NZ Marriage Progress & Crotch-Level Camera

Adoption rights and religious exemptions advance New Zealand marriage equality, as the legislation's sponsor "out" MP Louisa Wall explains in the conclusion of Ross Stevenson's two-part conversation with her in Auckland.

Excerpts from CBS-TV's April 1980 Harry Reasoner-hosted Gay Power, Gay Politics recall the documentary that sensationalized gay San Francisco's "dirty laundry." (Includes the voices of venerable activists Cleve Jones, Armistead Maupin, Ivy Bottini, Jim Kepner, and Harry Britt, and political consultant Pacy Markman.)

And in NewsWrap: Australia's Parliament turns down civil marriage proposal, similar French legislation is less than equal, Jamaica's Education chief trashes tolerant textbook, British producer of pro-gay Ugandan play gets bailed, Barney thumbs his nose at "Don't Ask" repeal critics, and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Rick Watts (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 22, 2012

SUMMARY

Big No, Small Yeses - Australia's Parliament soundly defeats federal legislation to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples, but some states and territories forge ahead with their own marriage equality measures …

Some More Equal Than Others - some French LGBT activists call the Socialist government's marriage equality proposal less than equal …

Slow Simmer - contrary to previous predictions that the U.S. Supreme Court would consider challenges to bans on marriage equality at its September 24th conference, that now may not happen until after the November elections …

Counting Couples Before They Hatch - Statistics Canada issues what may be inflated census figures about the number of married same-gender couples in the country …

Unteaching Tolerance - Jamaica's Education Minister pulls a controversial high school Health and Family Life textbook that he says is a bit too gay-friendly …

Intermission - British theater producer David Cecil is finally released on bail in Uganda but still faces two years in prison for staging unauthorized performances in Kampala of a gay-affirming play …

Inimitable Words - "out"-spoken U.S. Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts celebrates the September 20th one-year anniversary of the official end of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow ….

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NZ Marriage Strategy & DNC LGBT Planks

Lesbian Labour MP Louisa Wall is leading the legislative initiative to make marriage equality the law of New Zealand; she discusses the history of the effort with Auckland correspondent Ross Stevenson.

U.S. Democrats plank down their best pro-gay platform yet; party bigwig Eric C. Bauman and activist Rick Watts (of NewsWrap fame) talk with Pacifica Radio's Davey D at the Democratic National Convention.

And in NewsWrap: pro-gay Kampala play performances put their British producer in prison, Iranian "expose" reveals a global gay conspiracy, Texas beauty school turns ugly over gay student, Benedict's adult film debut puts the Pope in porn, and more news reported by Christopher Gaal and Jason Proctor (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 15, 2012

SUMMARY

Fade to Oppression - The British producer of a gay-affirming play in Uganda is arrested and jailed for defying a government ban on its performance …

Anti-Semitic Homophobia - a state-run Iranian newspaper claims to have uncovered a Jewish-led global conspiracy, aided by the U.S. and Britain, to spread homosexuality around the world …

Learning Disabilities - Malaysia's Department of Education approves seminars for teachers and parents on how to spot gay or lesbian children …

Beauty and the Beast - the principal at a Beaumont, Texas adult school cancels a cosmetology program because he thinks one of its new students is gay …

Before It's Too Late - the attorneys general of three northeastern U.S. states, 145 Democratic members of Congress, the Department of Justice and others urge the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite 83-year-old lesbian widower Edie Windsor's constitutional challenge to DOMA …

The Da Vinci Load - the Pope stars in a gay porn video ….

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LGBT Action at DNC 2012

There's lots of lesbian/gay/bi/trans visibility as U.S. Democrats push for LGBT equality at their National Convention, summed up by Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle.

And in NewsWrap: Scotland proposes marriage; Poland has a partnerships plan; right-wing Christians "smoke out" Australian PM Julia Gillard; studies in Israel, the U.S. and the U.K. prove that homophobia can kill; Maine 9-year-old quits the Boy Scouts over its anti-gay policies; and more news reported by Johnnie Torres and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 8, 2012

SUMMARY

Highland Wedding Plans - Scotland's government has a marriage equality proposal on its agenda …

Moving Up to Second Class - civil partnerships bill is expected to be introduced soon in Poland …

Hate Gets in Your Eyes - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is "smoked out" of a speech to the Australian Christian Lobby after its leader calls the gay "lifestyle" as much of a health hazard as cigarettes …

Will Abraham's Hand Be Stayed? - new study in Israel reveals the rate of attempted suicide by young people to be 112 times the rate of the general population, with an even higher rate for religious LGBT teens …

True To the Oath - 9-year-old Mainer quits the Boy Scouts because of the organization's exclusionary anti-gay policies …

Wouldn't It Be Nice - best-selling author John Green celebrates a pro-equality Indianapolis bride and groom for giving same-gender couples the honor of the traditional first dance at their wedding reception ….

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Romanovsky & Phillips / Gay Games @ 30

Tracing the tunes and the times of the music and comedy duo with Dixie Treichel. Plus: Romanovsky & Phillips sing The Prince Charming Tango.

Remembering the 30th Anniversary of the Gay Games with on-scene coverage from the first quadrennial event in 1982 by Debi Fidler and Joan Sprague.

And in NewsWrap: New Zealand's Parliament pops the question, Tasmanian lawmakers also propose marriage, gay-affirming play shuttered in Uganda, anti-gay/anti-woman planks signal dry rot in GOP platform, Christian conservatives blame gays for Hurricane Isaac, and more news reported by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 1, 2012

SUMMARY

One Down - Legislation to open civil marriage to New Zealand same-gender couples wins overwhelming approval in the first of three readings in Parliament …

Optimistic Suspense - the lower house in the Australian state of Tasmania passes a marriage equality bill and sends it to an uncertain future in parliament's upper house …

Say Oui - French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tells fellow Socialists that his government plans to introduce a marriage equality measure in Parliament in October …

Say Nein - German Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects taxation equality for lesbian and gay couples …

Theater of Cruelty - authorities in Kampala shut down a gay-affirming play before it could be staged as planned at the National Theatre of Uganda …

The Busted Network - Egyptian police reportedly track down a man they say is responsible for operating a "gay sex network" …

Didn't Say Gay - right-wing homophobes and "pro-life" factions have to read between the lines in speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida to find the virulently anti-gay anti-woman planks spelled out in the party's platform …

Bipartisan Cooperation - an enterprising local gay bathhouse offers free admission and discreet back door entry and exit to GOP delegates

You Don't Need a Weatherman - Southern Decadence begets Hurricane Isaac?

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