lesbian memoirs

Jeanine Tesori and Lisa Kron's adaptation of lesbian cartoonist Alison Bechdel's acclaimed graphic memoir will transfer to Broadway a week earlier than expected.

Charlotte Rae says "it's wonderful" that her Facts of Life costar Geri Jewell has come out as lesbian. "Her coming out as a lesbian, well, it's a healthy time to come out, everybody is very open about it, which is wonderful, absolutely wonderful," Rae says. Jewell reveals she is a lesbian in her forthcoming memoir I'm Walking As Straight As I Can.

Facts of Life alumna Geri Jewell, who came out as a lesbian in her memoir last year, has landed a gig in Fox’s new show Alcatraz. Jewell, who played Blair Warner’s (Lisa Whelchel) cousin on the 80’s hit sitcom Facts of Life, will play the “eccentric sister of deputy prison warden E.B. Tiller” in 1960’s-era flashbacks on Alcatraz,

The coming out news of the week is that Geri Jewell, who played Blair's (Lisa Whelchel) Cousin Geri on '80s sitcom Facts of Life, is a lesbian. "Her memoir, out April 1, 2011, will cover her rise to fame, her struggles with cerebral palsy, the discrimination she experienced in Hollywood because of it, as well as her downward spiral into tax problems, having her money embezzled by her manager, a broken marriage and battling addiction. Additionally, the book will mark Jewell's official coming out regarding her sexuality."

Happy first preview to the cast and creative team of our new favorite musical!

Officials at the University of South Carolina Upstate deny that the move was payback for the center's plan to present the play How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less, but some faculty members aren't buying it.

We happily present your new favorite musical theater song.

Basically the only way to start your day is by enjoying this flaw-free performance.

Meredith Baxter and longtime girlfriend Nancy Locke might be getting married soon, according to online reports. The TV mom and her general contractor girlfriend have been dating since 2005.

Start your day the Fun Home way!

Because we all need a little more Emily Skeggs in our life.

Outfest here I come!

Jane Lynch talks about her lesbian romance scenes with Cybill Shepherd on The L Word in her new memoir Happy Accidents. We have come to love Jane Lynch for her role as the tough-as-nails cheerleading coach on Glee, as well as for her reoccurring role as Joyce Wischina, the no-holds-barred lesbian lawyer on The L Word.

Tabatha Coffey, out host of Tabatha’s Salon Takeover, combs over what you won’t read in her empowering new memoir, It’s Not Really About the Hair. Coffey notes that the memoir "probably isn’t the book that anyone expected me to write, but I was inspired by the emotional e-mails I get from fans.” It also explores Coffey’s struggle between protecting her nonconformist lesbian identity and honoring her responsibility to the LGBT community.

Unstoppable actress Jane Lynch has Emmy awards and Golden Globes under her track suit waist band for her role as the sadistic cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester on Glee and next Lynch is releasing a memoir about her early career and a few tribulations entitled Happy Accidents, according to The New York Times. Lynch, who married her partner Lara Embry in Northampton, Mass. last year, also touches on personal issues including her process of coming out as a lesbian in Hollywood and on beating alcoholism in the memoir

For months it was rumored that country music singer-songwriter Chely Wright would announce that she’s a lesbian and appear on the cover of People magazine. And this is the week, the same time she launches her seventh album, "Lifted Off the Ground" and her memoir, "Like Me."