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Amid furious Beltway speculation and growing calls for an unequivocal position on marriage from LGBT groups and the national media, President Barack Obama said in a Wednesday interview with ABC News’ Robin Roberts that his decision stemmed from his own experience with gay staff in committed relationships as well as the continued discrimination against gay service members who can now serve openly in the military following repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but are denied the same basic equal rights as their heterosexual counterparts.

Elder care, science, education, energy, sports… these aren’t LGBT issues, they’re people issues. These are some of the most challenging and heated areas of culture, and at the foreground are four very heroic LGBT women.

In the past year she’s battled breast cancer and a pulmonary edema scare on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. But on and off the court, lesbian tennis star Martina Navratilova is still a fighter. Navratilova continues to speak about injustices inflicted on gay people, adding thoughts on lawmakers who use homophobia for political advantage and how democrats can't keep backing down. Watch the behind the scenes video interview!

Finally, a lesbian character portrayed on a show with a host of substance to back it up! Think CSI: Miami meets the humor of Sex and the City and you’ll run the course of identifying the brand-new Boston-based TNT masterpiece labeled Rizzoli & Isles. The 60-minute drama stars former Law & Order sexpot Angie Harmon as the captivating Detective Jane Rizzoli and former NCIS star Sasha Alexander as her enticing sidekick Dr. Maura Isles.

So here are snippets of what to look forward to at the box office, on the tube, the Web or just in general with casting announcements and so forth. Making this week's news: Angelina Jolie in Salt, Julianne Moore and Annette Benning in The Kids Are All Right, Noomi Rapace in The Girl Who Played With Fire, Meryl Streep and Tina Fey in Mommy and Me, Patti Lupone, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth in Glee, Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander in Rizzoli and Isles, and the cast of 30 Rock.

The long running NBC police drama "Law & Order" will be airing their final show on May 24^th. Sadly, the flagship of the Law & Order franchise will end its 20-year run during the spring sweeps.