That was the year that was! A year of babies, blockbusters, Bond and Batman - but were you paying attention?

Both Portia De Rossi and Tammy Lynn Michaels are taken - by Ellen DeGeneres and Melissa Etheridge, respectively. These women defy stereotypes and show one can be both beautiful and a lesbian.

Gay rocker Melissa Etheridge has pledged to fight the re-installed ban on same sex marriages in California, even though she and partner Tammy Lynn Michaels could legally wed elsewhere.

Actress Tammy Lynn Michaels has blasted CNN newsman Larry King for 'bumping' documentary maker Michael Moore in favor of a chat with Paris Hilton.

Lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge agonized over whether it was appropriate to kiss her wife at the Oscars - because she isn't fond of public displays of affection. The singer/songwriter knew she had an outside chance of winning gold at the Academy Awards last night for her An Inconvenient Truth song I Need To Wake Up and she wanted to find the best way to thank partner Tammy Lynn Michaels.

Disgraced Grey's Anatomy star Isaiah Washington has received support from an unlikely source as he battles his homophobic demons - lesbian actress Tammy Lynn Michaels. Washington was released from a rehabilitation facility after a week of counselling for his repeated use of the word "faggot" yesterday, and he is reportedly expected back on the set of the medical drama later today.

Rocker David Crosby was disappointed when he learned Melissa Etheridge and her lesbian lover Julie Cypher were splitting up because he donated sperm to help them conceive two children. Crosby wanted to help his friends become parents, and the couple's son Beckett was born in 1998, followed by daughter Bailey in 2000.

Rocker Melissa Etheridge is expecting twins with partner Tammy Lynn Michaels, according to US reports. Michaels is due to go into labor next month and Life & Style magazine claims she will be giving birth to twins.