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The official poster for the French film, "Lola and Her Brothers." PUBLIC DOMAIN

Review: “Lola And Her Brothers”

Melissa Azofeifa • August 5, 2019
The French film, “Lola and Her Brothers,” directed by Jean-Paul Rouve, closed the 10-day Stony Brook Film Festival on Saturday night, July 28.
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Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Maya Brown • December 7, 2018
Naila Amin never got to experience childhood. She was engaged to her cousin at eight years old, married by age 13 and repeatedly raped by her husband until she was 15.
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Sex Issue 2016

The Breakup Shop’s Backup Plan

Rachel Siford • February 10, 2016
The new app “Backup Plan” by the Breakup Shop, designed by the Keast brothers, creates a legally binding agreement for two people to marry each other by a certain time.
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City maintenance worker Maria Burgos holds a Rainbow Pride Flag ahead of it's raising by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, the city's first openly gay mayor, over the Civic Plaza in response to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage on Friday, June 26, 2015. (Rick Loomis/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

State leaders react to Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision

Hanaa’ Tameez • June 26, 2015
Leaders in New York are showing their support for the Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex marriage is a constitutional right in the landmark case Obergefell v. Hodges.
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"The numbers also give us a glimmer of hope: 66 percent of adults under the age of 30 say that they want to get married, so there is a future in love for us. Just not at the ripe-old age of 25."

With marriage, we now say “I do… but not yet”

Niveditha Obla • June 7, 2015
We want that raise, we want that title and we want to know that we can stand on our two feet before we jump into some sort balancing act with another person.
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The Konig Kolumn: 37 Down, many more to come

The Konig Kolumn: 37 Down, many more to come

Joseph Konig • February 17, 2015
While certain aspects of the Civil Rights movement may have hit a few bumps in the road, other aspects have made leaps and bounds, even as recently as the last few days.
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College students wait to tie the knot

College students wait to tie the knot

Sarah Elsesser • February 10, 2015
Today, the average adult is holding off on saying, “I do.” For some adults, it might be forever. Others are just waiting.
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