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Have you ever had the experience where you were such in a tight lesbian spot, you had to defend yourself?

No, I’m not talking about *that* spot. I’m talking about dangerous and abuse situations we lesbians could be in. Ironically, these dangerous situations are not from our heterosexual counterparts but from us lesbians ourselves.

Lesbian abuse. Sadly, it does exist. It is an invisible aspect of of our lesbian movement we wish to turn away from. Sadly, it does happen, although maybe not at a rate that our heterosexual counterparts have, but it exists.

A documentary called She Stole My Voice talks about lesbian rape, and it is an eye opener. When I first watch it, I didn’t want heterosexuals to see it. I was afraid they would think less of us. But then I realized that it is a reality, and covering it up would be a disservice to the same rights we are fighting for.

She Stole My Voice: Lesbian abuse documentary

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60 minutes of darkness led to 60 minutes of fireworks

Sources have told me, over a few bottles of beer, how great Earth Hour was for gay and lesbian cruising.  The darkness cloaked intent, and the surrounding aura of mystery over the absence of light electrified body contact. Not to mention the easy conversation starter.

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I attended the elementary graduation of my brother yesterday. 167 graduates, 334 parents.

I had my eye out for a gay or lesbian couple who could be the proud parents of a graduate. I planned to approach them and shake their hand. I was already picturing the scene in my mind- surely there must be at least one?

Luca Has 2 Mommies - a lesbian couple acts as proud parents during Luca's graduation. Where were they?

Unfortunately, the program went on and I found that the statistics have failed me. Technically, 10% of the population should be gay, so doing all the calculations, there should be 16 gay couples in the graduation ceremony.

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