ATLANTA, Ga.— Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has largely affirmed a lower district court’s ruling dismissing the lawsuit of Jameka Evans, a security guard who was targeted for harassment and effectively terminated from her job at Georgia Regional Hospital because she is a lesbian and didn’t conform to gender norms…
The only one likely to get any treats this Valentine’s Day is the cat. As my sweetheart said, now that we’re getting old and fat, we need to think of new ways to celebrate loving occasions. So, we treated ourselves to an iRobot Roomba 650. More expensive than a red heart full of chocolates, but…
After the doom and gloom of our fall—and boy did moods around here fall—I’ve noticed, with the approach of the holidays, an unusually earnest air of festivity around town. People crave more light in winter; this year our neighborhood seems to be going all out on bright decorations. Homes that have never boasted more than…
IFC & Paramount Pictures are doing a special limited DVD release of the movie Bare for the holidays, including extended scenes and special features. Written and directed by Natalia Leite, Bare stars Dianna Agron (Glee) and Paz De La Huerta (Enter The Void) as lovers working in a truck-stop strip club. The DVD will be…
Bold Strokes Books is running a catch-up sale on Lee Lynch’s eBook backlist. All her backlist eBooks will be 50% off for a very limited period. The sale is on now and ends Dec. 2 11:59 p.m. EST. (8:59 p.m. PST). Click here to buy!
Lee Lynch’s latest novel, Rainbow Gap, will be released Dec. 1. Lynch, whose Amazon Trail column appears regularly on LGBTweekly.com has been writing about and for gay people her whole career. According to Lynch her goal has always been to “ … enhance our lives in ways that help us all to find fulfillment, strength…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the final week before the election, LPAC – the nation’s first LGBTQ-women’s Super PAC – is launching a five-figure digital ad campaign to encourage LGBTQ-women to get out and vote. The ads will run across top LGBTQ websites and news platforms, as well as on social media. The campaign will micro-target…
“I thought I was the only one,” the stranger said in a low voice. It wasn’t 1957, or even 1977. It was last week, at the grand opening of a supermarket in town. He was gray-haired, tall, dressed like a ranch hand. His smile was sheepish, his eyes conspiratorial. He wasn’t talking about finding a…
Hey, world, big news! Gay people are more than our sexuality. I am really, really tired of the focus on the third syllable of the term homosexual. It’s annoyed me for fifty-four years that I am defined by one part of my humanity. Please tell me why, for example, that the minute a perfectly intelligent,…
Game of Throne is what my sweetheart calls the nightly battle between our cat and me over Big Blue. Bolo is our gray, fourteen year old, lesbian-required cat. Sadly, we’re down to just one kitty and no dogs. We can’t add either to our household because Bolo has diabetes. Her symptoms are triggered by, among…
