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Moves to bypass gay sex film ‘ban’

The producer of “banned” gay sex film I Want Your Love has defied the Australian censors, claiming the movie’s global release on Monday via web-based video-on-demand services represented a way “to bypass the gatekeepers” and render them irrelevant. Classification Australia’s refusal to grant the film exemption from classification – which would have allowed it to screen to adult audiences at three queer film festivals around the country – has drawn criticism from Hollywood actor James Franco and attracted worldwide media attention.

Jepsen drops Boy Scouts event

Carly Rae Jepsen is cancelling her performance at the national Boy Scouts of America Jamboree because of the organisation’s exclusion of gays.

Chevy Chase Reportedly Uses N-Word While Complaining About Bigoted ‘Community’ Character

Chevy Chase has repeatedly made his feelings about “Community,” the NBC show on which he plays a racially insensitive character, abundantly clear. He has called joining the show “a mistake” and noted repeatedly that he doesn’t think it’s funny. He has also said that he finds himself too gifted a comedic actor for his […]

A Day Without Immigrants

They may not have agreed on whether to skip school, take the day off work or refrain from all commerce today, but the hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors who turned out in major cities across the country on Monday clearly conveyed their message that immigrants are essential to the U.S.

Murder-Suicide in California: A Tragedy of the Financial Crisis?

Sorrento Pointe, Calif., does not look like the setting for the death of the American Dream. From outside the tasteful guardhouse stationed at the entrance of this gated community about 23 miles from downtown Los Angeles, all seems peaceful

Taming the Lionfish: Can Predators Be Trained to Control an Invasive Species?

In March, on a small reef off the coast of Honduras, a group of pioneering conservationists started teaching sharks how to hunt.

It’s Not Just Genetics

Safety Community Environment Education Race Income Diet Neighborhood Poverty You’re a native-American baby born into the Oglala Sioux tribe, living on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.

Religion and Race: Can Megachurches Desegregate?

One Sunday last fall, Bill Hybels, founder and senior pastor at the Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago’s northwest suburbs, was preaching on the logic and power of Jesus’ words “Love thine enemy.” As is his custom, Hybels was working a small semicircle of easels arrayed behind his lectern, reinforcing key phrases. Hybels’ preaching is economical, precise of tone and gesture.

The Growing Dangers of China Trade

On a warm Friday afternoon in June, about 50,000 boxes of toothpaste got their last squeeze inside an industrial trash compactor in Homestead, Fla.

The Man Who Brought Back Ho Chi Minh

Truong Van Tran is proud to be an American.