Many of my colleagues and I have left church music leadership entirely.

“Every single verse of this is like getting clocked in the side of the head with a Yankee candle.”

(Now including new, fresh rankings from “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”!)

In her life, Debbie Friedman did not want to be defined by her sexuality, but there’s something that feels queer about her music. The hidden history, the lyrics about liberation and joy, and, yes, a whole lot about women dancing with timbrels.

The first musician or song that you felt in your heart and brain was gay was a big moment for many of us — here are the gay songs we first knew and loved.

How is it possible that a queer woman who came in second place on NBC’s mega-smash-hit The Voice could, three years later, still be unknown? The short answer is that before Michelle Chamuel could fully tell the world who she is, she had to figure it out herself.

Creating space for difficult conversations between parents and children has been both a goal and a side effect of their music making through the years.

She wants to taste your lips but only because they’ve been kissing the boy she’s into.

4. Hey, have we talked about the video for “Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)” ????

Filipina singer Charice came out and it’s kind of a big deal.

Brandi and Azealia have new songs, Tegan and Sara have a studio update, Ladyhawke gives you a taste of her next album.

What’s going to go down at the Grammy Awards this weekend? No one knows, but here are some guesses.

News has been buzzing all week with resurfaced rumors, and a LGBT activist claiming Whitney was happiest “when she was with her female partner.” What do you think about this?

Swimsuit up and jump into this carefree collection of summer tunes!

Heaps of Lady Gaga News (including the identity of that girl she’s making out with), Adam Lambert in flaunt magazine, GLEE spoilers from the Paley Inside Media sessions, Suzanne Westenheoffer is interviewed about being a really funny lesbian, Joyce Carol Oates wins an award, AfterEllen’s Top 50 Lez/Bi Characters, lesbian kicked off Celebrity Apprentice & moar!

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.