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Lez Dish It Out! The AfterEllen Les/Bi News Roundup

We made it through the week, ladies!

I see you getting ready for the weekend. Friday is finally here, and we have the Dish! Sanvers says goodbye, Tig Notaro speaks out, and Tegan and Sara are cartoons this week, so lez get to it! Sanvers has officially shattered our hearts.

We’ve been dreading the inevitable since Season 3 of Supergirl premiered. Alex and Maggie, and their big, gay wedding they’ve been enthusiastically planning, has come to a sudden, sad, end. As we expected, their individual stances on having children was just not something the pair could overcome. We’ll do a deeper dive into the breakup and what the ramifications for LGBT representation on screen, but for now let’s remember the good times via Floriana Lima’s IG.

Maggie has been a steadfast, authentic lesbian presence throughout her tenure on Supergirl, and she will be missed. Alex might be the main protagonist in the series, but that doesn’t mean she’s the hero, or the vindicated. What it means is that we have a heartbroken fan base, and another on screen lesbian couple who doesn’t get their happy ending.

Here is Chyler Leigh’s response to the breakup:

And here are some of the fan reactions on Twitter:

The fan love and frustration over the portrayal of Maggie’s character even sparked the hashtag #MaggieMatters.

https://twitter.com/LilithChile/status/928308486827585536

Ugh, everything really does hurt. Sanvers for life.

Switching gears from pop culture to politics for some happy news for once! In case you haven’t heard, Seattle has a lesbian mayor! Meet Jenny Durkan.

A little something called Election Day happened on Tuesday. Although many of us went to bed with some serious PTSD that night in remembrance of the presidential election, we woke up with so much to celebrate this year, including Seattle’s first openly gay mayor.

Not only is Jenny Durkan the first lesbian mayor Seattle has ever had, she’s almost the first female mayor the city has elected in over 90 years. She celebrated her win with a favorite Seattle meal, and probably lots of new followers on Twitter.

Can you feel it, family? That’s the sound of the rising tide of the resistance. It’s time.

Out Magazine has released their OUT100 2017, a celebration of the most influential LGBT people of the year. Let’s go over a few highlights, shall we? https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/928307930704654337 Lena Waithe was selected as Artist of the Year!

She won an Emmy, and was the first lesbian and black woman to do so for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Now she’s working on writing her very own television show, The Chi. Lena Waithe is a powerhouse, and we’re thrilled to see her receive this honor. Billie Jean King was named the Lifetime Achievement Honoree for her countless works on gender equality, women’s rights, and LGBT representation and equality.

Over on Twitter, King doesn’t stop lifting others up long enough to do any bragging on herself, and that’s why she’s on this list.

The Indigo Girls are in celebration mode! Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have been making music together for decades, and their first full length album 1987 was released 30 years ago! Saliers gave a nod to the album via Instagram for your viewing pleasure.

Emily released a solo album this year, which she’s been touring on, but the duo revealed that they are indeed working on new music together. So stay tuned, and put 1987 on repeat in the meantime. In keeping up with the continuous outpour of sexual assault reveals flooding through Hollywood in light of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, let’s give a quick nod to Tig Notaro. It turns out “that” episode ( of the second season of One Mississippi is about Louis CK, who has been accused of sexual misconduct related to masturbation in front of his coworkers. The New York Times quotes Tig Notaro saying,

Sadly, I’ve come to learn that Louis C.K.’s victims are not only real, but many are actual friends of mine within the comedy community.
Notaro learned of his treatment of women after the rights to One Mississippi was sold to Amazon under the executive production of CK. Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times tweeted the following:

Our support goes out to the women who are standing up against this disgusting abuse of power within this community of power hungry, abusive men.

Let’s bring this party back around to some good news before we send you off for a fabulous, lady loving weekend. Tegan and Sara have released a new music video! The “Nineteen” cover by Hayley Williams of Paramore has an official animated video that was both directed and animated by Kristine Thune.

You can watch the video here:

I’ll be watching this on repeat during my car ride to Washington D.C. to see The Con X tour this weekend!

I bid you adieu with this hilariously retro throwback picture Leisha Hailey posted last week on her IG. I missed it in last week’s Dish, but it’s worth revisiting every single day.

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