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Love, Simon is a charming gay studio movie that makes us hungry for more.

t’s going to be hard to talk about Love, Simon, the new gay teen romantic comedy from Fox (yep!), without it turning into a therapy session. Bright and attractive in both cast and production design, Greg Berlanti’s film—adapted from the best-selling young-adult novel Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda—has a pleasant bearing.

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DowDupont appoints Jim Fitterling as company’s first openly gay CEO.

DowDuPont announced this week that COO Jim Fitterling will become the company’s new chief executive officer, making him of only a few out CEOs in the Fortune 500. Fitterling, 56, replaces outgoing CEO Andrew Liveris, who is retiring after overseeing the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont last August. Next year, DowDuPont will be split into three publicly-traded companies focusing on materials science, specialty products, and agriculture.

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How San Diego State got to the NCAA tournament by working around California travel ban.

California last year banned state-funded travel to the state of Kansas because of what is perceived as a law that discriminates against homosexuals. So what is San Diego State doing playing a first-round NCAA Tournament game in Wichita, Kansas? First of all, perhaps paying for some of the trip itself.

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Gay conversion therapist found guilty of having sex with male patients to ‘cure’ them.

A long-time Toronto psychiatrist, known for administering gay conversion therapy, has been found guilty of sexually abusing two of his male patients. Dr. Melvyn Iscove, 72, has long believed that homosexuality is a disorder that can “be overcome,” and was described by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario discipline committee as having a “special interest in the treatment of patients with problems related to homosexuality.”

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What Trump’s judicial nominees have in common: they really don’t want LGBTQ people to have rights.

It’s time to sound the alarm again on another bunch of Trump judges queuing up for confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Like the earlier nominees, they are overwhelmingly white and male. One in three has something explicit in their record and/or their writings that is hostile to LGBTQ rights. “They’re still fighting over whether same sex couples should have the right to marry and have children,”…

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Companies with LGBTQ-inclusive ads can increase sales by 40%, and here’s why.

“It’s the Super Bowl every day in the digital world, and the brands that aren’t focused on creating an inspiring message to the LGBTQ audience—they’re missing a chance to shine,” says Sean Howell, co-founder and president of Hornet. Hornet is the leading gay social network outside the U.S.