The creator and executive producer of Showtime’s “The L Word” has signed to write and produce a pilot for a spin-off series. Leisha Hailey, who plays Alice in the series, is set to star in the spin-off. The sixth and final season of the L Word is slated to run in January.

Showtime President, Robert Greenblatt said the “L Word” spinoff is in the early stages and didn’t offer up a lot of details. He did say that “L Word” creator/exec producer Ilene Chaiken is creating the spinoff, which will shoot after “L Word” wraps production on its sixth and final season this year. It will star one of the actresses from the drama series, which will end its run with an open-ended story line that will continue online. Should the spinoff get a series pickup, the story line will continue in the as-yet-untitled project.

Greenblatt said the chosen actress does not yet know it will feature her. Pressed for more details, he said only: “We’re still forming it. I’m sure I have a million e-mails already from loyal viewers about it, but we’re still in the process of figuring it out.”

Click here to find out what some fans are doing to find out what the secret is to the L Word Spin Off with Alice could be!

I’ll keep you posted with any updates, gossip or secrets I find!

Juliet

All of you know that I am an advocate for knowing our history, making change, being the change and getting out there to make a difference for the LGBT community. Well ladies, now is the time it counts more than ever.

What are you planning on doing on November 4th? Don’t say you don’t plan that far out. That is the day we all need to get out and VOTE FOR CHANGE. 

I know you might think you’re tired of hearing about it. I understand. We’ve been hearing about this for almost two years now. But now is the time to know what’s going on. Now is the time to get out and vote; and vote right. Not vote for the Right, but vote for the one who gives us the best change for equality. Barack Obama.

What do you know about Barack Obama? We know that he is the first African-American Presidential Candidate. That in and of itself shows that this is OUR time. We are in a time of history.

Straight from www.barackobama.com

Record of Advocacy: Obama has worked to promote civil rights and fairness in the criminal justice system throughout his career. As a community organizer, Obama helped 150,000 African Americans register to vote. As a civil rights lawyer, Obama litigated employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and voting rights cases. As a State Senator, Obama passed one of the country’s first racial profiling laws and helped reform a broken death penalty system. And in the U.S. Senate, Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.

Empowering Women to Prevent HIV/AIDS:
In the United States, the percentage of women diagnosed with AIDS has quadrupled over the last twenty years. Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially hard hit: In 2004, HIV infection was the leading cause of death for African-American women between the ages of 25 and 34. Around the world, 7,000 women are infected with HIV every day. Barack Obama has been a leader in the global fight against AIDS. He introduced the Microbicide Development Act, which will accelerate the development of products that empower women in the battle against AIDS. Microbicides are a class of products currently under development that women apply topically to prevent transmission of HIV and other infections.

Strengthen Civil Rights Enforcement
Obama will reverse the politicization that has occurred in the Bush Administration’s Department of Justice. He will put an end to the ideological litmus tests used to fill positions within the Civil Rights Division.

Combat Employment Discrimination
Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that curtails racial minorities’ and women’s ability to challenge pay discrimination. Obama will also pass the Fair Pay Act to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work and the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.

Expand Hate Crimes Statutes
Obama will strengthen federal hate crimes legislation, expand hate crimes protection by passing the Matthew Shepherd Act, and reinvigorate enforcement at the Department of Justice’s Criminal Section.

End Racial Profiling
Obama will ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies and provide federal incentives to state and local police departments to prohibit the practice.

Reform No Child Left Behind:
Obama will reform NCLB, which starts by funding the law. Obama believes teachers should not be forced to spend the academic year preparing students to fill in bubbles on standardized tests. He will improve the assessments used to track student progress to measure readiness for college and the workplace and improve student learning in a timely, individualized manner. Obama will also improve NCLB’s accountability system so that we are supporting schools that need improvement, rather than punishing them.

Fighting Cancer:
Ovarian cancer is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. Because of the lack of early symptoms or a proven screening test, ovarian cancer also has the highest mortality of all cancers of the female reproductive system. Barack Obama is an original co-sponsor of Johanna’s Law. Signed into law in January 2007, the law will educate women and increase awareness of ovarian cancer. Obama has also supported efforts to combat breast cancer, another leading cause of death among women. He helped pass legislation in the Illinois State Senate to expand insurance coverage for mammograms.

