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Esera Tuaolo : Body of an NFL Player & the Voice of an Angel
Esera Tuaolo “Mr. Aloha” may still have the build of an NFL Player, but he also has the voice of an angel. When he retired from playing football, he came out as gay, had twins, appeared on TV’s The Voice, and started his very own anti-bullying campaign. Oh yes, and he just won Best Restaurant Chef…
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Brotherly Love
For his feature film writing/directing debut actor Anthony J. Caruso has chosen to adapt, and star in, Salvatore Sapienza’s Lambda Literary Award-nominated novel “Seventy Times Seven”. It’s an intriguing new take on the classic conundrum for a gay Catholic priest who has to choose between his vocation and his earthly love of his life. Brother Vito Fortunato (Caruso)…
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Trans country singer Brody Ray is Standing In The Light
Country singer Brody Ray told the judges on America’s Got Talent that he had chosen to perform the song “Stand in the Light” by Jordan Smith because it applies to his life, “overcoming struggles and battles.” When an intrigued Howie Mandel asked what struggles in particular that he had to overcome, an unhesitating Ray answered “I actually was…
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Jake Graf on Cyber-Bullying within the LGBTQ Community
Brit trans filmmaker (and newly married husband) Jake Graf has always used his art to pursue his activism too, and he’s been extremely successful at it. Last year his 4-minute short HEADSPACE about the everyday traumas the trans community face went viral on YouTube and was viewed some 13-7 million times. Also from 2017 his movie DUSK which is…
