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Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus takes on gay addictions.

Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus kicks off its 2017-18 season with Hitting Rock Bottom: KnoW Hope, a cabaret show chronicling the trials and tribulations of addiction. 26 members of the chorus will each take to the stage to sing about the ups and downs of this issue.

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Sharing LGBT history in Connecticut.

A piece of history will be on display this month, and organizers hope the money raised will help establish the state’s first historic site focused primarily on presenting LGBTQ history. Connecticut Landmarks will hold a fundraiser on the 50-acre Palmer-Warner property in East Haddam which was home to preservation architect Frederic Palmer and his partner Howard Metzger from 1945 – 1971.

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Tom Ford – ‘Sleeping with men doesn’t make you gay’

Tom Ford has said he hates the word ‘masculine’ and insists that sleeping with men doesn’t make you gay in a provocative new interview. Amid another wildly successful yet chaotic New York Fashion Week, the ageless style icon, 56, talked about his new line and how both fashion and sexuality have grown more fluid.  

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30 years of LGBT films in Austin.

Long before South By Southwest and Austin Film Festival stepped out on the Austin festival scene, a film movement focused on LGBTQ issues arose in a small theater on the UT campus. Today, the short movie series that drew lines outside the doors of Dobie Theater on move-in weekend has come to be known as the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival — one of the longest-running cinema festivals in the city.

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Toronto film festival – Leading the way for LGBT films.

“Moonlight” premiered at the Telluride Film Festival exactly one year ago, followed by a bow in Toronto before making history by winning Best Picture in one of the most exciting Academy Awards ceremonies of all time. While “Moonlight” may have opened more doors for black filmmakers than for queer ones, the film’s central themes of identity, masculinity, and sexuality were firmly rooted in queerness.