spring 2010
INSIDE Photo: Cassidy Duhon
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HRC’s Mission: Repeal DADt HRC Works To Mobilize Broad Support for Repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Law
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Taking It to the Front lines We Have a New Hate Crimes Law. Now What?
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EQUALITY Interview: Filmmaker Lee Daniels On Hollywood, Homophobia and His Next Film, Selma
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Photo: Scott Spychala
Photo: Dakota Fine
Acclaimed director Lee Daniels spoke recently with Equality Managing Editor Janice Hughes about being openly gay, shooting his next big work — a film about the Selma (Ala.) civil rights march — and lots more. See the interview, p.15.
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Exporting Hate U.S. Fundamentalists Push To Criminalize Our Lives in Uganda & Elsewhere
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The Mormon Proposition Movie Looks Closely at Church’s Role in Fighting LGBT Equality
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Athlete & Ally College Wrestler’s Advocacy Draws National Attention
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Sound Off
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Up Front
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Scene Out Upcoming gala events National Corporate Partners
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