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By Caleb Crain. In the bad old days, newspapers rarely mentioned gay men except in a certain kind of true-crime story. The first clue in the cases was often a body discovered in a hotel room. In , the wrists and ankles of a thirty-five-year-old interior decorator were found trussed with lamp cord and radio wire, with two neckties and a towel twisted around his neck. In , for instance, it was a twenty-five-year-old parking-lot attendant who broke the neck of a wealthy fifty-five-year-old visiting New Orleans for Mardi Gras.

That amounts to an evolutionary paradox: gay men have fewer children, so one would expect that the trait would disappear over time. Now a team of researchers has carried out the largest-ever genetic study of sexual orientation and found evidence consistent with one possible explanation. Details of the unpublished study have been described in a public research plan, in two scientific abstracts, and by researchers at a scientific meeting held in June at the Broad Institute, a genome research center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The hunt for sexual orientation genes—which wades into the polarizing question of whether people are born gay or become so—is part of a boom in genomics research that aims to unveil how genes shape behavior, not just diseases.

Many of these great gay and LGBT movies normalize love between two people of the same gender, depict the long and often challenging fight for equal rights or gender expression, or showcase that gay and LGBTQ people can live openly and happily ever after. That's a powerful thing, especially for teens and young people who are struggling with discovering their identity or who don't have that sense of acceptance at home or within their social circles. We've found the best movies with gay characters in genres like comedy, rom-c0m, romance, thriller, even independent and art films if you want to get your culture on. Some of these films, especially those that depict romantic relationships, can get a little hot and heavy and might be best for adults only. Whether you're the parent of a teenager and you need movies to help them feel understood, or you just want to cuddle up on the couch with a big bowl of popcorn, a glass of something cold and a romantic flick, you can find a fantastic option for your next movie night on this list.

The Methodist church will decide this week whether to take a significant step towards allowing same-sex marriage, a move likely to complicate plans for closer ties with the Church of England. The Methodist conference in Birmingham is being urged to support proposals to allow same-sex marriage in its chapels. If successful, a final decision would be taken next year after wider consultation.