The purpose is to help LGBT -- lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender -- young people.

VOA: special.2010.10.23

He is African American and gay, and he says that at first, he did not take the nomination too seriously.

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

"And then I got thousands of emails, thousands of emails,of young, not just African American filmmakers, but gay filmmakers, Chinese filmmakers, that there's a chance that the Academy is wise."

VOA: standard.2010.02.18

"The promotion of a gay lifestyle in the streets of Jerusalem, which is the holiest city for the Jewish people, for the other religions - for Muslims,for Christians - it's a provocation".

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

"This has always been publicized as the other people disease - HIV is something that's happening in Africa, it's happening to gay men, it's happening to drug users So HIV is something that is happening there to somebody in a far away country."

VOA: standard.2010.03.02

"One of the things I am suggesting is a communal statement that synagogues sign on to, and that has language that creates a playing field that makes it clear that such language and violence will not be accepted, that people who are gay are welcome to pray and participate in synagogue life and that religion is not about excluding and hating but about finding areas where we can come and be in the presence of the divine,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.04