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The University of North Carolina, Wilmington, wants LGBT students to know there are churches that don’t take the “turn or burn” approach to homosexuality espoused by one area congregation — but its distribution of the information has ired some conservatives. Last month the school’s LGBTQIA Resource Office put out a guide to gay-friendly local businesses and other institutions, including churches.

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Bad Santas, earnestly charming boyish elves, Scrooge, the whole Jesus is the Son of God thing... Holiday movies are notoriously devoid of strong women, let alone lesbians. But we at SheWired scoured the archives of holiday films, including Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, to find the ones that offer snappy women, gay girl eye candy or in the very rare instance, a lesbian character.  Enjoy Holly Hunter, Judy Davis, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Keira Knightley, Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, Kyra Sedgwick, Julianna Margulies, Martha Plimpton and more.