Here’s a video commentary about the stereotypes gay and lesbian characters often conform to in Australian movies. It’s aslo an interesting analysis of how Australian society perceives homosexuals, in contrast to say, America or Europe. The situation in the Philippines is very similar in the sense that there are more films featuring gay men, while […]

This is the Somalian flag. In that country, 90-98% of women undergo infibulation, or the removal of most parts of the genital, then sewing the labias together to close it up. In their culture, it makes women more desirable to men, because it ensures their virginity before marriage, and prevents promiscuity during the marriage. That’s […]

If Muslims have Mecca, we lesbians have Lesbos. This lush Mediterranean island has been a popular tourist destination for women with a sapphic bent since the 1950’s. And why not? The word lesbian, after all, was derived from this place where the poet Sappho lived. Her works contain lines that undeniably speak of love for […]