy, my childhood friend, and suddenly we were looking at each other differently, but I had to leave on the road all the time. It was always just torture. Finally Prince met Wendy and there was some trouble with the other guitar player [Dez Dickerson], and providence moved in such a way that Wendy ended up on the road with us.

Was the image you projected in Purple Rain a function of who the two of you were together? Or did it come from Prince, or the director?
Wendy: I don’t think the director had anything to do with it. I think Prince saw us as the couple that we were and used that relationship to add more mystery to him. And I think Lisa and I were willing to go there because at that time we felt mysterious. We were young and it was the thing, so we went with it, not knowing what the result of that would mean or imply later in life. We didn’t think about it in those terms. We just thought, Wow, this is cool!

Before we continue, I have to ask: Have you come out before? Is this it?
Wendy: We’ve never done a “Let’s come out” interview. We’ve never been in the closet, but we never said, “Let’s get an interview with The Advocate. Let’s get an interview with Out.” I didn’t want to be a lesbian musician. I felt really uncomfortable with that role. I was already fighting, being a guitar player in a man’s world and to have that on top of it — Lisa and I were so very married at the time, it just didn’t seem like something I could handle.
Lisa: With Prince and the Revolution, I think that it was just taken for granted that we were supposed to be the gay reps in the band. [Laughs] The blacks, the whites, the gays. And people would say, “Gee, do you think this lesbian thing is going to work for them?” [Everyone laughs] So, after the band kind of split up, the record labels would be like, “You need to be wearing fur coats and sitting on motorcycles and long fingernails . . .”
Wendy: It was just horseshit.
Lisa: “And why don’t you wear that lingerie like you used to?”
Wendy: Which I never did.
Lisa: I did.
Wendy: But you wore it in a very different way.
Lisa: Yeah, it was more punk, like a fuck-you thing, not, “I’m a sexy girl.”

Were the record companies aware that you were lesbians and in a relationship together?
Wendy: They’d never talk to us about it. I think everybody knew, but nobody said to us, “But you’re a lesbian couple. We could work the Lilith Fair angle. We could work the Olivia Records angle.” No one used that kind of language with us.
Lisa: We were so hung up on the fact that these people wanted us to be Prince. It didn’t matter what our sexuality was. After we would leave the record company offices, I remember one of our managers mentioning that the art department people would comment on the way Wendy and I would talk to each other. LIke I would say, “Yes, dear,” and they would be all like whisper-whisper after we would leave the room. “They’re gay, aren’t they? They’re like an old married couple.” At that point, we had already been a couple for 10 years. It was very normal for us and very precious.
Wendy: I saw a lot of other women coming out at the time and I didn’t want that on my plate. I wanted my life with Lisa to be so much more private and so much more conventional than that.
Lisa: You know, Wendy, I don’t know if you’ll mind me saying this, but we did slightly differ on our consciousness about it. We would do interviews together and people would ask us questions like, “What is it like living in LA?” And I’d start talking about living in a house together and literally get a kick from Wendy under the table like, “You’re going too far.”
Wendy: Lisa, at the time we were talking to bullshit magazines. I just didn’t want the judgment from people who didn’t know about us or the struggle it takes for gays to fucking live a normal life.
Lisa: I know, but I felt that you had to teach by example instead of making some statement.
Wendy: I disagreed at the time. You can hear it still. Lisa and I are so much on the same page as older women, but at the time it was like, “Fuck that!” I’m not gonna go there. I want more control of this. I just simply do. I lead the way for Lisa and I to be closeted.

You were dealing with this during the Reagan years when the AIDS crisis was exploding and the progressive attitude regarding gays started reversing. It must’ve been hard to contend with that while the music industry pushed you to be the next Mary Jane Girls.
Wendy and Lisa, nearly in unison: That’s exactly what they wanted.
Wendy: We couldn’t have been more opposite of that. We were just geeky musicians. We still are. We did a record 10, 11 years ago with Trevor Horn that was never released. We were hoping that we would have the next fucking Grace Jones “Slave to the Rhythm” extravaganza. We thought, “This is going to be genius! We’re going to be musician freaks and experiment.” And he, honest to god, wanted us to be the Spice Girls. My heart was broken.
Lisa: Not only that, but he was so homophobic. I hate to say it, but he wouldn’t even let us eat off of his silverware on Friday because he was Jewish. It turned into this nightmare. He and his wife, oh God, I don’t want to talk disparagingly about anybody, but it made us very uncomfortable.
Wendy: Our homosexuality became quite an issue for them.

You can read the entire interview with Wendy & Lisa in Out Magazine here.

Funny and beautiful, Bridget McManus has made us laugh with her stand-up routines and video blog Brunch With Bridget, where she regularly interviews other celesbians for AfterEllen.com. Her AfterEllen vlog won her the Best Lesbian Vlog Ever award, and was also nominated for a NewNowNext award.

Bridget McManus has performed at the Hollywood Improv, The Comedy Store and The Ice House; and proudly shares that she was kicked off stage from The Laugh Factory for being too dirty.

