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This week, we're outraged about lawmakers in Louisiana, Utah, Arizona, and Brunei who insist on making it even harder for LGBT people to live and love as they want.

What better way to celebrate Sunday's Academy Awards then with everyone's favorite neglected category?

Julie Andrews discussed a sapphic stunt, and Ellen DeGeneres displayed confusion to comic effect.

Hey, all you single ladies — throw your hands up! We've collected 21 of our favorite out, eligible lesbian and bisexual ladies, and present them here for your perusal.

The least lesbian Oscar nominations ever were announced this morning (caveat-‘least lesbian’ may be an exaggeration, but not by much). There was a dearth of lesbian and bisexual characters on the big screen in 2012, the likes of which have not been seen since Wings won the first Academy Award ever in 1927. Just last year Glenn Close and Janet McTeer were nominated for gender bending roles while Rooney Mara landed a nod for her incarnation of bisexual super hacker Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. 2011 saw a nomination for Annette Bening for her annoying lesbian character in The Kids are All Right (but at least it was something). And in 2009 Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of a fiery bisexual artist in Vicki Cristina Barcelona.

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) hosted its annual star-studded, food-themed event GLAAD Hancock: Top Chef Invasion on July 29. The event featured a Top Chef style challenge, tasting stations from several Los Angeles-based restaurants and caterers, entertainment, and a food and wine-themed silent auction.

As NoMoreDownLow.TV caught black celebrities commenting on the Trayvon Martin tragedy and hundreds of LGBT activists took to wearing hoodies in a show of solidarity, an unprecedented coalition of 23 of the largest national lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights organizations issued a joint open letter today about the Feb. 26 killing of the 17-year-old Florida teen — for which no arrests have been made — calling his death a "national call to action" and demanding that justice be served. The complete letter is below:

The trailer is out for The Hunger Games, and Oscar nominee for Winter’s Bone, Jennifer Lawrence looks like the next great kick-ass heroine.

Rose Byrne, January Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoe Kravitz all costar in the strong summer superhero pic. Find out which actresses brought their A-game to the all star prequel and why the X-Men is one series that should continue to grow.

Big Hollywood summer popcorn flicks and lesbian-themed cinema don't typically collide, although there's an argument to be made that Angela Robinson's sexy spy story D.E.B.S and Jamie Babbit's teen angst / mini camp masterpiece But I'm a Cheerleader came pretty darned close. Check out trailers for movies starring Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lawrence and January Jones, Helen Mirren, Rachel Weisz, Kristen Scott Thomas, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones and Vera Farmiga.

Here’s today’s smattering of pop culture tidbits from around the Web. Some of the ladies making headlines today: Christina Hendricks, Keira Knightley and Helen Mirren, Rooney Mara, Ke$ha, Angelina Jolie, Jordin Sparks and Megan Fox to name a few of our lesbian favorites.

In 2011, everyone’s favorite mutants will be back in action, and they’re already looking better than ever. "Kick Ass" director Michael Vaughn has taken on the task of "X-Men: First Class." January Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Jennifer Lawrence and Rose Byrne are already signed on.