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Since the Nov. 4, election the best word I can find to describe our country is changed -- both for the better and for the worse... Although I never saw myself getting married, Prop. 8, even before it passed, became a reminder of what I was being denied as a lesbian and it stung worse than anything I've ever felt. Was I beginning to care about politics?

The Golden Globe nominations were announced Thursday morning with Milk practically shut out, save for a nod to its star Sean Penn for Best Actor, but Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet received plenty of love from the Hollywood Foreign Press with two nominations each.

Just over a week ago I endeavored to ride my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles over the course of seven days to raise funds for programs that provide HIV/AIDS education, prevention, research and medical services, medication and counseling for those who seek help at the LA Gay and Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

As part of our effort to profile more authors within the LGBT community, we present Fiona Zedde. Fiona was born in Jamaica and is the author of six novels, including the Lambda Literary Award finalists Bliss and Every Dark Desire. Here is an excerpt from her latest book Nightshade:

We can't wait for this!

Stand-up comic Jen Kober finds the homo lovers in Birmingham, Alabama while on tour her Straight Up Stand Up tour with ANT and Jason Dudey. From NASCAR-hat wearing men and their wives to upstanding church goers, Birmingham came out in droves for stand-up --gay, lesbian or otherwise. Plus...ghost stories in ANT's bed and a Wafflehouse!

African Americans have worked hard to get the vote and to get a man of African descent in the White House. In 2008 we came out in unprecedented numbers with Obama taking 95% of the black vote, thanks to the help of his biggest support base - African American ministers and their parishioners.