Tough Times & Golden Moments!

Week of January 12, 2015
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Turkish lesbian activist Sedef Cakmak looks to the UN for support, as she tells UN Radio: Women's Stephanie Castro.

Maggie Young and Katie Cook's "Sapphic Nomads" sojourn comes to an end (at least for now) in Ghana, where gays and lesbians like activist Anita Confidence live "illegal" lives.

Transparent and The Normal Heart score queer Golden Globe Awards (with excerpts from comments by winners Jill Soloway, Matt Bomer, and Jeffrey Tambor)…

Trans Eurovision Contest winner Conchita Wurst sings for the Heroes in the new single from her forthcoming album.

And in NewsWrap: a club assault kicks Russian gays in the apathy, 26 Egyptian men are tried for "debauchery," Vietnam okays same-gender weddings, an Irish priest comes out for equality, and more news reported this week by Michelle-Marie Gilkeson and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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