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Remembering Lynnly
Ever had a friend who was with you through thick and thin, taught you important things, exasperated you, but led you through each stage of life feeling like you were running to keep up? Well I had that with Lynnly Labovitz. Today is her birthday and I woke up thinking I should try to be […]
NCLR 2014 – Oh What a Night
It’s an honor to be a part of changing the world. I’ve been a donor, volunteer and champion for this organization for many years and have rarely missed one of their glorious annual celebrations. This years dinner and party for the National Center for Lesbian Rights was different than ever before. There was more joy, […]
Don’t Miss ‘Breaking Through’ Documentary
In 2001, Karla Drenner became a member of the Georgia state House of Representatives. I looked her up on Wikipedia and one descriptor states, “A lesbian, Drenner was the first openly gay member of the Georgia State Assembly.” Today she is one of four LGBT members, alongside Reps. Simone Bell and Keisha Waites, all Atlanta […]
The Juicy Lesbian Novel from Days Gone By
Gone Are the Days of Flashlight, Sheet Over Head and that Juicy Lesbian Novel. Yes, ladies, we have come a long way from pulp lesbian novels like I Prefer Girls by Jessie Dumont to The Girls in 3-B by Valerie Taylor. Crest Books brought us some of the campiest stories of forbidden love and, if […]
What Watching Lesbian Films Taught Me
Acknowledging ones lesbianism is not like smacking yourself on the head and saying, “gee, I could’ve had a V-8â€. For some of us its that gnawing feeling that you know you just aren’t like the rest of the girls who giggled and pined over the high school quarterback. You pined over the homecoming queen. You […]
Palm Springs Explodes with All Things Dinah!
Party with us at the Dinah next week—Tickets are still available online through March 30! More than 15,000 women from all over the world are headed to Palm Springs, where the biggest lesbian event of its kind in the world, Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend happening from April 2 to April 6 – will blow […]
Nicole Conn on Jen Foster & SHE4ME
When Sue Melke of Melke PR approached me for the SHE video it was simply a project about making a music video out of the remix of Jen Foster’s hugely popular love ballad, SHE. SHE has gone on to be featured moment in many civil unions and now marriage celebrations. As we began working on it, the […]
Olivia Changed My Life
Ok. It sounds corny, even ridiculous. But a series of lesbian vacations changed everything. My life had gotten pretty small. I turned 50, my wife of nearly 30 years left, the kids were growing up, my best friend died of cancer and I got laid off from my big downtown job. Blah blah blah. Major […]
Arizona’s Awkward Realization About Gays
In 1947 Gregory Peck starred in the movie Gentleman’s Agreement as Phillip Green. Peck is sent to cover a story about anti-Semitism. To do so, he takes on the persona of a Jewish man to cover this story. He discovers the shocking depth of anti-Semitism. And remember this film debuted just as the world was […]
SHE4ME – Help Spread our STORY!
MARRIAGE EQUALITY MUSIC PSA Goes VIRAL! Marriage Equality USA (MEUSA) premiered the long anticipated SHE4ME viral video PSA on YouTube on Valentine’s Day. The project, SHE4MarriageEquality (SHE4ME), is a five+ minute video directed by award winning Writer/Director Nicole Conn, starring Nicole Pacent, Mike C. Manning, Gabrielle Christian, and Barbara Niven. The video features several other […]
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