Sapphistries
Lesbian Feminism
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Photo reblogged from The Daily What
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Unfriendly Skies of the Day: Actress and musician Leisha Hailey, best known for her role as Alice Pieszecki on Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama The L Word, told her 10k Twitter followers today that she was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for snogging her girlfriend.
Hailey demands a public apology from Southwest, claiming she has audio and video of “a lot of their actions.”
On their official website, Southwest claims that they “take pride in our outreach and commitment to the GLBT community,” and provide as an example the fact that they are “the official airline of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation” and other GLBT organizations.
[@leisha_hailey / ontd.]
UPDATE: Southwest issued a statement on the incident, saying “several passengers” complained of “excessive” affection, forcing them to act out of concern “for the comfort of all Customers on board.”
The statement goes on to suggest that some heated words were exchanged between crew members and the Hailey party, which they felt were “better resolved on the ground, as opposed to in flight.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5g9zKhHd1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Unfriendly Skies of the Day: Actress and musician Leisha Hailey, best known for her role as Alice Pieszecki on Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama The L Word, told her 10k Twitter followers today that she was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for snogging her girlfriend.
Hailey demands a public apology from Southwest, claiming she has audio and video of “a lot of their actions.”
On their official website, Southwest claims that they “take pride in our outreach and commitment to the GLBT community,” and provide as an example the fact that they are “the official airline of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation” and other GLBT organizations.
[@leisha_hailey / ontd.]
UPDATE: Southwest issued a statement on the incident, saying “several passengers” complained of “excessive” affection, forcing them to act out of concern “for the comfort of all Customers on board.”
The statement goes on to suggest that some heated words were exchanged between crew members and the Hailey party, which they felt were “better resolved on the ground, as opposed to in flight.”
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Post reblogged from (E)verything (M)y (H)eart (D)esires.....
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An official in Ghana has called for the immediate arrest of all gays and lesbians in the nation’s Western Region. The order came from Paul Evans Aidoo, the Western Regional Minister, and is drawing widespread support from other politicians as well as Ghana’s conservative religious leaders.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/ghana-official-orders-gays-and-lesbians-rounded-up-arrested.html#ixzz1Sr7znKpKWHAT?>??
Oh god, no.
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Link reblogged from Dykes & Dykery
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a strongly worded legal brief, the Obama administration has said the federal act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman was motivated by hostility toward gays and lesbians and is unconstitutional.
The brief was filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco in support of a lesbian federal employee’s lawsuit claiming the government wrongly denied health insurance coverage to her same-sex spouse.
The Justice Department says Karen Golinski’s suit should not be dismissed because the law under which her spouse was denied benefits — the Defense of Marriage Act — violates the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection.
“The official legislative record makes plain that DOMA Section 3 was motivated in large part by animus toward gay and lesbian individuals and their intimate relationships, and Congress identified no other interest that is materially advanced by Section 3,” the brief reads, referring to the section in the act that defines marriage as being between a man and a woman.
(Source: dykesanddykery)
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Biter
by Michelle Tea (from “The Beautiful”)
i lost the poem
i woke up with.
it was dangerous
something beautiful
about victory
and danger
i woke up with it
spilling into the white
of your room the fat brown towers
of boxes
packed tight
with your whole
life.the beautiful poem
slipped away
and there you were
sleeping
your magnificent
sleep.inside the night
i bit you.
why
am i compelled
to act like such a shit
around you, i mean,
i like you
a lot.
you kick my ass
with your eyes,
every glance,
wham
i’m struck
yet i can’t
stop
chewing your arm
like the excitable puppy
i become
in your presence.i must confess
i live
for this exquisite
nervousness
rushing like coffee
through all my body’s
tunnels.
the luxury
of your hands
at my throat
before sleep.lucky me,
i get to fall
to sleep
beside
the sun. there she is,
sleeping darkly
like the cat
on the chair,
commanding
unconsciousness
like she commands
attention
in the light.this girl
is a meal
am i making
that clear
a crescendo
of sleep
keeping me awake
and biting.(Source: autostraddle.com)
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Chicago Pride 2011. Boystown, Chicago.
Pride was: Fun, Emotional, Life-Affirming.
Here are some photos of Chicago Pride, I’ll be posting additional photos on my personal blog lifelw.tumblr.com.
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A few administrative things to take care of:
1. Hello and thank you new followers! Feel free to submit news / websites, whatever.
2. CONGRATULATIONS NEW YORK!!! I’ll get married in you one day. <3
3. I’m off to Chicago for the weekend. So unless you’re at Chicago Pride, I’ll catch ‘ya Monday.
![thedailywhat:
Unfriendly Skies of the Day: Actress and musician Leisha Hailey, best known for her role as Alice Pieszecki on Showtime’s critically acclaimed drama The L Word, told her 10k Twitter followers today that she was kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight for snogging her girlfriend.
Hailey demands a public apology from Southwest, claiming she has audio and video of “a lot of their actions.”
On their official website, Southwest claims that they “take pride in our outreach and commitment to the GLBT community,” and provide as an example the fact that they are “the official airline of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation” and other GLBT organizations.
[@leisha_hailey / ontd.]
UPDATE: Southwest issued a statement on the incident, saying “several passengers” complained of “excessive” affection, forcing them to act out of concern “for the comfort of all Customers on board.”
The statement goes on to suggest that some heated words were exchanged between crew members and the Hailey party, which they felt were “better resolved on the ground, as opposed to in flight.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls5g9zKhHd1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
