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This very dark melodrama is the feature film writing/directing debut of French Canadian actor Yan England and is a chilling tale of the possible consequences of unchecked schoolyard homophobia. Sixteen-year-old Tim (Antoine Olivier Pilon) used to be a star athlete on his school track team, but after his mother died he lost all interest in…
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Wonderkid wants to win off the pitch too.
Professional sports is the one of the last remaining bastions where homophobia still seems to flourish unabated. For every brave courageous LGBT athlete that dares to publicly come out of the closet, there are several thousands more kept in by sheer fear of what will happen to their careers, their lives and their loved…
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Hollywood Must Do Better
In a new report out the LGBT advocacy group GLAAD claims that most major Hollywood studio films either totally avoid our community or they ensure that LGBT figures are simply the butts of jokes or putdowns. In 2014, for example, only 17 of more than 100 studio releases included lesbian, gay or bisexual characters, and…
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Dolce and Gabanna finally say ‘We’re Sorry’
(Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty…
