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Entertainment Publicist and lesbian about town Mona Elyafi has a problem with addiction. This time, the seemingly innocuous guilty pleasure South of Nowhere, and namely Mandy Musgrave's Ashley, have gotten a hold of Mona and won't go.

Jaded Entertainment publicist Mona Elyafi bemoans Sundance, and that's before gay marriage supporters decided it might be a good idea to boycott the film festival among the Mormon population. Mona bitches about wannabes, posers and plastic bitches...

Entertainment publicist Mona Elyafi wants to know why every year there is always one member of my entourage who makes a career out of stubbornly trying to convince me that Santa Claus doesn’t exist. And she presents a pretty good argument as to why penning letters to Santa is good prep for working in PR.

There’s a good reason why in France we do not observe the torturing ritual of high school reunions -- because whatever happens in the past definitely needs to stay in the past. This week, Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi marvels at the wonders of Facebook.

Entertainment publicist Mona Elyafi regales us with tales of life in LA. This week she's reflective as the California wild fires bring her back to her childhood and fleeing Beirut, Lebanon for Paris.

Entertainment publicist and all-around gay girl Mona Elyafi regales us with the not-so glamorous life in Los Angeles. This week she's given to rant about unspoken customs and bad manners. Just remember to say 'thank you' if she ever holds the door for you...

French transplant with a Lebanese and Egyptian heritage, Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi weighs in on Barack Obama, the passing of Prop. 8 and Oprah!

Entertainment publicist Mona Elyafi regales us with the oft, not so glamourous side of lesbian life in Los Angeles. This week, Mona cops to being a clean freak and to her need for control. But is she a top or a bottom when it comes to the bedroom?

Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi regales us with tales of lesbian single life in LA. This week, Mona continues her failed attempt to quit smoking while on a business trip to Palm Springs.

Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi is living the single lesbian life in Los Angeles most of the time. This week, Mona keeps a journal of her inopportune decision to quit her crutch... smoking that is!

Entertainment Publicist and author Mona Elyafi continues to regale readers with lesbian life in LA. This week Mona tackles a Carrie Bradshaw style 'sad Mac' computer meltdown accompanied by an epiphany to get her ex's crap the hell out of her life. Out with the old in with the new... as they say.

Lesbian Russian journalist Masha Gessen participated in a roundtable discussion on CNN last week, where she continued her outspoken opposition to her home country's increasingly violent and far-reaching crackdown on LGBT people.

Her husband may be fighting the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” but Cindy McCain seems to be well aware of the prejudices facing LGBT teens today, and she’s not afraid to talk about it. McCain was attending Elle’s 25 at 25 party in Hollywood with daughter Meghan when she took time to talk about Tyler Clementi and the other recently reported cases of gay teen suicide.

Shining a light on a demographic of the LGBT community who’ve endured less tolerant times filmmakers and partners Beatrice Alda and Jennifer Brooke’s 2008 documentary Out Late focuses a segment of the community who for a myriad of reasons, the least of which was persecution, came out after the age of 55. The award-winning doc drops on DVD on Oct. 25 via First Run Features.

Model-turned-actress Megan Fox finally speaks out about the Flower Kid photograph and explains what really happened in an exclusive interview with collider.com. Watch the beautiful Fox apologize to her teenage fan: