Out of Dhaka & Caravan of Love!

Gay Bangladeshi blogger Mahamood Rakibul Hasan’s harrowing tale of fleeing tells for his life, finding temporary refuge in Nepal (an interview by Asia Calling's Rajan Parajuli, produced by Nicole Curby)!

Rejected Muslim and queer minorities rally around revolutionary love, organized by University of Minnesota gay Muslim Afghan political science doctoral candidate Nur Jibran (interviewed by KFAI’s Dixie Treichel and John Townsend)!

A Rainbow Minute special delivery celebrates Sweden’s Pride postage stamp (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Robyn Bentley)!

And in NewsWrap: Europe’s human rights court slams Russia’s "no promo homo" law, a U.S. federal appeals court blesses Mississippi’s "religious freedom" law, rubber bullets stop banned Istanbul Pride march, Berlin’s mosque for all inaugurates Friday prayers, peaceful Prides prevail in Sao Paulo, Kyiv and Beersheba, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O’Brien and Christopher Gaal (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Dad & Daughter “Skirtchasers”!

Veteran sitcom writer Stan Zimmerman (The Golden Girls), actor-turned-director Amanda Bearse (Married With Children), and star Elizabeth Keener (The L Word) announce a TV pilot from their comedy web series about a newly-single lesbian working it out with her philandering father (Barry Bostwick) and wise-cracking mother (Meredith Baxter)! (Interviewed by Steve Pride and Wenzel Jones.)

And in NewsWrap: Pride parades with purpose in Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv, a trans legal victory in Virginia nudges North Carolina, Mississippi’s messianic governor crusades for religious bias, Mormons mess with Mexican marriage equality, Canadian Conservatives raise a white flag on the rainbow weddings front, 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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Don't "Jail the Gays" & "Everything Possible"

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U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has her say about Nigeria's "Jail the Gays" bill in response to Nigerian LGBT activist Davis Mac-Iyalla's questions on the BBC's World Have Your Say program.

JD Doyle discovers everything possible about Fred Small's Everything Possible, from his inspiration for the iconic song to Michael Callen and The Flirtations classic rendition of it -- Small's personal favorite!

LGBT Pride deploys to Kandahar (as reported by the U.S. Defense Department).

Plus: A Great Big World says Everyone Is Gay.

And in NewsWrap: lawsuit bouquets bloom from US Supreme Court DOMA decision, marriage equality slips past Costa Rican lawmakers, Pink Dot targets Singapore's penal code, Brazilian "cure" prescription expires, and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Charlie Bauer (produced by Steve Pride and Angela Brooks).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 6, 2013

SUMMARY

In the Wake of DOMA & Prop 8 - the Pentagon announces that the spouses of married gay and lesbian service members will soon enjoy all the military benefits of their heterosexual peers, deportation proceedings against gay and lesbian foreigners in legal marriages with American same-gender partners end, green cards are going out to foreign spouses in U.S. bi-national same-gender couples, and gay and lesbian Americans can now sponsor their foreign-born same-gender spouses for citizenship, just as their heterosexual peers have been able to do for decades …

Edie, Warrior Princess - successful DOMA plaintiff Edith Windsor awaits a refund -- plus interest -- of the reported $678,000 in estate taxes she had to pay to the IRS and state of New York after her longtime spouse Thea Spyer died …

Wag the Finger, Suck the Thumb - the Supreme Court also rejects the appeal by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer of a lower court ruling overturning a law that had revoked the domestic partner benefits of gay and lesbian state employees, and refuses a request by Nevada's Coalition for the Protection of Marriage to fast-track a so far-unsuccessful challenge to that state's constitutional ban on marriage equality …

Spreading Good News - the ACLU and NCLR file suit in New Mexico arguing that the state's gender-neutral civil marriage laws open the institution to same-gender couples, New Jersey couples press their marriage equality case with the state Supreme Court, and after waiting for the Supreme Court's DOMA decision, a federal judge green-lights a lawsuit challenging Michigan's constitutional marriage ban, while 11 same-gender couples file suit against Arkansas' ban …

Cue Mendelssohn - California lesbian and gay couples flock to city and county courthouses to get marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court's Proposition 8 ruling, and a Delaware state Senator and her longtime spouse are the first to marry when marriage equality legislation there takes effect …

Metidas de Pata - Costa Rican lawmakers "accidentally" approve the legal recognition of same-gender couples …

Rosy Revolution - a record pink-attired crowd of 21,000 lights up Singapore night skies at the annual Pink Dot LGBT rights festival …

Contagious Liberation - Istanbul Pride unexpectedly rides the waves of Turkey's pro-democracy movement …

No Cure for Homophobia - a Brazilian bill to re-classify gays and lesbians as mentally disordered is gone, but not forgotten ....

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Prop 8 Down, DOMA Disabled!

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U.S. Supreme Court-ship brings happiness equally after to many -- but far from all!

Our special coverage includes on-scene reports by Free Speech Radio News' Alice Ollstein in Washington, D.C. and Pacifica Radio News' Christopher Martinez in San Francisco, as well as comments by American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero; New York Congressman Jarrold Nadler; Defense of Marriage Act Plaintiff Edith Windsor; victorious Proposition 8 Attorney Ted Olson at the celebratory rally in West Hollywood; San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera; "out" California State Assembly Speaker John Perez; and National Center For Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendall.

Then California Attorney General Kamala Harris marries Prop 8 lesbian plaintiff couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier in San Francisco, and outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa marries Prop 8 gay plaintiff couple Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo in Los Angeles. (Plus music by the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.)

