Documentary ‘A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile’ now showing in theaters and on demand (VIDEO)

A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile, a documentary about a false online relationship between a Canadian woman and a Syrian girl, premiered Friday in select theaters and through the on demand service SundanceNow Doc Club. The documentary follows the story of Amina Arraf, a Syrian-American girl who got involved in an online relationship…

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Illinois governor signs hate crimes law

Earlier this week, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed HB 3930, an enhanced hate crime protections law that explicitly includes crimes against transgender people. The existing hate crimes law, signed in 1990 by Gov. James Thompson, included sexual orientation as a protected category, which had been interpreted to include gender identity. The new law, authored by…

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