Tag: LESBIAN

Everyone knows that Facebook, like many other sites, uses our personal information to help companies target their online advertisements to various demographic groups. Unlike other sites, though, Facebook knows a lot about us -- including, in some cases, our sexuality. And, according to a recent study, it's not afraid to share that information with third-party companies. To test Facebook's ...

Gay and lesbian couples may not be able to get married in the vast majority of the US, but now they can at least enjoy equal online flirtation rights, thanks to a recent class-action settlement between eHarmony and about 150 Californian users. As The Associated Press reports, eHarmony has agreed to merge its gay and straight sites in an attempt to settle a recent lawsuit from users who found ...

We're not gonna deny that the advertisement to the right would certainly be described as "sexy," but it's hardly lewd or inappropriate. So why exactly did Facebook reject this ad for 'And Then Came Lola,' a film targeted at a lesbian audience? Filmmaker Ellen Seidler told SheWired.com that Facebook sent her a rejection notice saying the image was "either irrelevant or inappropriate." The letter ...

A former Xbox Live user has been banned by Microsoft because her profile stated that she was a lesbian, according to a report in The Consumerist. Identifying herself only as Teresa, the woman told her story in an e-mail to the site, reading, "[My] account was suspended because I had said in my profile that I was a lesbian." This should not come as a total surprise to anybody who recalls the ...