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If hot women kicking ass is your thing then it’s a good weekend to go to the movies with mixed martial artist Gina Carano beating the boys in Haywire and Kate Beckinsale reprising her role as the leather-clad vampire Selene in Underworld: Awakening.

Best known for portraying dual lives of FBI junior special agent Astrid Farnsworth on J.J. Abram’s sci-fi series Fringe, Jasika Nicole opens up to The Adovcate about growing up between two worlds, introducing her girlfriend to her father, homophobic stigmas in the African-American community, and portraying a character with Asperger’s syndrome.

Fringe actress Jasika Nicole never imagined that her upbringing—as a biracial lesbian from the South—would perfectly prepare her for a career in sci-fi TV. 

The 5^th of May is actually not a Federal holiday south of the border; it is more of an international holiday--a way for other countries to celebrate Mexican heritage and pride. So, in celebration of the Mexican-American connection, we’d like to take this opportunity to countdown the five most influential (and easy on the eyes, let’s face it) Mexican-American actresses in Hollywood today.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will honor Drew Barrymore and lesbian Wanda Sykes at the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards. Previous recipients of the Vanguard Award include Charlize Theron, Elizabeth Taylor, Whoopi Goldberg and Antonio Banderas. Previous Kolzak Award winners were Sir Ian McKellen, Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Condon and Alan Ball. 

President Obama attended a star-studded Democratic Party fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton and faced protests over Prop 8 silence. Gay and lesbian marriage advocates demanded he weigh in on the anti same-sex marriage ban and on repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Celebs including Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Tyler Perry, Nicky Hilton, Steven Spielberg, Jamie Foxx and Kiefer Sutherland attended the soiree.

SheWired's Editor in Chief Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate Editor Neal Broverman prove that lesbians and gay men do get along. This week they wax foolish over Cynthia Nixon's engagement to Christine Marinoni, Wanda Sykes welcoming twins, Absolutely Fabulous's memory remaining intact Fergie copping to her bisexuality and Mel Gibson knocking up his homewrecker gf. Plus, they get way gay with Nine, A Chorus Line, Lillith Fair, South of Nowhere and more...

From mourning the loss of Marilyn Chambers, the porn star who fearlessly tackled lesbian and interracial sex scenes back in the early seventies, to Padma Lakshmi naked in Allure, newly single Lindsay Lohan on the prowl for a girl or a boy or a job to Brittany Murphy saving her career in a Lifetime flick, SheWired's Tracy E. Gilchrist and Advocate.com's Ross von Metzke tackle it all.  

This week, while Tracy's hopped up on cold meds, the terrible two go off about the ultimate lesbian cougar Ellen Degeneres getting a little one on one with her wife Portia de Rossi in an exclusive interview. Next up, why Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are worth the price of admission at the box office this weekend, Lily Allen's a fierce bitch who pounds paparazzi and more....