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Westboro Baptist Church expatriate Megan Phelps-Roper shares the lessons learned from her social media-driven separation from her family’s “God Hates Fags” religion (speaking at a recent TED Talk)!

And in NewsWrap: Serbia’s President picks a lesbian P.M., British election results "May" leave queer equality in limbo, trans rights advance across Canada and in Oregon, Texas okays religion-based rejection of gay and lesbian adoptive parents, queer choirs serenade Seoul, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Michele Yeater (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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Our Lady J!

The multi-talented Transparent writer transposes her classical and comedy careers as she celebrates the debut of her first album, Picture of a Man, and chats with correspondent Miss Barbie-Q about her fundamentalist Christian upbringing, gospel roots, sometimes torturous transition, and queer activism.

And in NewsWrap: a Japanese trans-man breaks the electoral glass ceiling, a U.S. appeals court boots a lesbian workplace bias lawsuit, Trump’s Supreme Court pick Gorsuch worries LGBTQ rights groups, Atlanta’s Federal Reserve Bank gets two firsts with one exec, international censors nix a gay “beast” in Disney’s Beauty, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Frances O'Brien (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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Tab Hunter Confidential!

Show biz icon Tab Hunter reveals his Pride On Screen – and off in an engaging and insightful chat with Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride!

And in NewsWrap: marriage separates Episcopalians from the Anglican Communion, Scotland's Secretary of State opens his Cabinet door, a Lebanese trans-man wins gender identity rights, two Moroccan men face jail time for kissing, FIFA fines five countries for their homophobic fans, Qatar bans The ('morally depraved') Danish Girl, Ellen reaches across the pond, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Christopher Gaal and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 20, 2015

SUMMARY

Kiss and Jail - Two men get four month jail terms in Morocco for kissing in public, and perhaps up to 20 men are arrested in the Moroccan city of Agadir for homosexuality …

Uninvited Guests - Saudi Arabian "morality police" net several arrests in simultaneous early morning raids on two "gay parties" in Jeddah …

March Today, Miss Tomorrow - Israeli lawmakers reject an LGBT anti-bias bill …

Greens Left Lonely - Austria's National Assembly overwhelmingly votes down a marriage equality resolution …

2 For 2 - Taipei becomes the second city in Taiwan to symbolically recognize same-gender couples …

Where God Won't See You - the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention, publishes a guide on to how to avoid hiring LGBT people and how to defend charges of bias by former LGBT workers, while Convention President Ronnie Floyd tilts at marriage equality windmills …

Duel to the Demonstration - a Seoul court overturns a police ban of the 15th annual Korea Queer Culture Festival's event-capping Pride parade …

Big Pink - record crowds light up Singapore's annual Pink Dot rally for LGBT rights …

Organic Organizer - a Baltimore, Maryland widow defiantly responds to a neighbor's complaint of having a "relentlessly gay" garden — with a little help from her friends …

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Irish YES & Gilman Live!

Week of May 25, 2015

A landslide of love brings marriage equality to Ireland (Scott De Buitléir reports from Dublin on the country's historic referendum).

Singer Billy Gilman gives voice to country queers (a night-out interview with Chrisanne Eastwood, produced by Steve Pride).

And in NewsWrap: the Church of Scotland and France's United Protestants advance a gay agenda, President Gates tells U.S. Boy Scouts to "Be Prepared," LGBT youth get protections in Oregon and Nevada, rightwing Jindal grandstands in Louisiana, Canada intercepts Michael Sam, and more news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Abby Dees (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 23, 2015

SUMMARY

Big Yes - Voters in Ireland make it the first country in the world to establish marriage equality through a popular vote …

Heavens Opened - the Church of Scotland moves toward welcoming legally-married gay ministers, while the United Protestant Church of France approves blessing same-gender marriages …

Be Prepared - Boy Scouts of America national president Robert Gates urges the organization to lift its ban on openly gay adult leaders and volunteers …

Curing Quackery - Oregon’s openly bisexual Governor Kate Brown makes her state the third in the country to ban so-called “conversion therapy” for minors, while minority Democrats in the U.S. House introduce a bill to ban such “therapy” for all ages as fraud under federal law …

Betting Against Bullies - Nevada’s Republican Governor Brian Sandoval signs an LGBT-inclusive anti-bullying bill …

Calculated Hate - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal bids for the far-right vote in his quest for the GOP presidential nomination by issuing an executive order allowing religious-based bias only hours after the state legislature rejects such a measure …

Second Down - after failing to make professional teams in St. Louis and Dallas, Missouri college defensive standout Michael Sam, the first out gay football player in the NFL, heads north to the Canadian Football League’s Montreal Alouettes …

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Mary Lambert & Texas One Step!

Week of February 23, 2015

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Mary Lambert, the singer/songwriter whose featured turn on Maclemore and Ryan Lewis' Same Love shares her Secrets and other tracks from her new album (interviewed by Chrisanne Eastwood).

Suzanne Bryant and Sarah Goodfriend become the lone lesbian married couple in the Lone Star State.

An Arkansas alert fails to activate LGBT activists and allies, but does not escape the attention of MSNBC's Jose Diaz Balart and the AP's Andrew DeMillo.

Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) inspires weirdness.

And in <i><a href="http://bit.ly/1wi7Y5s">NewsWrap</a></i>: two-year betrothal for Finland's marriage equality, Ireland sets the date, much Moore to argue in Alabama, no religious trump card for discrimination in Washington,  and more news reported this week by Sarah Sweeney and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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The Right and Left Hands of God

Week of February 2, 2015
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U.S. Republicans board a ship of fools with harbingers of hate from the American Family Association for a visit to Israel, as MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reports (including several outrageous pronouncements by AFA mouthpiece Bryan Fischer).

