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> Queen Latifah is still "looking for a good brotha" but spends excessive amounts of free time with her longtime "personal trainer" Jeanette Jenkins. Asked if she has a boyfriend, Jenkins stammered, “I’m in a relationship. I have been for a long time." Lesbian journalist-slash-activist Jasmyne Cannick: "Latifah, we’ll wait for you to come around, I just hope we don’t have to wait much longer because if you ask me, it’s not really that much of a secret."
> Location, location, location. Is West Adams the new "West Hollywood" for black gay men and lesbians in Los Angeles? LA Curbed agrees, others say not so fast.
> Clinton appoints an LGBT liaison. The outgoing secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress, Stephen E. Herbits, has been named the liaison to the gay and lesbian community for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
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> America will definitely have a female president next year. Openly lesbian actress Cherry Jones will portray President Allison Taylor, the nation’s first female president, on Fox techno-thriller 24. The Tony Award winning actress has also appeared on The West Wing and, in a scene stealer, in Ocean’s 12 as Matt Damon's grifter mom. "24" has made history with its Oval Office casting, with Dennis Haysbert playing President David Palmer, the nation's first black president. Jones' partner is Studio 60's Sarah Paulson. (Thanks Ryan C!)
> Pelosi to headline HRC Dinner. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will headline the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner in October and will receive the 2007 National Equality Award.
Cherry Jones is a great actress. Period. She shouldn't be defined as a lesbian actress in the way we don't say heterosexual actor Harrison Ford or heterosexual actress Nicole Kidman. Lets give Ms. Jones more credit.
Cherry Jones is openly lesbian and she's a wonderful actress.
Posted by: jam | July 24, 2007 at 03:01 AM