Good morning!
Queer women had a strong showing in International Women’s Day yesterday, including this Google Doodles video.
And in case you noticed that part of our home screen is going green, it’s because we’re celebrating #MarchForward in an effort to highlight the wage gap women suffer in the workplace. 19% of our homepage images will be green to show how much less women make compared to our male counterparts (81 cents to their dollar).
At Bustle, a queer trans woman argues that International Women’s Day leaves out LGBT women.
On last night’s season finale of Just Jillian, Jillian Michaels popped the question to her partner Heidi by making a super emotional, beautiful movie trailer about their lives together. Congrats to the lovebirds!
Ruby Rose will be honored at the 27th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in LA next month. Ruby will receive”GLAAD’s Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which is presented to an LGBT media professional who has made a significant difference in promoting equality and acceptance.” The awards show will air on Logo on April 4th.
Bounce TV’s new show Saints & Sinners has a secret lesbian relationship between a pastor’s wife with political ambitions and a local senator.
A Jewish lesbian writes about her obsession with Bonanza.
Frightened Rabbit has a beautiful and gritty new music video starring two young women.
Jane Lynch will be performing See Jane Sing live at the Largo in Los Angeles on March 23 and 24th.
Ingrid Jungermann (The Slope, F to 7th) talks about her new film Women Who Kill and all kinds of other things with Gum Studios.
The National Enquirer is featuring Marilyn Monroe‘s secret lesbian lovers. Consider the source.
A new film called Ned’s Project follows a Filipino butch lesbian, Ned, who wants to have a baby. You can see it at the CineFilipino Film Festival March 16-22.
Aviliaq:Entwined, playing tomorrow at the Vancouver Women in Film Festival, follows a lesbian love story in a Northern Canada island territory called Nunavut.
The San Diego Free Press pontificates on the loss of lesbian spaces.
Corrie‘s Brooke Vincent was a guest on Good Morning Britain, where she helped with the weather and said people are finally grasping she’s only gay on TV.
The Advocate remembers Air Force Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen, who was killed in a suicide bomber’s mission in Afghanistan this past December.
A reminder of just how important it is that law begin to recognize lesbian and bisexual mothers as VALID, and how not so long ago, they were able to keep them from their own children.
Singer Troye Sivan helped a bisexual girl come out to her mother at one of his show’s, and the crowd goes WILD.
Troye reading @tronnorpleaz‘s note tonight coming out to her Mom (: @tronnorpleaz) pic.twitter.com/ddS7mtq1wl
– Troye Sivan Updates (@TroyeSivanUpdts) March 8, 2016
Out queer trans director Lana Wachowski’s sibling has come out as transgender. Lilly Wachowski released a statement about her gender identity after The Daily Mail threatened to out her.
Find out more about LPAC, the only lesbian political action group, in this interview with Executive Director Beth Shipp.
The former assistant to British Labour MP claims she was “bullied and assaulted” by Carolyn Harris after her employer find out she was a gay woman.
Today in Lesbianish TV:
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Good Morning America (ABC 7 a.m.)
Set It Off (MTV 9 a.m.)
White Collar “All’s Fair”/”Whack-A-Mole” (Universal HD 10 a.m./11 a.m., 12 p.m./1 p.m.) (rerun)
Don’t Be Tardy… marathon (Bravo 10 a.m.)
#BlackLove “Bringing Sexy Back”/”Like a Virgin” (FYI 10 a.m./11 a.m.) (rerun)
The View (ABC 11 a.m.)
Pride (Showcase 11:30 a.m., 9 p.m.)
Last Man Standing “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (Freeform 12:30 p.m.) (rerun)
The Talk (CBS 2 p.m.)
General Hospital (ABC 2 p.m.)
Ellen (Laff 3 p.m./3:30 p.m., 5 a.m./5:30 a.m.) (rerun)
Gaycation With Ellen Page “Japan” (Viceland 3 p.m., 9 p.m.) (rerun)
Bones “The Salt in the Wounds” (TNT 3 p.m.) (rerun)
Clouds of Sils Maria (Showtime 3 p.m.)
New Girl “Bully” (TBS 3:30 p.m.) (rerun)
Black Sails “XXV.” (Starz 4:15 p.m., 9 p.m., 1:55 a.m.)Adventure Time “Her Parents” (Cartoon 4:15 p.m.) (rerun)
Rosewood “Negative Autopsies & New Partners” (Fox 8 p.m.)
Last Man Standing “Restaurant Opening” (CMT 8:30 p.m.) (rerun)
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC 9 p.m.)
Gaycation With Ellen Page “Brazil” (Viceland 10 p.m.)
Younger “Bad Romance” (TV Land 10 p.m.)
Broad City “Rat Pack” (Comedy Central 10 p.m.)
I Am Cait “Politically Incorrect” (E! 10 p.m.)
Fried Green Tomatoes (Ovation 10:30 p.m.)
MTV Suspect “Anthony & Cassie and Tera & Lebra” (MTV 11:01 p.m.)
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon (NBC 11:34 p.m.) – Guest: Halsey (rerun)
Tammy (HBO2 1:10 a.m.)
Margaret Cho: psyCHO (Showtime2 1:20 a.m.)
Kidnapped For Christ (Showtime2 2:45 a.m.)
How I Met Your Mother “Big Days” (TV Land 4 a.m.) (rerun)
White Collar “Au Revoir” (Universal HD 4 a.m., 8 a.m.) (rerun)
Portlandia marathon (IFC 4:30 a.m.)
Buffy “Hell’s Bells”/”Normal Again” (Pivot 5 a.m./6 a.m.) (rerun)
The Walking Dead “Not Tomorrow Yet” (AMC 5 a.m.)
L.A. Times’ The Envelope “Lead Actresses” (Ovation 7 a.m.) – With Lily Tomlin, Cate Blanchett (rerun)
Pride (Showtime 8:30 a.m.)
