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The couple's registration of their New York marriage license doesn't mean Mississippi will recognize their union, but it's part of a push for marriage equality in Southern states.

A North Carolina lesbian couple were arrested Friday after twice being denied a marriage license and then refusing to leave the Buncombe County Register of Deeds office.

To herald that transitional time of year that is the end of summer and the beginning of the school year, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite school-themed TV shows, many of which feature lesbians, or at least strong female characters – whether they are the outcasts or the popular and/or mean girls. Update your Netflix queue to include a few of these queer-friendly favorite series that compliment the back to school spirit just right.

Funny woman with the foul mouth Sarah Silverman has been tapped to guest star on an upcoming episode of CBS’s Julianna Margulies starrer The Good Wife. Silverman joins a long list of Good Wife guest stars including America Ferrara, Michael J. Fox, Anika Noni Rose, Mamie Gummer, Ana Gasteyer, Carrie Preston and more… With no details regarding Silverman’s character that leaves the creative viewer to cross her fingers and hope she’ll play a lesbian stand-up comic with a secret, and the hottest investigator on television Kalinda Sharma (Archie Panjabi) goes undercover to discover it.

Kathryn Bigelow, Sandra Bullock, Mo’Nique, Kathy Bates, Liv Tyler, Ginnifer Goodwin, Keri Russell and the cast of Mad Men lead this installment of the Hollywood Trade Roundup, a collection of hotties making headlines in The Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety.