Catch Grammy award-winning artist Melissa Etheridge rock in a concert cruise, 'Melissa Etheridge & Friends Rock the Boat', from October 31 to November 5.

If you're going to welcome the New Year, you might as well do it in style. So why not celebrate at Las Vegas' only gay New Year's party, Evolve Las Vegas?

Now on its 12th run, Europe’s favorite ski pride festival-- the Arosa Gay Ski Week-- is back again this 2016 with more fun events planned for you!

For this December, if you really want to get into the cheer of the season, why not check out Terese Genecco and her Little Big Band play at the Iridium?

From Washington, DC to New York and Los Angeles, The Danish Girl is making a splash as film reels start rolling in movie houses throughout the US.

Art lovers can listen to guest lecturer and American sculptor Alice Aycock while viewing her work at Art Basel Week Miami Beach 2015 this December.

The Lambda Literary Foundation, the producers of the Lambda Literary Awards, is set to hold the Writers Retreat for emerging LGBTQ voices once more.

George Takei's experience in World War 2 has been turned into a musical, set to be launched at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway in New York on November 8.

Killjoy's Kastle, a lesbian feminist haunted house, is a "sex positive, trans inclusive, queer lesbian-feminist-fear-fighting celebration" of Halloween.

If you're looking for some good LGBT movies to watch in New York, you can check out the NewFest LGBT Film Festival scheduled to run from October 22 to 27.

Lily Tomlin and sculptor Lili Lakich are raising money for the completion of the documentary "Feminist: What Were They Thinking?" and they want your help.

Palm Springs in California is singing more than the blues this October, as Lesbian News puts the spotlight on the Palm Springs Women's Jazz Festival.

The Tampa Bay International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, one of the largest and longest-running independent gay film festival, is set to start tomorrow.

Celebrate Gay Days at Disneyland with members of the LGBT community from California and from all over the country heading to Disneyland this October.

The International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) is going to Canada in 2018, the second time in its history for their 35th conference.

The annual Word*Rock*&Sword Festival is back in New York City to champion justice as well as civil and women’s rights, running from September 13 to 20.

From Seattle to San Fran, LN's Entertainment Editor and SelfHelp columinist, Dian Katz, let's you know where to go to find the Lesbian bars when you hit town. Dian says, "

        Gloria Bigelow, Dana Goldberg, Suzanne Westenhoefer and Dinah Leffert are slated to headline "The Dinah Comedy Night" on Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 8:00pm at The Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, CA. This high-energy, uniquely creative, hysterical quartet will deliver a diverse range of topics, styles, and flavors, giving something for everyone of all ages, genders, and cultural backgrounds to enjoy. This year again The Dinah brings together four of the most acclaimed female stand up comedians who will showcase their comedic dexterity in this one of a kind, ridiculously hilarious comedy show. Guaranteeing a laugh-fest, Bigelow, Leffert, Goldberg and Westenhoefer offer the perfect explosive mix of comedy! Celebrating its milestone 25th Anniversary, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, the largest & biggest lesbian event in the world, is, once again, upping the volume on your laughter, bringing together the perfect mix of the hottest lesbian comics on the circuit for an exceptional comedy night that is MUST SEE COMEDY!   To purchase tickets or for more

MARCH 13th “GOLDEN TICKET” SHOW BENEFITING LA COUNTY FOSTER YOUTH & FAMILIES FEATURING VEGAS LEGEND FRANK MARINO LOS ANGELES (Feb. 25, 2015) - Emmy Award® winning FOX 11 LA News anchor Christine Devine will host Cops 4 Causes “Golden Ticket” Show featuring “Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas” on March 13, 2015 at 6 PM.   Show benefits LA County foster youth and their families.   “Christine Devine is a tireless advocate for foster youth.  Her work with “Wednesday’s Child” which highlights children in need of loving foster homes is truly commendable.  Christine also is a huge supporter of the art’s and theater here in Los Angeles. We cannot think of a better choice to host our Inaugural Benefit for our Golden Ticket Program and Cops 4 Causes is honored to be joined by this remarkable woman, leader and humanitarian ” stated Cops 4 Causes President, Deputy Christopher Landavazo.   For this special evening, Vegas’ “Longest Running Headliner” Frank Marino brings his star-studded “Frank Marino’s Divas Las Vegas” show to Avalon Hollywood marking the first time the iconic female impersonator has

