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Contents:

• KENYA CENSORS ANOTHER GAY-THEMED FILM
• GAY DISCRIMATN ENTERTAMENT DTRY HAS NOT GONE AWAY, FDS SURVEY
• 10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• HOLLYWOOD DISCRIMAT AGAST GAY ACTORS, CLAIMS LGBT THKTANK REPORT

KENYA CENSORS ANOTHER GAY-THEMED FILM

Photo cred: Foc Featur“Nocturnal Animals” (Foc) It’s surprisg that a film directed by a gay in (the notorly provotive signer Tom Ford) would get dged by GLAAD — but the film’s two gay characters (one played by Michael Sheen, one only referenced the history of characters played by Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal) did not pass mter.

GAY DISCRIMATN ENTERTAMENT DTRY HAS NOT GONE AWAY, FDS SURVEY

“Though is clear that this film tak place a world clive of gay characters accepted by the protagonists, is disappotg that their stori are centered on the straight women their liv, ” the SRI said. The Dwayne Johnson and Kev Hart (a top repeat offenr this annual survey) buddy edy is scribed as “a near two-hour gay panic joke that reli on the long-nng homophobic ‘sissy’ stereotype for most of the lm’s tend punchl.

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10 SENTIAL MOVI ABOUT GAY RIGHTS

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

) In recent years, though, the film—which featur Al Paco as a New York p who go unrver the cy’s S&M scene to vtigate a serial killer targetg gay men—has been reevaluated and is now nsired by many as a classic.

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HOLLYWOOD DISCRIMAT AGAST GAY ACTORS, CLAIMS LGBT THKTANK REPORT

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