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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.

Leaders include Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, a co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Leadership Council and top bundler for President Barack Obama. Glee star Jane Lynch and tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King do not serve on the board, but they have endorsed the effort.

Time to rock the red, white and blue sweat bands for outdoor sports and become very good friends with someone having access to a pool. Time also to let go of my smoldering disappointment that the Flyers didn't bring home the Stanley Cup. This Saturday June 27th, the winning Chicago Blackhawks will soften the blow quite a bit. Defenseman Brent Sopel will ride on the Chicago Gay Hockey Association's float in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade, and he will be holding that coveted Cup.

After 9,000 fans and a 12-year-old boy urged the Boston Red Sox to create a video message for the It Gets Better campaign, the team released its video Friday. The 60-second message features Red Sox manager Terry Francona, team captain Jason Varitek, and third baseman Kevin Youkilis. It also features LGBT fans and members of "Red Sox Nation" like Kristen Rosa, a Smith College student and Red Sox fan.

LPAC, the super PAC launched to amplify lesbian voices in politics, announced that Tammy Baldwin, who is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, would be the first candidate to receive its support. The group broke the not-so-surprising news to supporters Tuesday morning in an e-mail that called Baldwin’s campaign “important and historic.” The seven-term Democratic congresswoman could become the first openly gay person elected to the Senate, and voters today will select her Republican opponent from a field of four men, a contrast that LPAC emphasized in its fund-raising pitch.

SheWired's sports' enthusiast Helen Wortham, a Pennsylvania native, has been putting her liver through ringer with the Phillies in the world series. Here's a lowdown of sports from the point of view of that beleaugured organ.

LPAC, the first super PAC dedicated to increasing lesbian participation in politics, announced the first round of its 2012 political slate on Thursday, with a mix of pro-LGBT and pro-women candidates and ballot initiative campaigns around the country joining Tammy Baldwin as recipients of support.

Once everyone survived Y2K panic, the race for gay marriage heated up around the globe in the early 2000's. While LGBT activists stood in the trenches waging the war for equitable civil rights, lesbians in politics and pop culture came out of their closets en masse and crashed through many a glass ceiling.  Same-Sex marriage, the Hate Crimes Bill, lesbian mayors and Prime Ministers, Ellen Degeneres, Wanda Sykes, AfterEllen, Kelly McGillis, Meredith Baxter, Rosie O'Donnell, Melissa Etheridge,  South of Nowhere, Grey's Anatomy andThe L Word are just a few of the higlights.

Beverage of choice in hand, I compiled a Top Ten Sports Moments best titled the Good, the Bad, and the Just Plain Ugly. From lesbian mountain biker Missy Giove busted as a pot dealer, to questions about Caster Semenya's gender, it's been a bumpy ride. Grab your pom poms or put your mouth guard securely in place! Plus, Michelle Wei, Natasha Kai, Lisa Leslie and Amelie Mauresmo.