True love speaks spiritually to  James Alexander Langteaux, author of Gay Conversations With God (interviewed by Steve Pride).

And in <i><a href="http://bit.ly/1C8Jfm8">NewsWrap</a></i>: Mormons swap non-discrimination for religious exemption, Idaho lawmakers bounce a bias ban for the ninth year, an "outed" Chinese worker sues for wrongful termination, Nigerian birthday party guests are busted for "planning a gay wedding," an Egyptian appeals court formally clears "debauched" gay bathhouse arrestees, and more news reported this week by Michael Allan and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Beeching's Lively Debate & "The Dog"

Week of August 18, 2014
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Newly-out Christian musician and scholar Vicky Beeching rocks the Bible going toe-to-toe with infamous evangelical homophobe Scott Lively on British television.

John The Dog Wojtowicz gets his day in Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's new documentary about the real story of the gay man at the center of the 1975 cinema classic Dog Day Afternoon (Steve Pride, interviewer).

And in NewsWrap: dozens busted in Lebanon's anti-gay crackdown, complex Ugandan politics slow the race to renew Anti-Homosexuality Law, Kenyan lawmakers decide against death by stoning for LGBTs, U.S. marriage equality clock turned back in Tennessee, Gay Games great-great granny sets world record and more news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride).

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Queered Theology & Crazy-Making Lesbians

Week of August 11, 2014
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A homophobic trio (Rick Scarborough, Linda Harvey, and Rick Wiles) trumpets queer-caused crises --- but we slam them with trans-poet J. Mase III’s queer theology.

Author Amber Ault gives Sande Janagold a classic Sapphic warning: Leave the U-Haul behind! They discuss her book, The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy-Making Relationships and Getting on With Your Life.

And in NewsWrap: Ugandan lawmakers look to resurrect Anti-Homosexuality Law," rainbow cycles spin Pride around Hanoi, U.S. appeals court hears marriage equality 4-some, "homo promo" game not in the cards for Russian kids, and more news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Gary Shaw (produced by Steve Pride).

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"Test" & Divergent Christians

Week of June 30, 2014
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Writer/director Chris Mason Johnson's film Test brings the AIDS dance to the big screen (preview and interview with Steve Pride).

Christian conniptions and kudos conflict over LGBT rites: the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer and novice movie mogul Rick Santorum fantasize about "re-education camps" for faith-based homophobes, Episcopal priest Cameron Partridge is the first transgender preacher at the U.S. National Cathedral, and United Methodist Church minister Frank Schaefer is "re-frocked" after his same-gender wedding conviction is overturned.

And in NewsWrap: appealing wins advance U.S. marriage equality in Utah and Colorado, Mexican Supremes okay one Baja California gay wedding, most U.S. citizens believe ENDA already exists, South Carolina town saves lesbian police chief,  and more news reported this week by Michelle Marie-Gilkeson and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 21, 2014

SUMMARY

Take It To the Bank - Luxembourg lawmakers overwhelmingly approve civil marriage and adoption rights for lesbian and gay couples …

Stomping Grapes - Italian Senate is slated to debate a civil unions bill in September …

Thy Will Be Done - the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) blesses same-gender marriages …

Family Faire - Hong Kong doesn't like gay and lesbian couples tying the knot at the British consulate, even as thousands create a Pink Dot for Pride in the city's Tamar Park …

Not So Much - barely 2,000 homophobes rail against equality at the much-ballyhooed National Organization for Marriage rally in Washington, D.C. …

Second Thought Welcome - Canadian Immigration reverses itself and grants visas to several LGBT Ugandan activists to attend the World Pride 2014 Human Rights Conference in Toronto …

Up Against the Wall - the Obama administration has apparently gone as far as it can go in extending federal spousal benefits to married same-gender couples, leaving it up to Congress and/or the Supreme Court to finish the job …

Salud! - being in favor of marriage equality doesn't hurt the re-election bid of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos ….

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Heaven and Hell

Week of April 7, 2014
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There's good news and bad news from two very different men of the cloth:

United Methodist Church minister Franklyn Schaefer, defrocked for officiating the marriage of his gay son, shares his spiritual and activist journey with our Steve Pride.

Pastor James David Manning of Harlem’s ATLAH Missionary Baptist Church defends their "Jesus Would Stone Homos" marquee as protests continue.

And in NewsWrap: opponents of India's sex law throwback file final appeal, homophobic Uganda cops raid Kampala AIDS clinic, Nigerian court frees two nabbed under new anti-LGBT law, Russian court makes history by upholding LGBT rights, U.S. feds trump state inequality with DOMA-doctored Medicare, and more news reported by Abby Dees and Gary Shaw (produced by Steve Pride).

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Rev. Creech's Cost of Discipleship

In the late 1990s, one courageous Methodist pastor took up the cause of LGBT equality. His mission, which included a number of banned same-gender commitment ceremonies, cost him his ordination, but his ministry to the disenfranchised has continued. This week, the Reverend Jimmy Creech talks about how receiving Adam's Gift -- the title of his recently-released memoir -- changed the course of his life forever. He recounts his comprehensive study of Biblical texts and church history, which led him to the conclusion that the condemnation of LGBT people is not God's doing, but the result of a sex-negative church hierarchy. His words of wisdom inspired a gathering at Metropolitan Community Church-Los Angeles and provide a fitting holiday special!

(NewsWrap returns Jan. 9, 2012.)

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