Longjones of Uganda pt. 1 & Trans-literacy

Ugandan activist John "Longjones" Wambere discusses the uphill battle for LGBT rights in his homeland with our Steve Pride.

Queer Life & Literature Commentator Janet Mason studies The Lives of Transgender People by Genny Beemyn and Susan Rankin and Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue by Nicholas M. Teich.

Plus -- Queen Elizabeth II Honors David Hockney in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor & Brian Burns and read by Heide Trepanier).

And in NewsWrap: Beijing hosts landmark Chinese LGBT leadership conference, Kenyan bars bar patrons who don't "pass as straight," Australian marriage equality counts on MP consciences, Ohio "Buckeye" damns bisexual trees, and more news reported by Sarah Sweeney and Gary Shaw (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 23, 2012

SUMMARY

Wall Coming Down - A groundbreaking two-day LGBT leadership conference in Beijing makes Chinese history …

Big Flap Yields Little Win - Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo orders police to shut down an "illegal" LGBT workshop in Kampala ironically intended to train activists on how to report human rights abuses, Lokodo then threatens to ban 38 local and international NGOs that he says are funding "homosexual recruitment," but international criticism prompts a hastily issued statement that may be the first-ever Ugandan government affirmation of the basic rights of LGBT people …

Bearded Bar-hopping - gay bars in Kenya are reportedly barring entry to LGBT people who can't "pass as straight," but Pride is celebrated for the first time at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi …

Parliament Bringing Up the Rear - despite overwhelming public support, two bills in the Australian Parliament to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples don't appear to have enough votes for passage …

Rushing DOMA to the Hospital - the high-priced attorneys hired by GOP House leadership to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in federal court reportedly ask the U.S. Supreme Court to fast-track their appeal of a federal appeals court decision calling a key provision of DOMA unconstitutional, and ask that a pending district court case be put on hold because a Supreme Court DOMA ruling would address the issues raised in that lawsuit …

We Thought the Swings Were IN the Trees - a letter to the editor of the Findlay, Ohio "Courier" damns "shameful" bisexual trees ….

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Panetta's Pride & Denver's Gay Revolt

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta salutes "out and proud" gay and lesbian servicemembers, commemorating the first LGBT Pride Month since the death of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Activist/documentarian Jerry Gerash reveals the little-known queer history of a 1973 Denver revolution that spawned a landmark gay rights-affirming U.S. Supreme Court ruling (thanks to reporter Vash Boddie).

Plus: our Queer Life and Literature Commentator Janet Mason probes the poetry of Jim Cory's No Brainer Variations.

And in NewsWrap: Ethiopian conference plans to "bury" homosexuality, gay/trans activist butchered in South Africa, Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops oppose U.K. marriage equality, Conservative U.S. rabbis approve same-gender wedding ceremonies, and more news reported by Robert LeBlanc and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 16, 2012

SUMMARY

Hateful Wat - More than 2,000 government officials and religious leaders gather in Ethiopia's capital of Addis Ababa for a national anti-gay conference …

Mutilated Martyr - 23-year-old South African gay and transgender rights activist Thapelo Makutle is brutally murdered in his rented room in the Kuruman township …

Wrong Man for Rights Job - the newly installed chair of Costa Rica's Commission on Human Rights, Protestant minister and legislator Justo Orozco, calls homosexuality a sin and claims that gay people can be "cured" …

Bishops Make Their Move - the Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops of England and Wales each submit papers opposing the British government's proposed legislation to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Mitzvah - U.S. Conservative Judaism affirms that marriages of gay and lesbian couples have "the same sense of holiness and joy as that expressed in heterosexual marriages," and approves rituals for same-gender wedding ceremonies …

At the Majority's Mercy - Washington's Secretary of State confirms that opponents of recently-approved marriage equality legislation have submitted enough petition signatures to put the issue to a public vote in November …

Saying It Again - President Obama urges a no vote on a marriage equality repeal effort in Maryland …

Doughboy Discriminates - Minnesota-based food giant General Mills announces its opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment in its home state to define civil marriage as exclusively heterosexual …

Marching in the Face of Threats - riot police protect several hundred Pride marchers in the Croatian city of Split …

Can't Even Count 'Em All - an estimated three million revelers party with Pride in Sao Paolo …

Bright Idea - Prideful pink and lavender lighting illuminates San Francisco and Los Angeles city halls ….

