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!! OMG, WATCH: A new documentary explores the struggle to stay in the closet in pro sports !!

Alone in the Game, a new documentary on the challenges of being openly gay in pro and amateur sports, features interviews with former NBA center Jason Collins, former NFL offensive tackle Ryan O’Callaghan, former MLS star Robbie Rogers, Megan Rapinoe, Vanderbilt football player Riley Tindol, high-school athlete Trevor Betts, and Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy.

Check out the new trailer for the film above, and catch it as it airs on AT&T’s Audience network at 8 pm on June 28. Thoughts?

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!! OMG, 4 days left to support PYOTR495, a new film set amidst the anti-gay attacks and abductions in Russia that needs your support !!

What’s more terrifying than the state of LGBT rights in many parts of the world today? A new film titled PYOTR495 is shining a light on the violent abductions and attacks taking place in Russia, and they need your support in reaching completion today!

The retro-tinged horror stars Alex Ozerov (Orphan Black, Coconut Hero, The History Of Love, Christmas Horror Story) revolves around the attacks which are so often ignored as a result of Russia’s LGBT Propaganda law. A bit about the film:

“Set one evening in present day Moscow, 16 year-old Pyotr is baited by an ultranationalist group known for their violent abductions and attacks bolstered by Russia’s LGBT propaganda law, but Pyotr has a dangerous secret his attackers could never have accounted for.”

PYOTR495 needs your support in its post-production to delivery stages, and has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign with a shop full of perks and incentives to help the production reach a solid completion and raise the funding it needs. Check out the trailer below — and support the film HERE today! There’s only 4 days left in the campaign, and if everyone who reads this donates 5 bucks, we can all band together in saying Suck it, Putin!

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