Tila Tequila and Casey Johnson Showing OUT!

Out showing off her new engagement ring, Tila Tequila and Casey Johnson were spotted leaving Villa Lounge in West Hollywood, CA on Friday (December 18).

The newly engaged lesbian lovers put on a display of affection for the snapping paparazzi as they held hands and even shared an intimate kiss for the cameras.

Something must’ve set off Ms Tequila’s easily sparked temper considering one minute she was showing off her engagement ring and the next she was giving the middle finger gesture
to the photogs.

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Lesbian Couple Assaulted at Prominent Black Memphis Church

A lesbian couple was forced to call 911 for police assistance after they were assaulted at the Sunday morning services at one of Memphis’ most prominent black churches. Monique Stephens and her partner visited the New Olivet Baptist Church because they wanted to meet pastor and mayoral candidate Rev. Kenneth Whalum Jr., who “they intended to support” in the October election.

“An hour into service, Whalum told the congregation to bow to the ground and blow kisses to God, Stephens said, but she and her partner, who are agnostic, did not move. She said Whalum and church members began calling them “devil worshippers” and “gay,” among other derogatory names. Security guards surrounded and pushed them out of the sanctuary. Stephens said her glasses were broken and both she and her partner of three years have bruises and scratches from the altercation. No arrests were made, police said.

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Is WNBA Team Keeping Lesbian Fans in the Closet?

You must remember this: a kiss is still a kiss. That is, unless you happen to be attending a WNBA game in Washington, D.C., says Washington Post sports columnist Mike Wise.

In a column that ran this past Monday, Wise noted that while at most sports events in the nation’s capital audiences are routinely subjected to something called a “KissCam” – wherein unwitting couples get displayed on the giant video screens during timeouts and then encounter daunting peer pressure to smooch for the cameras – the crowd-pleasing gimmick is noticeably absent during home games of the city’s WNBA club, the Mystics.

The easily inferred reason the KissCam happens to have its days off whenever the basketball court is occupied by women rather than men was corroborated last week by Mystics managing partner Sheila Johnson.

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Uganda Court Rules in Favor of Lesbians

A court in Uganda has ruled in favor of two women what is being cited as a landmark case against the Ugandan government. Justice Stella Arac stated that the Ugandan police violated the constitutional rights to privacy, property and fundamental rights of Yvonne Oyoo and Victor Juliet Mukasa.

The women were awarded 13 million shillings (appx $6,700) in damages for humiliation and harassment. The two women were arrested because it was suspected that they are lesbians.

The two women, who are gay rights activists, filed the law suit against the Ugandan government after police raided Mukasa’s home in July of 2005 seeking “incriminating material”.

During the raid, Mukasa was beaten and Oyoo was arrested, tortured, forced to strip to prove she was a woman, and sexually assaulted. She was then held under arrest for days without ever being formally charged.

The incident occurred in the same month that Uganda’s Parliament voted to constitutionally prohibit same-sex marriage.

Juno’s Page to Play “Real-Life” Lesbian

Ellen Page, the Oscar-nominated Juno star has recently signed on to play the real-life roll of Stacie Andree, the partner of lesbian police lieutenant Laurel Hester.  Hester was involved for years in a battle which has been a catalyst of change for domestic-partner rights.

After Hester was diagnosed with cancer, she attempted leave her pension benefits to Andree through her will, but the wish was denied because the women weren’t legally married. After years of court battles, Hester finally won, but lost her own life to cancer only weeks after the ruling.

The film’s director is Oscar winner (Freeheld) Cynthia Wade.  No word yet as to a release date.

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