What is life like for the queer community in the United States? That's the question Vocativ, the global media organization for the Digital Generation, set out to answer with their new Queer Index, "a thorough examination of dozens of quality-of-life factors for America’s LGBT communities, based on Vocativ’s proprietary technology that mines the 'Deep Web' –- the 80% of the Internet outside the scope of search engines," according to a statement from the company. The Queer Index incorporates data from open databases, public sites and social networks, including Craigslist, Facebook, Yelp, Rentboy, the US census and the FBI crimes database. Vocativ used this information to determine its definitive listing of the top 35 most LGBT-friendly cities spanning the United States. 16 "key lifestyle metrics" were measured, Vocativ notes, and "specific factors explored include the size of cities’ LGBT communities, number of 'out' singles, openly gay and lesbian politicians, queer-friendly businesses, hate-crime rates, and even the ease of casual hook-ups." “For Pride Month, we wanted to create a useful and

A list of the most gay-friendly cities in the US is out, and the one that took the top spot might not be what you were expecting. Seattle placed first in the US, whereas San Francisco, known for its large gay community and history came in second. The NerdWallet list is based on a number of factors, including the presence of gay community, gay friendly laws and indexes, and LGBT safety and tolerance. The overall score for each city was calculated using the percentage of households with same-sex partners, using the US Census Bureau American Community Survey, the 2013 Municipal Equality Index from the Human Rights Campaign, and the number of sexual-orientation related hate crimes divided by 100,000 people from FBI crime statistics. The list describes the city: “Seattle is home to the highest percentage of same-sex households of all major cities in the U.S. and gay marriage is legal in the state of Washington. Furthermore, the city has an equality index of 100 and a relatively low rate of sexual

LGBT rights just got another big push from the president himself. The White House on Friday issued a proclamation by President Barack Obama calling on Americans to eliminate prejudice “everywhere it exists,” declaring June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. “As progress spreads from State to State, as justice is delivered in the courtroom, and as more of our fellow Americans are treated with dignity and respect – our Nation becomes not only more accepting, but more equal as well,” the proclamation begins. Obama writes that although the gay rights movement saw a massive victory this month last year with Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, giving gay couples married in states where it’s legal the same federal benefits that straight couples receive, full equality is not yet here. “Despite this progress, LGBT workers in too many States can be fired just because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; I continue to call on the Congress

  NEW YORK – Actress and comedian Lea DeLaria will host the reception for the five winning couples of the American Civil Liberties Union’s "My Big Gay (Il)legal Wedding” contest at 54 Below in New York City on May 19, 2014. “I’m honored to host this wedding reception and celebrate the love between the five same-sex couples who won the ‘Big Gay (Il)legal Wedding’ contest,” said DeLaria “But we also want to highlight the inequality they face just because these Americans live in a state that does not yet recognize same-sex marriage.” Attendees of the wedding reception will include allies and proponents of the ACLU’s Out for Freedom campaign as well as the winners of the "Wedding Crashers Sweepstakes.”  Supporters can visit weddings.aclu.org to sign the wedding guestbook and enter for the chance to win one of five VIP trips to NYC to "crash" the marquee "My Big Gay (Il)legal Wedding” reception. The guestbooks, calling for the freedom to marry, will be delivered to

A new burial area reserved for lesbians is opening this weekend in Berlin. Basically, a 400-square-meter section of the existing Lutheran Georgen Parochial cemetery will be set aside for gay women, with space for up to 80, the Associated Press reports. The Safia association, a national group primarily for elderly lesbians, said it created this space as a place “where life and death connect, distinctive forms of cemetery culture can develop and where the lesbian community can live together in the afterlife.” The group has promised to clean up, landscape and maintain the area in return for free use of the space. Dr. Astrid Osterland, a member of Safia, told German newspaper The Local that this effort has “absolutely nothing against men” and that technically, there are no rules prohibiting men (or heterosexual women) from selecting plots in the lesbian section. But, since the whole point is to preserve the bonds of the lesbian community, we assume they really only want lesbians. (Courtesy of Time.com)