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Commentary: Gay is not the new black
[ 17 Jul 2009 | 3 Comments | ]

LZ Granderson says criticism of Obama from the gay community has gone too far… Read his opinion on CNN then share your thoughts

40 Years Later: America’s Invisible Gay History
[ 13 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Panelists discuss these pivotal events; the role the media played in generating visibility for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; and what the media accounts got right and wrong.

How Real Is ‘Brüno’?
[ 9 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Is Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie as staged as his MTV Awards brawl with Eminem? An exclusive look at a small Southern town presented as a hotbed of homophobia in the film.

11th Anniversary International Gay Screenplay Contest
[ 16 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

For more information:
Mike Dean
One In Ten Screenplay Contest
303.629.3072
Cherubfilm@aol.com
www.OneInTenScreenplayContest.com
The ONE IN TEN SCREENPLAY CONTEST, a screenplay contest
dedicated to the positive portrayal of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, trangender and
queer individuals in film, celebrates its 11th anniversary in 2009. Entries are
now being accepted online and are limited to the first 600 for 2009. Executive
Director, David Jensen, “We are excited to celebrate our 11th anniversary and
are looking at a record number of entries this year. We have even added a new
contest this year, The Gay (GLBTQ) Movie Title Contest. We are …

The beginning of Pride: the Stonewall Riots
[ 12 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are frequently cited as the first instance in American history when gays and lesbians fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted homosexuals, and they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world.
American gays and lesbians …

Michigan Television Station Pulls Misleading AFA Program Following Announcement of National Action Alert By Human Rights Campaign
[ 12 Feb 2009 | No Comment | ]

Michigan Television Station Pulls Misleading AFA Program Following Announcement of National Action Alert By Human Rights Campaign.

No defending the Defense of Marriage Act
[ 7 Jan 2009 | No Comment | ]

The author of the federal Defense of Marriage Act now thinks it’s time for his law to get the boot — but for political reasons, not in support of gays.

HIV Infects Women Through Healthy Tissue: U.S. study
[ 17 Dec 2008 | No Comment | ]

Instead of infiltrating breaks in the skin, HIV appears to attack normal, healthy genital tissue, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday in a study that offers new insight into how the AIDS virus spreads.

30 Years Later, We Can Still Learn from Milk
[ 28 Nov 2008 | No Comment | ]

Thirty years after the death of Harvey Milk, Americans can still learn from his inspiring and profound work as an activist, politician and friend.

Mississippi’s Dishonor Roll
[ 13 Nov 2008 | 3 Comments | ]

An enemy of the gay community exists in our backyard that gave over $500,000 in support of California’s Prop 8.