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Not like any of us had a chance with her regardless, but news broke today that singer/songwriter Alicia Keys and her beau Swizz Beats are engaged and expecting their first child!  Like, they actually had to have sex and everything, which totally means that she's into dudes not women.  Looks like those persistent lesbian rumors about the "Empire State of Mind" chanteuse are over. Sorry, ladies!  Alicia Keys is not only a straight lady,  she's also going to be rockin' a ring...and a baby carriage.

For all the lesbians out there who have felt marginalized and invisible in recent years, Style.com has some reassuring news: Don’t worry, lesbians are trendy now.

About once every quarter we are compelled to reiterate that Kelly Clarkson is still not gay ya’ll -- evidenced by the rock she’s been sporting since fiancé Brandon Blackstock (Reba McEntire’s stepson) proposed. But Kelly told Cosmopolitan, according to Radar, that her six dry years leading up to finding a beau, she was hit on by plenty of lesbians and all of them “babes.”

Oscar, Grammy and now Emmy winner Kate Winslet –that’s right, she’s one step away from EGOT, which she’ll get if someone just casts her in a revival of A Doll’s House—looked stunning at Sunday’s Emmy Awards, where she took home the prize for Mildred Pierce.

There is so much going on in this video, I don’t even know where to begin. But in the spirit of Gaga and her ultra-surreal-erotic-pop-art-jump-cutting-costume-lesbolicious style, and the fact that I was an English major once upon a time, I’m going to provide a recap of “Telephone” while also deconstructing it thematically and you guys can do with it what you will. Among the tidbits on tap are product placement, exploitation flicks, lesbian porn, pop culture and prison butches.

Glee is heating up for sweeps with two of the show’s most popular couples losing their “V” card in the upcoming episode entitled “The First Time.”

Keep the post-election elation going with this collection of photos featuring women celebrating wins for Barack Obama, Tammy Baldwin, and equality around the country on November 6, 2012.

Lady Gaga is donating a portion of the proceeds from "Born This Way (Country Road Edition)" to the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network.

Here’s a a special treat for all of you fans of the lesbian themed movies I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen and Saving Face! The show, which is being described as a Bridesmaids meets Arrested Development stars Sheetal Sheth (I Can’t Think Straight) and Michelle Krusiec and Lynn Chen, both of Saving Face fame. Who knows what kind of trouble these ladies will be getting into, but based on the minute long spot, we’re already looking forward to the ride.

This week on the Violet Underground Jill Bennett asks Dalila Ali Rajah of Cherrybomb to join her in a frank discussion of bisexuality. In part 3, the ladies debate the importance of using labels as a means of visibility in the straight community. And Jill reveals her list of "Lesbian Do's and Don'ts."

Glee star Jane Lynch said that she was unsure when, if ever, gay actors would land romantic leading roles because of the profit imperative in the film industry.  "I don't know when or if that will ever happen," said the lesbian actress. "...This is a business of projection and desiring people from afar ... so there has got to be some truth to it, in terms of, 'I could see myself with that person.' Because the leading man and lady are the person we want them to fall in love with, and most of the audience is straight. So for right now, we can only use straight actors."

After months of teasing the song, Lady Gaga has officially released her gay rights anthem "Born This Way." From the spoken word mantra, "don't be a drag, just be a queen" to her singing, "no matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgender life, I'm on the right track baby, I was born to survive," the song is clearly written for the gay fans.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (more commonly referred to as the meat-wearing, bra-firing, bandage-wrapped musician Lady Gaga) is poised to lead a protest rally in Maine today to bring attention to the military’s contentious “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The controversial singer/songwriter will be accompanied by gay and straight military veterans. Support for her very public fight to end harassment and discrimination in the military is being supported by Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN).

SheWired contributor Sarah Toce was our girl on the spot for the GLAAD Media Awards held in San Francisco over the weekend. Sarah rubbed elbows with LGBT luminaries and straight allies on the red carpet. Here are some phtos from the evening at which GLAAD honored Lady Gaga and Cybill Shepherd. Among those on the carpet were Thea Gill, Michelle Clunie, Shepherd, Clementine Ford, Linda Perry, Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch and more...

The National Equality March in Washington DC brought 200,000 gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and straight people to the streets to march for full equality in all matters of civil law. The speakers at the rally included Lady GaGa, Cynthia Nixon, Michelle Clunie, Billie Myers, Julian Bond, Dustin Lance Black, Cleve Jones, Judith Light, the Broadway cast of Hair, Stacy-Ann Chin, and other celebrities, politicians and activists alike. 

Last week we delivered randy memories in the form of early lesbian crushes, featuring Tomboys, Straight-up Femmes and Bitch Femmes, but here’s our list of clear-cut winners -- the Bad-Assed Femmes. From Angelina Jolie to Jennifer Garner (and who could forget the babes from Charlie's Angels), we’re also serving up a pair of Sci-fi Bad Asses, some Sophisticated Ladies and a few Oddballs... like The Addams Family's Carolyn Jones.

TV funny lady Chelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately) will host the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center’s 38th Anniversary Gala and Auction. The event will be laugh packed with equally outspoken honorees Wanda Sykes (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Miss Coco Peru aka Clinton Leupp, (trick, Girls Will Be Girls). Handler is one of the LGBT community’s greatest straight allies. She is an opponent of Prop. 8 and was the Grand Marshal at this year’s L.A. Pride parade. Amber Riley, co-star of Glee, will also perform

Lady Gaga will join the A-list line up at, not just one, but eight Madame Tussauds museums across the world. All of the wax figures will debut on December 9, 2010, making Lady Gaga the biggest figure launch in Madame Tussauds history. Each museum will reveal a different look of Lady Gaga.