Supports a Woman’s Right to Choose:
Barack Obama understands that abortion is a divisive issue, and respects those who disagree with him. However, he has been a consistent champion of reproductive choice and will make preserving women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority as President. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in that case.

Preventing Unwanted Pregnancy:
Barack Obama is an original co-sponsor of legislation to expand access to contraception, health information and preventive services to help reduce unintended pregnancies. Introduced in January 2007, the Prevention First Act will increase funding for family planning and comprehensive sex education that teaches both abstinence and safe sex methods. The Act will also end insurance discrimination against contraception, improve awareness about emergency contraception, and provide compassionate assistance to rape victims.

Reducing Domestic Violence:
One in four women will experience domestic violence in her lifetime. Family violence accounted for 11 percent of all violence between 1998 and 2002. Barack Obama introduced legislation to combat domestic violence by providing $25 million a year for partnerships between domestic violence prevention organizations and Fatherhood or Marriage programs to train staff in domestic violence services, provide services to families affected by domestic violence, and to develop best practices in domestic violence prevention.

Strengthening Domestic Violence Laws:
Approximately 1,400 women a year – four every day – die in the United States as a result of domestic violence. And 132,000 women report that they have been victims of a rape or attempted rape, and it is estimated that an even greater number have been raped, but do not report it. Senator Obama co-sponsored and helped reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Signed into law in January 2006, the bill funds and helps communities, nonprofit organizations, and police combat domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The legislation establishes a sexual assault services program and provides education grants to prevent domestic violence.

Fighting Gender Violence Abroad:
The genocide in Darfur has had particularly devastating consequences for women. Tens of thousands of women have been killed, raped, and displaced since the conflict began in 2003. Barack Obama has been a leading voice in Washington urging the end of genocide in Sudan. He worked with Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) on the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act, a version of which was signed into law. Obama has traveled to the United Nations to meet with Sudanese officials and visited refugee camps on the Chad-Sudan border to raise international awareness of the ongoing humanitarian disaster there. He also worked with Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) to secure $20 million for the African Union peacekeeping mission.

Obama’s comprehensive New Energy for America plan will:

• Provide short-term relief to American families facing pain at the pump
• Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future.
• Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined.
• Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars — cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon — on the road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America.
• Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.
• Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.

Know what Barack Obama stands for. If you were a militant Hillary supporter….you must know that what Barack has to offer is the same as Hillary. Voting for John McCain will, without a doubt, cause harm to the LGBT community for years to come.

Please ladies, get out and vote. Educate yourself. See why Barack Obama is the right choice for you, me and all of our community.

www.barackobama.com

www.demconvention.com

www.lwv.org  League of Women Voters

www.voteforchange.com

www.register-vote.com

Now you can be educated and make the right choice. GET OUT AND VOTE!!

Juliet

From our favorite Guest Blogger, Gina! Enjoy!

Carly pulled into her driveway alone and shut off the car.  There were only the sounds of a few crickets, and nothing else.  The night air was sultry and looking up, she saw the milky-way stretched diagonally across the sky. The night air enveloped her smooth milky skin and it was a turn on, a perfect temperature. 

She looked back on the evening and only one thought came to mind, “She left me standing there dripping.”  She had just dropped Ristan off at ‘her room mate’s’ house and was now high and not so dry.  Not wanting the feeling to end, her mind wandered outward.  What to do now?”  Carly looked over at her neighbors house, they lived on a rather steep street, and she could see up inside a lit window on the second floor.  She noticed movement and then saw the figure of a woman, a young woman whose shape revealed no clothing.  She was brushing her hair, having just gotten out of the shower.  Intrigued, she watched on, running her hand down her own shapely body and feeling herself as her heart started to race.

Oh, what the hell, take a chance, she could do herself any old time.  She got out of the car, scampered up her neighbors walk and quietly knocked on the door.  Momentarily, through the window of the door, she saw a slender figure come down the stairs in a towel and cautiously peer through the opening.  Carly detected a slight hint of a smile on the edge of the person’s red lips and the door opened.  Not having thought about what she might say, Carly stood speechless for a few seconds and the other woman then said, “Can I help you?” as she herself looked Carly over with a growing genuine smile.

“Hi, I’m Carly, your neighbor,” not knowing just what else to say.

