NewsWrap for the week ending July 28, 2012

SUMMARY

An Expected Journey - A marriage equality bill is introduced in the New Zealand Parliament but has a long and winding road ahead …

Warm Up the Bagpipes - Scotland's government announces that it will sponsor a marriage equality measure in Parliament later this year …

That's A Lot O' Books - Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie make history with their 2.5 million-dollar donation to the coalition fighting to preserve the marriage equality law in the state of Washington …

Aiming For A Bullseye - Minnesota-based retail giant Target Stores, where a proposed constitutional amendment to define marriage as exclusively heterosexual will be on the state ballot, continues to break new commercial ground with Pride t-shirts, greeting cards for same-gender couples, and lesbian & gay wedding registries …

Pluck You - homophobic head of the Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A restaurant chain – one of the largest in the U.S. – causes a furor by admitting that they're "guilty as charged" of donating millions of dollars to right-wing anti-gay causes …

Where No Dyke Had Gone Before - America's first woman in space Sally Ride was also its first lesbian ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted July 30th.

Cuba Libre & "Hit So Hard"

First Daughter Mariela Castro comments on Cuba's queer rights movement and the work of the National Center for Sex Education she heads in an exclusive conversation with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman.

The "Hole" story of a lesbian rocker's redemption is revealed when Steve Pride chats with filmmaker P. David Ebersole and drummer Patty Schemel about their documentary on her life.

And in NewsWrap: Ukrainian lawmakers back off "no promo homo" bill, Singaporean rights supporters get pretty in "Pink," Laos sees first Pride gathering, U.S. D.O.J. advances challenges to DOMA, reactions differ to two American self-"outings," and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Vash Boddie (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 7, 2012

SUMMARY

Net Working - Global pressure against it appears to have caused a proposed "no promo homo" bill in the Ukraine to be withdrawn from parliament on the day a vote on it had been scheduled …

Asian Actions - giant "Pink Dot" lights up a Singapore park with the "freedom to love," while the U.S. embassy in Vientiane hosts the first-ever Pride event in Laos …

Parades with Purpose - marriage is on the minds of Pride marchers in Edinburgh, Madrid, and Paris, while Dublin revelers post-parade party in Merrion Square, and thousands in Omaha celebrate the city's new anti-bias ordinance …

She Got Hers - U.S. Justice Department asks the Supreme Court to fast track a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), while newlywed Mary Cheney, "out" lesbian daughter of former Vice President Dick, donates $2500 to the GOP presidential campaign of DOMA-supporting Mitt Romney …

Kept Them Honest - TV journalist/talk show host Anderson Cooper comes out and the world shrugs, but rising urban music star Frank Ocean hip-hops into history by blogging about his first love – a man …

Tele-gene-ic - both "Will & Grace" each want gay kids ….

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