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The 7 gayest Sondheim characters have been ranked

While the great composer Stephen Sondheim lived, he didn’t enjoy having his characters read as queer. And yet it is an undisputable fact that so many of them are. Having a queer sensibility is far from the most important thing…

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The damaging evidence that convicted Jussie Smollett

Appearing on “Morning in America,” Friday, the former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said that multiple factors in the case of actor Jussie Smollett bothered him. The Black and Out Smollett was convicted on five felony charges that he faked a hate crime…

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YouTube restricts World AIDS Day video & relents after outcry

A British musically themed documentary film by Rob Falconer, “27000@25 – When We Were Boys,” was set for its YouTube debut on December 1st, World Aids Day, when the video-sharing and streaming platform abruptly age-restricted the video. In a phone call Friday…