An Albee Adieu & The Age of Queensland!

Pulitzer and Tony winner (many times over!) Edward Albee takes a final bow in an insightful and entertaining 2009 conversation with Dixie Treichel and John Townsend.

Queensland Health Minister Conrad Dick and Queensland AIDS Council Executive Director Michael Scott discuss the state's approval of a bill to equalize the age of consent (John Frame reports from Brisbane).

Queer Emmy highlights star Transparent's Jeffrey Tambor and Jill Soloway, and Sarah Paulson of The People versus O.J.

And in NewsWrap: Northern Ireland stands alone after Guernsey okays marriage equality, a powerful police presence keeps Belgrade Pride peaceful, Charlotte shuns a rights repeal deal to solve North Carolina's HB2 debacle, a U.S. hate preacher finds no haven in Botswana, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Canada's "Queer Decade" Climax!

Canada’s Queer Decade: 1995-2005 culminates in marriage equality in the romantic finale of veteran This Way Out Vancouver, B.C. correspondent Heather Kitching’s award-winning CiTR documentary.

And in NewsWrap: a banned U.S. hate preacher diverts his South African crusade to Botswana, college sports groups flee anti-LGBT North Carolina, the U.S. Army finally okays transition treatment for whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the curtain falls on Edward Albee,  RuPaul’s Emmy win surely tops an enema, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and John Dyer V (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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Rappin' Transboy to Singin' Transman!

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Singer/songwriter Joe Stevens transposes gender keys in conversation with Dixie Treichel (including a sample from the title cut from his new solo CD, Last Man Standing).

There's style and stylin' for hate and hope from the ridiculous fashion musings of Jehovah’s Witness leader Anthony Morris III to the sublime coming out rap by Camp Aranu'tiq's 8-year-old transboy Alex.

The Great Mademoiselle who mentored several gay composers is profiled in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns at WRIR-FM/Richmond, Virginia, read by John Deboer).

And in NewsWrap: Botswana recognizes lesbigay rights, homophobic Nigerian vigilantes claim 25 busts, Saudis jail gay social media nudist, New South Wales passes "bring your own marriage" bill, high school gender swap helps Japanese students see differently, and more news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Wenzel Jones (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending November 15, 2014

SUMMARY

We're Here, We're Queer - Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana win the legal right to exist …

Beyond the Law - Nigerian vigilantes say they've taken 25 gay men into custody and turned them over to authorities for violating Islamic law …

Facebutt - a Saudi Arabian gay man gets a three year sentence for posting his nude photos and offering free gay sex on social media sites …

Mad Man - the owner of "Gayway," an ostensibly gay Asian news and entertainment website based in Taiwan's capital of Taipei, faces up to two years in jail for posting "obscene" pictures to promote his gay erotic massage parlor …

BYO Marriage - New South Wales becomes Australia's third state to recognize the civil marriages of same-gender couples legally performed elsewhere …

How Many Is That? - a District Court makes South Carolina the latest U.S. state to have its ban on civil marriage overturned …

Counties On It - clerks in a growing number of Kansas counties begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples despite state officials' vows to continue defending the ban in court, while Mississippi county clerks prepare to issue licenses to same-gender couples anticipating an imminent ruling by a District Court judge overturning the "Magnolia State" ban …

Courtship Rituals - all parties agree to forgo oral arguments for a directed verdict by a federal judge in a case challenging Montana's ban, a federal judge refuses to dismiss a challenge to South Dakota's ban, and Nebraska officials promise to fight a pending challenge to their ban by the ACLU …

Their Michigan - plaintiff couples appeal last week's aberrant 6th Circuit ruling upholding bans in Michigan and three other states, while Michigan officials ask a court to invalidate the marriages of some 300 same-gender couples who legally wed during the few days in March between a district court decision overturning the ban and a stay being issued pending appeal …

Dis-dress Signal - Malaysia's Deputy PM calls for a challenge to last week's Court of Appeal decision overturning a state's laws against cross-dressing …

Rebirthing Process - new Mexico City legislation allows trans people to change the gender designation on their birth certificates without medical examinations or court orders …

Wide Angle - "Sex Change Day" teaches students at a Japanese high school a valuable lesson ….

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