Caster Semenya is on suicide watch, Jessica Simpson lost her lesbian dog, and we don’t like Kate Moennig’s haircut for Three Rivers. Oh, and yodeling lesbian twins!

Lindsay Lohan goes out, Samantha Ronson goes out, they do not go out together. Ellen is getting sued. In San Francisco, girls are playing soccer in clever costume. Vampire Diaries flashers. Jodie Foster breakup rumors. Do you know where your girlfriend is? NSFW Sexy Sunday Funday

Pride! Pride! Pride! A**hats who hate gay parents! And Pride! And Obama says stuff! And being pretty in the summer is hard! Read poetry! Watch Colbert! What’s love got to do with it? Rawr!

Obama, we give up with you! Mia Kirshner wants you to come to her book party. Cherin Dabis interviewed in NY Mag, Katy Perry knows Lady Gaga is starting something, New York Times Magazine interviews Hillary Clinton, the Save Bryce campaign faces challenges and Time Travel Thursday!

“Craftster was very much at the forefront of what we now lovingly refer to as the indie craft movement. In fact, some even credit Leah and her brainchild with being the face that launched a thousand glue guns.”

Did You See That Comment Friday, Gen-Y Nostalgia, Using One’s Boobs to Get Ahead, Rachel Maddow in Pride Magazine, TR Knight in Entertainment Weekly, Liz Cheney strangely not distancing herself from the Birthers, and an actual reason to use the hash tag #swineflu

Lesbian Lindsay was a virgin to the The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival but this year she gave it a shot and it changed her whole life! With recap cartoons provided by Stef.

That duct tape looks REALLY good on you!

We lock ourselves up with a bunch of documentaries about religion and homosexuality, including For the Bible Tells Me So, Deliver Us From Evil, Tying the Knot, Religulous and Trembling Before G-d.

“I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn’t an expert in what I write about?”

Updates on Jennifer Beals, Laurel Holloman, Kate Moennig, Mia Kirshner, Leisha Hailey, Rachel Shelley, Janina Gavankar, Elizabeth Keener, Marlee Matlin, Lauren lee Smith, Holland Taylor, Clementine Ford, Rose Rollins, Erin Daniels, The L Word Movie and more! Also, where’s JAMES? Why’s everyone pregnant?

“In a number of the photos released by Britney’s management, a heavy-set older man in a white, sleeveless working man’s vest can be seen hovering in the background. That’s her father, Jamie Spears, who took complete legal control of her life last year. It’s he who has the whip hand in Britney’s life now.”

“Clay Aiken’s gay, and I’m gay, and we couldn’t be more different. The only thing that is the same about everyone in the gay community is that we’re gay. … Why can’t we talk about a human community?”

“When many parents think of Girl Scouts, they imagine young girls in uniform selling Thin Mints and Tagalong cookies – not learning about stone labyrinths, world peace, global warming, yoga, avatars, smudging incense, Zen gardens and feminist, communist and lesbian role models.”

“Many residents are out of work; others worry they will lose their jobs. Thousands of people have difficulty making ends meet … No one needs a campaign to stomp on legislation that doesn’t hurt anyone.”

“The mayor of San Angelo chose not only love, but also honesty.”

“Until we engage the communities of Middle America, we will not achieve full equality in California.”

If you forget the whole child-rape-flashback thing, the Papa Porter dying thing, the Helena-wasting-time-Tina-could-be-with-Bette thing, the paper-dolls/Baruch Atah LaLa Hoolehay Heeyhoooo thing, the Marc pantsing himself thing (when he really should just write “fuck me” on his chest) and the Jenny/Random Elder thing, Loud and Proud is one of the series’ best episodes. Let me rephrase this: if “The L Word” was “The Dana & Alice Show,” Loud and Proud would be one of THAT show’s best episodes.

Kate Moennig’s Three Rivers Pilot spoilers, plus updates on Jennifer Beals, Leisha Hailey

This L Word recap was originally published on Riese’s personal L Word recap blog in early 2009, before the Autostraddle YOU know and love got invented! It has been republished here for your viewing delight, but there may be messed up formatting and missing pictures. Remember last week when I said that I wanted 603 to […]