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Flix in the wet
French LGBT film showing in Darwin, Sunday 15 & 29 March
NT News muses on the community
NT News journo Corey Sinclair discusses acceptance within the LGBTIQ community, and urges us to be more inclusive and supportive of one another.
Study in relation to how sexual orientation impacts pay
Headline: sexual orientation impacts pay. The story behind the headline is that your sexual orientation means you could be paid less than the highest earning group (straight men) if you’re a gay man, or not as bad as the worst earning group (straight women) if you are a lesbian. Does this mean that straight women earn the worst, then lesbian women, then gay men, then straight men earning the most? The article is unclear, perhaps someone could read the study and let us all know!
On the telly
SBS has been featuring some excellent tv programs over the past week. Apart from the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which included the Territory’s first float, following are a couple of my favourites, both available on SBS OnDemand:
The Out List (expires 4 April). Through the voices of Americans from all walks of life,The OUT List explores the identities of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community in America. In this series of intimate interviews, a diverse group of LGBT personalities bring color and depth to their experiences of gender and sexuality. With wit and wisdom, this set of trailblazing individuals weaves universal themes of love, loss, trial, and triumph into the determined struggle for full equality.
The Case Against 8 (expires 22 March). A behind-the-scenes look inside the historic case to overturn California’s ban on same-sex marriage. The high-profile trial first makes headlines with the unlikely pairing of Ted Olson and David Boies, political foes who last faced off as opposing attorneys in Bush v. Gore. The film also follows the plaintiffs, two gay couples who find their families at the centre of the same-sex marriage controversy. Five years in the making, this is the story of how they took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.