NewsWrap for the week ending Jan. 29, 2011

SUMMARY

Murder Most Foul - Leading Uganda gay activist David Kato is brutally murdered in his home in what police call a robbery but what LGBT rights advocates worry may have been a homophobic hate-motivated killing ...

Escape from Kampala - expatriate Uganda lesbian Brenda Namiggade wins an 11th hour court-ordered reprieve from being deported from the U.K. ...

Alice Does Live Here - official government condemnation and physical harassment increase against leading Cameroon activist Alice Nkom and her Association for the Defense of Homosexuality after the E.U. awards the group a grant for "support and training for sexual minorities" ...

The French Disconnection - France's Constitutional Court rules against a lesbian couple seeking marriage rights ...

Back to the Past - effort to repeal Iowa's marriage equality law stalls in the state Senate, but Wyoming lawmakers vote to deny state recognition to same-gender marriages or civil unions legally contracted elsewhere ...

As Good As Married - Illinois Governor Pat Quinn is expected sign a civil unions bill in the coming week, while a new civil unions bill in Hawai'i, unlike previous efforts, has the support of the governor ...

The Bigger Sky - six Montana same-gender couples sue for rights equal to marriage ...

The Education of Faeries - Italy's first accredited university gay studies course counters ignorance ...

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"Every Day" & A "Glee"-ful Thank You

Now playing ... week of Jan. 24, 2011

His new movie's "father of the gay" reflects writer/director Richard Levine's real life. Steve Pride's interviews with Levine and co-star Helen Hunt are punctuated by preview clips featuring "dad" Liev Schreiber and "son" Ezra Miller.

Chris Colfer's Golden Globe acceptance speech -- with it's special message for bullies -- highlights a big night for LGBT-themed and -inclusive screen favorites.

Plus a Rainbow Minute celebrating England's revered actor and gay activist Sir Ian McKellen, produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, and read by Robin Austin.

And in NewsWrap: U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear D.C. marriage equality foes, Saskatchewan court cans marriage commissioner bias, anti-queer violence rampant in Honduras and Brazil, hate-peddler protests America's first LGBT history museum, and more news reported by John Torres and Robert LeBlanc.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Jan. 22, 2011

SUMMARY

Stop! in the Name of Love - Supremes refuse to hear a challenge to the marriage equality law in Washington, D.C. ...

Equality Under the Law Ring a Bell? - U.S. federal judge questions the constitutionality of the so-called "Defense of Marriage Act", or DOMA ...

Like It Or Lump It - Saskatchewan's Court of Appeals rules that the Canadian province's marriage commissioners must comply with the nationwide marriage equality law and cannot refuse to marry same-gender couples for religious reasons ...

No Room? Sue the Inn! - fundamentalist Christian owners of a British bed and breakfast are fined for refusing to allow a civilly-partnered gay couple to share a double room ...

Mounting Death Toll - human rights groups sound the alarm over escalating hate murders of LGBT people in Honduras and Brazil ...

Want Fries With Your Discrimination? - global fast-food giant McDonald's comes under fire for blocking access to LGBT websites on the new free Wi-Fi at its New Zealand restaurants ...

Midsumma Downunda - record crowd estimated at more than 100,000 celebrants launch the three-week Midsumma Queer Arts and Culture Festival in the Australian city of Melbourne, Victoria ...

A Convenient, Comfy Truth - America's first LGBT History Museum, newly-opened in San Francisco's famed Castro district, is attacked by a well-known right wing homophobe as nothing more than a "propaganda porch" ...

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Kate Clinton & Successful Failure

Now playing ... week of Jan. 17, 2011

The beloved "fumerist" just gets funnier, as Steve Pride finds out when he catches up with Kate at the Out and Equal conference.

Gender and sexuality educator-writer Judith "Jack" Halberstam explains her redefinition of "failure" to Dixie Treichel.

And in NewsWrap: Ireland recognizes same-gender unions from abroad, national health-care opens to spouses of Mexico City same-gender marrieds, U.S. Justice Department defends "DOMA," professional homophobes fund-raise to fight marriage equality bills in Rhode Island and Maryland, four LGBT U.K. activists receive Queen's Honours, gay Tucsonan hero honored, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michael LeBeau.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Jan. 15, 2011

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Irish Imports - Ireland recognizes same-gender marriages and civil partnerships legally performed in other countries ...

Coverage Con Carne - Mexico's Institute of Social Security allows gays and lesbians legally married in Mexico City to insure their spouses in the national health-care system ...