She has a great comedic style and you can see for yourself by visiting her MySpace page which has videos, links, photos, and more about Bridget McManus and her various projects.

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I was happy to see the Funny or Die video that LiLo put out with a faux eHarmony commercial starring the red-headed hetero-lesbian herself. It was refreshing to see that she was keeping a smile on her face through it all, but now I’m not so sure as A Socialite’s Life is reporting that Lindsay Lohan has begun to party and dye her troubles away.

In my book, anytime a woman starts to do anything drastic with her hair, it’s a sure sign of an emotional situation and facing life changes.

Overall I think she is doing well. This past Tuesday she mentioned the Funny or Die video on her blog where she says “I just think it’s better to take something negative and turn it into something good… laughter is the BEST medicine.”

Keep on laughin LiLo! Lesbian breakups can be an emotional rollercoaster but there is always hope for a brighter day and a better relationship. Man or woman, tall or short, blonde or brunette – doesn’t matter just be H.A.P.P.Y.

And if that doesn’t work just get “bossy”! haha

Stay tuned!

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Lesbians are so much easier to understand when you slap ‘em on some posterboard and break them down into four easy quadrants. But this is the Internet, so instead Tabloid Prodigy skipped the posterboard, went with Photoshop, and included everything but the U-Haul in this easy-to-follow, Butch v. Fem and Out v. Closeted matrix.

Can I just say that I LOVE Queerty?!

Even though it’s not a site strictly by lesbians, I always find the best stuff there! Be sure to subscribe to that site if you haven’t already.

Here is what Rachel Maddow had to say about it:

You tell em Rachel!!

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This video can be seen on sites like Queerty, SheWired, and AfterEllen, and of course here on LezGetReal.

You can watch the video below:

This weekly wrap up post features some of the top LGBT news stories that we saw around the internet as we were covering other features…

Bullying Led to Gay Sons Death, Say Parents

The parents of a gay teenager have sued his Ohio high school, claiming that constant bullying there drove him to suicide, 365Gay.com reports. According to court papers, 17-year-old Eric Mohat was subjected to relentless name-calling, teasing and physical abuse in class and in the school’s hallways.

Details sketchy in beatings of gay men in Broward

David Villanova Jr., 27, and Craig Cohen, 47, were beaten in separate attacks early Monday morning by the same group of men, according to BSO spokeswoman Dani Moschella. Cohen, of Oakland Park, remains unconscious at Broward General Medical Center. Villanova Jr., of Pompano Beach, suffered a skull fracture but was awake Wednesday afternoon and speaking with detectives. Moschella said Wednesday that the same group of robbers attacked both men at separate times. Moschella said detectives are treating the two attacks as robberies, but have not ruled out the possibility that the beatings were hate crimes.

Pink Takes Cary Hart Back: Breaks Lesbian Hearts!

What’s good for Pink and Carey Hart is bad news for hopeful lesbians everywhere. BMX racer Hart confirmed to The UK Sun he and ex-wife Pink are, “working shit out, I admit it.” Hart also said Pink–real name Alecia Moore– is “just totally normal and low-key.” Though Pink penned her number one single “So What” after the split and seemed to break free of the marriage in the video, the two remained close. Pink even told the press post-split that their future could still hold, “beach, babies and sunshine.”

Rupert Everett Trashes Gay Fatherhood

Actor Rupert Everett trashed the idea of gay men wanting to father their own children, charging that it’s the outgrowth of a “tiresome” gay rights movement populated by “awful middle-class queens.” “I think this surrogacy thing is crap,” Everett, 49, told the Daily Beast website. “It is utterly hideous. I think it’s egocentric and vain.” The openly gay star of films including My Best Friend’s Wedding and Shrek the Third extended his attack to lesbians. “I mean, if you are meant to have babies, then great,” he said. “But this whole idea of two gay guys filling a cocktail shaker with their sperm and impregnating some grim lesbian and then it gets cut out is just really weird.”

Paterson to introduce same-sex marriage bill

Gov. David Paterson said today he plans to re-introduce legislation to make same-sex marriages legal in New York. The legislation is expected to mirror a gay-marriage bill introduced in 2007 by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who — with Paterson as his running mate — campaigned in 2006 on a platform that included marriage equality. “We’ll put a bill out and let the people decide one way or the other,” Paterson said this morning on WHCU-AM (870) in Ithaca.

Gay, HIV groups call for end of Bush health care rules

A coalition of 38 LGBT and HIV advocacy groups is calling for the removal of an eleventh-hour Bush Administration expansion of federal rules prohibiting discrimination against health care workers on the basis of religion. The groups, which include Lambda Legal and the National Coalition for LGBT Health, call the rules “unnecessary and confusing” and say they endanger public health.

Rachel Maddow gives in and buys a TV

In a new interview with Dossier magazine, Rachel Maddow admits she has finally given in and purchased a television: “I got drunk last Thursday and ordered one on Amazon! (Laughs) Susan and I ordered take-out Chinese and I made cocktails and then somehow it just happened. I mean, it wasn’t like we were on some total bender or something — it was a weeknight — but I woke up the next morning and there was the confirmation email stating that we had indeed bought a $400 television.”