“Hello, I am Gina, I just moved in”

“Oh,” Carly managed.

Gina reached out and gently took her arm and pulled her inside.  “Come in, I just got home and I was just finishing up taking a shower.  I love meeting new people, especially new neighbors!” she said with a subtle wink.

“Thanks, I was just getting home for the evening and, well, I saw your light on and thought I would come over and introduce myself,” said Carly, getting it together.  God, Gina’s beautiful, thought Carly to herself

“Would you like a glass of wine?” offered Gina.

“I would love one, I have had some already tonight, so if I get a little woozy…,” Carly trailed off.  Still in her towel, Gina went into her kitchen piled high with boxes and returned with a bottle, cork screw and two glasses. 

“I have managed to unpack the essentials,” she said with another wink and a soft voice.

Then as Gina uncorked the bottle, her towel slipped down and as she tried to catch it, the towel dropped to the floor.  Unphased, she laughed and said, “Opps.  Sorry about that, I was just taking a shower when you showed up.”

“No need to apologize on my account,” gasped Carly as she stared at the most beautiful body she had ever laid eyes on.  Making no effort to pick up the towel, Gina kept pouring the wine.

“It is kind of hot in here, I usually run around the house naked anyway.  I hope you don’t mind?” excused Gina with another smile that melted Carly’s heart.  She sat down next to Carly, crossed her legs, arched her back and extended her arm, resting it over Carly’s head on the couch.  Her breast begged attention on her slender body with exemplified curvature that rivaled any master Zen painter.  Her nipples hardened as she smiled at Carly and no verbal communication was further needed to break the silence.   Carly’s neck flushed with excitement.  Carly leaned down and kissed her nipple with her red hot, rosy lips, sending a wave of excitement through Gina with the knowledge something wonderful was about to happen.

Gina repositioned herself, uncrossing her legs, angling towards Carly, revealing her mostly shaven pussy.  Her skin was soft and smooth, her essence transfixed Carly and she resisted the urge to immediately dive down, opting to taste Gina’s mouth for the first time instead.  They kissed for a long time, as their breathing increased, temperatures rose and desire heightened exponentially.

Carly felt herself getting wet and real arousal overcame her as she floated over Gina’s body with the attention and tenderness of the ultimate lover.  Gina responded in like and trailed her soft fingertips down Carly’s waist, around her perfect ass and touched her secret spot, sending a jolt through Carly that reminded her of love long lost but never forgotten.  With hardened clit, she longed for more touch as she angled her pussy upward towards Gina, beckoning for her mouth.  As if on cue, Gina went down and swung herself around while doing so.  Each had each others palace in place, face to face, so to speak.  In unison they loved each other in stereo, tasting each other, tonguing, touching and…exploring.  Both the same size, they fit as perfect as yin-yen.  The pheromones of each attracted the other like no other had before.  Not wanting to come too soon, they both teased the other to the point of ecstasy and then softened back a bit, looking up with wetted faces and half open eyelids to the others knowing love.

They came together that night and they came hard, feeling the rush of sensation that bordered on the fourth dimension.  They couldn’t get enough licking, kissing, holding and…breathing in each others fineness.  As the night turned into morning, they lay together in complete comfort.  Not wanting the experience to end, they vowed to see each other again that next night as Carly scampered across the yard to her house, wondering if Ristan’s roommate had done her so fine…

I am totally devastated by this news…..If you’re a DMB follower, then you have heard already. LeRoi Moore, Sax player for the Dave Matthews Band has died due to complications from an ATV accident back in June.

What we know:

LeRoi died this afternoon at an LA Hospital.

DMB has decided to go on with their LA show tonight. Some fans say feel that’s what LeRoi would have wanted.

There isn’t anymore information on what happened other than “there were complications.”  I know he had broken ribs and a punctured lung, but since the accident, no other information has been given. I’ll post more when I know.

RIP LeRoi Moore.  DMB will not be the same without you.

From the Official Dave Matthews Website: www.davematthewsband.com

As we sat this afternoon contemplating the loss of our brother, we wondered how we could possibly do a show today. Dave put it into perspective stating, “There’s no place I’d rather be than here with you guys right now.” We cherish special memories of our lost friend. Tonight, Dave told a story about LeRoi at a bar in Virginia where the cash register was near the stage and LeRoi leaned on the register because “standing had become a chore”. Roi proceeded to play the most beautiful version of Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Dave said, “that was the day I fell in love with him. And I’m still in love with him.” It’s safe to say we all were in love with him. “It’s always easier to leave, than to be left.” -DM

This is a video from the show last night…Dave stating the quote above:

Rest in Peace LeRoi….

