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Janet Jackson honored her brother, Michael, at the BET Music Awards by speaking on behalf of their entire family. Janet was elected by the Jackson family to speak at the awards, as it was too painful for the whole family to attend. She thanked everyone for all of the love and support since Michael's passing last week.

Covering well-known 90s hits “Love Will Never Do” and “Escapade,” Graham shimmies and shakes in her black leather best in the fantastic clip that prominently features luscious lady dancers of varying shapes and sizes.

The momentary baring of the singer Janet Jackson’s breast during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl, will return to federal court.

While appearing on Larry King Live, Janet Jackson advocated for the Trevor Project, saying she can sympathize with teens bullied for being different. Jackson urged anyone who is dealing with bullying or suicidal thoughts to reach out to the Trevor Project, a 24-hour hotline for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth that can be reached at (866) 4U-TREVOR.

The trailer has dropped for the Tyler Perry helmed For Colored Girls and it’s ruled by strong actresses, all acclaimed in their own right including Whoopi Goldberg, Thandie Newton, Janet Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Kerry Washinton, Kimberly Elise and Loretta DeVine.

In endeavoring to nail down The 100 Greatest Lesbian Albums (Of All Time) we enlisted the help of lesbian friends, colleagues, musicians and entertainers spanning 6 decades in age and asked them to name the albums that provided the soundtrack to their lives as women. Here are numbers 75-51 including The Cranberries, Meg Christian, The Breeders, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Missy Higgins, The Dixie Chicks, Uh Huh Her, Janet Jackson, Cyndi Lauper and more...

If you’re looking for Madea (Tyler Perry in front of the camera in drag), or Black-faced versions of Sex in the City or He’s Just Not That Into You, then Mr. Perry’s adaptation of Ntozake Shange’s 1975 womanist choreopoem For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf will gravely disappoint you. Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Kimberly Elise, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson, Kerry Washington, Whoopi Goldberg, and Macy Gray star. 

Mattel has introduced its Ladies of the 80's Barbie collection due out this December. Among the 80's icons slated for plastic reproduction are Joan Jett --no Kristen StewartRunaways doppelganger in sight though -- Cyndi Lauper and Deborah Harry. But why stop there? How about Madonna, Tracy Chapman, Siouxsie, Annie Lennox and Janet Jackson? Or for the budding lesbian collector, how about Melissa Etheridge and k.d. Lang?

A little show called ‘The Grammy Awards’ aired Sunday night and everybody was Tweeting about it! And while there were some strong performances including Jennifer Hudson, Florence Welch, Christina Aguilera and Yolanda Adams paying tribute to Aretha Franklin, Rihanna, Eminem busting it out and Gwyneth Paltrow proving her vocal chops with Cee Lo Green and a bunch of Muppets, nothing really quite caught our attention like P!nk’s aerial performance of "Glitter in the Air” at last year’s show. It got us thinking about some of our favorite performances from Grammy show’s gone by including Annie Lennox in drag, Melissa Etheridge and Joss Stone toasting Janis Joplin and Janet Jackson taking the world by storm in the late 80’s. Gaga, lesbian icon k.d. Lang, Sinead O'Connor and more...

Glee returns tonight on Fox with an episode primed to be one of the best of season as the lovely ladies of the Troubletones take on New Directions during sectionals. Check out this clip with a mash-up of “Survivor” and “I Will Survive” by Mercedes and Santana (Naya Rivera). A couple’s dance featuring Santana and Brittany (Heather Morris) is also part of the performance.

Bisexual actress Angelina Jolie is apparently the world's ultimate lesbian heroine. At least, that's what 2,600 lesbians voting at OnePoll.com seem to believe. Sure, Angelina is a humanitarian and fond of rescuing orphaned children around the globe and turning them into paparazzi targets - but the ultimate lesbian heroine?