Music That Struck A Chord

Now playing ... week of Nov. 29, 2010

Doris Day (Secret Love), Tommy James & the Shondells (I Think We're Alone Now), Captain & Tennille (The Way I Want To Touch You), Sister Sledge (We Are Family), Styx (I'm Okay), and Freddie Mercury & Queen (We Are The Champions) are featured on this special program of pop songs that rated high among LGBT listeners.

For dessert, young Broadway stars of today remind every struggling LGBT person that It Gets Better!



We hope all our U.S. listeners had a good Thanksgiving holiday -- our NewsWrap team certainly did! They'll be back next week with the latest stories affecting LGBTs around the world, including Kenya's Prime Minister cracking down on sexual minorities, renewed efforts to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, a surprising Papal turn-around on condoms, a big Pride march in Delhi, and a critical California election win that will further undermine Proposition 8.

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DIVA Dreamgirl & New Queer CDs

Now playing ... week of Nov. 22, 2010

Broadway's original "Deena Jones" ("Dreamgirls") Sheryl Lee Ralph leads an annual vocalists' bash to fight AIDS. She tells Steve Pride about that "diva" show and her DIVA Foundation. [Don't forget to check out this week's World AIDS Day events!]

Humor, hope, and politics go on the record in the Audiofile. Kristie Stremel ("Color of Stars"), Steven Gellman ("Peaceful World"), and Kristian Hoffman ("FOP"), share their latest releases with hosts JD Doyle and Chris Wilson and producer Christopher David Trentham.



And in NewsWrap: UN deletes sexual orientation from resolution against unjustified executions, Brazilian soldiers shoot Rio Pride-ster, Aussie MPs debate marriage equality, US 9th Circuit schedules Prop 8 hearings, last-ditch lame-duck effort for Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal, and more news reported by Rick Watts and John Torres.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Nov. 20, 2010

SUMMARY

UN Turns Its Back - UN General Assembly approves a resolution against unjustified executions of marginalized people, but an amendment strips gays and lesbians from the specifically-named victim categories ...

Army Shoots Pride-ster - the shooting of a gay teenager by two uniformed Brazilian army officers mars an otherwise-festive Pride parade in Rio de Janeiro ...

Aussies Argue Marriage - marriage equality bill is debated in the Australian parliament, and while major parties won't support it, a Greens-sponsored motion directing MPs to consult their constituents on the issue is narrowly approved ...

Courtroom Drama Set - U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals announces that oral arguments on the federal constitutionality of California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 will be heard on December 6th, but those hearings could be delayed pending the outcome of the still-unresolved race for state Attorney General ...

Don't Ask Don't Quack - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he'll push for a vote on the Don't Ask Don't Tell-inclusive critical annual defense spending bill in the upcoming lame duck session, and a few key GOP Senators will apparently support most Democrats to stop a threatened filibuster by Arizona's John McCain ...

Pentagon Study Hall - Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Carl Levin says he'll try to schedule hearings on the bill soon after the expected December 1st release of the Pentagon report about how best to implement repeal ...

Fly the Faux-ly Skies - widely-reported story about the legal marriage of a U.S. gay couple on a Virgin American Airlines flight over Canadian airspace was apparently a playful hoax

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Trans Advocate Jamison Green

Now playing ... week of Nov. 15, 2010

An accomplished activist, equality educator and author teaches Steve Pride how to facilitate workplace diversity. In addition to consulting corporations on transgender issues, Jamison Green chairs the board of Gender Education and Advocacy, and serves on the boards of the Transgender Law and Policy Institute and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health.

Plus a Rainbow Minute excavating "The Tomb of the Royal Manicurists," with producers Judd Proctor & Brian Burns and reader John DeBoer wielding the shovels.

And in NewsWrap: Colombia's high court deaf to marriage equality, Mexico's House benefits same-gender partners, 200 Spaniards pucker up for papal visit, marriage on the menu in three Australian states, don't ask Kagan when Supreme Court won't tell, and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Robert LeBlanc.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Nov. 13, 2010

SUMMARY

Hear No Marriage - Colombia's Constitutional Court refuses to take up a marriage equality lawsuit ...

Wedding Party - Argentineans celebrate their country's recently-enacted marriage equality legislation at Buenos Aires Pride ...

Share Alike - Mexico's House of Representatives approves partner benefits for same-gender couples ...

Papal Smackdown - hundreds of gays and lesbians greet anti-gay Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Barcelona, Spain with a flashmob-style "kiss-in" ...