New bid to advance civil unions in Hawaii

With time running out in the current session of the Hawaii state legislature, supporters of civil unions who are worried about the stalled bill are trying a new approach.The civil union bill been languishing in committee and the Democratic leadership has been divided on how to get the measure to a vote on the floor. Now, LGBT rights leaders are proposing a new draft of the bill, adding provisions aimed at making it more acceptable to skittish lawmakers. The revisions include opening the legislation up to unmarried heterosexual couples. The changes also would explicitly say the bill does not revise the current definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Now, LGBT rights leaders are proposing a new draft of the bill, adding provisions aimed at making it more acceptable to skittish lawmakers. The revisions include opening the legislation up to unmarried heterosexual couples. The changes also would explicitly say the bill does not revise the current definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Ben & Jerrys Supported Vermont Veto Override

Walt Freese the CEO of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. a large ice cream company has come on the record stating his company supports marriage equality and they supported the override of the governors veto.

John Legend puts a lesbian couple in his new video about love

AfterEllen.com reader Joanna let us know that a lesbian couple is featured amongst the rest, about half-way through the video. They are together in the back of a cab, appearing to be happy together, resting in each other’s arms before one gives the other an affectionate kiss on the forehead.

France says yes to Pope condom

The Pope’s recent assertion that condoms exacerbate the AIDS crisis has reportedly made this papal protest condom all the rage in France.

Senegal: Nine men contest gay prison sentences

Nine Senegalese men who were sentenced to eight years in prison for “indecent conduct and unnatural acts” are appealing against the decision.

Md. Senate backs tax break for partners

Maryland senators voted Tuesday to exempting domestic partners who co-own homes from inheritance taxes after the death of one person. The measure, which passed 28-19, adds domestic partners to the list of family members that can inherit property without paying taxes on that property. House lawmakers were expected to vote on the bill Tuesday or Wednesday. Dan Furmansky, Equality Maryland’s former executive director and current legislative consultant, said there was little debate before the vote.

LGBT community blasts new law

Lithuanian lawmakers have received harsh criticism for targeting the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community through amendments that would place open displays of homosexuality on par with displays of physical violence.

Petition for Marriage Rights in Washington State

A petition has been created by Equal Rights Washington urging lawmakers to adopt the domestic partnership expansion bill.

Leisha Hailey’s ‘L Word’ Spin-Off NOT Coming to Showtime!

It’s a sad day for millions of loyal L Word fans. Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and the Advocate are all reporting the future of The Farm– the L Word spin off that’s been dangled in front of fans for so long– is uncertain. Showtime has passed on the pilot starring Leisha Hailey, Famke Janssen, Laurie Metcalf, and Meissa Leo. The show centers on a women’s prison, where Alice (Hailey) has been sent, assumedly for murdering Jenny Schecter. No word on whether The Farm, created by L Word mastermind Ilene Chaiken will be picked up by another network.

Police to Investigate Gay Pizzeria Party

Talk about the downside of popularity. A formerly little-known gay party night at a pizzeria may become the subject of a police investigation, thanks to a recent spurt of publicity. Now that The New York Times has discovered the weekly “Fondle” party at South Brooklyn Pizza in New York City, police say they will assess whether the event’s male go-go dancers violate the Big Apple’s cabaret laws.

Dr. Laura Supports Same-Sex Couples

Dr. Laura Schlessinger is the go-to girl for conservatives (and others) who want folksy but direct advice on their lives and relationships. Although she has had a less-than-friendly relationship with the gay community in the past, in July of last year we reported on our impression of a much gay-friendlier Dr. Laura. She seemed to have adopted a more pragmatic approach to gay men and women.

Lesbian couple win sex discrimination claim

A lesbian couple who were harassed by colleagues over their sexuality have won their claim for sexual discrimination. Beth Moules and Sharleen Amos, who both worked as saleswomen at Soundwell-based firm Aquatech Rainsoft, told an employment tribunal in Bristol that they had been ridiculed and humiliated by comments from colleagues over their relationship.

New Zealand comedian let off over joke about prime minister being a communist lesbian

A comedian who made comments about former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark being a lesbian and a “bloody communist” has escaped censure after a broadcasting watchdog ruled he had not breached regulations.

Cat and Jennifer Cora Welcome Third Son

In what seems like a propitious week, Iron Chef Cat Cora’s wife Jennifer gave birth to the couple’s third son last Saturday, After Ellen reports. Cat Cora is also pregnant, and due in July.

Tony Blair tells the Pope: you’re wrong on homosexuality

Tony Blair has challenged the “entrenched” attitudes of the Pope on homosexuality, and argued that it is time for him to “rethink” his views.

