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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Manscaping’
'Manscaped' magnificently spotlights three men doing their best to reimagine the barbershop as we know it.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Prognosis: Notes on Living’
'Prognosis' is a powerful documentary following filmmaker Debra Chasnoff in her two-year battle with a cancer that ends her life.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Pat Rocco Dared
'Pat Rocco Dared' largely succeeds as both an introduction and elegy for an incredible participant in and witness to history.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Maybe Someday’
Michelle Ehlen's Maybe Someday is a deeply moving and frequently delightful meditation on rebuilding life after loss.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Small Town Pride’
'Small Town Pride' is a satisfying, feel-good documentary, a reassuring reminder of the strength queer people can find in each other.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Waking Up Dead’
'Waking Up Dead' goes all over the place, all the time, and refuses to pick a spot to land, feeling rushed and incoherent.
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A Complete Guide to Reel Affirmations 29
Started in 1991, Reel Affirmations has been under the umbrella of the DC Center since 2014. We offer a reviewer's guide to all 41 films.
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Reel Affirmations Review: Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields
'Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields' is an exceptional work of art that could just as easily take place in any major metro area in the...
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Hello World’
A Norwegian documentary about four 12-to-13 year-old LGBTQ teens going through the highs and lows of being openly queer in school.
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17th Street High Heel Race Kicks Off on Tuesday, October 25
“The 17th Street High Heel Race is a celebration of our LGBTQIA+ diversity,” says Japer Bowles, the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ Affairs....
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It’s New Taylor Swift Album Day!
Witheveryone trying to be a part of the discussion, the number of posts on social media platforms like Twitter worth perusing adds up quickly.
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Las Vegas Man Arrested for Threatening to “Shoot Up” LGBTQ Event
A Las Vegas man was arrested and charged with falsely communicating an act of terrorism for allegedly threatening to shot up an LGBTQ community event....
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘Nelly & Nadine’
The story of family and its strengths, as well as the ties that do not always bind and the truths that are not always named.
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘All Man: The International Male Story’
The International Male catalog was beloved by gay men and straight men alike -- for very different reasons.
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Soccer Player Santiago Sosa Suspended for 3 Games Over Anti-Gay Slur
Major League Soccer has suspended Atlanta United midfielder Santiago Sosa and fined him an undisclosed amount for using a homophobic slur during a match. The...
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Teachers Could Lose Licenses for Violating “Don’t Say Gay” Law
On Wednesday, the Florida Department of Education adopted a rule that would yank licenses from teachers found to have addressed subject matter related to LGBTQ...
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Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable for Battery in Sexual Misconduct Trial
A Manhattan jury found Oscar- and Tony-winning actor Kevin Spacey is not liable for battery against fellow actor Anthony Rapp, who alleged that Spacey had...
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‘Black Adam’ Review: Adam and Evil
'Black Adam' distills the superhero origin story down to the bare basics of WWE-style good guy vs. bad guy brawling.
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LGBTQ Advocates Slam Russia-Style “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
More than 30 House Republicans have signed onto a bill that mimics “gay propaganda” laws being pushed in Eastern Europe and bills in various states...
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Reel Affirmations Review: ‘When Time Got Louder’
Despite heartfelt performances, 'When Time Got Louder' is a film severely short on realism and imagination.
