Read more gay women stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32987/gay-women.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:10:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64645/angelina-is-no-1-lesbian-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAngelina Jolie is the ultimate lesbian heroine, the Telegraph reports. “Angelina was the clear winner, and she also has a dark side which many lesbians like,” says a rep for One Poll, which oversaw the survey of 2,600 lesbians. “All of the ladies in the poll appeal to women...http://www.newser.com/story/64645/angelina-is-no-1-lesbian-hero.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 10:11:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58222/oh-no-a-single-woman-may-replace-souter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Souter is a lifelong bachelor, but the possibility of a bachelorette replacement has started an uproar. Why? Because those potential Supreme Court justices are women, and when a powerful woman is unmarried it "seems to make everyone think: lonely, misfit, or lesbian," write Dahlia Lithwick and Hanna Rosin for...http://www.newser.com/story/58222/oh-no-a-single-woman-may-replace-souter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 May 2009 9:41:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony Blair, who...http://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44243/openly-gay-union-activist-on-shortlist-for-labor-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA gay union leader is on the shortlist for Barack Obama's secretary of labor, the Wall Street Journal reports. Democratic officials have confirmed that Mary Beth Maxwell—who would become the first openly gay Cabinet member in American history if chosen—is being vetted for the position, along with Govs....http://www.newser.com/story/44243/openly-gay-union-activist-on-shortlist-for-labor-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 10:43:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/33110/lesbian-islanders-lose-lesbian-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagResidents of the Greek island of Lesbos have lost a legal battle to block the use of the word lesbian to describe a sexual preference. An Athens court threw out a lawsuit an islander filed against a Greek gay rights group with lesbian in its name, arguing that they have...http://www.newser.com/story/33110/lesbian-islanders-lose-lesbian-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Jul 2008 2:51:53 CDT