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Two married gay rights activists in Zimbabwe, Ellen Chadehama, 34, and Ignatius Mhambi, 38, were arrested and later subjected to torture tactics for possessing pornographic material and for insulting president Robert Mugabe. The two allegedly possessed photographs of gay sex acts and posted a letter in their office from former San Francisco mayor Willie Lewis Brown.  The letter reportedly criticized Mugabe's opposition to homosexuality.

Last week it was announced that Keira Knightley will star in a West End production of Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, and if Ms. Knightley is not enough to entice fans to take a trip to London, now Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss is slated to star alongside Keira.Hellman’s 1934 lesbian-themed play was banned in Boston but opened in Paris to sensational reviews before debuting on Broadway in 1936. It instantly turned Hellman into one of the most famous writers of her day. Keira will step into the role of Karen Wright while Elisabeth will play the tortured Martha. And after watching Elisabeth go toe to toe with Jon Hamm's Don Draper on Mad Men this season here's predicting a nomination for an Olivier Award.

Rachel Maddow broke down the “impossibly tortured logic” of the Obama administration on marriage equality, as illustrated by senior White House adviser David Axelrod looking like a “human pretzel” while trying to explain the position Thursday on MSNBC. In a broader segment about conservatives’ eerie quiet in response to the Proposition 8 decision, Maddow reviewed the presidential stance expressed by “human pretzel” Axelrod, who said, “The president does oppose same-sex marriage but he supports equality for gay and lesbian couples in benefits and other issues.”

The Liars are back and just as tortured as ever! 

A recent wave of violence in Iraq has resulted in the kidnapping, torture, and killing of about 40 people perceived to be gay or lesbian, with the murder weapon sometimes being a concrete block to the head.

We're still two months away from the season premiere of Ryan Murphy's torture-porn FX drama American Horror Story: Coven, but a new teaser already has us on the edge of our seats.

There’s a good reason why in France we do not observe the torturing ritual of high school reunions -- because whatever happens in the past definitely needs to stay in the past. This week, Entertainment Publicist Mona Elyafi marvels at the wonders of Facebook.

Poor, bedraggled erstwhile lesbian and starlet Lindsay Lohan is quite the tortured soul. Despite rumors Samantha Ronson is pretty much over La Lush, Lindsay is laying the blame for the couple's recent estrangement on Ronson's family.

It’s been a long summer for Gleeks, so when Ryan and Murphy and company throw a bone in the form of a 30-second teaser for the show’s fourth season that includes Kate Hudson torturing Lea Michele’s Rachel and Brittany firing off a trademark clueless comment, we’ll take it.

The solitary life of poet Emily Dickinson will be brought to the screen starring Cynthia Nixon and directed by Terence Davies. The film, titled A Quiet Passion, will follow Dickinson’s life “from precocious schoolgirl to the tortured recluse who saw only seven of her more than 1,000 poems published in her lifetime.”

It's girls, girls, girls on Eli Stone, including Natasha Henstridge and Katie Holmes. Lindsay Lohan's back to torture America Ferrera on Ugly Betty and will Sara Ramirez and Brooke Smith get to second base?

Rumor has it that Keira Knightley will make her West End debut as a sexy suspected lesbian in Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Acclaimed director William Wyler helmed the 1961 big screen version of Hellman’s play starring Shirley MacLaine as the tortured closeted lesbian Martha Dobie and Audrey Hepburn as her business partner and woman she loves Karen Wright.

American Horror Story: Asylum is officially done torturing the TV viewing public, but the show’s breakout star Sarah Paulson is still on hot on everyone’s radar. The actress is currently starring in the Roundabout Theater’s production of Lanford Wilson’s Talley’s Folley, but she took a little time to chat with W magazine about just what her AHS character Lana Winters meant to her.

Here's SheWired's round-up of fall TV shows for the lesbian-leaning girl. Look forward to a lesbian cheerleader on Hellcats, tough girl kicking ass on Nikita, mystery shrouded in obfuscation in The Event, The L Word stars Rose Rollins, Laurel Holloman and Jennifer Beals all back on the small screen, Glee's Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester torturing the glee club, Lea Michele's Rachel Berry as diva-like as ever and much more!