Famous Numbers Person Predicts Florida Could Have Gay Marriage by 2013

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com correctly predicted the outcome of the presidential election, and because of that, he can find the answer to everything with a few clicks of his calculator. Except for the Oscars; he sure got those wrong. Sorry, Mickey. Now Silver is trying to predict the years when each state could successfully fend off a voter initiative to ban gay marriage.

Same-sex couples seek equal rights before Nevada lawmakers

The two women were part of a group of gays and lesbians who filled a legislative hearing room to deliver emotional testimony in support of Senate Bill 283. The bill would create a Nevada Domestic Partnership Act, largely giving same-sex couples the same legal rights as granted to heterosexual couples. Couples would register their relationship with the secretary of state’s office. Opposite-sex couples also would not be prohibited from registering as domestic partners.

Transgendered Rapper Says She Was Gang Raped & Beaten

Global Grind reports that Pam Jones, a hip hop rapper, was raped and beaten by over a dozen men.

NYC promoters woo gay, lesbian tourists

New York City officials are turning to gays and lesbians to help reduce a projected $4 billion budget deficit. The nation’s largest city unveiled a marketing campaign Tuesday to attract more gay and lesbian tourists from around the country and the world as other U.S. cities compete to strip New York of its title of No. 1 vacation destination for gays and lesbians.

Christian university offers separate accommodation for gay students

Texas Christian University is to provide LGBT students and their straight “allies” with special accommodation as part of a new scheme designed to allow like-minded students to live together.

Homophobic MP Iris Robinson exposed over expenses

Iris Robinson, the Northern Ireland MP who said gays were an “abomination” and compared homosexuality to paedophilia, has been exposed by a Sunday newspaper for claiming almost £600,000 a year in salaries and expenses with her husband.

Confessed Priest Slayer Says the Men Were Lovers

The man suspected of murdering an Austin priest confessed to the crime, but insisted the two were lovers, Mexican authorities say.

R.I. governor joins anti-gay marriage campaign

A group against gay marriage has a very prominent politician in its corner. Gov. Donald Carcieri and his wife, Sue, joined the Rhode Island Chapter of the National Organization for Marriage Wednesday morning at the State House as it launched its new media campaign.

Bravo’s new “Top Chef Masters” features out lesbian chefs

Bravo cooking shows and lesbian contestants go together like, well, name your food analogy: bacon and eggs, biscuits and gravy, peanut butter and jelly. OK, you get the picture, and might be a little hungry now. So it should come as no surprise that Bravo’s new Top Chef spin-off, Top Chef Masters, will at least two out lesbian contestants: Elizabeth Falkner and Anita Lo.

Vet’s HIV may be from dirty instruments at VA hospital

(Chattanooga, Tennessee) The Veterans Affairs Department is investigating whether there’s a link between a patient’s positive HIV test and unsterilized equipment that may have exposed thousands of veterans to infectious diseases.

Gay rights pastor appointed to Obama advisory panel

A Pentecostal bishop who has challenged Democrats on abortion and a representative of a national gay rights group are among nine new members of a White House advisory council.

Playboy exec sues over gay discrimination

Playboy’s former fashion director is suing the magazine for alleged sexual orientation and age discrimination. Joseph DeAcetis, 45, filed a lawsuit in the Manhattan supreme court on Friday, claiming he was harassed by Playboy’s editorial director, Christopher Napolitano, and that he was fired because of his age.

LGBT Prisoner Safety Act advances

A bill by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) that seeks to create a safer environment in state prisons for transgender inmates cleared its first hurdle Tuesday, March 31 when it passed out of the public safety committee on a bipartisan vote of 7-0.

Russian gays convicted of promoting homosexuality

Two Russian gay activists Monday were convicted of promoting homosexuality in Ryazan, southeast of Moscow. The Ryazan region is the only area in Russia with a law barring discussion of homosexuality to minors. The law is used to bar schools from any discussion of gay issues.

Man cleared of raping lesbian student

A man accused of raping a lesbian student after a night out in London has been cleared of the charge, PA reports. Daniel Fountain, 20, told police he had had consensual sex with the teenager and that she said she wanted to see him again. He wept in the Old Bailey as a jury accepted his version of events.

Morocco to The Gays: You Are Criminals

Morocco announces the end of tolerance with regard to homosexuality, is the title of the full page article in today’s El Pais, referring to the initiative which the Ministry for the interior in Morocco is using to ‘confront all actions which go against religious and moral values, within the framework of the law”.

Sam Ronson Won’t Force Lindsay Lohan to Stay 100 Yards Away

Even if Sam Ronson and Lindsay Lohan have parted ways (for now), and Sam’s family is reportedly looking into getting a restraining order against “cutter” Lohan, her dear ex-girlfriend won’t be looking for the same court order. “Samantha has no plan to request a restraining order. There is no basis for one,” says the DJ’s attorney.

Jack Wrangler, gay porn star married to a woman, is dead at 62

Jack Wrangler, the handsome gay porn star that everyone thought was bisexual, is dead. He was 62 and as handsome as ever. A life-long smoker, he recently had trouble with a lung disease that took his life after a long illness and died “peaceful and comfortable,” according to his doctor, Wendy S. Ziecheck. He should also be remembered as a tireless activist for AIDS/HIV causes.

