(Editor's note: This Q&A interview is conducted in English and Spanish because the director only speaks Spanish. The translation is provided by Google Translate and other sources. 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.)

LOS ANGELES -- The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) will present its second annual "Voice Awards" on Sunday, May 19. The hit television show "American Idol" will be among the honorees at this year's event, which turns the spotlight on leaders who use their own voices to affect and advance social change.

NEW YORK – The latest entry in the “Freedom to Serve, Freedom to Marry” video series features Major Shannon McLaughlin and her wife, Casey McLaughlin, and spotlights the harms of federal marriage discrimination to their family.

Although they are legally married in Massachusetts, the McLaughlins are not treated the same as other military couples because of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which denies legally married same-sex couples more than 1,100 federal protections automatically granted to opposite-sex couples.

Cytosine is a black cat weighing 2.3 pounds. She is 2 months old and has been spayed.

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