She was interviewed by Diane Anderson-Minshall and came out as a lesbian, although she later recanted.

Russ, an out lesbian, was one of the most outspoken authors to challenge male dominance of the field, and is generally regarded as one of the leading feminist science fiction scholars and writers.

After comedienne and actress Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian, Falwell referred to her in a sermon as " Ellen DeGenerate.

A 1978 treatise about repression in Iran asserted that women were completely silenced: " In the whole of Iranian history, woman has been allowed to speak out for such tendencies ... To attest to lesbian desires would be an unforgivable crime.

However, there is no evidence to suggest that a gay priest or lesbian priestess could not carry out this ritual for the sake of what it represents.

Falwell issued an attack in his National Liberty Journal, citing a Washington Post " In / Out " column which stated that lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres was " out " as the chief national gay representative, while trendy Tinky Winky was " in.

At Salon. com, Stephanie Zacharek writes that Dark Willow is " far from being a cut-out angry lesbian, is more fleshed out, and more terrifyingly alive, than she has ever been before.

Whedon made a conscious effort to focus on Willow and Tara's relationship instead of either's identity as a lesbian or the coming out process.

Bono came out to both parents as lesbian at age 18.

In April 1995, Bono came out as lesbian in an interview with The Advocate, a national gay and lesbian magazine.

The 1998 book Family Outing detailed how Bono's coming out " catapulted me into a political role that has transformed my life, providing me with affirmation as a lesbian, as a woman, and as an individual.

" In the same book, Bono reported that Cher, who was both a gay icon and ally to LGBT communities, was quite uncomfortable with the news at first, and " went ballistic " before coming to terms with it: " By August 1996, one year after I came out publicly, my mother had progressed so far that she agreed to ' come out ' herself on the cover of The Advocate as the proud mother of a lesbian daughter.

Acker got involved with Valentino in part to remove herself from the lesbian love triangle, quickly regretted the marriage, and locked Valentino out of their room on their wedding night.

She came out as a lesbian in the 1950s.

In Guinevere Turner's Go Fish, one of the lesbian characters imagines her friends passing judgment on her for " selling out " by sleeping with a man.

It was thought that transgender people were acting out stereotypes and bisexuals were simply gay men or lesbian women who were afraid to come out and be honest about their identity.

Coming out ( of the closet ) is a figure of speech for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) people's disclosure of their sexual orientation and / or gender identity.

Several models have been created to describe coming out as a process for gay and lesbian identity development, e. g. Dank, 1971 ; Cass, 1984 ; Coleman, 1989 ; Troiden, 1989.

The first professional athlete to come out while still playing was Czech-American professional tennis player Martina Navratilova, who came out as a lesbian during an interview with The New York Times in 1981.

In 1997 on The Oprah Winfrey Show, actress Ellen DeGeneres came out as a lesbian.

Ellen DeGeneres ' coming out in the media as well as Ellen ( TV series ) | her sitcom, " ranks, hands down, as the single most public exit in gay history ", changing media portrayals of lesbian s in Western culture.

On February 17, Russell and Cook were sent to the Pena Flor community on the Vermejo to see about renting out ranches the company had purchased.

Historians have speculated that this is where Cook first felt the lure of the sea while gazing out of the shop window.

At this time Cook employed local pilots to point out the " rocks and hidden dangers " along the south and west coasts.

The Duchess was dead at the time of the island's sighting by Cook, but Cook had set out from England in 1772 and could not have known of her May 1773 death.

As a student, Cook initially intended to become a career diplomat like his father, but Britain " had run out of colonies ", as he put it.

" In 2004, Real Men rolled out its Sweet Potato Pound Cake Mix in select food retailers in several cities, and published a cookbook in 2005 titled Real Men Cook: Rites, Rituals and Recipes for Living.

Cook County Assessor Thomas Hynes ( Chicago First Party ), a Daley ally, dropped out of the race 36 hours before the mayoral general election.

When Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who voyaged between 1766 and 1769, and James Cook, who voyaged from 1768 to 1779, carried out their explorations in the South Pacific, information on the oceans themselves formed part of the reports.

Dalrymple's claim of the existence of an unknown continent aroused widespread interest and prompted the British government in 1769 to order James Cook in HM Bark Endeavour to seek out the Southern Continent to the South and West of Tahiti.

As early as March 1785, Lapérouse proposed that Paul Monneron, who had been chosen as the expedition's chief engineer, go to London to find out about the latest conclusions on the anti-scurvy measures recommended by Cook and the exchange items used by Cook in his dealings with the native peoples, and to buy scientific instruments of English manufacture.

Beaglehole became known internationally for his work on Cook ’ s journals which brought out his great gifts as historian and editor.

For his edition, Beaglehole sought out the various surviving holographs in Cook ’ s own hand in preference to copies by his clerks on board ship, and others.

The tidal flow through Cook Strait is unusual in that the tidal elevation at the ends of the strait are almost exactly out of phase with one another, so high water on one side meets low water on the other.

Will County was formed in 1836 out of Cook and Iroquois.

* Cardwell, Queensland: Chloe Grant and Rosie Runaway told of how Captain Cook and his group seemed to stand up out of the sea with the white skin of ancestral spirits, returning to their descendants.

Prior to the 15th century AD, Polynesian people fanned out to the east, to the Cook Islands, and from there to other groups such as Tahiti and the Marquesas.

Cook County was created on January 15, 1831, out of Putnam County by an act of the Illinois General Assembly.

In 1839, DuPage County was carved out of Cook County.

" Cook climbed the peak on Lizard Island to chart a course out to sea through the maze of reefs which confronted him and the island's summit has since been called ‘ Cook's Look ’.

During his epic voyage of 1770, Captain James Cook climbed the peak on Lizard Island to chart a course out to sea through the maze of reefs which confronted him

In 1794 after the American Revolutionary War, the first European-American settlement was attempted by Archibald Prater, John Williams, Ebenezer Hanna, Clayton Cook, but they were driven out by Native Americans who had long inhabited the territory.

Winters eventually bought his partner Mr Cook out and proceeded to build a saw mill, flour mill, planing mill, bought and improved a toll road, then built the first permanent bridge across the Fall River.

In 1913 an extension to the town was laid out by the Cook and Neasley Realty Company on lands then owned by John Wechtenhiser and Obadiah Lohr.