ENTERTAINMENT

“Gay.com” given to LA LGBT Center.

Video chat company VS Media has given Gay.com, a domain valued at millions of dollars, to a charity that will use it to assist the LGBT community. Gay.com was one of the top online gay personals sites in the world when it debuted in 1997 — and good domain names were so plentiful that companies didn’t need to invent new words for them, like “Google.” But it has lost ground to sites like Manhunt and apps like Grindr.

ENTERTAINMENT

Lesbians are “trending” on Broadway!

Using Fun Home and Indecent as evidence—both are Tony Award-winning shows that have earned high praise in the last two years—it would seem lesbian-themed productions might finally be deemed worthy of the Great White Way. In 2017, there might be more room for LGBT themes on the main stage that is so recognized around the world for being the best in both classic and modern theater, and what tourists eagerly purchase tickets for when they visit New York City.

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12 must-see lesbian movies.

We love movies. We love lesbians. We REALLY love lesbian-themed movies featuring girl-on-girl love and/or action. From gay cheerleaders in rom-coms to David Lynch’s neo-noir mystery and The Wachowskis crime thriller, here are some of our favourite movies with lesbian characters.

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GayGay over GaGa

Heeere we go! Lady Gaga kicked off her Joanne World Tour Tuesday night in Vancouver, treating fans to a slew of time-tested hits (“Bad Romance,” “The Edge of Glory,” “Just Dance,” “Applause”) and new fan favorites (“Perfect Illusion,” “Million Reasons,” “A-YO”) alike as she hit the road for her latest traveling concert series.

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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match…

A young entrepreneur in India is playing matchmaker, arranging marriages between gay singles in a country where homosexuality is still technically illegal. Urvi Shah, 23, launched the International Marriage Bureau for Gays and Lesbians (IAGM) in 2015. Since then, IAGM has helped 21 couples in India, and more than 100 couples internationally, form long-term partnerships and marriages.

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I’m not crying, I have something in my eye…In A Heartbeat

Gather round, y’all, because I’m about to show you the cutest thing you’ll see all day (read: millennium). A new short film has surfaced online, and it is exactly the kind of wholesome we need to see this year. The film, called In A Heartbeat, was made as a portion of two students’ senior theses at Ringling College of Art and Design.