LONG BEACH, Calif. -- This Saturday, Oct. 22 the ladies from Hotflash Dance Parties, LLC. are launching yet another night of fabulous fun for the over 30 set.

These wildly successful, monthly dance parties take place up and down the west coast in various cities, including Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Phoenix, San Diego and now Long Beach.

The dance parties grew out of an acknowledgement that although older lesbians don't go out every night of the week, they certainly enjoy getting together to socialize and shake their groove thing on at least a monthly basis.

Up Front

If you have ever come out to family, friends and coworkers, you know unnerving it can be.

Will your friends be accepting?

Will your coworkers ask you a lot of questions you may or may not be prepared to answer?

Will your mother cry?

However, for all of these questions, there is one universal answer: You must be true to yourself.

The BeanScene is a weekly rant about all things les-be-an. Topics of the week, thoughts in Sandy's head, local special events and nightly things to do for the younger lesbian crowd will be covered. If you have suggestions for Sandy, feel free to drop her a note.

Up Front

In the news and all over the blogosphere this week, Leisha Hailey, star of 'The L Word' and one-half of the band Uh Huh Her, took to her Twitter account, obviously upset after being kicked off a Southwest Airlines flight.

The reason? Kissing her fashion editor girlfriend Nina Garduno.

LOS ANGELES – Three young women, each hovering right around the spry age of 30, all recently converged upon Los Angeles, formed a bond, assessed the lesbian scene and launched a production company that has everyone talking.

Megan Pennella, Natacha Gaymer-Jones and Morgan Hildebrand created Muskaqueers Productions in June and are already preparing for their second lesbian-infused event, aptly named Thrashed in Hollywood 2, this Sunday, August 28th, 2011, at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood.