Please note that this post was originally called “bae watch”1 but I said no ma’am.
For those who didn’t know (which is probably only me), Chaunte Wayans (as in the Wayans… as in she shares genes with Keenen, Damon, Kim, Shawn and Marlon Wayans) is one of the hot new lesbian comedians on the scene.
Continue reading Girl I Didn’t Know You Were “Funny”: Chaunte Wayans
Congratulations are in order!
One of the League of Extraordinary Lesbians, Martina Navratilova has tied the knot to her longtime girlfriend Julia Lemigova on Monday, December 15th.
“I’m 58 years old — I got married for the first time,” Navratilova told the BBC shortly after the ceremony, details of which have thus far been scarce. “It’s about time, right? Growing up as a gay woman you just don’t ever think about that.”
Warm wishes to the happy couple from us over here at the K Word. If you missed the proposal video from of Navratilova proposing1 at the US Open last September, check it out below.
Hello lovebugs!
I flew in from Toronto EARLY this morning and boy are my wings tired. (Yes I get lame when sleep deprived.) So instead of writing a lengthy post, I will let these pictures speak a million.
Continue reading Out and About: World Pride 2014 – Toronto, ON (Gallery) #lgbt #lesbian
Stormé DeLarverie, a longtime member of the Stonewall Veteran’s Association, epic drag king performer and pioneer LGBT activist, has died at age 93.
After living in a Brooklyn nursing home since 2010, she passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, May 24th, 2014.
Stormé is best known for being part of the legendary Jewel Box Revue, a popular drag performance group created in 1939. For two decades in the 1940s and 1950s, Stormé performed as their only male impersonator.
DeLarverie made her indelible mark on LGBT history during a faithful night, June 27, 1969, while hanging out in Greenwich Village. Though, almost 50 years later, the events have been called the Stonewall riots, DeLarverie was very clear that that wasn’t the case.
“It was a rebellion, it was an uprising, it was a civil rights disobedience — it wasn’t no damn riot”.
Continue reading Something Like A Super Lesbian: Stormé DeLarverie (In Memoriam)
Lynne Browne is believed to be first openly-gay cabinet minister in Africa. She will serve as Minister of Public Enterprises.
The significance of her appointment is innumerable, especially against the backdrop of an extremely homophobic continent.
Eusebius McKaiser, a broadcaster and political author, remarked that though she isn’t a gay activist, there is still a clear impact:
“Insofar as the social impact of openly gay people in high-profile public leadership positions cannot be discounted in a country like South Africa where levels of homophobia, including violence against black lesbian women, remain rife.”
Continue reading Something Like A Super Lesbian: Lynne Brown
Sign language
For the man who jumped out in front of the woman with his
arm raised like a machete screaming Abomination! as she
walked the streets of San Francisco holding her lover’s hand
for the first time in public.
There is a woman who goes to sleep
every night wishing she had broken
your sternum reached up inside your
chest momentarily borrowing your
heart to hold before your screaming
face and with her other hand still
clutching her lover’s broke next into
her own sternum plucking next her
own heart dangling them both there
sterling silver sign language for you
tell me what is the difference.
Continue reading Something Like A Super Lesbian: Nikky Finney
All this talk about magazine covers, starring folks that won’t be name, got us to thinking — Aside from Ellen, where are the lesbian cover girls?
A few keystrokes later, I found an autostraddle posting called 100 Awesome Magazine Covers Starring Lesbians. As awesome as they indeed were, one thing jumped out at me…there were very few lesbians (or bisexuals) of color.
So with a little luck and a lot of google, I have found 20(ish) magazine covers featuring lesbians of color. Take a look. Which covers are we missing?
P.S. We know Queen Latifah is not a self-proclaimed lesbian but I love that cover.
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