AUS Hate Debate & Trans Ban Tactics!

The marriage plebiscite debate gets down and dirty Down Under as you’ll hear in comments by Dr. Pansy Lai, Lyle Shelton, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, Tiernan Brady, P.M. Malcolm Turnbull, Lauren Foy, Alex Greenwich and Professor George Williams (music by Michael Ross, and Jade Leonard featuring Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher). Canberra correspondent Barry McKay reports.

Queer legal eagles James Esseks of the ACLU and Jillian Weiss of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund make the case against the constitutionality of President Trump’s order to purge the U.S. military of transpeople (with Gay USA’s Ann Northrop and music by The Clash).

And in NewsWrap: wedding dreams come true for Maltese gays and lesbians, Israel’s top court rejects civil marriage suitors, Chile’s Bachelet follows through on marriage proposal, queer Chechens find refuge in Toronto, "X" marks the passport for non-binary Canadians, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

Outcasting Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

“Outcasting” Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Proud Resistance!

Pride #ResistMarches take D.C. and WeHo (speakers include Charlie Carver, Asia Kate Dillon, Chase Strangio, Rep. Adam Schiff, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Maxine Waters, America Ferrera, Jose Guevara, Patrisse Cullors, Christopher Jackson and Councilmember John Duran)!

And in NewsWrap: Germany welcomes its first gay Chechen asylum-seeker, a federal court clears but condemns a hate-exporting U.S. evangelical, Scottish Episcopalians choose marriage equality over schism threats, U.S. Methodists unite around a gender non-conforming deacon, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Indonesian Horror & McGregor Slams Court!

The harrowing details of Indonesia’s terrifying infection of homophobic hatred (Nicole Curby, KBR/Jakarta, reports)!

Trans cricket reporter Cate McGregor turns the other cheek in response to Australian tennis icon turned fundamentalist Christian pastor Margaret Court’s homophobic and trans-phobic comments!

And in NewsWrap: a gay Irish-Indian will be Ireland’s next P.M., a U.S. federal appeals court finds the trans-boy’s bathroom, Moldovans marching “Without Fear” stopped by religious violence, France welcomes a gay Chechen refugee while Macron pressures Putin, progressive German Muslims challenge Merkel on marriage equality, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Monique Lukens (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Sayre’s Sodomite Satire!

Our merry meeting with writer-comedian Justin Sayre (Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones share the laughter)!

A Rainbow Minute celebrates Eccentric British Power Boat Racer Marion Carstairs (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Taiwan’s top court mandates marriage equality, money score defeats World OutGames, two gays whipped in Aceh as Indonesian raids rise, Human Rights Watch confirms government complicity in Chechen gay genocide, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michele Yeater (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Ellen's “Puppy” Anniversary!

Ellen DeGeneres celebrates the 20th anniversary of her historic sit-com coming out on her afternoon TV talk show, and we add our original coverage of that event in 1997!

And in NewsWrap: CHECHNYA: gay holocaust victims and concentration camps triple! An HIV-positive gay Russian man fights for U.S. asylum, a gay Hong Kong couple wins civil service benefits, Japan nixes an LGBT-inclusive public school curriculum, a marriage equality foe makes the presidential run-off in France, Canada's world pole vault champ comes out, 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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Dressed As A Girl!

CHECHNYA UPDATE: three gay survivors describe the terrifying anti-gay purge, while President Ramzan Kadyrov pleads "not guilty" and OutRight Action International's Maria Sjodin sounds the alarm (Lucia Chappelle reports).

East London dragsters John Sizzle, Amber Waze and Holestar bring high drama in high heels to producer-director Colin Rothbart’s award-winning documentary (Michelle-Marie Gilkeson, correspondent).

And in NewsWrap: harsh homophobic crackdowns resume in Nigeria and Iran, tributes are paid to the gay activist police officer killed in the Champs-Elysées terror attack, Trump picks an anti-LGBT bigot to lead the U.S. Army, a basketball legend has some "Magic" words for the parents of nonconforming LGBTQ kids, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Wakefield Poole!

From the ballet to Broadway to Boys in the Sand and beyond, our Steve Pride wades into the pioneering filmmaker/pornographer’s Poole of art, sex and life!

And in NewsWrap: silence surrounds Chechen gay concentration camps, India outlaws HIV bias, the Euro-Court condemns mandatory sterilization of trans people, the U.S. Justice Department flushes its lawsuit against North Carolina's HB2, Russia outlaws distribution of Putin photoshopped in drag, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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GLAAD Tidings & Carolina Con!

Patricia Arquette and Troye Sivan bring GLAAD tidings to the L.A. awards gala with their inspiring remarks!

The state’s HB2 head fake makes the cash cows come back to North Carolina (Pacifica’s Mark Mericle reports), and Gay USA's Andy Humm and Ann Northrop critique the cave-ins!

And in NewsWrap: hundreds are caught up in an apparent purge of gay men in Chechnya, a U.S. appeals court equates anti-LGB bias with sex discrimination, Mississippi pleads for the ”religious freedom" to be biased, a "unique" Colorado family wins a landmark Fair Housing case, the U.S. Senate goes nuclear to make Gorsuch Supreme, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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