Afghan Escape & "Mama" Missives!

Gay Afghan refugee Qais Munhazim tells his story of fleeing gender role prison to correspondents John Townsend and Dixie Treichel.

Meg Christian sings and Sir Ian McKellen remembers "Mouse's" mail to his mom (a reading from Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City).

And in NewsWrap: Malawi's High Court declares open season on gay men, Portugal's parliament rescues vetoed adoption rights, Bermuda's government unveils its civil unions proposal, Indonesia bans queer emojis, a youth group raises cash for a homophobic church conversion, Barack ditches Michelle for a date with Ellen, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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