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Out politician Robin Kniech will become the first openly LGBT member of Denver’s city council. In the election, which featured all mail-in ballots and ended Tuesday at 7 p.m., Kniech was among five candidates vying for one of two at-large seats. She placed second.

Thousands of women in cities across the country will join together on January 17, for Her HRC, a national night of celebration sponsored by Human Rights Campaign. Each host city will feature unique festivities. “Her HRC is a time for us to come together as women in support of equality for the LGBT community and have fun,” said HRC’s Margot Regula-Rosen, organizer of the event.

The 2012 NCAA Women’s tourney kicks off on Monday, March 19th, with the first and second rounds taking place March 19-20th, the Sweet Sixteen March 24-25th, the Elite Eight March 26-27th, the Final Four on April 1st, and the championship game on April 3rd.

Meet Tomboys from all around the country.

An officer-involved shooting in Denver early Monday morning left a 17-year-old girl in Denver dead. Her friends say she was openly gay.

The tax advantages of marriage will easily pay for a flight to Minneapolis, he notes.

Bella Books, which publishes and distributes lesbian romance, mystery, fiction and erotica, has found a way to reach out and touch readers – the Bella Y Tour. The format is simple… authors come to town and have a social event, do a community service project and wrap up with book readings and a Q&A session.

The volunteer projects offered by Sweet on the lesbian cruise in the Caribbean last year were so popular that Sweet CEO Shannon Wentworth has decided to share the fun with communities across the United States with new project Live Sweet.

Tailor made options for the gender bending bride

Original Idol Kelly Clarkson will be joining Sarah McLachlan, The Bangles, The Go-Gos, Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Martina McBride, Mary J. Blige, Emmylou Harris, Suzanne Vega and many more this summer for the 4^th installment of the lesbian fest that is Lilith Fair.

A retired U.S. Army colonel explains why he supports the freedom to marry in a new video airing on TV stations statewide in Oklahoma.

Mike Rawlings, previously reluctant to join the fight, banded with mayors from cities large and small in filing a pro-equality brief with the Supreme Court.

Music legend Cyndi Lauper’s 2010 album, Memphis Blues, may have been a departure from her signature sound that made her a household name, but her love letter to the blues has earned her applause from fans and critics alike. “If there’s been a better blues album this year, it’s a well-kept secret,” remarked Newsweek Magazine, “It takes guts for a singer to walk onto territory once owned by Memphis Minnie, but Lauper pulls it off like a woman who knows everything there is to know about having fun with the blues.”