Defending DOMA - U.S. Justice Department files its first appeal of two federal court rulings declaring a key provision of the so-called Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional ...

More Hard Slogging - Log Cabin Republicans continues to pursue its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Don't Ask Don't Tell despite Congressional action in late December to authorize repeal, while a conservative Republican Congressman introduces a bill that could effectively block or at least stall the repeal process ...

Second Thoughts - U.S. State Department backtracks on new guidelines to replace "mother" and "father" with "parent" on children's passports and in consular reports of births abroad to American expatriates ...

Marriage Marches On - leader of New Hampshire's now Republican controlled House tells reporters that there won't be an effort to repeal the state's two-year-old marriage equality law this year, while marriage equality bills are progressing in Rhode Island and Maryland, and Maryland's governor says he supports the bill in his state ...

Honourable Mentions - four LGBT activists are named Members of the Order of the British Empire in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year Honours ...

Heroic Homosexual - one of the life-saving heroes of the Tucson, Arizona mass shootings, Daniel Hernandez, who spoke at the memorial service for the victims and was honored by President Barack Obama there, is a proudly "out" young gay man

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"Don't Ask" Done & Prop 8 Pause

Now playing ... week of Jan. 10, 2011

A historic presidential signature, a returned ring, and shared military showers play taps for Don't Ask Don't Tell: President Obama's December 22nd signing ceremony authorized repeal of the odious military policy; Aaron Tax of the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network talks about the way forward; MSNBC news commentator Rachel Maddow heralded repeal with two noteworthy footnotes -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid returns the West Point ring given to him by activist Lt. Dan Choi, and Congressman Barney Frank responds to a question about the "horrors" of post-repeal shower-sharing. (Dan Wood of Free Speech Radio News contributed.)

A Prop 8 question in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals creates complications: Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Equality California's Geoff Kors discuss the legal standing of the measure's sponsors to litigate the case. (Aileen Alfandary of Pacifica Evening News contributed.)

Plus a Rainbow Minute recalling the crossed paths of U.S. President Gerald Ford and reluctant gay hero Bill Sipple. (Produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, and read by John DeBoer.)

And in NewsWrap: Ugandan activists win against "outing" tabloid, U.N. restores sexual orientation to resolution against extrajudicial killings, Alberta's amended psych list better late than never, and more news reported by Chris Wilson and Ben Caron.

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NewsWrap for the week ending Jan. 8, 2011

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No Moss - Uganda's highest court slaps "Top 100 Homos/Hang Them!" tabloid Rolling Stone with monetary damages and henceforth bans all media from publishing lists of gays and lesbians ...

Porn Free - Harare court acquits Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe administrator Ellen Chademana on pornography charges ...

Who Knows - Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily refers the Prop 8 case to the California Supreme Court for a ruling on whether or not Prop 8 sponsors can legally defend it ...

Non-Executable File - United Nations General Assembly restores gays and lesbians to a resolution against extrajudicial killings of specified targeted minorities ...

Travel Mercies - U.S. State Department issues revised passport forms and other guidelines replacing "mother" and "father" with "parent" to make it easier for American gay and lesbian parents to legally protect their children ...

Stop Farkus - New Jersey Governor Chris Cristie signs what's being called the toughest anti-bullying legislation in the country ...

GOPut Asunder - repeal of New Hampshire's marriage equality law is a real possibility in the now conservative Republican-dominated state legislature ...

BYO Marriage - New Mexico's Attorney General opines that same-gender couples legally wed elsewhere should be recognized in his state ...

Better Late - Canadian province of Alberta no longer lists gays and lesbians as "disordered deviates"

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Pride On Screen 2010

Now playing ... week of Jan. 3, 2010

This Way Out's award-winning entertainment reporter Steve Pride recalls some of the queer moving images that moved him most during the past twelve months.

Steve's list of small screen favorites includes: "Modern Family," "Glee," "The ("A" is for "awful") A-List," plus "RuPaul's Drag Race," "The Fabulous Beekman Boys," and "House Hunters."

The Pride on Screen Top 10 Movies Of The Year are "Fit," "8: The Mormon Proposition," "I Love You Phillip Morris," "Children Of God," "I Killed My Mother," "The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister," "Howl," "A Marine Story," "Undertow (Contracorriente)," and "The Kids Are Alright."



Plus a Rainbow Minute profile of gay celluliod activist/historian Vito Russo (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John Porter).

(NewsWrap returns next week.)