Some people said Mississippi couldn't be that bad, until its governor proved it. The post This is the reality of being a lesbian in Mississippi appeared first on...

“I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.” – Coretta Scott King Civil rights activist and wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose...

Good news and a few changes are on the horizon, AE readers. Thanks to your feedback, commentary and suggestions, I’ve organized the writing team so we can give you what you want to read! Here are a few highlights you can look forward to seeing on the site in the...

Fans of San Junipero and The 100 will appreciate this fan fiction video sent to us by AfterEllen readers who have started their own hashtag. #RaiseYourGays, and the Youtube channel of the same name, is a response the #BuryYourGays initiative on Twitter. After a rough...

Damn, there’s A LOT of LGBT news to cover this week. January is typically the month when we emerge from our holiday stupor to a wave of new and returning TV shows, interviews to pour over, and political developments to analyze following our constituents return...

Should be easy enough, right? The post Who Said It? Jesus or The Indigo Girls appeared first on AfterEllen.

The Afterellen staff is thrilled to see that there will be at least a few good shows with lesbian and bisexual female characters and storylines this year. It’s still early to report on what will actually be worth watching, and whether we will have to face...

Back in May of 2015, AfterEllen interviewed That’s Not Us director William Sullivan and spent some time discussing the concept and motivation behind the unique methodology of filming a movie using a completely improvised script. Focused on three couples –...

And now for some sapphic cinema to look forward to! Below Her Mouth has been described as “a cinematic voice in the female orgasm.” Intrigued yet?  AfterEllen shared this intense new drama with you in 2016 when we discussed the case for the lesbian gaze in...

There is no doubt that the internet enriches our lives from allowing us to order pizza with the touch of an app to creating real tangible social change to make things better for LGBTQ+ women. Never before has it been so easy to find information, from which politicians...

Not everyone can be Clarice. The post QUIZ: Which Jodie Foster character are you? appeared first on...

Over the years, AfterEllen has interviewed hundreds of actresses who have played gay on screen, and their responses to the question of how it feels to play gay have most commonly fallen along two lines: they either downplay the importance of the character’s sexuality...

The Urban Dictionary defines “throuple” as “a threelationship; a relationship with three partners.” According to Google, the first articles openly discussing throuples go back to 2012 and 2013, when HowAboutWe.com, New York Magazine, and Cosmopolitan all jumped on the...

 Your weekly AfterEllen round-up of all the pop culture that plays for your team. Happy 2017, ladies! We’re only one week into the New Year and there’s already so much lesbian and queer goodness to report. From a mormon reality star coming out as a lesbian...

"Are you a girl or a boy?" The post 13 Problems Androgynous Queer Girls Have appeared first on...

We need to keep our spirits up in 2017, because who’s to say what the coming year may bring. Comedy is a time-honored remedy for a multitude of troubles, and even if it can’t turn back the clock and revive Clexa or elect anyone but Trump, it sure does...

Why should the bois have all the fun?  In a time when androgyny and dapper seem to get all the attention, we thought femmes deserved a little fashion love. These ladies know how to power dress, femme style. Floriana Lima is not a lesbian, but she plays one on TV and...

We tried out several dating apps and there is a clear frontrunner. The post The Best Dating Apps for LGBT Women appeared first on...

Last time on Holby City: Serena announced that her daughter, Ellie, will be visiting Holby City to film a documentary for her journalism course. Jasmine finds out that Ellie has been taking drugs. This week began with the typical post-Christmas hospitalizations; one...

Released in 2013, LSB came to be known as the Italian version of The L Word, but in web series form. And it’s true, the motley crew of characters in LSB do resemble European versions of Shane, Alice, and Jenny (season 2 Jenny, not 6, so don’t be scared)....

Studies prove that most myths about lesbians are actually pretty true. The post Processing is Real: The Truth Behind Lesbian Relationship Stereotypes appeared first on...

Amrita Sher-Gil has sometimes been called “India’s Frida Kahlo,” and indeed their passionate, groundbreaking lives were similar in many ways. Sher-gil, who was the daughter of an aristocratic Punjabi Sikh father and a bourgeois Hungarian-Jewish mother, studied...

Last night, President Obama bid the nation farewell. As much as it pains us to say goodbye, we are grateful for all he did during his time in office to stand up for LGBT rights. Thanks to his administration, we have these bright, shining moments on our timeline, and...

Both are possible! The post Lesbian Sex and Relationship Advice: Spicing things up in bed and recovering from a night of regret appeared first on...

Have you seen “Wynonna Earp” yet? Do it, do it, do it!  It should return in April, so you have just enough time to binge watch all thirteen episodes of season one and obsessively read through the massive amount of fandom material online before then. If you...

She was our Buddy and an Angel, both on and off camera. These were the names of Kristy McNichol’s iconic characters in the TV series Family and the movie Little Darlings, but off screen, she emblazoned these symbols for every young lesbian in hiding. We just didn’t...

Because you’r more than a swipe. That’s the motto of Click, the new lesbian dating app that is here to change the way you meet women online. At a time when lesbian bars have become all but extinct, women who love women rely on online social networking more...

I don’t usually make resolutions, whether it’s for the new year or otherwise. They have never worked out for me, for starters. They’re usually a set up for failure, especially if the word “gym” is involved or the phrases “fewer...

Our Love Story, directed by Lee Hyun-Ju, premiered in the U.S. at the San Diego Asian Film festival in November. A moving story about lesbian love (and first lesbian love for one of the characters), the plot is centered around protagonists Yoon-ju and  Ji-soo, an art...

Because people have value, too. The post Pop Theory: Using People (as Things) appeared first on...

A few days ago, I came across a headline that read: “Rush Limbaugh warns that federally paid ‘lesbian farmers’ could invade your town.” Of course, I immediately clicked on it to find out what this was all about. The article talked about an episode of the “Rush...

Before she dropped jaws at the Golden Globes in her custom Altuzarra suit on Sunday, out bisexual actress Evan Rachel Wood had already rocked a pantsuit many, many times. Let’s take a look at some of her classic looks when she’s not decked out in a dress....

Did you watch the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night? If you didn’t, here are the gay and gayish highlights. First of all, Moonlight, a film about a young black man’s struggle to come to terms with his sexuality, won best drama. That’s right, best...