Talking, laughing, loving, breathing, and being best friends! The L Word stars Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig are celebrating their decades-long friendship on the cover of The Advocate's July/August ...

Two Shanes walk into an audition and leave best friends for life. Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey’s bond fully took root several months later while shooting The L Word’s first season. But the ...

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 ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig, authors of So Gay For You and stars of The L Word, about their decades-long friendship and the show's lasting impact on culture.

When the show first aired, and I said this in the book, nobody knew how to label [my character] Shane. Everyone’s like, “She’s the butch one.” And I’m like, “Really? Is she? I don’t think she is.” ...

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.

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) ...