Woman’s Bid to Assert Same-Sex Parental Rights Fails

A woman whose same-sex partner gave birth to a child does not have standing to assert parental rights after the couple broke up, a New York state appeals panel ruled Thursday. The ruling reversed a decision ordering a hearing to determine if the woman’s relationship with the 5-year-old boy was tantamount to that of a parent. The panel held that Domestic Relations Law §70 is limited to “biological and adoptive parents,” even though a party “may have developed a long-standing, loving and nurturing relationship with the child.”

Olivia Travel offered its first all-woman cruise in 1990 and remains the only company in the world offering cruises that cater only to lesbians, according to Wikipedia.

“Olivia was created to serve a lesbian market that ranges from women who must live quietly in suburbia, to women who have the freedom to walk the streets holding hands. I am extremely blessed to have been part of this amazing experience. When the company launched 35 years ago, I never dreamed Olivia would become the company that it is today,” says Judy Dlugacz, President and Founder of Olivia.

According to the Olivia.com website 98% of the women who travel with Olivia Travel return.

This is due largely to the fact that Olivia cruises include exclusive entertainment for lesbians which includes popular celebrities such as Melissa Etheridge, kd lang, Heart, Belinda Carlisle, The Go Gos, Indigo Girls and Paula Cole; sports stars such as Sheryl Swoops, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, Rosie Jones and comedians like Margaret Cho, Whoopi Goldberg, and Lily Tomlin.

The lesbian travel company prides itself on “featuring both international superstars and the latest up-and-coming performers, thereby catering to a wide cross section of women”.

Olivia rolled out its Sistas at Sea™ and Sistas at Play™ programs for lesbians of color; and in April 2008, one of the stars of the popular lesbian series “The L Word”, Leisha Hailey, signed on as Olivia’s spokesperson and voice to the company. The L Word featured the cruise line in some of their episodes, highlighting the fact that Olivia is part of the lives of most lesbians who love to travel. Leisha Hailey attracts fans of The L Word to the Olivia brand.

You can read more about what it’s like on an Olivia vacation on About.com here or watch a YouTube video commercial for Olivia.com below:

You can also find a social networking community on Olivia.com called Olivia Connect.

This portion of their website allows lesbians online to network and communicate, find out more about Olivia and its lesbian-friendly partners, and talk about their trips with Olivia Cruises. You can find my profile on Olivia Connect here where you will find that I post articles I write for the portion of Olivia Connect called Olivia Voices. Olivia Voices are blogs by lesbians online sharing their voices on different topics of interest to other lesbians. You can find my voice on Olivia here where I share the articles that I write for my blog Lesbian Mommy and LezGetReal.

I hope that you enjoyed this article and learning more about what Olivia has to offer lesbians worldwide.

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She has won over 11 Emmy’s for her talk show “The Ellen DeGeneres show” which can be viewed on TV in the morning and around 5pm (check your local listings). Ellen has recently married star Portia De Rossi who can be seen on ABC Wednesdays on “Better off Ted”. Ellen family consists of her mom Betty who can be seen on her show sometimes as Ellen makes jokes and wise cracks about her. She has a brother named Vance and her fathers name is Elliott. She has been on the air since the early 1980’s bringing laughter and joy to everyone on mini series and TV shows. In 2007 she is said to be worth over 65 million dollars!

After four seasons on the air Ms DeGeneres came out as a Lesbian and has been out and proud since.

She brings so much joy and happiness to people in time of need for example recently she has been aiding people who are having a rough time in the economy by providing money or a car or by bringing gold digger to there house. Ms DeGeneres is an amazing person who has a big heart for animals she is currently along side “Halo” and constantly donates to help animals out.

**I personally think anyone who brushes by this and or read it should go and check out her show. You’ll thank me!

Kayla Tate is a 19 year old high school graduate looking to attend Winnipeg Technical for Carpentry. She loves sports,being out doors and is happily dating. Kayla had a 19 year old mid-life crisis and decided that her voice needs to be heard, so she writes to help the LGBT community.

If you haven’t seen this website yet, well then I am proud to have been the one to point the way. AfterEllen.com is a lesbian website that highlights lesbians and bisexual women in the media, founded by Sarah Warn in April 2002 and bought by LOGO in 2006.

The name AfterEllen refers to the milestone achieved for lesbian women after Ellen DeGeneres came out publicly, although the site is not directly affiliated with the celebrity lesbian.

You can find articles, columns, reviews and recaps, blogs and vlogs, plus a social network on this lezsite. They consider television, film, music, books, and celebrity news; and bring in over 700,000 readers a month as of 2008.

Contributors to the AfterEllen.com website are highly coveted lesbians such as Kate Clinton, Bridget McManus, Grace Chu, Tracy and Angela (from LesbianGamers), Mombian’s Dana and Helen, Jill Bennett, Dorothy Snarker… the list goes on and on.