Down the Aisle - marriage equality legislation is on the move in the states of South Australia, Tasmania, and Victoria ...

Don't Ask Us - U.S. Supreme Court refuses to lift the 9th Circuit Court's stay of a lower court's injunction that would have banned enforcement of Don't Ask Don't Tell, and the ACLU sues the Air Force over equal separation pay for a service member who was honorably discharged under the policy ...

Don't Tell John - more leaks of the pending Pentagon study considering how best to implement Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal underscores the findings that a vast majority of the troops don't have a problem serving with open gays and lesbians, but Arizona's John McCain vows to continue his threatened filibuster against repeal in the upcoming lame-duck Senate session ...

Lame Duck Sprint - out gay Congressman Barney Frank says there's "zero chance" of passing any pro-LGBT legislation in the new Republican-controlled House next year, but Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she wants to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the lame-duck Congress before she yields her leadership role to the presumed new Republican House Speaker John Boehner in January ...

Indefensible - new lawsuits challenge the Defense of Marriage Act in two federal courts ...

Buzzard Break-up - a pair of male vultures at a German zoo are being split up because they're lousy nest-builders ...

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"Cho Dependent" & SAGE Advice

Now playing ... week of Nov. 8, 2010

Irreverent humorist Margaret Cho adds music to her comedy repertoire on her new album and concert tour. She tells Dixie Treichel how the two art forms work together.

Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders (SAGE) is a group that encourages older LGBTs to organize on their own behalf and mentor the younger generation. Executive Director Michael Adams outlines some of the issues elders face and clues Steve Pride in to their activist agenda.

And in NewsWrap: record-breaking crowd turns out for Taipei Pride, religious Russians protest EuroCourt's Moscow Pride ruling, Kampala court quashes tabloid's outing spree, U.S. military ban in "Don't Stay Don't Go" mode, Israeli lesbian limbers up for TV Dancing challenge, and more news reported by Michael LeBeau and Tanya Kane-Parry.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Nov. 6, 2010

SUMMARY

Turnout Tops in Taipei - At least 30,000 celebrants make this year's Pride march in Taipei, Taiwan the largest such event ever held in Asia ...

Russian Religious Backlash - about a thousand religious fundamentalists in Moscow protest the EuroCourt ruling that Russian cities must allow Pride events and other peaceful public demonstrations by LGBT people ...

Paper Hanging - Kampala court reportedly shuts down the tabloid that had twice published the names, photos and home addresses of "Uganda's Top Homos" with the banner headline "Hang Them!" ...

Cameroon Repression - four human rights groups report that sexual minorities in Cameroon are increasingly being targeted by state-sanctioned abuse and violence, which a government minister denies ...

Africa Unite - several senior African leaders call for the decriminalization of gay sex to fight HIV/AIDS on the continent ...

Do Stay, Don't Go - U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals extends its stay of an injunction that had ordered the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell enforcement, but there have reportedly been no discharges under the policy since an October 21st order by Defense Secretary Robert Gates severely limiting how they are handled ...

NOM-skulls v. Iowa Justice - massively-funded campaign by the homophobic National Organization for Marriage convinces Iowa voters to fire three state Supreme Court justices who were part of last year's unanimous ruling legalizing same-gender weddings ...

DemoGay Wins - while other U.S. midterm election results propel the Republican Party to control of the U.S. House of Representatives, its three "out" Democrats -- Barney Frank, Tammy Baldwin and Jared Polis -- win reelection and are joined by newly-elected openly gay Congressman David Cicilline ...

Dancing With The Lesbian - lesbian sportscaster Gili Shem-Tov makes her own history by pairing with a heterosexual female partner on Israel's version of the popular TV competition "Dancing With The Stars" ...

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This week - Pennies in Protest & Had To Be Productions

Now playing ... week of Nov. 1, 2010

Southern ally-moms Sarah, Patience, Jessica and Sara have a plan to get the picketing Phelps clan to raise funds for its enemies. They tell Caroline Jackson of WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia how you can try this at home!

The dynamic duo of Carrie Gibson and Tony Curry travel with workplace workshops that use drama to demonstrate diversity. They share some highlights from their popular presentations with Steve Pride and Sheri Lunn.

And in NewsWrap: Pentagon asks but the troops don't care, Baja California's marriage ban may not be PRI-ordained, U.S. feds warn schools of legal duty to protect LGBT students, British school all but banishes bullying with liberating lessons, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Chris Wilson.

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