“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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