And in NewsWrap: Prime Australian politics revive wedding wishes, Russian lawmakers and nationalists agree on homophobia, anti-gay Macedonian mob attacks Pride, Sao Paulo comes out to mock Brazil's "human wrongs" committee, magazine cover captures Bert and Ernie's bliss, and more news reported by Gary Shaw and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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Collins v. Closet & Teacher v. Diocese

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NBA player Jason Collins' "outing" wins championship coverage from ABC's George Stephanapolous and ersatz Comedy Central commentator Stephen Colbert, who laments the growing acceptance of "out" LGBT people in professional sports.

Fired lesbian Roman Catholic high school educator Carla Hale aims to teach her diocese a lesson (Free Speech Radio News reporter Evan Davis has the story of Columbus, Ohio).

And in NewsWrap: two more Brazilian states declare marital parity, Northern Ireland lawmakers quash marriage equality bill, Samoa decriminalizes "third gender," "Best Gay Friends" a hit in Vietnam, world's first elected "out" head of state retires, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 4, 2013

SUMMARY

Lindo Maravilhoso! - Santa Catarina and Paraiba become the thirteenth and fourteenth states in Brazil to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Not So Lucky - lawmakers in Northern Ireland reject a marriage equality proposal for the second time …

Jesus Wept - Cook Islands P.M. Henry Puna says his self-governing nation's "Christian values" prevent opening civil marriage to same-gender couples there …

Three's Company - a new penal code that took effect on May 1st in Samoa literally legalizes the lives of the fa'afafine, a third gender culture native to that island nation …

Lotus Flowers - LGBT rights appear to be blossoming in Vietnam, with government officials signaling that marriage equality may be on the horizon, and Youtube sensation "My Best Gay Friends," the nation's first gay sitcom, surpassing a million views (and counting) …

A Color A Day - about 12,000 people kick off "Tokyo Rainbow Week" with a parade through the capital city's upscale Harajuku shopping district …

Leave No Spaces Blank - the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Iowa, which ordered marriage equality in 2009, unanimously rules that married same-gender couples can have both parents listed on the birth certificates of their newborn children …

Embargo Lifted - the U.S. State Department reverses itself and grants a visa to Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela to travel to Philadelphia to accept an LGBT "ally" award …

Bless Bless - the first open gay or lesbian to lead a national government, Iceland's now former Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, officially retires from politics after what she calls a "long and eventful" career ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 23, 2013

SUMMARY

Some Bias Still Optional - An LGBTI-inclusive Sex Discrimination Act is welcomed in the Australian parliament –- with reservations …

Tories' Toilet Terrors - Canada's House of Commons passes a bill banning discrimination against transgender people …

Hateful Trifecta - Marco Feliciano, the homophobic and racist chair of the Brazil House of Representative's Human Rights Committee adds misogynist to his descriptor …

FYI Only - Russian regional court overturns a ban on peaceful LGBT Pride events and political demonstrations …

Full Circle - New South Wales police officials hear from dozens of Sydney Mardi Gras revelers claiming to be victimized by sometimes brutal officers during the world-famous festivities …

Fjords Flood for Equality - it only takes a day to qualify a citizens' initiative to force Finland's parliament to consider a marriage equality bill …

By the Summer It Should Sizzle - a proposal to open civil marriage to same-gender couples moves a step closer in France …

Be Fruitful and Recognized - Israel's Health Ministry complies with court rulings and agrees to recognize both members of a same-gender couple as parents of children born via overseas surrogacy …

New Honeymoon Haven - city officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico announce that same-gender couples already have the right to civil marriage in the U.S. state …

Jedi Don't Wear Plaid - "fear is the path to the dark side" in Scotland ….

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Ambassador James Hormel

The rebirth of the controversy around Defense Secretary nominee Chuck Hagel's infamous 1998 insult notwithstanding, the first openly gay US ambassador proves that he was and is Fit To Serve (an interview by Steve Pride).

And in NewsWrap: Brazil barrels toward marriage equality, marital progress stalls in Uruguay, Taiwan's top court stokes hasty marriage proposal, wedding bells ring in Maine and Maryland, love texts and queer whiskey seal Cameroonian convictions, the sun will never set on Sally's special spot, and more news reported by Sarah Sweeney and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending January 5, 2013

SUMMARY

Full Steam Ahead - A judge makes Sao Paulo the latest Brazilian state to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Put on the Brakes - an expected December 26th Senate vote on a marriage equality bill in Uruguay is postponed until April …

Under Consideration - lawmakers in Taiwan hold initial hearings on a bill to give limited marriage rights to the island's same-gender couples …

Sweet Victories - first-ever voter-authorized marriages of lesbian and gay couples are celebrated in Maine and Maryland, while marriage equality bills progress in Illinois and Rhode Island …

Steel Magnolias - five lesbian couples make news applying for marriage licenses in the state of Mississippi …

Text Offense -Cameroon appeals court upholds the 3 year prison sentence of a man convicted of "homosexuality" for simply sending an "I love you" text message to another man …

Hound the Gays - continuing harassment and worse against LGBT activists in Uganda includes the arrests of two gay youth workers, the vandalizing and burglary of the offices of Sexual Minorities Uganda, and what the nation's leading newspaper reports as "tens of thousands" of people hearing preachers in churches and sports stadiums across the country demanding passage of the so-called "Kill The Gays Bill" when parliament reconvenes in February …

By the Light of the Silvery Dyke - a little corner of the moon is named for late lesbian astronaut Sally Ride, the first American woman in space …

Viva la First - a lesbian and her partner become the proud parents of the first baby born in 2013 in France ….

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