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UC Santa Barbara student pays homage to lesbian pioneers who paved the way for the women of her generation to wave their pride flags. Among the women she salutes are Lily Tomlin, Ellen Degeneres, Ilene Chaiken and Sheryl Swoopes...

Kimberly Peirce, the out director of the Academy Award-winning drama Boys Don't Cry, will tackle the fantasy novel Wicked Lovely.  The novel, the first in a best-selling series by Melissa Marr, focuses on a female teenager who can see the hidden faery world but courts danger when she falls in love with a faery king. Casting for the film hasn't been announced.

It has been five long years since singer songwriter and out lesbian Melissa Ferrick has released any new music. With her latest record set for release on September 13th and her devoted followers literally drooling to get a listen to what Melissa has been up to for the past half decade, her upcoming studio album, Still Right Here, serves as a definitive reminder to her fans that she is back and better than ever with what could be her most successful opus to date. Ferrick’s time away from touring and making music has allowed her to reflect upon her career, spawning enormous changes in Ferrick’s life. She returns with a new label (MPress Records) and an unprecedented new album which boasts guest vocals from friend and fellow artist Ani DiFranco and features riffs from guitar maven Kaki King

This is great news for fans of indie musical icon and out lesbian singer-songwriter, Melissa Ferrick. The musical force's first album in five years, Still Right Here, dropped Tuesday. But if listening to Ferrick isn't enough and you're looking for some visuals, she also just released her emotionally-charged video for "Headphones On," a song off the new album.

New York City’s MPress Records will release the new album September 13. Featuring guest vocals from friend and frequent tour mate, Ani DiFranco and guitar by the formidable Kaki King, the new 10-song album promises to be worth the wait for Ferrick’s devoted fans.

Cinephiles, it’s your day - a day in which bets must be paid off, sighs of relief and anger must be given, and speculation must begin on a month long journey towards Oscar Day. Yes, early this morning the official Academy Award nominations were released, and folks, this year’s going to be a doozy with Natalie Portman, Annette Bening as a controllin lesbian mom, Michelle Williams, Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams and more...

Melissa Etheridge appeared on CBS This Morning Thursday and chatted about her new album, surviving breast cancer and her “two baby mamas.”

Kate McKinnon is pretty much perfection as Billie Jean King!

Rev. Bernice King has been bestowed the honor to be the eighth president and first women to head the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Because Rev. Bernice King has been rumored for years to be a lesbian, her track record concerning LGBTQ civil rights has been less than humane and antithetical to both legacies of her parents.

This year the 83^rd Annual Academy Awards will be overflowing with major stars and the Best Actress nominees truly represent some of the most talented women working in film today. An outstanding year in cinema will be represented by ten Best Picture nominees and five of the most beautiful women ever to step foot in front of a Hollywood camera. Get to know the nominees.

The Screen Actors Guild nominations are out and several of this year’s usual suspects have made the cut for the awards that are doled out to actors who are voted on by their peers in the SAG union. For their roles in Black Swan and The Kids Are All Right Natalie Portman and Annette Bening scored nods. Portman plays a psychologically cracked ballerina who engages in a hot lesbian fantasy while Bening plays a lesbian mom who engages in awful lesbian sex. Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgwick, Mariska Hargitay, Elisabeth Moss and Glenn Close scored nods for drama while the best actress for comedy category includes Tina Fey, Sofia Vergara, Edie Falco, Betty White and Jane Lynch.

The best performances of the year inspired these gorgeous, vivacious photographs in a 'W' magazine spread. The striking photos capture the power of truly top tier performers, including SheWired faves Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Helena Bonham Carter, Dakota Fanning, Nicole Kidman, Mila Kunis, Annette Bening, and Melissa Leo.

We did not need to tally up a list to know that Kate is the show's MVP, but we'll take it!