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Summer vacation is one of the best times during the year to read a book. On the beach, in a plane or car... We’ve come a long way since 1928 when the lesbian book Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall was banned for obscenity. This summer pick up books by Kate Clinton, Staceyann Chin, Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall and the Seven Sisters' novel Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan, not to mention some lesbian erotica!

The stars came out for the west coast premiere reading of Oscar winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black's play 8 based on the Prop 8 trial. The likes of George Clooney, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christine Lahti, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon, Jane Lynch, Martin Sheen and Matt Bomer reenacted the courtroom and personal drama of the historic legal battle to have Californa’s gay marriage ban, Prop. 8, overturned and helped raise more than $2 million for the cause.

Author Jacob Anderson-Minshall examines whether it's relevant for lesbians to read work by trans men. Using Patrick Califia's benchmark work Macho Sluts as a stepping off point, Jake examines his own transition and how the lesbian community repsonded. 'Think about your own experience for a moment.  Was your life a lie before you came out as lesbian?  Or had the truth not yet surfaced?  Can we be held accountable for truths we've hidden from ourselves?'

As promised by the Supreme Court, the complete audio and transcript of today's one hour and 20-minute hearing was released ahead of the normal schedule. Usually the court waits until Fridays to do this sort of thing, but it made an exception.

As promised by the Supreme Court, the complete audio and transcript of today's one hour and 20-minute hearing was released ahead of the normal schedule. Usually the court waits until Fridays to do this sort of thing, but it made an exception.

Tuesday's landmark speech from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined the United States' stance on an "invisible minority" in many countries, as she put it — LGBT and gender-variant people. Here are eight key points made during her address on global gay rights to United Nations member countries.