Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig's long-awaited joint memoir dropped this week, giving fans an even deeper look into a friendship that's spanned decades — and multiple iterations of The L Word. But, ...

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When “The L Word” debuted on Showtime in January 2004, gays and lesbians couldn’t serve openly in the military, employees could be fired for being gay in most of the country and no state had yet begun ...

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

The following is an excerpt from So Gay for You, a memoir co-written by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, who starred in the Showtime series The L Word, which premiered in 2004 and ran for six seasons.

LEISHA HAILEY: (As Alice Pieszecki) OK. Melanie slept with Heather. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) OK. HAILEY: (As Alice Pieszecki) Heather slept with Brooke. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character) ...

Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.