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Preacher's Daughter: Q&A with Lesbian Christian Singer-Songwriter Jennifer Knapp

Music post by Kristin Rawls, Submitted by Kristin Rawls on September 20, 2011 - 12:26pm; tagged books, Christianity, compulsory heterosexuality, female songwriters, femininity, folk music, gender, homophobia, lesbian, lesbian activism, LGBT, LGBTQ, lilith fair, religion.

In May, Religion Dispatches published my first interview with former darling of the Christian contemporary music scene, lesbian singer-songwriter Jennifer Knapp. Then over the summer, I got to meet and interview Knapp in person while covering the Wild Goose Festival, an event that celebrated (predominantly Christian) spirituality, justice, and art. We talked a bit about the limitations of Christian music, feminism and sexuality on the same day she filmed the "It Gets Better" video below. I'll be critiquing some evangelical Christian music later in the series, so I'm very excited to share unpublished parts of our interview with you here today:

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Sexual Inadequacy: SNL and K-Y

Sex and Sexuality post by GarlandGrey, Submitted by GarlandGrey on September 8, 2011 - 12:17pm; tagged K-Y Intense, lesbian, Lubricant, Orgasm, sex.

Last week K-Y released an ad featuring two ladies talking about their sex lives, and lubricant, and "special moments" represented by tasteful coital fireworks. They are both sitting on their bed in drab, comfortable clothes. And they have the following exchange:

(.doc transcript here)

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The Long Goodbye: Oprah, Gayle, and Stedman. Oh My?

Social Commentary post by JDTress, Submitted by JDTress on December 14, 2010 - 2:50pm; tagged Barbara Walters, children, friendship, gay, lesbian, marriage, Oprah.

Oprah on choosing your own family, and having to address the gay rumors...again.

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Is "lesbian" going out of fashion?

Article by R. F. McCann, appeared in issue Action; published in 2010; filed under Social commentary; tagged gay is the new black, lesbian, LGBT.

After the National Equality March wended its way through the nation’s capital this past October, the New York Times ran coverage of the event under the headline "Gay Rights Marchers Press Cause in Washington." A year earlier, in the midst of California’s Prop 8 battle, American Apparel debuted its "Legalize Gay" t-shirts, which were scooped up by supporters of gay rights, gay marriage, gay adoption, and gays in the military. After Prop 8 passed, comedienne Wanda Sykes came out. She was very proud, she said, to be "gay." At the risk of seeming pedantic or quibbling, one might pause to wonder what ever happened to the word that once seemed to march so firmly hand-in-hand with "gay." Whither "lesbian"?

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Big Gay Releases (with straight actors)

Movies post by Kjerstin Johnson, Submitted by Kjerstin Johnson on April 13, 2010 - 2:26pm; tagged gay, I Love You Phillip Morris, lesbian, The Kids Are All Right.

Two upcoming films about gay couples feature big name celebrities. Is mainstream film becoming more queer-friendly or are the white, mostly monogamous characters and the straight actors that play them anything but revolutionary?

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Sm{art}: Jeff Sheng's Don't Ask Don't Tell

Art and Design post by Kjerstin Johnson, Submitted by Kjerstin Johnson on February 11, 2010 - 4:43pm; tagged don't ask don't tell, gay, Jeff Sheng, lesbian, military, Photography, queer.

two women with their backs to the camera sit on a hotel bed facing a wall. Both their faces are obscured. One woman in uniform leans in to the other woman's face. Their embracing shadow is cast on the wall above the bed

The problematic policy of Don't Ask Don't Tell, implemented in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, has now been beautifully, if not dutifully rendered visible by LA-based photographer Jeff Sheng. That is, visible to the certain point his courageous subjects can be while in uniform.

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Sapphic Salon: The lesbian low-blow

Sex and Sexuality post by Natalie Stein, Submitted by Natalie Stein on December 22, 2009 - 3:18pm; tagged lesbian, Sapphic Salon.

If you're a famous face, the easiest way to get a scandal going is to get someone to say you're a lesbian. It doesn't even have to be true, no proof is needed — as long as you're willing to respond negatively about the situation and make being a lesbian sound like the worst thing ever.

The latest "lesbians" include Tiger Woods' mistresses, who are not only into threesomes (so therefore lesbians by association with alleged bed sharing), but are also possibly pregnant.

The press isn't questioning women on their sexuality and maternal statuses because they are genuinely interested — they want a scandalous quote they can manipulate.

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