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dvr this HBO, Sundays, 10 p.m. The second season of HBO’s divisive series about a group of gay men in San Francisco has arrived. The first season began with screeching fights on social media about the show and its narcissistic, somewhat unbelievable characters, but as the episodes piled up, those of us who kept watching…

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Prominent Mormon faces excommunication for backing same-sex marriage

The Mormon Church has moved to excommunicate the prominent Utah-based founder of an online forum for being critical of or doubting Mormons, charging him with apostasy for supporting same-sex marriage and the ordination of women and for questioning church teaching, reports the New York Times. John Dehlin is the founder of Mormon Stories Podcast (http://mormonstories.org)….

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LGBT community stands strong in Oscar nominations

The 2015 Academy Awards nominations, which were announced this morning, highlighted films and actors that have focused on LGBT equality, writes Hayley Miller on the HRC Blog. “The Imitation Game,” a film about Alan Turing, is nominated for eight awards, including best picture. The film’s stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, were also nominated. Last…

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HRC confirms MillerCoors chairman will withdraw from anti-LGBT event

WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) confirmed that MillerCoors Chairman Pete Coors had withdrawn from participating in an event hosted by the group, Legatus.  The event and its organizers have been under fire recently over the organization’s discriminatory and dangerous positions on LGBT people. HRC had been in touch with representatives of MillerCoors,…

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Alliance San Diego announces program for 27th All Peoples Celebration, Jan. 19

Alliance San Diego has announced the program participants for the 27th annual All Peoples Celebration honoring the living legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. The All Peoples Celebration will take place Monday, Jan. 19, at the Balboa Park Activity Center. Doors…

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Canadian gay publisher ‘Xtra’ to embrace digital, close print

Toronto — Pink Triangle Press (PTP), Canada’s leading gay and lesbian publisher, today announced a major strategic re-positioning to an all-digital publishing company. As a result, next month PTP will close print editions of the Xtra gay and lesbian community newspapers in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver. PTP will focus on developing its journalism website DailyXtra.com…

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