lesbian
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The Boston Globe had an article about a financially struggling lesbian bar trying to stay afloat by relaxing Covid rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Between 2019 and 2024, the number of over-50s identifying as lesbian, gay or bisexual in the UK increased by around a third - from roughly 340,000 to almost 460,000.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
To the best of their knowledge, they are the only openly lesbian and gay direct descendants of Jefferson and Hemings.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
Herzi’s slender, unassuming drama contains few emotional crescendos or grand insights, although this is the rare French film to center on a Muslim lesbian as its protagonist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
“Anyway, if you’re expecting some big news about how I’m some lesbian or whatever because I got busted at a gay club, then you’re fresh out of luck.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
Catch One is a generalist music venue, but was founded as Los Angeles’ first nightclub for Black lesbians.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Modern lesbians could only hope to be so fortunate.
From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2026
The Reiners approached screenwriter Dustin Lance Black after he spoke in support of equal rights for gay people and lesbians in his 2009 Academy Award acceptance speech for “Milk.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Although Britain began decriminalising homosexuality for men in 1967, a ban on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people serving in the military lasted until 2000.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
Eventually I lose myself a little in his life, dancing along with Austin, William, Nicolas, and a few hundred other gays and lesbians when the parade organizers blast the Village People’s “In the Navy.”
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
