LOS ANGELES, CA – July 29, 2008 – here!, America's premium gay and lesbian television network is pleased to announce the premiere of the second season of the critically-acclaimed documentary series Lesbian Sex and Sexuality. The brand new season of "Lesbian Sex and Sexuality" will consist of five 30-minute episodes and will make its network debut on Friday, September 5th.
A topic rarely discussed before in television, the exploration of lesbian sexual culture has seen a recent up-rise through hit shows like "The L Word," here!'s "Dante's Cove," and the British hit series "Sugar Rush" – also recently acquired by here! Networks. "Lesbian Sex and Sexuality" takes things one step further with focused, doc-style episodes which provide provocative and groundbreaking insights into lesbian sex.
The second season of "Lesbian Sex and Sexuality" covers topics such as lesbian "high camp," lesbian burlesque, queer porn star Loralei Lee, the difference between butch and femme and everything in-between, the stereotype-killing renaissance of the lesbian one-night stand, lesbian escorts, lesbian sex at The Dinah, and, of course, tons of sexperts – including Sirius Satellite Radio's Diana Cage and Ourchart.com's Grace Moon – with tips on the latest sex techniques and the best sex toys to buy!
"'Lesbian Sex and Sexuality 2' will once again take an unblinking, comprehensive and provocative ride into a world where lesbian desire isn't whispered but seriously celebrated," says Producer and Director Katherine Linton.
Linton is an award-winning producer whose documentaries have aired on PBS, A & E, Logo, VH1, Bravo, TLC and Discovery Health. She has been producing socially relevant media for over ten year. As Senior Producer and host of the series "In the Life" she brought gay and lesbian issues to a national public television audience as early as 1993. In her subsequent works she has continued to focus on the stories of the marginalized in society and their struggle to maintain dignity in a mostly hostile landscape.
"Katherine Linton has a knack for un-earthing uniquely entertaining, authentic stories of the community. We're incredibly lucky to work with this talented filmmaker and her team," says Meredith Kadlec, Senior Vice President, Original Programming.
here! looks forward to the second season of this provocative and trailblazing series as it breaks stereotypes while continuing to titillate and educate here!'s gay and lesbian audience.
Recent and upcoming here! original films, series and specials include: "Paradise Falls," a sexy dramatic series that follows the steamy scandals of the residents of a small town in the northern woods; "The DL Chronicles," an award-winning series focusing on the diverse stories of men of color who by consequence and by choice, live sexually duplicitous and secret lifestyles; "Dante's Cove," ranked "Best Soap of the Year" by "The Advocate;" the upcoming films On the "Other Hand, Death" and "Ice Blues" from "The Donald Strachey Mysteries," a series of original films starring Chad Allen as a gay private investigator; the upcoming second-season premiere of the sexy gay vampire series "The Lair;" and the original film "Shelter," an indie romantic drama about love, family and trying to stay true to yourself. To sample here!'s programming, please visit here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks, at www.heretv.com/videoplayer.
About here!
Founded in 2002, here! airs on all major U.S. cable systems as a 24-hour subscription service. here! appears in 96 of the top 100 U.S. markets, including every top ten market. here! also was the first gay network originating in the U.S. to launch in Canada. here! offers a wide variety of groundbreaking and acclaimed original movies and series plus the world's largest collection of gay and lesbian films appealing to the broad-based, diverse LGBT audience. here! Video, the broadband portal of here! Networks found at www.heretv.com/videoplayer, provides a broad sampling of here! programming. For more information on how to subscribe to here!, please visit www.heretv.com or call our toll free number at 1-888-HERE-NOW.
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