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Former world champion Missy Giove, 37, faces significant jail time for charges of distributing marijuana. First becoming known in the '90s, Giove was among the first female mountain-bike racing stars, often recognized by her loud style and being an out lesbian. 

Lesbian tennis pro Martina Navratilova has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The former world champion, 53, said that finding out the news was devastating. Navratilova said the cancer was detected during a mammogram in January. Navratilova told People magazine: "I cried. It knocked me on my ass, really. I feel so in control of my life and my body, and then this comes, and it's completely out of my hands. Watch the interview here. 

When the lesbians in Los Angeles think of Here Lounge, we think of the sexy, scantily clad "Truck Stop Girls" dancing and giving lap dances at the super sexily staffed bar.On Tuesday, Aug. 30, Twisted and Live Music Sessions will be putting on a music event at Here Lounge in WeHo that not only seems like an amazing place to meet your hot new wife, but also benefits The Trevor Project.

The 2012 London Summer Olympics begins July 27th. While we all know that homophobia in sports is the other "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, twenty-one openly LGBTQ athletes, two coaches and two gay paralympians will compete for the gold. Three LGBTQ olympians will represent the U.S. -Seimone Augustus (basketball), Megan Rapinoe (soccer), and Lisa Raymond (doubles tennis).

Leaders include Urvashi Vaid, former executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Chicago Cubs co-owner Laura Ricketts, a co-chair of the Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Leadership Council and top bundler for President Barack Obama. Glee star Jane Lynch and tennis trailblazer Billie Jean King do not serve on the board, but they have endorsed the effort.

Glee cheerleading coach Sue Sylvester, played brilliantly by out lesbian Jane Lynch, is the queen of inappropriate and the antithesis of politically correct. There's no surprise that even a touchy, feel-good holiday like Thanksgiving won't soften the Cherrios leader's strut through her TV world.

Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith offers 'a play about Patricia Highsmith in the style of Patricia Highsmith,' with Laura Linney starring.

Lesbian-on-lesbian cage matches, a $7 million payout in pro poker, and Abby Wambach's legs made 2013 a kickass year to be a female athlete.