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Nathan Lane: Gay actors shouldn’t have a monopoly on gay roles
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Gay actors shouldn’t have a monopoly on gay roles, award-winning stage and screen actor Nathan Lane said. Lane, who is gay and has played both straight and gay characters, was asked the question at a TV critics’ meeting Tuesday. He was there to discuss PBS’ presentation of the Broadway play “The Nance,” in which he stars….
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Two openly gay youth, two supportive families, two different paths
The hot, sticky days of July are often a time of family vacations, summer school, summer jobs, and for others who have just graduated from high school, time spent with family and friends before leaving home for college. For 18-year-old Graeme Taylor, whose academic endeavors have led him to enroll at Kenyon College in Ohio as an incoming freshman…
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Clipped Wings: The personal side of the Boy Scouts’ discrimination
“Clipped Wings,” a short documentary about the discriminatory policies of the Boy Scouts of America, tells the story of Liam Easton-Calabria, a candidate for the rank of Eagle who came out before the Boy Scouts allowed openly gay scouts. The film also follows the story of Geoff McGrath, a Washington state scoutmaster who was ejected from scouting …
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Unauthorized ‘Saint Laurent’ film shows YSL’s dark side
CANNES, France — His surviving partner Pierre Berge didn’t want this film to see the light of day. But on Saturday, the controversial, no-holds-barred story of one of the 20th-century’s greatest fashion designers, Yves Saint Laurent, who died in 2008, screened in competition at Cannes.
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TRAILER: ‘The Case Against 8’
“The Case Against 8” takes an inside look at the groundbreaking Supreme Court case that overturned Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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TRAILER: ‘Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank’
The film, “Compared to What: The Improbable Journey of Barney Frank,” premieres on April 27 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
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Actor Daniel Franzese comes out as gay in letter to ‘Mean Girls’ alter-ego
Actor Daniel Franzese, best known for his breakout role as Damian, the “too gay to function” high schooler he played in “Mean Girls,” has himself come out as gay.
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Man details abuse claims against ‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer
LOS ANGELES — A man who claims he was sexually abused by “X-Men” franchise director Bryan Singer says he reported the molestation to authorities at the time, and he does not know why charges were never pursued.
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LGBT elected officials tell their stories in documentary ‘Breaking Through’
In the award winning documentary “Breaking Through,” filmmakers Cindy L. Abel and Michael Bruno take their camera to the elected men and women in Washington and across the nation who have played a key role in advancing LGBT equaltiy.
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‘X-Men’ director Bryan Singer accused of sex abuse in lawsuit
HONOLULU — A former child model and aspiring actor is accusing “X-Men” franchise director Bryan Singer of sexually abusing him as a teenager in a federal lawsuit filed in Hawaii.