Intersex 101 & Smith's “Historic” Oscar (Not)!

Writer/activist Hida Viloria dots the “I” in LGBTQI (with correspondent Vash Boddie).

A history-free homage from Sam Smith wins "razzies" to go with his Oscar for The Writing's on the Wall — because he apparently didn’t read it!

Plus a Rainbow Minute quoting the real words (see above!) of Sir Ian McKellen (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Dustin Richardson).

And in NewsWrap: a backdoor marriage equality ban fails in Switzerland, the EuroCourt reunifies same-gender couples, Bermuda's government mixes a civil unions proposal with a marriage equality referendum, a South Dakota anti-trans "bathroom bill" craps out, U.N. ambassadors visit a Fun Home, 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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High Noon at the High Court!

Week of May 4, 2015

Highlights from the U.S. Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing -- the justices, the lawyers, the plaintiffs, the analysts … and the heckler!

And in NewsWrap: Nepal's killer quake cracks queer HQ in Kathmandu, Ecuador's civil unions law passes without apocalypse, marriage equality loses its fourth fight in Northern Ireland, the EuroCourt seals France’s stringent gay/bi blood ban, Tokyo Pride toasts rights recognition, and gay choral compadres harmonize U.S.-Cuba relations, and more news reported this week by Matthew McLaughlin and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 2, 2015

SUMMARY

Shaken - Leading activist Sunil Pant describes the specific impact of the devastating earthquake in Nepal on LGBT people …

Stranded - an emergency airlift evacuates Israeli gay couples and their Nepalese surrogates and newborns …

Approved - Ecuador lawmakers okay civil unions …

Excluded - El Salvador legislators approve initial proposals to ban same-gender couples from civil marriage and adoption …

Denied - the Northern Ireland Assembly rejects a marriage equality proposal for the fourth time …

Exsanguinated - the E.U.’s top court okays continued bans by member countries on the donation of blood by gay and bisexual men …

Emboldened - the annual Rainbow Pride Parade in Tokyo expands to a two-day festival as buoyant crowds celebrate advances toward equality in Japan …

Harmonized - Washington, D.C.’s Gay Men’s Chorus will be one of the first U.S. imports into Cuba as relations warm between the two countries after decades of antagonism …

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 14, 2015

SUMMARY

Second Strike - A civil unions bill for same-gender couples dies in a Peruvian Congressional committee - again …

Studies in Support - the Canadian province of Alberta makes high school Gay-Straight Alliances on all publicly-funded campuses mandatory …

Good for Goose, Gander Not So Much - the “Utah Compromise” LGBT anti-bias bill enacted this week - with significant religious exemptions - may be good for the Mormon-dominated state, but would probably be considered a setback almost anywhere else …

Add to the Anti-Bias Equation - Swiss lawmakers vote to protect LGBT people from hate and discrimination …

Trans, Not Childless - the European Court of Human Rights rules that sterilization cannot be required of people seeking gender reassignment surgery …

Stop Trans Loss - a new U.S. Army directive makes it much more difficult for a transgender service member to be discharged …

You Mean We Can't Do That? - it took a few months after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that anti-trans workplace bias is illegal, but upscale retail giant Saks Fifth Avenue finally settles out of court a bias and retribution lawsuit filed by a fired transwoman  ….

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ENDA-fatigable & "The New Black"

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The Employment Nondiscrimination Act's U.S. Senate success hits a House roadblock, but Senators Tammy Baldwin and Jeff Merkley will never call it quits on the federal job rights bill.

Documentary director Yoruba Richen (interviewed by Steve Pride) went into the midst of Maryland's marriage equality initiative campaign to examine civil rights frictions as  The New Black evolves.

