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FilmOut Q&A: “I Am Divine” and Jeffrey Schwarz | VIDEO

(Editor's note: SDGLN is featuring Q&A interviews with leading filmmakers from around the world who are participating in FilmOut San Diego's 15th annual LGBT Film Festival, running May 29 to June 2 at the historic Birch North Park Theatre. Follow SDGLN for all the news about one of the top LGBT film festivals in the U.S.)

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FilmOut Q&A: “Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait Of James Dean” with Matthew Mishory | VIDEO

(Editor's note: SDGLN will be featuring Q&A interviews with leading filmmakers from around the world who are participating in FilmOut San Diego's 15th annual LGBT Film Festival, running May 29 to June 2 at the historic Birch North Park Theatre. This is the first of more than a dozen stories that will give readers an inside glimpse of the filmmaking process. Follow SDGLN for all the news about one of the top LGBT film festivals in the U.S.)

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UPDATED: FilmOut San Diego "thinks big" for 15th annual LGBT Film Festival

SAN DIEGO – Look, up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane … no, it’s billboards of the kind you’ve never seen before in San Diego.

Starting today, three billboards celebrating FilmOut San Diego’s 15th annual LGBT Film Festival will be on display for the next month along University Avenue in North Park and Hillcrest.

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COMMENTARY: Shame on ESPN, Chris Broussard and Mike Wallace | VIDEO

I love ESPN. I watch it a lot. I also read ESPN online and ESPN magazine. You can guess that I love sports.

What I don’t expect from ESPN is anti-gay, homophobic bible-thumping rhetoric of the type spewed out today on “Outside the Lines” by ESPN magazine’s senior writer Chris Broussard, reacting to the breaking news that NBA center Jason Collins had come out.

Rhode Island Senate approves marriage-equality bill

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Rhode Island Senate voted 26-12 today to pass the marriage-equality bill, 17 years after the first such bill was introduced by lawmakers in the state.

"Ex-gay movement" poster boy John Paulk renounces conversion therapy, apologizes

PORTLAND, Ore. – John Paulk, the poster boy for the so-called “ex-gay movement” for a decade, has issued “A Formal Public Apology by John Paulk” and renounced conversion therapy.

Paulk founded the Love Won Out ministry through the anti-gay group Focus on Family, appeared on countless television shows and conducted numerous interviews touting that he was converted into a heterosexual man through prayer and “ex-gay therapy.”

He married an “ex-lesbian,” Anne, and they became parents of three children.

France legalizes same-sex marriage

PARIS – Vive la France! The National Assembly voted 331-225 today to legalize marriage equality in France.

The final vote brings to an end months of contentious debate and street protests from conservatives and religious factions, led by the Roman Catholic Church, that oppose same-sex marriage. The emotions were very high today in the National Assembly, and at one point several people were seen shoving each other in the gallery.

The passage of the bill brought out loud applause and cheers from the 331 lawmakers who voted for marriage equality.

The funny and serious sides of Mondo Guerra: From "Project Runway" to HIV-education activist

SAN DIEGO – “Project Runway” favorite Mondo Guerra urges everybody to get out Thursday and support Dining Out For Life (DOFL) or buy his limited-edition tee to raise money for AIDS service organizations nationwide.

During a free-ranging interview with San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, Guerra proves to be as open and candid as he was on the popular reality TV series “Project Runway.” But the Denver resident also flashes a funny side that did not often show its face during two appearances on “Project Runway.”

“The Shining” returns to big screen to scare the bejeebers out of you | VIDEO

SAN DIEGO – Stanley Kubrick’s horror classic “The Shining” returns to the big screen in America’s Finest City this week, promising a night of sheer horror not seen since the film premiered in 1980.

FilmOut San Diego will present “The Shining” at 7 pm Wednesday, April 17, at the historic Birch North Park Theater. This is a rare opportunity to see this horror classic in the way it was meant to be seen: on a huge silver screen, not on television.

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Ultimate guide to 2013 FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival | VIDEO

SAN DIEGO -- As part of its 15th anniversary celebration, FilmOut San Diego today announced the 35 feature films and shorts that will be shown at the LGBT Film Festival from May 29 to June 2 at the historic Birch North Park Theater.

FilmOut San Diego's LGBT Film Festival is one of the most popular LGBT film festivals in the United States and typically draws moviemakers and stars to America's Finest City to attend the screenings of their movies and to speak during the Q&A sessions with FilmOut audiences.

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