Trumped-Up GOP!

U.S. Republicans party ’til they Trump with their presidential nominee, gay billionaire Peter Thiel and more, as queer journalists observe and analyze history in the making — for better or worse!

And in NewsWrap: Romanians could consider banning marriage equality, India's government advances transgender protections, Jerusalem Pride honors last year’s murdered marcher, the NBA’s All-Star Game flushes Charlotte over North Carolina’s HB2, emails expose the far-right Christian group behind Mississippi's homophobic HB1523, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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“Lazy Eye” & Trans Faith Champion!

Writer/director Tim Kirkman’s latest film is an Outfest favorite that focuses on midlife and lost love through a Lazy Eye (interviewed by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones)!

Faith-fortified trans activist Barbara Satin takes a seat on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-based Neighborhood Partnerships (interviewed by Dixie Treichel and John Townsend)!

Plus: Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump picks homophobic Hoosier Governor Mike Pence for his running mate, an irony we share with Late Night host Seth Meyers!

And in NewsWrap: Canadian Anglicans defiantly bless marriage equality, Bermuda

lawmakers split over wedding rites, U.S. Republicans propose a hateful anti-LGBT agenda, the U.S. House has no Pulse after the Orlando Massacre, "out" education is in in California, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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“Raising Zoey” & “Hands” Up for Orlando!

Motivated Latina mom Ofelia Barba champions her trailblazing trans-teen Zoey Luna! (Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones chat with the subjects of the new documentary.)

A gaggle of pop luminaries raise their voices and their Hands for Orlando on a new benefit single available exclusively at iTunes!

Queer life and lit commentator Janet Mason adds two new books to your summer reading list: Loving Eleanor (about the intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok) by Susan Wittig Albert (Persevero Press), and Bull and Other Stories by Kathy Anderson (Autumn House Press).

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s tight national elections squeeze marriage equality’s future, history and racism headline Toronto Pride, trans rights win in Washington and Massachusetts, Star Trek’s "Sulu" goes Beyond the closet, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trans-Formed Military & Two-Spirit Truths!

The U.S. Defense Dept. ends ban on transgender servicemembers (with reporting from Pacifica Evening News co-anchor Gabrielle Castellan and Feature Story News reporter Harry Horton and remarks by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and comments by LGBT military analyst Aaron Belkin)!

Native American “Two Spirit” questions raise not-so-simple answers (Minnesota activist/educator Lenny Hayes chats with correspondent Dixie Treichel)!

What A Doll! recalls when gay dolls came out of the closet in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: the U.N. creates an LGBT rights watchdog, India’s Supremes reject a celebrity appeal to overturn Section 377, the U.S. EEOC wins a landmark sexual orientation workplace bias lawsuit, and a federal judge overturns Mississippi’s "religious freedom" law, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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