And in NewsWrap: Euro-Courts support African asylum-seekers and Greek partners, Ireland and Croatia plan marriage equality votes, A.C.T. counts down to  High Court marriage hearing, Illinois and Hawai'i march down the aisle with 14 other U.S. states, and more news reported by Pamela Brooks and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending November 9, 2013

SUMMARY

Escape Hatch - The European Court of Justice rules that claimants from three African nations have the right to seek asylum in The Netherlands due to persecution based on sexual orientation in their homelands …

Greece the Wheels - European Court of Human Rights orders Greece to open its currently hetero-only civil unions to same-gender couples …

Shedding Excess Hate - the Russian region of Arkhangelsk repeals its local "no promo homo" law, but only because a similar federal law was enacted in June …

Voting Rites - the cabinet of the Republic of Ireland agrees to hold a marriage equality referendum in 2015, and Croatia will ask its voters to approve a constitutional amendment to define marriage as "matrimony between a man and a woman" …

Countdown - Australia's High Court announces that it will hear the federal government's challenge to the marriage equality law enacted in the Australian Capital Territory on December 3rd, just five days before it's scheduled to take effect …

15 … 16 … - lawmakers in Illinois and Hawai'i each approve marriage equality bills that will be enthusiastically signed into law by their respective governors …

State Scorecard - anti-marriage equality New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie wins re-election, but pro-gay Democrat Terry McAuliffe defeats rabidly homophobic Republican Ken Cuccinelli to win the governor's race in Virginia

Cityscape - openly gay Democratic state Senator Ed Murray is elected mayor in Seattle, Washington, out lesbian Democratic Mayor Annise Parker wins her third term in Houston, Texas, and openly gay Republican Don Guardian defeats the Democratic incumbent to become the mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey, while the Victory Fund counts additional mayoral victories for out candidates in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Salisbury, Maryland, and Holyoke, Massachusetts …

Hometown Goodness - Royal Oak, Michigan voters uphold an LGBT rights ordinance passed by the City Commission earlier this year …

Dubious Distinction - the U.K.'s leading LGBT advocacy group Stonewall anoints U.S. televangelist Pat Robertson its "Bigot of the Year" ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending February 23, 2013

SUMMARY

Two Mothers Day - The European Court of Human Rights rules for same-gender couple second parent adoption rights in a case brought by an Austrian lesbian couple …

Kinder, Kuche, Queerche - Germany's highest court strengthens adoption rights same-gender couples already have there …

Late Adopters - Puerto Rico's Supreme Court rules that gay and lesbian couples aren't entitled to adoption rights of any kind …

Hot Sauce With That - Mexico's highest court affirms a marriage equality decision justices hinted at in December …

Equality By Extension - opponents of California's Proposition 8 argue in their brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that same-gender couples are entitled to civil marriage in every state of the union, not just California …

Balance or Bias - federal judge in Australia rules that a national law denying civil marriage to same-gender couples is not bias because it discriminates equally against gay men and lesbian women …

Watch Your Language - new "Associated Press" Stylebook entry directs that legally-married gay and lesbian spouses should not generally be referred to in A.P. stories as "husband" or "wife," but revises that guideline after escalating protests from grassroots activists and major LGBT organizations ...

Equal in the Eyes of the Retailer - giant online retailer Amazon had already seen the handwriting on the AP wall, and debuted a commercial with a gendered twist ….

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Prop 8 Out

A U.S. appeals court concludes that the Constitution can't Prop up 8! Our enhanced coverage features highlights from Pacifica Radio's California Evening News anchors John Hamilton and Mark Mericle with reporters Christopher Martinez and Dan Fritz. We'll also hear comments by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and Deputy City Attorney Therese Stewart; Marriage Equality USA Legal Director John Lewis; Prop 8-challenging co-counsel Theodore Olson, lead plaintiff couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, and their 17-year-old son Spencer; American Foundation for Equal Rights Board President Chad Griffin. Then we close with brief excerpts from The Rachel Maddow Show's (MSNBC) exclusive interview with Olson.

And in NewsWrap: marriage equality crosses threshold in Washington state, St. Petersburg bill would outlaw LGBT advocacy, Britain jails Muslim anti-gay hate leafleters, EuroCourt rejects Swedish homophobes' free speech claims, Northern Cyprus' sex law conflict becomes Euro rights case, and more news reported by Vash Boddie and Christopher Gaal (produced by Steve Pride).

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