Brought to us in a variety of ways, the lineup of lesbian talent on AfterEllen, and the topics they cover are keeping many a lesbian’s interest and if you haven’t been to this site yet, you’re definitely missing out.

That being said, the AfterEllen homepage is at www.AfterEllen.com, and you can subscribe to get the latest from there here.

Thank you for reading THIS lesbian website, and we hope you have a great rest of your day!

Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her by visiting her page on MySpace.

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April 13th – Deborah A. Batts (Born 1947) – The first openly gay U.S. Federal judge.

April 13th – Nella Larsen (1891-1964) – Bisexual African-American novelist who treated lesbianism covertly.

April 16th – Dusty Springfield (1939-1999) – The most popular British rock star of the 1960s.

April 17th – Lindsay Anderson (1923-1994) – A foundational figure in the British “Free Cinema” movement.

April 17th – Chavela Vargas(Born 1919) – Costa Rican-Mexican performer who openly expresses lesbian desire.

April 20th – Katherine Forest (Born 1939) – Writer and editor who brought lesbian fiction to the forefront of romance, mystery, and science fiction genres.

April 21st – Alice Wu (Born 1970) – Screenwriter and director of independent films.

April 26th – Gertrude “Ma” Rainey (1886-1939) – A powerful force in American Blues.

April 26th – Gale Wilhelm (1908-1991) – Author who published two novels that presented lesbianism unapologetically in the 1930s.

April 28th – Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947) – New Zealand artist and a leader in British modernism.

Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her by visiting her page on MySpace.

GayWired Media includes some of the most well respected digital brands serving the LGBT community including flagship sites GayWired.com, 247Gay.com and LesbiaNation.com.

LesbiaNation.com evolved into SheWired.com in 2008.

SheWired.com Senior Editor Tracy E. Gilchrist announced the transition by saying:

While the Web remains a relatively young media outlet compared to newspapers, radio, film and television, LesbiaNation.com, at 11 years old, is ancient by Internet terms. And it’s to the credit of the site’s creators and the editors and writers who’ve contributed outstanding content throughout the years, that I’m in the position as Senior Editor of LesbiaNation.com, soon to be SheWired.com, to shepherd the site into fun, fresh, important pop culture territory.

Fun, fresh and important are three accurate terms for the new site, with it’s celesbian personalities, featured columns, and user friendly atmosphere.

SheWired.com brings users these exciting new columns and features:

- Cathy DeBuono’s Weekly Vlog “What’s Your Problem?” – The star of “Out at the Wedding” offers her candid opinion on how to deal with the trials and tribulations life serves up on a daily basis.

- Jill Bennett’s Weekly Vlog “The Violet Underground” – Want to know what’s on Jill’s mind? Check out “The Velvet Underground,” where she’ll feature politics and pop culture as well as exclusive “South of Nowhere” coverage.

- Staceyann Chin’s Weekly Blog – Poet and activist Staceyann Chin pushes the limits delivering her thoughts on a variety of subjects, including relationships, dating and sex.

- Gloria Bigelow’s Weekly Blog – A featured star of “Laughing Matters…Next Gen!,” Bigelow brings her own brand of humor to SheWired.com by riffing on the week’s top pop culture and political headlines.

- Exclusive Interviews and Features – SheWired.com premieres with exclusive interviews with “The L Word’s” Leisha Hailey, the Indigo Girls’ Amy Ray, “All My Children’s” Tamara Bruan and The Veronicas’ Jess Origliasso. Additionally, SheWired.com sits down with D-Listed’s Michael K to discuss the “gayelle” phenomenon.

We LOVE SheWired.com and are subscribed to their site as they are a great source of entertainment news and celesbian interviews.

You can find the SheWired.com homepage here, or you can reach out to them on Facebook here or Twitter here.

Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her by visiting her page on MySpace.

Known to many as Alice Pieszecki from Showtime’s The L Word, Leisha Hailey was born in Okinawa, Japan on July 11, 1971.

Not only is Leisha an actress, but she’s also a musician, where she first went public in the band the Murmurs and is continuing to pursue her musical career in the band Uh Huh Her.

Leisha Hailey is to star in a spinoff of the L Word, The Farm, which will be written by the creator of the L Word, Ilene Chaiken.

In this episode of the podcast we are bringing you less news because we have two great interviews for you!

The first interview is with comedian Vickie Shaw.

Vickie has performed in almost every state in the US and has headlined in various venues including: Michigan Womyn’s Festival, National Women’s Music Festival, Monterrey Beach Women’s Festival; and the Dinah & Lina Shore Golf Tournament in Southern California. In this interview Vickie discusses her family and how she became a comedian. She also gives her thoughts on Proposition 8 and the debate over marriage equality. You can learn more about Vickie at her website.

Photo By David Plakke

There is also another great song from the Podsafe Music Network. This time we feature folk artist Amy Speace’s song Not the Heartless Kind from her album Songs for Bright Street. You can learn more about Amy’s music from her website.

