Category Archives: Exclusives

Interviews, opinion and commentary from our writers

How gay-friendly is Facebook?

Facebook is an integral part of millions of lives, writes Ruth Pearce. It enables us to easily keep up with friends and acquaintances, organise events and even pretend that we’ve remembered important birthdays.

However, with privacy concerns on the rise and Google+ snapping at the giant’s heels, it’s a good time to reflect upon Facebook’s record as a gay-friendly space.

Liveblog: Candy Bar Girls, episode 3

Hello and welcome to the Candy Bar Girls week three liveblog. If you missed the action last week, don’t worry! I watched it for you like some kind of benevolent Lesbian God.You can catch up here.

Incidentally, if there were lesbian gods they’d have the head of Shane from the L Word and the body of Lara Croft from Tomb Raider. I’ve given this matter quite a lot of thought.

After last week’s homage to Most Haunted, a.k.a. the entirely pointless ghost hunt in the Candy Bar, I’m anticipating this episode will contain crossovers with other hit television programmes. Maybe Danni will appear on ‘Strictly Come Pole Dancing’ and Shabby will go on Big Brothe…oh wait, hang on. Never mind.

Top 5 films for the broken hearted lesbian

After recently having my heart broken I popped on ‘Bridget Jones’ in the vague hope it may rouse me from my darkest days, writes Clare Edmondson.

I unsuspectingly put myself through two hours of smug, irritating characters, ridiculous romantic ideals and a heart sinking soundtrack that felt like a form of sadistic torture.

To help you avoid this and other filmic mistakes here, in reverse order, are my top 5 films to watch with a broken heart.

Liveblog: Candy Bar Girls, episode 2

Hello and welcome to our first Candy Bar Girls liveblog. Well, I say ‘first’: I actually covered last week’s episode on my personal site before being invited to do the rest over here at Lesbilicious HQ. It’s much nicer at Lesbilicious though: they have cushions shaped like Ellen Degeneres and everyone’s dressed as Xena. And look, there’s the cast of Lip Service bouncing past on rainbow coloured space hoppers! How lovely… *waves*

If you’re not familiar with livebloggery, our theme for the evening is ‘gentle mockery with a side order of fun-poking’. Reality TV as a format lends itself particularly well to jokes: especially if one of the people appearing on the series is dressed like a Victorian street urchin version of Shane from the L Word.

Chile set to legalise same-sex unions, Uruguay pushes for marriage

As the Chilean government is preparing to pass legislation recognises the legal rights of co-habiting same-sex couples, activists in Uruguay launch an ad campaign demanding full marriage rights in their country.

Homophobia in women’s football

It’s the final week of the Women’s World Cup, writes Chloe Setter. But where are all the lesbian football players? Is homophobia in the women’s game as bad as in men’s football?

Candy Bar Girls: London’s answer to The Real L Word?

Episode one of the new reality show airs tonight on Channel 5. A string of ‘steamy’ promos accompanying the series are already courting controversy, raising expectations and landing the broadcaster in hot water at Ofcom. “Real lives, real lesbians, no clichés”, the teasers promise. Siobhan McGuirk asks, does the show deliver?

“Television isn’t great at showing butch characters” – exclusive interview with Sarah Waters

With the television adaptation of best-selling novel The Night Watch about to hit our screens, three-time Man Booker Prize nominee Sarah Waters talks exclusively to Lesbilicious’ Chloe Setter about why she wanted to put lesbians back at the heart of her next project.

Women’s football from 1895 – a story of skills, spite and sabotage

Here’s a question for you, asks Chloe Setter. What historical event began this Sunday, 26 June 2011? Top marks if you knew it was the FIFA Women’s World Cup before the picture gave it away. But unfortunately for the players and fans, most people will be unaware of this fact, as will the majority of broadcasters and news reporters, meaning the event won’t get as much coverage as it deserves.

GOGO Festival 2011: review

2,500 women, 50 performers, one giant, muddy field. What’s not to love? Milly Shaw reviews lesbian festival GO.GO.