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Lesbian Parents Do It Better
 Lesbian Parents Do It Better 
Jun 8, 2010 5:02 PM CDT

Lesbian Parents Do It Better

Their kids have higher self-esteem, confidence

(Newser) - Children raised by lesbian parents perform better academically and exhibit better mental health than their peers raised by heterosexual couples, a new study found. Researchers found that kids raised by female-female couples had higher self-esteem and confidence, and showed fewer instances of rule-breaking and aggression, reports Time .

Idol Tanking Because Ellen's Gay
 Idol Tanking Because 
 Ellen's Gay 
OPINION
Jun 4, 2010 12:20 PM CDT

Idol Tanking Because Ellen's Gay

Or it could be because the show kinda sucks now...

(Newser) - American Idol is floundering, and the director of Christian Newswire knows why: Because new judge Ellen DeGeneres is a lesbian. She’s a “left wing social activist” who spouts “lesbian one-liners” left and right, Gary McCullough writes, adding that “network television is on a pro-homosexuality bender" which...

Is Softball a Lesbian Sport?
 Is Softball a 
 Lesbian Sport? 
May 13, 2010 12:20 PM CDT

Is Softball a Lesbian Sport?

Kagan photo starts brouhaha

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is taking heat for putting Elena Kagan's softball photo on its front page because, gay-rights activists complain, the game is so closely associated with lesbianism that the photo read as an insinuation that the Supreme Court nominee is gay. That's set off a national discussion, according...

13 Actors Playing Against (Sexual) Type
 13 Actors Playing 
 Against (Sexual) Type 
newsweek controversy
May 12, 2010 11:36 AM CDT

13 Actors Playing Against (Sexual) Type

Sean Hayes certainly isn't the first gay actor to play straight

(Newser) - Inspired by the controversy Newsweek stirred up when it ran a review slamming Sean Hayes’ portrayal of a straight man in Promises, Promises, CNN offers up a list of 13 actors who have played roles counter to their actual sexual orientation:
  • Portia de Rossi: Played it straight on Ally McBeal
...

Kagan Pals: She's Not Gay
 Kagan Pals: She's Not Gay 
May 12, 2010 6:14 AM CDT

Kagan Pals: She's Not Gay

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Also, she didn't date Eliot Spitzer

(Newser) - “I did not go out with her, but other guys did,” Eliot Spitzer said of his old Princeton buddy Elena Kagan yesterday, joining other longtime friends of the Supreme Court nominee who are reluctantly stepping forward to quash rumors she's a lesbian. “I’ve known her for...

Nixon's Fiancée 'A Short Man With Boobs'

Sex and the City star dishes on relationship

(Newser) - Cynthia Nixon is engaged to a woman—or, in Nixon’s words, “a short man with boobs.” The Sex and the City star talks about her relationship with Christine Marinoni in The Advocate :
  • Gender roles: “A lot of what I love about her is her butchness,”
...

Country Star Chely Wright Comes Out in People

She's the first major country musician to announce it

(Newser) - TMZ and Gawker were right: Chely Wright is the celebrity who came out to People this week. The magazine—after much Internet speculation that the country musician was the subject of its cover piece—released an online teaser of the story today. “There had never, ever been a...

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