Why Ian McKellen Says Using Facebook Is Like Coming Out Of The Closet

One big difference between Ian McKellen and his “Mr. Holmes” co-star Laura Linney is that while Linney doesn’t use social media, McKellen has developed quite the online presence — and it reminds him of coming out of the closet. “[On Facebook] a lot of people follow things that I do and want to talk about, so I feel I’ve gotten

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Why Was This Catholic School Teacher Reinstated After Anti-Gay Facebook Posts?

(RNS) — Patricia Jannuzzi, the veteran Catholic high school teacher from New Jersey suspended for her anti-gay Facebook posts, will be reinstated immediately, school principal Jean Kline said in a letter. Jannuzzi, a 33-year theology teacher at Immaculata High School in Sommerville, N.J., was forced to deactivate her Facebook page last month after several alumni started circulating screen shots of

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Sean Hayes Is Totally Charming As Iggy Azalea

Here’s one married couple that knows how to have fun. Sean Hayes and husband Scott Icenogle are devastatingly funny lip-syncing Iggy Azalea and Jennifer Hudson’s new single, “Trouble.” We can’t stop laughing at Hayes’ deadpan expression and goofy dance moves — the man definitely knows how to work a telephone prop — and Icenogle’s pretty good at fake-belting Hudson’s chorus,

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Six Months Later, Facebook Still Under Fire For Controversial Name Policy

A significant number of people operating personal profiles on Facebook under pseudonyms, stage names or any name not matching their legally documented identity received this message when logging into their Facebook accounts at the end of last summer: The change affected anyone who might have a reason to self-identify on the Internet using a name different from the one on

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Rep. Mike Honda On His Transgender Granddaughter: ‘She’s Beautiful’

As a longtime supporter of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights, the fight for equality is hitting closer to home for California Rep. Mike Honda, who is embracing his transgender granddaughter with open arms. Following a tweet about what a “proud grandfather” he is to little Malissa, Honda told HuffPost Live on Wednesday that when she was 18 months old,

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