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The L-Word’s Jennifer Beals plans to make her return to the big screen in the upcoming indie jazz film, The Lord of Vinyl.

As Labor Day approaches, it's almost time to set up the DVR to record a new season of fall television. And the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation scored the inclusiveness of what was available last season in its annual report — the Network Responsibility Index. None of the networks received an "Excellent" score, though Showtime came the closest with 46% of its original programming being LGBT-inclusive. GLAAD also tracked the cable networks that it said were viewed as consistently conservative — TLC and the History Channel. See how those two networks fared on page 6 and get a look at the major networks on the following pages.

Recently articles about the new masculinity, masculism, and the anti-feminist diatribes of the religious neo-cons have started to grate on Diana Cage's nerves. New masculinity, a buzz term with a nebulous meaning and various interpretations, has been co-opted by organizations like anti-gay Focus on the Family as a call to men to be more “manly.”

Ireen Wüst has picked up another silver medal in Sochi, while Aussie snowboarder Belle Brockhoff deals with family drama.

This month, SheWired’s sister publication Out Magazine features 23 queer love stories that will move you. Some might make you think while others may make you laugh, but these totally true love stories will definitely leave you feeling good. “The Opie Bunch” is the story of one happy family that began when two very lovely ladies, artists Catherine Opie and Julie Burleigh fell in love.