Last week Mujeres Latinas en Accion, a Latina advocacy organization, and Amigas Latinas, a support agency for lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning Latinas, released a study that provides insight in the identities and experiences of LGBT latinas. The study sample included 300 women within the Chicago area.

While the ...

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The significance of this report speaks volumes for itself. (download the PDF)

The Williams Institute recently announced findings from the US National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (the longest study ever conducted on American lesbian families - 24 years) that NONE of the 78 adolescents (17 years of age) who participated reported ...

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  The Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization is conducting a research project and they need your participation!

  They're conducting a survey, which is open to all women who partner with women, including transgender women, lesbians, bisexual women & queer women... and it's purpose is to explore attitudes about ...

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The Center for Sexual Health Promotion at Indiana University is conducting a survey to collect what they hope will be "the largest, most diverse data on the sexual lives between women in contemporary history."

Their goal is to provide better and more adequate safer sex information to queer women (if ...

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The Zuna Institute, a national advocacy organization for black lesbians, just announced the release of the Black Lesbian Needs assessment report entitled: Black Lesbians Matter.

The report examines the unique experiences, perspectives, and priorities of the Black Lesbian community.

Download a full copy of the report here.

Learn more.

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And what an insightful & compelling theory it is!

Clearly, lesbian, bisexual and queer women partnering with other women has EVERYTHING to do with men... I mean, it does make perfect sense. We are living in a hideously patriarchal, heterosexist, homophobic society after all.

Why shouldn't the phenomenon that women ...

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Based on findings from a new study, published in an article in the NY Times, women undergoing lumpectomy may not need an operation to remove underarm lymph nodes, a procedure that has long been a standard part of treatment. The procedure commonly leaves women with painfully swollen arms, hands and ...

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Does Lesbian Bed Death exist?

The term, anyway, was created, and is used, to describe the common lack of sex that is believed to be occurring in lesbian relationships, specifically within long-term relationships.

The term is said to have been coined by Pepper Schwartz, a sociologist at the University of ...

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In Gay Candidates Get Support That Causes May Not, read about how gay candidates have made strides in the last election cycle and why being out and proud has been one of the most integral components to shifting societal attitudes over the past decade.

But, I wonder - is it really ...

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...and is being reconsidered for asylum in Canada. A Federal Court has ruled that the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) reconsider her failed claim for refugee status.

Some background: Two years ago, Skyler James fled the U.S. military after being outed by a peer. She was the target of ...

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