Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, the deeply affecting new film from openly gay director Lee Daniels and executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, opens in select theaters nationwide this Friday, November 6.
Queer Lounge hosted a panel this morning entitled, “The Outsiders: Forming Identities from the Margins.” It was a fascinating hour, moderated by Kyle Buchanan, film critic for The Advocate, and featured Mary Jane Sklaski and David Brind (Dare), Lee Daniels and Gabourey Sidibe (Push) and Steve Kelly (City Rats).
LGBT Content: Lesbian
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Director: Lee Daniels
Writer: Damien Paul
Starring: Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
Distributor: TBA
Release Date: TBA
Synopsis: Illiterate, overweight, and sexually abused teenager Precious Jones has a harder life than most could dream of, until a lesbian teacher named Blue Rain inspires her to finally turn her life around.
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On the July 28 edition of Clear Channel’s nationally syndicated radio program The War Room with Quinn & Rose, host Jim Quinn made defamatory anti-gay comments while discussing a federal case in which a jury ruled that the city of Philadelphia could not bar a Boy Scouts chapter from city-owned property despite the organization’s anti-gay policy.
