so you think you can dance

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Viewers approved of everyone's favorite lesbian Ellen's moves as she stole the So You Think You Can Dance finale Thursday night.

Lady Gaga’s rising star shows no signs of burning out with her third single from Born This Way “Edge of Glory” permeating the airwaves. If hearing the terrific anthem-like song weren’t enough, the video premiered on So You Think You Can Dance Thursday night.

So You Think You Can Dance’s uber-popular eighth-season runner-up Sasha Mallory says she’s proud to be a lesbian, but told AfterEllen that she didn’t come out during the show because “It’s not important for America to know that personal side of me. They just needed to know if I could dance and if I had a personality. They didn’t really need to know if I was gay or straight.” Considering the scarcity of out lesbian and bisexual women in the world of dance, some critics are arguing that Mallory made a bad decision.

Uh Huh Her, the fabulous musical duo of Leisha Hailey (The L Word) and Camila Grey, debuted a new video this week for “Wake to Sleep” off their latest album Nocturnes. The video, directed by Justin Coloma, features out and proud contemporary dancer Sasha Mallory,the runner up in Season 8 of So You Think You Can Dance, who came out as a lesbian in an interview with AfterEllen

On the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Duel 2, the lesbians seem to be stirring up some trouble. Rumors are Summer Glau could be collaborating again with Joss Whedon on Dollhouse. Evan Rachel Wood will be playing the vampire Queen of Louisiana on True Blood. The new season of So You Think You Can Dance shows flexibility in more ways than one. Kristin Cavallari, Tila Tequila, and Lacey Schwimmer join the list of people who posed for some hot NO H8 photos.

Stand-up comic and out lesbian Jen Kober embraces her big girl status following inspiration from the latest iteration of a dance / weight loss reality show, Dance Your Ass Off, and while she's working on some moves of her she sings a ditty about food.

"Degrassi" marks ten seasons of surprise pregnancies, underage drinking, hearts being broken and universal angst-ridden rebellion in the new season starting on Monday with uncharted territory as it introduces its first transgender character. Jordan Todosey will play transgender student Adam. 

Perri plans to take a group of friends to Dinah with her for the "giant party."

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.