Lesbian Couple Charged With Staging Hate Crime Lesbian Couple Charged With Staging Hate Crime A lesbian couple who claimed they were victims of a hate crime have been arrested after police determined they staged the incidents. On Oct. 28, Aimee Whitchurch, 37, and Christel Conklin, 29, called police ... http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/lesbian-couple-charged-staging-hate-crime-164243835--abc-news-topstories.html -

Deportation threat lifted for lesbian Vt. couple MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A married lesbian couple living in Vermont who were threatened with being separated by federal immigration authorities have been granted a reprieve. The decision ended months of uncertainty that was heightened in December when Ueda ... http://news.yahoo.com/deportation-threat-lifted-lesbian-vt-couple-221107535.html -

Anne Burrell Comes Out: Food Network Star Confirms She's A Lesbian "Secrets of a Restaurant Chef" host Anne Burrell has confirmed she's a lesbian and in a committed relationship with a woman. The Food Network star's announcement comes just days after "Chopped" host Ted Allen made a reference to her sexuality in ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/25/anne-burrell-comes-out-gay-food-network-_n_1545594.html -

AfterEllen.com's Best Lesbian Week Ever: May 12-18 AfterEllen.com is Logo's site for lesbians and bisexual women in entertainment and media, which means we pride ourselves on knowing all kinds of Sapphic pop-culture facts. Each week we'll share some of the best tidbits on The Huffington Post in our new ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karman-kregloe/afterellen-best-lesbian-week-ever_b_1528457.html -

Lesbian couple faces legal hurdles in raising quadruplets It won't be long before 1-year-old quadruplets Derrick, Brianna, Anthony and Cason begin speaking their first words and calling out for mommy. But it may be quite some time before society and the legal system recognize same-sex couple Laura ... http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-12/lesbian-couple-legal-hurdles-quads/54929746/1 -

U.S. Acceptance of Gay/Lesbian Relations Is the New Normal PRINCETON, NJ -- The slight majority of American adults, 54%, consider gay or lesbian relations morally acceptable. Public acceptance of gay/lesbian relations as morally acceptable grew slowly but steadily from 38% in 2002 to 56% in 2011 and is now holding ... http://www.gallup.com/poll/154634/Acceptance-Gay-Lesbian-Relations-New-Normal.aspx -

Michigan Lawmakers Refuse to Sign Award for Lesbian A lesbian who was supposed to get one of the Kalamazoo YWCA's annual "Women of Achievement" awards got slighted Thursday, and now LGBT rights leaders want to know what happened. Sarah Stangl was one of several honorees given state proclamations ... http://www.advocate.com/politics/2012/05/18/michigan-lawmakers-refuse-sign-award-lesbian -

Lesbian Couple Can Divorce in Maryland: Court Rules State Recognizes Valid Same-Sex Marriages Performed Elsewhere Maryland's highest court today held that a lesbian couple who had been married in California can get divorced in Maryland, echoing and making law a 2010 Attorney General's opinion that same-sex couples legally married outside of Maryland would have their ... http://www.metroweekly.com/poliglot/2012/05/lesbian-couple-can-divorce-in-maryland-court-rules.html -

The L Stop celebrates first year as lesbian community resource Chicago, IL — It's been one year since Lisa Martinez and Vivian Gonzalez launched The L Stop, a website that caters to Chicago's lesbian community by providing a space to get informed in, get involved with and bring awareness to all things lesbian in the ... http://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/29683600 -

Kenya: Are You Dating a Lesbian? Last week, the US President, Barack Obama, grabbed international headlines with his af rmation, that he believed that gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry in much the same way that heterosexuals routinely do. This was not an executive order ... http://allafrica.com/stories/201205190394.html -

Japanese lesbian can't wait for Disneyland "wedding" TOKYO May 16 (Reuters) - Like many Japanese women, Koyuki Higashi adores Tokyo Disneyland. So it was only natural that she would want to hold her wedding there, as many other couples have done. "My partner and I just love going to Disneyland, so ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/japan-gay-disneyland-idUSL4E8GG2KX20120516 -

Calif. PCUSA Presbytery Votes to Support 'Lesbian Evangelist' Months after having her censure affirmed by the highest court in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Rev. Jane Spahr, known by some as the "lesbian evangelist," was given a vote of support from a California presbytery. The Presbytery of the Redwoods on ... http://www.christianpost.com/news/calif-pcusa-presbytery-votes-to-support-lesbian-evangelist-75073/ -

Family Building Seminar for Lesbians at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The American Fertility Association (The AFA), in association with California Cryobank, announced today a free seminar focused on family building for the lesbian community. The Gay Women's ... http://green.tmcnet.com/news/2012/05/18/6311180.htm -

Lesbian Couple Banned From Catholic Prom LEXINGTON, Kentucky – A lesbian couple has raised allegation against their high school in Lexington, Kentucky. The couple says that they were barred from their high school prom because they were a same sex couple. Hope Decker, 18, alleges that ... http://www.ecanadanow.com/world/us-world/2012/05/20/lesbian-couple-banned-from-catholic-prom/ -

The First Digital Revolution: Lesbian-Directed 'Hysteria' Hits Theaters When lesbian filmmaker Tanya Wexler heard about the treatment for female hysteria (i.e. orgasms) she says, “It made me laugh. I knew it was a story I had to tell.” Her new film, Hysteria, which premiers today, is a romantic comedy wrapped ... http://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/film/2012/05/18/first-digital-revolution-lesbian-directed-hysteria-hits-theaters -