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5 LGBT things you need to know today, Feb. 5

by Patrick Saunders February 5, 2016 | 12:58 pm

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1. Out “Empire” star Jussie Smollett nabbed several NAACP Image Awards Thursday night, with Queen Latifah also picking one up for her role as bisexual blues singer Bessie Smith in HBO’s “Bessie.” Check out the full list of winners here.

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2. This Catholic high school in Seattle won’t run the same-sex marriage announcement of a 1997 graduate (who also happened to be the student body vice president and homecoming queen), and a Facebook post by the former student body president of the class is garnering support for the couple.

3. Meet the “family values” candidate with the long rap sheet who is trying to unseat this openly gay county clerk in East Texas.

4. When a California school board voted against changing the dress code at a local high school to allow boys to wear long hair and earrings, the students showed up to school in style.

5. VIDEO OF THE DAY: Just in time for the Super Bowl, Logo’s new sketch comedy show “Gay Skit Happens” shows what gay guys do when football comes on, featuring Daniel Franzese (“Looking,” “Clueless”).

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