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Call social services because reality TV star and erstwhile lesbian Tila Tequila says she intends to seek custody of her alleged fiancée, Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson's, adopted daughter Ava, since Johnson died suddenly earlier this month.

A study released this week of 17-year-old sons and daughters of lesbian mothers shows that none of them reported ever being physically or sexually abused by their parents or a caregiver.

Two lesbian couples in Virginia have filed a federal class action lawsuit seeking to overturn the state's constitutional and statutory prohibitions on same-sex marriages and recognizing such unions performed outside of the state.

A lesbian couple, Jennifer Haseman and Hillary Jovi, together for 12 years, began the process of adopting a child just hours after Florida’s child advocacy agency announced it wouldn’t fight a court ruling that found the state’s decades-long ban on such adoptions unconstitutional. Howard Simon, the executive director of Florida’s ACLU chapter says the case is not final yet, “What is needed now is a similar statement from Florida Attorney General Bill Collum that will formally end this case and allow judges to decide, on a case by case basis, what is in the best interests of children.”  McCollum, a noted homophobe has until October 22 to file an appeal. 

Michigan's Governor has signed a bill granting faith-based adoption agencies in the state the power to refuse to allow LGBT people to adopt, or place foster children in homes headed by LGBT Michiganders.

Democratic Representatives from Wisconsin Gwen Moore and openly gay Rep. Mark Pocan, have proposed legislation that would provide assistance for runaway and homeless LGBT youth.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins has blasted a U.S. Navy decision permitting chaplains to perform wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples as “a circumvention of U.S. law.” In an April 13 memo on “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal, Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, Chief of Navy Chaplains, clarified that base facilities are “sexual orientation neutral,” and that chaplains may perform marriages for gay couples “if it is conducted in accordance with the laws of a state which permits same-sex marriage[.]”

Lawmakers will vote soon on a bill that would allow state-contracted adoption agencies to reject gay or lesbian parents on religious grounds.

As the U.S. government implements the Supreme Court ruling on DOMA, legally wed same-sex couples will be able to file their federal taxes as such.

I will always stand with Planned Parenthood.

Tammy Baldwin has been called a "radical lesbian" in her quest for a seat in the U.S. Senate, but what does she actually believe, and does it sound radical to you?

Issues host and out lesbian TV anchor Jane Velez-Mitchell talks about the upcoming Northwest Coalition Against Trafficking (NWCAT) conference and the war on women. The conference aims to educate and protect women and girls from sex trafficking.

The Equality Act would include protections in public accommodations, public education, employment, housing, federal funding, jury service, legal protections, and credit.

Does the Affordable Care Act, so badly needed by so many, disproportionately affect women?