The California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) issued a warning to operational Red Cross areas throughout the state yesterday after a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred three miles south of Bombay Beach, Imperial County at 4:55 am. Although there were no damages or injuries reported as a result of this event, The U.S. Geological Survey has been tracking an “unusual sequence” of over 50 aftershocks, that have been clustered about 1 to 3 kilometers southwest of a projected extension of the San Andreas Fault, in the Salton Sea area. The majority of the magnitudes have been less than 2.5, although ABC has reported magnitudes as high as 3.5. Cal EMA recommended to the Red Cross that operational areas reach out to raise awareness of the events, and “ensure the readiness of systems essential to emergency operations”.

Out lesbian Kate Hutton, aka The Earthquake Lady, is the CalTech Seismologist who is constantly sought by the media for her professional commentary regarding major Earthquakes, especially in Southern California.

“Swarms in the Imperial Valley are not a big deal,” she said in regards to the Salton Sea quakes. “We’re used to that. The reason that this one, and another one in 2001, got significant attention from us is that it’s very close to the San Andreas Fault.”

The San Andreas Fault is the notorious fault that falls on a tectonic plate which links the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.

Cal EMA said in their issued warning:

Based on scientific data, and the fact that these most recent earthquakes have been in close proximity to the San Andreas Fault, there is increased concern that these earthquakes could trigger a large earthquake (M7.0 +) on the San Andreas itself. Historically, a major earthquake on this southern portion of the San Andreas Fault has not occurred in over 300 years, so the probability of a large earthquake is thought by seismologists to be higher than on portions of the fault that have ruptured more recently (e.g. in 1857 and 1906).

Just a few months ago The Great Southern California Shakeout simulated what would happen if that happened on the San Andreas Fault.

Kate Hutton said:

“The fictional 7.8 earthquake that was the scenario for the shakeout drill started right here, OK? And this whole section hasn’t broken since 1680, probably, so that’s the reason for the close eye that we keep on it. It’s another straw on a camel’s back, but we don’t know how many are there and we don’t know how many a ‘camel’ can hold.”

As each day passes the risk of a large San Andreas earthquake decreases.

Cal EMA says that they will continue to monitor the situation and keep in contact with CEPEC scientists over the next few days.

**If you live in California, you can find out what you need to do to be prepared for a major earthquake at earthquakeauthority.com.

Julie Phineas is a work at home mom of 2 who lives in Southern California. You can find out more about her by visiting her page on MySpace.

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An artist based out of L.A known as Ben Tegal is, like most Angelino’s, obsessed with celebrities!

When Mr. Tegal is not seen painting Britney Spear’s vagina he turns to domestic situations. For example the love affair between Lindsay Lohan and DJ Sam Ronson. The painting  that was inspired by the famous Grant Wood Painting  is part of an upcoming show called “Name that ‘Toon’ at Hollywood’s World of Wonder Gallery” said to be open March 27th.

Kayla Tate is a 19 year old high school graduate looking to attend Winnipeg Technical for Carpentry. Kayla had a 19 year old mid-life crisis and decided that her voice needs to be heard, so she writes to help the LGBT community.

Portia De Rossi who you may know from her TV series “Better off Ted” (wednesdays on abc 8:30pm) recently married Ellen DeGeneres.

Portia apologizes in this video shown below.

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Now Ms DeGeneres does not give up easily earlier this year she announced that it was her goal to get on the cover of O magazine! Last year her goal was to get actor George Clooney in “George watch 08″ when she did not however get him in 2008 She came back in 09 fighting! with a new slogan “George is mine in 09″ After catching George she went onto trying to get on O magazine.

Now that her task is complete I wonder what Ms. DeGeneres will be seen doing next?

Kayla Tate is a 19 year old high school graduate looking to attend Winnipeg Technical for Carpentry. Kayla had a 19 year old mid-life crisis and decided that her voice needs to be heard, so she writes to help the LGBT community.

The movie is being produced by the same company that put out” The Chronicles of Narnia”. The movie to be written by Jenny Bicks who co-executive produced and wrote Sex and the City tv series is to start filming sometime in the summer. Jenny’s exec’s Michael and Evan turner well be overseeing the project through out till its completion.

We have not seen DeGeneres  on the big screen for quite some time this will be a nice change. With her in the movie I’m sure it will be a hoot!

As said by DeGeneres in an interview about the movie:

“I’ve always wanted to control the weather,’ DeGeneres said. “Nothing will stop me from doing this…neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet… I may be thinking of the postal service but I’m really excited about the movie.”

Kayla Tate is a 19 year old high school graduate looking to attend Winnipeg Technical for Carpentry. She loves sports,being out doors and is happily dating. Kayla had a 19 year old mid-life crisis and decided that her voice needs to be heard, so she writes to help the LGBT community.

Ellen Degeneres (lesbian talk show host) recently married to  Portia De Rossi (seen on the new Wednesday Better off Ted series!) was recently announced as a Cover Girl Cosmetics “Cover Girl”.

Her style and humor are known through out the vast countries as well as her show which plays daily at 5pm (pacific time).

