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The Museum of Modern Art in New York will pay tribute to the 10th anniversary of Good Machine, one of the United States’ leading independent film production companies, February 13-23 at the Roy and Niuta Titus Theatre 1. Among the Good Machine films to be presented include the gay-themed comedy The Wedding Banquet and the lesbian feature The Sticky Fingers of Time (screened with Greetings From Africa, a short film from lesbian director Cheryl Dunye).

A candid conference with Allison Janney, The West Wing’s press secretary, C.J. Cregg

A lesbian couple who once hobnobbed with the elite of British society despite having been former prostitutes who owned a brothel in Australia were sentenced Friday to prison for defrauding investors, The Scotsman reports. Australian Evelyn Burton was sentenced to five years in jail, while her partner, Lyla Andre, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison. Burton secured an introduction to Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh by promising a £176,000 scholarship to the Royal Windsor Horse Show four years ago.

In more than a dozen cities and towns around the country, religious clergy members and other community leaders marked National Freedom to Marry Day on Monday by calling on the public to support the right of same-sex couples to marry, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund said. National Freedom to Marry Day links the themes of love and equality as exemplified by Valentine’s Day and Lincoln’s Birthday to call for an end to discrimination in marriage.

The Boy Scouts’ antigay policy continues to cause problems for the group, as two states move against the Scouts and a Denver church severs its ties to the organization. In Connecticut, the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities upheld a ruling from last May that bars the Scouts from the State Employee Charitable Campaign because of its antigay policies. The commission held that the Scouts’ inclusion in the charity drive violated the state’s nondiscrimination law.

Controversial rapper Eminem performed his first British concert Thursday night in Manchester, drawing both a sold-out crowd and a vocal group of protesters, reports Reuters. The capacity audience of 15,500 was greeted by gay rights activists and women’s groups carrying signs and chanting, “Eminem, you’re not funny, you oppress us to make money.” “The basic reason why we organized the protest is the fact that Eminem’s lyrics are not only homophobic, they are also misogynistic,” said Vicki Austin, National Union of Students gay and lesbian campaigner.