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The Ninth on 8 & Lea DeLaria

California's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 suffers a new defeat at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where the justices have decided to stand pat on an earlier ruling that the measure is unconstitutional (Pacifica Radio's Tina Bachemin reports).

The lesbian comic/singer/Broadway star is all jazzed up with everywhere to go, including the studios of Resonance-FM for a visit with Rosie Wilby of Out in South London for an entertaining discussion about her origins and future plans.

Plus a Rainbow Minute on this year's history-making "Mr. Gay World" contest in South Africa.

And in NewsWrap: Denmark weds civil marriage equality to religious rites, "DOMA" dies again in U.S. federal court, Moscow bans Pride for a century, Mormon allies build bridges to Salt Lake Pride, and more news reported by Tanya Kane-Parry and John Torres (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 9, 2012

SUMMARY

Danish Treat - Denmark becomes the eleventh country in the world to open marriage to same-gender couples …

How Many Stakes Will It Take? - yet another U.S. federal court declares DOMA unconstitutional, this time in a case involving 83-year-old lesbian widower Edie Windsor …

What Part of "No" … - the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refuses to reconsider it three-judge panel's February ruling that California's Proposition 8 violates the U.S. Constitution …

Century of Shame - the Moscow City Court bans Pride for 100 years …

From Warsaw to Riga - Poland's capital of Warsaw and Latvia's capital of Riga each host peaceful Pride marches …

From Mexico City to Tel Aviv - as many as 30,000 party with Pride in Mexico City and a like number do it in Tel Aviv …

To Detroit and Beyond - a Chevy Volt "comes out" for Detroit's Motor City Pride …

For All the Saints - supportive Mormons make history with Pride in Salt Lake City, Utah ….

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Penny For Her Thoughts & In The Family

Australian Finance Minister Penny Wong's zinger in response to insensitive comments by the Opposition's Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey scores points for marriage equality.

Writer/producer/director/star Patrick Wang gives Steve Pride a preview of his indy sleeper about a gay Asian non-biological father's battle over parental rights in the deep South.

The play Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them about queer youth of color sparks a panel discussion about what can be done until "It Gets Better" featuring director Randy Reyes, actor Alex Galick, and young queer activists Jason Jackson, Gilbert Achay, Maria Kamenska, and Xay Yang.

And in NewsWrap: Christian thugs thrash Russian rights demonstrators, U.S. federal appeals court rules DOMA should be dumped, Laa Laa discusses Tinky Winky's blanky blanky, and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Jenn Mahoney (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 2, 2012

SUMMARY

Turn the Other Cheek - Russian Orthodox Church fundamentalists attack peaceful Pride-seeking LGBT demonstrators in Moscow …

Nice Try - St. Petersburg judge rules that city officials can not ban public LGBT events before they happen as violations of the recently-enacted "gay propaganda" law …

Dunkin' DOMA - in the first U.S. federal appeals court level ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a unanimous 3-judge panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Boston declares the measure unconstitutional …

Do Dads - the Supreme Court in the Australian state of New South Wales approves listing a gay male couple as the two parents on the birth certificate of a child born to them through surrogacy …

Third Wave - Nepal's government announces that it will soon allow transgender citizens to choose "other" rather than just "male" or "female" on official I.D. cards …

Thai'd for First - Yonlada Suanyos becomes Thailand's first openly transgender elected official …

No Offense - a New York state appeals court judge, citing a "tremendous evolution of social attitudes," rules that being falsely identified as gay no longer constitutes slander …

Not Everybody Is - fellow "Teletubby" finally refutes the late Rev. Jerry Falwell's infamous claim that the purple "magic bag" carrying "Tinky Winky" was gay ….

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