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Tracy ‘”I’d pull out my knife and stab” my gay son’ Morgan collapses at Sundance

Comedian and 30 Rock star Tracy Morgan collapsed at the Creative Coalition Spotlight Awards held at Sundance and was taken to a Park City hospital on Sunday. TMZ reported Morgan appeared “heavily intoxicated” during a speech as he accepted an award at the event, but his publicist said no alcohol was in his system....

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Sundance: Next year: A room in Park City

Well, we are deep in the throes of Sundance and have already missed our first screening due to parking and transit issues. We have also met the only other writer here for a queer media outlet, Evan Mulvihill of Queerty. I’m not having fun getting anything to show on my phone, as every person on the street – and there...

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GLAAD to host queer-inclusive panels at Sundance

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation will host Bishop Gene Robinson, director Ira Sachs and other filmmakers during the third annual cineGLAAD at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The program works to raise awareness about films with queer content and amplifies the voices of filmmakers who highlight the lesbian, gay,...

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Former Bishop of Utah reflects on homosexuality and faith

After 60 years in the clergy, including 40 years as an Episcopalian bishop, Otis Charles, 85, was one of three openly gay bishops within the faith, he said. Although, when he first entered seminary in the 1950s homosexuality was not talked about, let alone embraced, by many in the church. “I never would have imagined how far...

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Traci Lords: From ‘Penthouse’ to Sundance

Barring a tumultuous past — many who say she brought upon herself — Traci Lords, 43, has become a wife, mother, “legitimate” actress and budding songstress. Nearly 30 years since a quasi “kiss-off” to the world: running away from home, posing nude for Penthouse at the age of 15 and lying her way into porn movies, Lords...

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Slamdance Film Festival hits the maturity milestone

Celebrating its 18th year, the Slamdance Film Festival has become synonymous with its mentor, if you will, the Sundance Film Festival. Though Slamdance is smaller, the concept behind it is derivative of Robert Redford’s vision – only those filmmakers of more than a decade ago, that were turned away by the SFF, didn’t take...

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