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The Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would work to ensure fair pay for women, was shot down in the senate Wednesday on a 58 - 41 vote with Republicans unanimously against it. Even though the Senate had a majority support, it failed to overcome a Republican filibuster which would have required 60 votes.

Elton John's integrity is a "Candle in the Wind," now that the openly gay rock and pop music male diva has performed at conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh's fourth wedding over the weekend, singing for some 400 guests at the ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida and taking home a $1 million paycheck.

While the Third Wave feminist movement fades away and nobody is sure who is going to claim the Fourth Wave (Mama grizzlies fighting for rigid heteronormative lifestyles or women fighting for equal rights), the Paycheck Fairness Act for Women finally makes its way to the Senate after passing in the House two years ago. It’s not a surprise that the Republicans blocked its passage. What has grabbed my attention regarding this political battle is the underlying psychological implications this issue has for all women. 

Kate McKinnon could pinch hit for Elizabeth Banks if ever it were needed.

Musician JD Samson says she has an amazing career but being a queer entertainer has made her poorer than her heterosexual counterparts. In an op-ed written for Huffington Post, Samson, who besides being a founding member of acclaimed bands like Le Tigre and Men, is also a respected DJ, writes that she feels "lucky to have gained so much from my life and my amazing career, but I’m ready to feel secure."

Army National Guard Lt. Dan Choi was honorably discharged, 17 months after he came out on national television to join the fight to overturn "don't ask, don't tell."

In the clip for rock band Miggs, a blond Lohan is a model/actress by day, but late at night, she’s a graffiti artist with a few sidekick babes.

Melissa Etheridge filed paperwork to officially dissolve her domestic partnership with Tammy Lynn Michaels. Now, court documents reveal Etheridge is seeking joint custody and asked the courts not to award financial support to Michaels.“i gave up my managers, agents, contacts, all that good stuff, because i stepped directly into potty training a small boy, and carrying around a small girl on my hip."

Former Grey’s Anatomy star T.R. Knight said he left the hit show for a myriad of reasons, one of which being that the show’s creator Shonda Rhimes encouraged the openly gay actor to keep his closet door closed. But Rhimes denied she encouraged him to remain closeted and has since written in a lesbian / straight / maybe lesbian / bicurious / lesbian-by-night-screwing-McDreamy-in-the-storeroom-by-day storyline for Sara Ramirez’s character Callie.

Two lesbian police officers in Baltimore, Md. were awarded the right to extend their health benefits to their spouses Tuesday after initially being denied those benefits by the county. An independent arbiter ruled that veteran officers Margaret Selby and Juanika Ballard must be granted health benefits for their respective wives. Each of the officers married their spouses in different states during the summer of 2009.