Minnesota Vikings Punter Chris Kluwe explained his support for gay marriage by saying he believes “people are people and deserve to be treated the same as everyone else.”

The unflinching documentary “Bully,” much of which was filmed in Iowa school buses and hallways, was not among five films nominated this morning for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

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Riverside Theatre in Collaboration with Working Group Theatre Joins Nationwide Productions of Landmark Marriage Equality Play by Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter of MILK and J. EDGAR.

Iowa City, Iowa – On Thursday, November 15 at 7:30 PM, Riverside Theatre in collaboration with Working Group Theatre, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a one-night-only staged reading of “8,” a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black.  Twenty-one area actors and community members will participate in the reading.  After the show there will be a talk-back for audience members with State Representative Vicki Lensing and Molly Tafoya of OneIowa (the state's largest LGBT advocacy organization) about the landscape of marriage equality in Iowa and nationally. Following the talk-back, ticket holders will be invited to a lobby reception sponsored by Devotay.

Dates & Times: Thursday, November 15, 7:30PM, Riverside Theatre, 213 N Gilbert Street, Iowa City
Tickets: $15 and can be reserved by calling the Riverside Theatre Box Office at (319) 338-7672.  A portion of the ticket proceeds goes to American Foundation for Equal Rights.  All ticket holders are invited to attend the post-show talk-back and reception.

Riverside Theatre, in collaboration with Working Group Theatre, is honored to present a staged reading of “8”, a new documentary play by Dustin Lance Black (Milk, J. Edgar) about the federal case for marriage equality.

“8″ candidly illustrates the historic trial using court transcripts and personal reflections from the 2010 case known as Prop 8, a constitutional amendment that barred same-sex marriage in California. There will be a post-performance talkback to discuss the issues.

Tickets are $15 and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the American Foundation for Equal Rights. To reserve your tickets, call the box office at 319-338-7672.

One Iowa and independent director and producer Ron Gilbert, with license from the American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and Broadway Impact, is proud to announce a reading of 8, a play chronicling the historic trial in the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8. Written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter and AFER Founding Board Member Dustin Lance Black, 8 had its much-heralded Broadway world premiere in September 2011, and its star-studded Los Angeles premiere in March 2012.

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The popular drag performer and winner of ‘RuPaul‘s Drag Race’ is being honored in the city she calls home.

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Zach Wahls' passionate, viral defense of his parents' same-sex marriage is now available in book form.