Juliet

This isn’t really just about lesbians, or just women even. It’s for everyone. Thanks to Oprah and the wonderful Dr. Oz, I bring you questions that you need to know the answers to. Let’s see how much you already know! For all you nervous test takers out there, don’t worry, it’s multiple choice!  How well will you do?

1. What shape should your poo (feces) be?

A: Pebble Shape

B: S Shape

C: Pancake Shape

D: I refuse to look

Answer: S shape. As the waste is stored in your colon, if it comes out any other way, its not processing properly. This is due to the kind of diet you’re eating. Which brings us to the next question…

2. How much fiber should you eat everyday?

A: 10 grams 

 B: 15 grams

 C: 25 grams

 D: 55 grams

Answer: Although most Americans only get 10 grams a day, the recommended amount is 25 grams. You can find fiber in other things than just bran. Pears, walnuts, peas and lentiles all have a great source of fiber. But, make sure to drink plenty of water, or it could make you constipated.

3. When have you had enough water?

A: You go to the bathroom every 30min

B: Your urine is clear

C: Your urine is odorless

D: You’re bloated all the time

Answer: Even though you may think you’ve had enough when you’re feeling bloated, the right answer is actually B, when you’re urine is clear. It doesn’t matter whether its 6oz or 8oz of water. Everyone’s body is different. So pay attention to what its telling you.

4. Where is the most dangerous fat on your body?

A: Your thighs

B: Your belly

C: Your butt

Answer: It’s your belly fat. Having too much belly fat can cause you to be at a higher risk for things like diabetes and heart disease.

5. Which of the following stores the fat?

A: The sciatic nerve

B: The omentum

C: The duodenum

Answer: This is a hard one. It’s the omentum. This is the fat that is stored in your belly. Check it out: You want the your omentum to be nice and thin….not large and bulky.

6. Which of the following is more important to help slow down the aging process?

A: Blood pressure

B: Cholesterol

C: Weight

D: Heart rate

Answer: I was wrong on this when I took this quiz. Thought it was weight…its blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause holes or ulcer like areas on your arteries, which is why high blood pressure can cause a heart attack. Did you know that having high blood pressure can actually add 6 years to your physical age.

7. Having regular sex can help you live longer. How often should you have sex?

A: Once a week

B: Twice a week

C: Ten times a month

D: 200 times a year

Answer: You know I love this one. The answer is 200 times a year. And if you read my previous blog about orgasms, you’ll know why!

8. Why do some people attract mosquito’s more than others? (I’m all about this question!)

A: Your scent of perfume, deodorant, lotion

B: Genetics

C: Your Diet

D: All of the above

Answer: Not surprised by this; All of the Above. Athough genetics for some can be the biggest factor. Also, it is true that using Avon’s Skin So Soft can help repel them. For whatever reason, they just don’t like that smell.

9. Why do you get ice cream headaches (brain freeze)?

A: Dehydration

B: Immune System

C: Cold temperature and lactic acid

D: Dialation of arteries

Answer: Dialation of the arteries. When you eat ice cream or things that are very cold and it hits the back of your mouth, it causes the arteries to spasm. When you stop (in between bites), the arteries relax causing a rush of blood flow, creating that brain freeze.

10. What day is a heart attack most likely to happen?

A: Monday morning

B: Tuesday afternoon

C: Saturday night

Answer: Well, of course it’s monday morning. If you already have a blockage, the stress of a monday morning, can be enough to cause the blockage to increase within minutes or hours even…causing a heart attack.

Hope you learned something today! Just as a reminder, although I work in the Healthcare Industry, by no means am I a doctor. So, please, if you have any questions, or you think you could be at high risk for disease, please consult with your doctor.

Stay tuned for the next Lesbian Health Series posting coming soon!

Juliet

Side note for our male readers: For every 35lbs of weight you lose, you actually gain an inch onto your penis.  Thought that was an interesting fact given by Dr. Oz.

Sources:

www.oprah.com