August 12th, 2010
The company behind the Mystic Tickler has an ad campaign that asks ‘Which Tickler Are You?’ writes Vivien Grey. Apparently if you choose the Mystic, my latest accessory in having orgasms I then document online, it implies that you are both strange and exciting. I’m not entirely sure that I want to be profiled based on my preferred way of getting off, but I’ll take the compliment where I can get it. More »
August 11th, 2010
This week’s heroine is: Mercedes de Acosta (1893-1968) More »
August 10th, 2010
Women’s charity the Fawcett Society is making a legal challenge to the government over its “blantant unfairness” towards women in the recent emergency budget. More »
August 10th, 2010
Ellen DeGeneres’ wife Portia de Rossi is to legally change her name to DeGeneres. More »
August 6th, 2010
A member of the public has filed an official complaint of homophobia to Nottinghamshire Police, in response to anti-Pride posters put up around the city, coinciding with the 31 July event. More »
August 5th, 2010
A US federal judge has overturned the same-sex marriage ban in California. More »
August 5th, 2010
Before meeting Shabby Katchadourian, her management informs me that she’s always late, writes Sophie Wilkinson. So when she arrives before me, gesticulating exuberantly as she gives a tourist directions to the nearby London Eye, I’m pleasantly surprised.
The 24-year-old’s four week stint in the final series of Big Brother had thousands of young lesbians across the nation glued to their screens. Her wardrobe, today consisting of her grandfather’s hat, a military jacket, braces, bandanas and ankle-swingers, betrays more than a “vaudevillian punk” aesthetic. She’s cute, androgynous, cheeky and bloody entertaining, all things onscreen lesbians aren’t allowed to be. More »
August 4th, 2010
Lesbilicious’ very own Kaite Welsh was on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning, discussing the word ‘dyke’ following the Clare Balding / AA Gil dyke on a bike issue. Click to listen to the ‘dyke’ section on the Radio 4 website.
August 3rd, 2010
August 2nd, 2010
The Independent on Sunday (IoS) has published its Pink List of the most influential gay and lesbian people in the UK, however, only 30 of the total 101 were lesbians, reflecting a lack of representation of gay women in the public eye. More »
