We're really struggling for the proper angle on this one. Lena Headey, who plays Sarah Conner in Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles, a show we're totally obsessed with (Summer Glau is a robot! Thomas Dekker scowls! There's gunplay!) is for some reason, guest starring in the season finale of AfterEllen's web series Ghostella's Haunted Tomb.

We feel sort of awful pointing out how interminably long and disjointed the show is, since it's clearly a work of love, but then again, you made us sit through fifteen minutes of weird Elvira-meets-Wyoming-Public-Access-Television nonsense before Lena showed up, so let's call it even.

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• Paris is a pussy. The jailed heiress was on the verge of a mental breakdown, so coppers let her out of jail and gave her 45 days home detention, instead.

• Does the Bible endorse trans folk? The Advocate's Joanne Herman says, "yes": "In Matthew 19:12… Jesus describes three types of eunuchs—those “which were so born from their mothers’ womb,” those “which were made eunuchs of men,” and those “which made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake.”

• AfterEllen and its readers name the 100 Hottest Women in the World. The L-Word's Leisha Hailey takes the top slot, while Catherine Deneuve brings up the rear.

• Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kerekes, who are accused of murdering rival producer, Bryan Kocis, will remain in jail until their extradition hearing.

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We've got two bits of television news for you. The first come to us via our cousin Mollygood who, in turn, got it from those rascals over at Glitterati. Rumor has it that The L-Word's Kristanna Loken, who plays Paige, is so fed up with her castmate's attitude problems that she's leaving the show. Of the show's lady-heavy cast, she says:

It's an entire show of women. And the amount of egos and insecurities and cattiness that can go on with a bunch of women - that's what you get.

[The Show] attracts certain people that want to do something different in their career, but the girls were tough. It's a big, ensemble cast. And sometimes you wonder if they've bit off more than they can chew.

Yes, well, we can imagine things get a little hairy when you guys are all in sync and shit.

The second bit of news isn't really lesbianic, but it does come to us from the chicks over at AfterEllen, who got it from The Hollywood Reporter. They're reporting that former Warrior Princess Lucy Lawless has signed on to play Tanya for the American update of British sudster, Footballer's Wives.

Fans of the original remember coke-snorting, baby-switching, husband hopping, long nail wielding Tanya Turner as being played by Zoe Lucker. While we can't say we're thrilled by the update, we're glad the producers didn't give the role to an American.

No offense, ladies, but we're not sure you could pull it off with quite the right zest.

• Mel Gibson on Good Morning America. (And something else?) [Gawker]

• Kirk on Foley. (And Hastert, too.) [365 Gay]

• "Borat" on faggotry. (And touches upon Kazakhstan.) [The Advocate]

• Harley-Davidson on beef jerky. (And…???) [Rocking Mountain News]

• Kim Ficera on gay rumors. (And with all the big names.) [AfterEllen]

• Kevin Aviance is on Tyra Banks Today! (And go!) [The Tyra Banks Show]

• Ireland on big changes. (And that's all folks!) [Ireland Online]

We know a lot of you out there watch America's Next Top Model, and we apologize for not giving it more coverage. But, to make it up to you, here's the link to an AfterEllen interview with Megan Morris (pictured), the lesbian would-be model given the boot this week.

Megan and the labia loving ladies yak about how producers glossed over her lesbianic tendencies, what makes a good photograph, and what Megan's been up to since leaving the show. Oh, and Megan also calls contestant Michelle out as a lesbian.

One particularly intriguing bit is that the straight ladies in the house seem very intrigued by lesbian sex. Morris remarks:

When I was talking to the other girls … they were like, "Hmm, you know, I'd probably try it if I wasn’t engaged." It seemed like probably five out of the 13 girls are bi-curious!

A house full of sexually curious models? It's a sapphic wet dream!

• Alaskan judge not fucking around when it comes to marriage law. Yeah, girl! [365 Gay]

• Is gay support by celebrities just a bunch of PR bull? Kim Ficera seems to think so. [AfterEllen]

• Brit play sheds light on Asian gays. A bit of an odd couple, but okay… [Pink News UK]

• Artists "revisit" male figure. As if we'd forget? [The New York Blade]

• Homophobes miss slave days. Shocker. [Gay Alliance]

It's the afternoon. Were we're longing for a stroll, but as we're slaves to the internet, we decided to do it digitally with a mosey on over to our friends at AfterEllen. While there, we came across this thoughtful, entertaining article by Kim Ficera.

In it, Ficera laments the replacement of tom-boy imagery by lipstick lesbians on television. She writes:

There are strong women, good role models for lesbians and future lesbians on TV now, but as Weeds' Celia Hodes made clear to her daughter, the tomboy icon of yesterday is in danger of disappearing. The lesbian icon has arrived, and she looks more like a centerfold than a centerfielder.

While it's fantastic to see gays and lesbians so predominately displayed, allowing young faglings the sexual education so powerful when coming, there's are inadvertent results.

I wonder if in our efforts to provide them with accurate information about sex and sexuality we're inadvertently depriving them of something even more valuable: wonder.

Loss of childish wonder over sex? No way! Kids - and even adults - will always wonder about sex. And if kids glean more than they did yesterday about tomorrow, then it means there will be more boundaries to push tomorrow.
This is a fantastic article. Read it.
"Don't Quote Me: The Disappearance of the Tom-Boy" [After Ellen]
Sep 7, 2006 · Link · 1 Response