double mastectomy

Don’t look for breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge to be joining the chorus of support for Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy as a preventive measure.

Time Magazine announced today that Angelina Jolie, the Oscar-nominated actress, U.N. humanitarian, and mother of 6 would be the subject of their cover story in their upcoming issue scheduled to hit newsstands on Friday.

It was around midnight when the guest Op-Ed by actress and human rights activist Angelina Jolie went up on the New York Times website. Within minutes I had posted the link on Twitter and emailed friends on the West Coast about it.

As a queer journalist and self-described legal nerd, I've been following the current national discussion on marriage equality with a keen ear. I voraciously consumed the audio transcripts from last week's Supreme Court hearings on marriage cases and emerged cautiously optimistic about their outcome.

Last week, outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta extended a number of military benefits to same-sex spouses of enlisted service members, but the change didn't come soon enough for the wife and daughter of Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan, an active-duty lesbian member of the New Hampshire National Guard.

This past summer SheWired contributor and our friend Tatum de Roeck was diagnosed with breast cancer. The co-host of Cherry Bomb and of her own interview style show on SheWired T-Time with Tatum began blogging about her experience shortly after her diagnosis. Via her writing, she shares the intimate details of taking breast cancer one step at a time in a blog that is incredibly emotional and moving but always infused with Tatum's lightning-quick wit and her ability to remain positive.

Wanda Sykes has come out about having breast cancer. She had a double mastectomy earlier this year and will reportedly alk about it during an interview to air Monday Sept. 26 on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. According to People, the cancer was found after she had undergone breast reduction.

On the upside, those fun-loving lesbian gals of WeHo on The Real L Word all managed to keep from flashing their collective vags to anyone watching Showtime this week, and on the downside, well, they all kept their clothes on. The Real L Word sex scenes are schadenfreude at best, so it’s a little sad when an episode arrives sans sex. What are Whitney, Sara, Claire, Sajdah, Cori and Kacy, Romi and Kelsey up to this week?

Chaz Bono, who famously announced he was transitioning from female to male earlier this year, plans to chronicle his transition in a memoir entitled Coming Clean. Born to Cher and Sonny Bono as Chastity Bono, Chaz, 40, grew up in the spotlight often appearing on The Sonny and Cher Show in the early seventies sporting matching costumes with her mother.

'Everyone got the news yesterday that Sonny and Cher’s kid Chastity Bono is now transitioning and going by Chaz. It made a lot of sense for Chaz to make an official announcement rather that have random paparazzi pics of him with facial hair show up in various tabloids. And I’m gleeful about the public awareness of trans issues his transitioning will bring.' But writer wonders why sites like Gawker can't get the transgender language right.

It's girls, girls, girls on Eli Stone, including Natasha Henstridge and Katie Holmes. Lindsay Lohan's back to torture America Ferrera on Ugly Betty and will Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith get to second base?

Dexter's Julie Benz makes a lil' show about serial killing sexy while Tyra Banks' Top Models are just full of girl on girl / pseudo lesbian action and Grey's Anatomy'sSara Ramirez and Brooke Smith are giving us blue balls.