You can see her dancing and giving away amazing prizes on her show. Now she’s at a make-up store near you on the Simply Ageless Collection from Cover Girl.

Kayla Tate is a 19 year old high school graduate looking to attend Winnipeg Technical for Carpentry. She loves sports,being out doors and is happily dating. Kayla had a 19 year old mid-life crisis and decided that her voice needs to be heard, so she writes to help the LGBT community.

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The show focuses on Ted, the head of Research and Development at Veridian Dynamics. Veridian Dynamics is a large multinational corporation that loves a good profit without the morals. He is a single parent with a 7 year old daughter, Rose. When he’s at work, he watches over two scientists named Lem and Phil and a head tester named Linda, who he has very deep intimate romantic feelings for. Veronica, played by Portia is an emotionless, bold woman with no conscience and the boss of Ted, who she once had an affair with. Everything goes wrong when the company chronically freezes Phil the researcher. He begins to sit down and wonder about the moral of his company and what it’s all about.

The first episode of the new series was a hit!

Critics claim it was like watching “30 Rock” with some touches of absurdity from “Arrested Development.” In my opinion, this show was rather hilarious. It’s something different than what’s out there already and a comedy like no other. Sure, it’s another office-based show, but atleast this one’s funny. I guess we can all thank the director for that. I mean do we really need another reality show out there or a TV series that lacks in all aspects? This show is a must watch!!

“Better off Ted” ABC Wednesdays (8:30 pm)

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It will also be penned by  Sex and the City writer-executive producer Jenny Bicks. Shooting should start this summer while the star is on hiatus from her talk show. Lezgetreal will update you as soon as pictures of what the costume will look like (my biggest curiosity) as soon as possible!

Jenime is an artist living in the SF bay area. You can watch her musings and ravings any time by visiting her channel on YouTube.

Celeb111 reports that he thinks Lindsay’s relationship with Samantha Ronson is an act, and he remains unconvinced that his daughter’s romance with the celebrity DJ is genuine. Michael Lohan blames Samantha for his crumbling relationship with Lindsay and has continued to express his concerns on social networking website Twitter – though he promised to stop posting blogs about his family last month. He doesn’t have a choice anymore, since his Twitter account has been closed as of this morning. It does look like he has set up another one here, so we’ll keep a close eye to see if he has anything further to say about Lindsay acting like a lesbian.

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Jill Bennett gained notoriety from her role in the Drag King troupe The Sugar Daddy Show, and one of her characters, Butch Monroe is the current reigning drag king of Los Angeles. She has also been seen on the weekly AfterEllen.com video blog “We’re Getting Nowhere” and  “The Violet Underground” on SheWired.com. She is also starring in a web series entitled “We Have to Stop Now” which can be seen at www.jillbennett.com.

]]> http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/notable-quotes-suze-orman/feed/ 0 http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/celesbian-couple-highlight-cherry-jones-and-sarah-paulson/ http://lezgetreal.com/2009/03/celesbian-couple-highlight-cherry-jones-and-sarah-paulson/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 10:00:32 +0000 ~Julie Phineas~ http://lezgetreal.com/?p=3564 Cherry Jones is known primarily for her stage work, and is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

Sarah Paulson is a TV series regular, and has ventured into film as well. Jones indirectly outed Paulson in her acceptance speech after winning a Tony Award in 2005 when she thanked her by the name of the character that she was currently playing, The Glass Menagerie’s “Laura Wingfield”. However, the pair had attended the awards together and kissed right after Jones won, thus making it clear that Paulson was not secretive about the relationship. In 2007, Paulson and Jones declared their love for each other in an interview with VelvetPark at Women’s Event 10 for the LGBT Center of NYC.

March 7th – Wanda Sykes (Born 1964) – An American stand-up comedian and actress.

March 16th – Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899) – The most popular artist in 19th-century France.

March 18th – Alice French (1850-1934) – Author of coded stories that celebrate independent, financially self-sufficient, women-centered women.

March 21st – Rosie O’Donnell (Born in 1962) – Comedian, actress, television talk show host, and openly gay mom.

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She is currently playing the President of the United States on the hit show “24″. When she was asked about Prop. 8 she said she thought it should be repealed and that in a few years “the majority of those who voted for Prop. 8 will be ashamed of themselves.”

Jones was formerly in an 18-year relationship with architect Mary O’Connor, and has now been in a relationship with actress Sarah Paulson for the past 5 years.

Jones reveals that she is “not the marrying type” and she “originally wanted the movement to be about civil unions, because to me, ‘marriage’ is more of a religious bond and civil union is about the state.”

Jones is known primarily for her stage work, and is considered to be one of the foremost theater actresses in the United States.

You can find Michelle Paradise videos on her website where you will find that she has had the acting bug since she was four; and ultimately did what many in the entertainment industry consider impossible when she created, executive produced, wrote, and starred in her own television series. She also managed to develop, produce, and sell her series without an agent. In 2007, POWER UP named Michelle Paradise one of its “10 Amazing Gay Women in Showbiz”.