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The LGBT movies to look out for in 2019.

One of the biggest takeaways from Filmland in 2018 was just how much of a great year it was for LGBTQ+ cinema. After all, 2018 will go down in history as the year Love, Simon — the first studio teen comedy to be…

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Social security official: Sexual orientation can be forcibly changed.

Before joining President Donald Trump’s administration, right-wing commentator Robert W. Patterson argued against contraceptives because “condom use robs” women of the “remarkable chemicals” in semen; said married women in the workplace have undermined society; and suggested that homosexuality is a mental…

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Facebook reportedly sought advice from anti-gay evangelical.

Anti-gay evangelical leader Tony Perkins has apparently been advising Facebook on its policies regarding political speech. The social media giant has been reaching out to the founder of the anti-gay Family Research Council — designated an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center…

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Colorado courthouse issued gay marriage licenses…in 1975.

Colorado’s Boulder County Courthouse has joined New York’s Stonewall Inn, the Dr. Franklin E. Kameny Residence in Washington, D.C., and just a handful of other places that have been recognized by the federal government for their contributions to LGBTQ history…