Ann Turner

The final four competitors on Top Chef: Las Vegas headed to the Napa Valley this week to determine who will compete in the final challenge for the top prize. A very pregnant Padma Lakshmi gives marching orders to Jen, Kevin, Michael or Brian.

When ABC announced the remake of science fiction, alien invasion series V, the thought immediately came to mind that this would be yet another great opportunity to feature a serious, lesbian character as a lead on a sci-fi show. Fans of the original V mini-series and follow-up shows may well remember the heavy lesbian/bisexual subtext surrounding the characters played by Jane Badler and Jenny Sullivan. Will the network show continue to de-gay like Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck and Kristanna Loken's Painkiller Jane?

Gay rights activists are planning a protest against Vallejo, California mayor Osby Davis after he called gays "sinful" in a interview with the New York Times. Davis defeated openly gay candidate Gary Cloutier by just two votes to take the post of mayor in Vallejo in 2007. 

The first season ofProject Runway on Lifetime came to a close last night as the final three designers strutted their stuff on the catwalk at New York Fashion Week. While the winner was almost as predictable as rain in Seattle, some fans aren't sure the right girl took home the top prize.

With lackluster chef Robin gone at last, it's anyone's game this week on Top Chef. All of the remaining five competitors are strong. Any tiny mistake could spell the difference between making it to the finals or getting sent home.

Venice, the upcoming indie soap opera starring Crystal Chappell, who played a lesbian on Guiding Light, has just released the first teaser online. Hope Royaltey, Kim Turrisi, Jordan Clarke, Galen Gering and Gina Tognoni have also signed on for the series.

Openly bisexual actress Kristanna Loken announced this week she has separated from husband Noah Danby and has been in a relationship with a woman for the past seven months. The actress who starred in Painkiller Jane and The L Word --opposite Kate Moennig's Shane -- famously chatted about a lesbian relationship with BloodRayne costar Michelle Rodriguez several years ago.

Employees of the gay newspaper Southern Voice arrived at the publication's office Monday to find the doors locked and a sign posted saying the magazine was no longer in business. Window Media LLC, based in Washington, D.C., is the country's largest gay and lesbian newspaper publisher. The company also owns the Washington Blade, Genre Magazine, South Florida Blade and a handful of other gay publications.

In Part 1 of the sixth season finale of Project Runway, design mentor Tim Gunn stole the show. So what does that say about the lesbian friendly, all lady final three and their collections? Not much... Find out who was all right and who was all wrong...

The contestants on Top Chef:Las Vegas this week were given an opportunity to do something most lesbians would sacrifice a body part for - serving Padma Lakshmi breakfast in bed! Even better, Padma was curled up in her Venetian hotel suite boudoir with very delicious guest judge, British chef and TV personality Nigella Lawson.

Last night's episode ofProject Runway brought the regular competition to a close with a final elimination challenge. Now three of the designers are on their way to Bryant Park. Thankfully, it's the three contestants that probably most deserved the honor.

Twilight star Kristen Stewart is sick of the rumors of her romance with New Moon co-star Robert Pattinson. So she says she's a lesbian to quell those rumors. Of course her canoodling with Nikki Reed added fuel to that fire! And reports have it so far that The Runaways movie has quite a bit of lesbian loving going on between Stewart and co-stars Dakota Fanning, Alessandra Torresani and Stella Maeve.

Grey's Anatomy lesbian couple Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) seem to have finally reached a stable, happy phase of their relationship. Capshaw, however, warns fans shouldn't assume things will stay that way for long...

Lambda Legal board member Laura Ricketts made a bit of history this past weekend when she was announced as the first ever openly gay Major League Baseball owner. The Ricketts family purchased the Chicago Cubs earlier this year for a reported $845 million and officially took the
helm last week.

When Project Runway moved to Lifetime for the new season, it seemed like a great opportunity to infuse the show with a fresh jolt of energy. Honestly, is it me, or have the designers this season degraded into a bunch of back-stabbing, whiny five-year-olds? I blame it on the elimination of all the fun gay boys (Christopher doesn't count). At least when they bitched constantly about the other designers, it was actually entertaining!

For a girl who doesn't eat meat, guest judge Natalie Portman sure did enjoy talking about it a lot in this week's episode of Top Chef: Las Vegas. Honestly, dick jokes at dinner? On national television?

Can this possibly be true? Famous lesbian and former talk show diva Rosie O'Donnell claimed in an interview with Howard Stern this week she once almost hooked up with the luscious Angelina Jolie. 

Overall the level of skill on this season of Project Runway has seemed notably higher than in many previous seasons. Until last night, that is. Almost every single designer this week elicited a negative comment from the judges for their design and some outfits were just spectacularly gruesome.