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GLAAD host summit on advancing LGBTQ representation in the entertainment industry.

At the first-ever Creators Summit presented by GLAAD and the Creative Artists Agency, producers, writers, content creators and industry execs gathered to discuss the future of diversity, inclusivity and intersectionality in entertainment at the agency’s headquarters in Los Angeles. (The daylong event kicked off the 29th annual GLAAD Media Awards, which will be held in LA on Thursday.)

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Jimmy Kimmel apologizes that his gay joke offended those in the gay community.

Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel apologized to those in the gay community who took offense to a joke he made in the middle of an ongoing feud with Fox News host Sean Hannity. “I most certainly did not intend to belittle or upset members of the gay community and to those who took offense, I apologize,”…

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Jimmy Kimmel called out for gay jokes.

Jimmy Kimmel is under fire for resorting to gay jokes in his feud with Sean Hannity. During an exchange of insults with the Fox News host Friday, Kimmel tweeted a joke implying that Hannity has a sexual relationship with Donald Trump…

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An anti-LGBT evangelical reviewed Love, Simon and it was wild.

Anti-LGBT evangelical campaigner Peter LaBarbera went to see ‘Love, Simon’, and he is not happy. A former Washington Times reporter, LaBarbera is the head of a Christian anti-gay pressure group known as Americans for Truth about Homosexuality. This week the evangelical activist went to see gay rom com ‘Love Simon’ – and was kind enough to do a review.

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Two European films explore life as a gay athlete.

A couple of sports films with gay angles have come across our desks lately, even if one of them is already a couple years old. Towleroad has highlighted a Swiss film titled “Mario” that tells the story of two soccer teammates who fall in love.

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How gay romance Call Me by Your Name, pulled from Beijing film festival, earned a huge following in China.

Homosexuality was illegal in China until 1997, thought of as a mental illness until 2001, and is still considered ‘abnormal sexual relations or behaviour’ by state media watchdogs. Even so, Call Me by Your Name has a cult following in the country, despite never been shown at Chinese cinemas