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As LGBT issues strain an already-conflicted Catholic Synod on the Family, Vatican assistant Rev. Father Thomas Rosica explains the progressive bishops' position, and Pope Francis' gay former student Yayo Grassi talks about his warm reunion audience with the pontiff.

The biography of an artistic lesbian duo (Living Large) and the release of a herstoric, censored French classic (Therese and Isabelle) are celebrated by Queer Lit Commentator Janet Mason.

And in NewsWrap: a British appeals court denies same-gender couple pensions parity, a pro-equality Obama resists endorsing the Equality Act, transgender people suffer setbacks in Malaysia and Poland, Isle of Man official and an NCAA basketball coach make coming out news, Kim Davis could be a porn star, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Kristin Mellian and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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