Crisis in Carolina & Danger in Dominica!

North Carolina’s state Republican “tar heels” stomp on local equality laws (featuring BuzzFeed’s Dominic Holden, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Jennifer Roberts, and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes)!

Activists like Caribbean HIV/AIDS Partnership - Dominica Coordinating Director Sylvester Baptiste face the perils of promoting pride in a hostile environment (interviewed by Vash Boddie)!

And in NewsWrap: world shrinks prescribe a cure for anti-LGBT laws, Ukrainian thugs kill the Lviv Equality Festival, Kansas celebrates campus religious bias, trans families triumph over a Tennessee "bathroom bill," Antarctica is proclaimed the world’s first gay-friendly continent, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Praise the Lorde & St. Pat’s Pride

People’s poets StaceyAnn Chin and New York First Lady Charlene McCray celebrate Sister Outsider Audre Lorde.

Queer Irish come home marching under their own banners for the first time in more than 25 years to New York City’s St. Patrick's Day Parade (featuring comments by former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Queens City Councilperson Jimmy Van Bramer, activist Brendan Fay, and Mayor Bill De Blasio).

And in NewsWrap: the Australian government guts its Safe Schools anti-bullying program, Botswana's ban on an LGBT advocacy group is overruled, Kansas lawmakers approve anti-queer campus bias, a Vatican pan makes Weekend sizzle at the Italian box office, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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"Tangerine" & Hillary’s Lemon!

Director Sean Baker’s tiny camera discovered Independent Spirit Award Best Supporting Actress Mya Taylor (Tangerine), and a film-full of trans tales hit the screen! (Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride)

Hillary Clinton faces LGBT scorn — and wonderment from her Democratic presidential rival Bernie Sanders — for her praise of the late Nancy Reagan!

And in NewsWrap: India's archaic sodomy law withstands another repeal effort, homophobic terror engulfs Indonesia, a refugee crisis collides with Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, bias builds in Missouri, queer fears cancel Easter in Stockton, California, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Intersex 101 & Smith's “Historic” Oscar (Not)!

Writer/activist Hida Viloria dots the “I” in LGBTQI (with correspondent Vash Boddie).

A history-free homage from Sam Smith wins "razzies" to go with his Oscar for The Writing's on the Wall — because he apparently didn’t read it!

Plus a Rainbow Minute quoting the real words (see above!) of Sir Ian McKellen (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Dustin Richardson).

And in NewsWrap: a backdoor marriage equality ban fails in Switzerland, the EuroCourt reunifies same-gender couples, Bermuda's government mixes a civil unions proposal with a marriage equality referendum, a South Dakota anti-trans "bathroom bill" craps out, U.N. ambassadors visit a Fun Home, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Kenyan Rap Wars & #HarlemNoHate

Kenyan musicians Art Attack (Same Love Remix) and Grammo Suspect (Our Love Is Valid) face showdowns with the government. (You can defy the authorities too by sharing their controversial videos about love and equality!)

Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center for LGBT youth closes in on Harlem homophobe ATLAH Church Pastor James David Manning, to the delight of Comedy Central's The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams.

And in NewsWrap: Indonesia's anti-queer crackdown gets even worse, Russia considers forced "treatment" for its LGBT citizens, but a trio of U.S. advocacy groups challenge so-called "change therapy" nationwide, childless civil unions pass in the Italian Senate, Israeli lawmakers reject several LGBT rights bills, Germany opens safe shelters for queer Syrian refugees, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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