women leaders

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, other than skin cancer. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. Dr. Susan Love is answering the call for women’s health. Recently, her foundation (Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation) and the Avon Foundation for Women, a global leader in breast cancer research, joined forces to launch the Love/Avon Army of Women.

The Daily Beast's power-packed Women in the World summit March 12 - 14 in NYC will showcase outstanding women leaders fighting sex trafficking, child marriage, rape as a weapon of war, and other challenges holding back women and girls. Featuring Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, Katie Couric, Hillary Clinton, Marcia Gay Harden and more!

LGBT activists and allies are upset about the iPhone app just released by “ex-gay” group Exodus International. The app, according to Exodus’s website, is “designed to be a useful resource for men, women, parents, students, and ministry leaders,” and has received a 4+ rating from iPhone maker Apple, meaning it carries “no objectionable content.” However, Truth Wins Out, which has started a petition against the app at Change.org, points out that Exodus endorses “reparative therapy” to change a person’s sexual orientation — something that has been discredited by all major medical organizations and is “very damaging to the self-esteem and mental health of its victims.”

'The country is ready for a woman president,' declares a new campaign from Emily's List called Madam President.

The Pennsylvania school's president describes the decision as based on inclusivity and the awareness that gender is fluid.

The Paycheck Fairness Act, a bill that would work to ensure fair pay for women, was shot down in the senate Wednesday on a 58 - 41 vote with Republicans unanimously against it. Even though the Senate had a majority support, it failed to overcome a Republican filibuster which would have required 60 votes.

Daryl Hannah's prolific career in film has spanned more than two decades, but by our estimation, a new film from Susan Siedelman marks the first time the outspoken actress has played gay.

Writer and lesbian culture guru Diana Cage weighs in on the "F" word. Not fuck, that' fine, but feminism is a dirty word to many women -- lesbian, queer, gay, straight or labelless. A celebration at Atlanta's feminist bookstore Charis, at which Guy-Sheftall and Gloria Steinhem spoke, inspired Diana to do something outrageous and to talk about the "F" word.

These eight women have dedicated their lives to freedom for all.

We're not letting Vladimir Putin rain on our parade. To us, these women deserve the gold.

Saturday will play host to two Los Angeles LGBT literary events as Lambda Literary Foundation celebrates the group's 25th anniversary by hosting the only Southern California reading of Lambda Lit award finalists and then a gala event that evening will honor pioneering authors for their lifetime contributions.

@JaneEpenson on why she keeps her shows so frakkin' LGBT inclusive. "If we can't write diversity into sci-fi, then what's the point? You don't create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones."