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While Ilene Chaiken's earlier series depicted the lives of lesbians in glamorous L.A., her latest project is her realest yet.

This week a Fosters house party brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "getting smashed"

Entertainment publicist and avowed lesbian Mona Elyafi broke up with the only man in her life -- The Marlboro Man! While quitting smoking may be good for Mona's health, it turned out to have harmful effects on her love life...that is, it appeared to turn her temporarily straight.

Monday hailed a big kiss goodbye to those adorable Pretty Little Liars for the first season, and while a few lingering questions were tied up in the finale, there are still so many left unanswered. For instance, where the hell was Emily's gay storyline? There were a few passing lines about Em's gayness and one big piece of crappy news for Em fans, courtesy of Mama Pam. But where were Emily's loves for the finale - Paige, Maya, Samara?

As students, teachers, and parents prepare for the bustle of the Back-to-School season, we thought our readers could use just a few more moments to spend lounging in the late-afternoon summer sun, sharing a cold drink with a hot woman, and reliving the glorious days of summer camp gone by.

The Golden Globe noms are out and here's hoping for a full-on Globes make-out session involving, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, Cate Blanchett, Tina Fey and more. Ellen Degeneres coerses Winslet into stripping down on daytime. Meanwhile Ellen dons Dickensian drag with Britney Spears. South of Nowhere finale, Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Melissa Etheridge crush, 'Who Killed Jenny Schecter?' and more...

After having spent nearly her entire adult life dating women (and liking it), Elena Azzoni felt pretty secure in her sexual orientation: she’d even just been crowned Miss Lez. Then, one day in yoga class, a male teacher moved in close to adjust her pose…and she suddenly found herself intensely—bafflingly—attracted to him. Eventually she initiated a flirtation with him; after that, there was no going back.

SheWired's assembled its top picks for hottest summer albums! Including Alicia Keys, Pink, The Indigo Girls, Ani DiFranco, Uh Huh Her, Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, Madonna, Katy Perry, Lauryn Hill, Melissa Etheridge, Sarah McLachlan, Tegan and Sarah and more... Now it's time for you to vote on your top summer album from our list!

This week’s episode of The Real L Word, those lovable lesbians of Weho, takes us to the halfway point of the second season, which is either good news or bad news depending on which side of the polarizing line you fall. This week Cori and Kacy get sperminated, Whitney makes a dildo mold from her guy friend's "dong," Romi goes to Vegas and Sajdah talks lesbian sex and scissoring with her mom.

While the rest of the country took the weekend off to celebrate the Fourth of July with Tofu pups on the grill, watermelon salad, good old American beer and Katy Perry’s “Firework” on a continuous audio loop, the lovely ladies of The Real L Word forged on as if there were no such thing as a three-day holiday. Whitney and Rachel have full-on lesbian sex in a bathroom, Sajdah and Chanel get STD tested, Romi and Kelsey have the booze talk and Claire and Francine fight as usual

Writer and editor Diana Cage shares a piece of her memoir with SheWired. A renowned chronicler of dyke culture, Diana recalls losing her virginity to an oil rigger with a slight women's underwear fetish. Never have a Kmart thong and a pair of red pumps been so fascinating.