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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NewsWrap for the week ending August 16, 2014

SUMMARY

Beirut Bathhouse Busts - A new crackdown on gay men appears to have started in Lebanon …

Competing Concerns - Ugandan President Musevini seems to be trying to slow down a rush to reinstatement of his country's horrific Anti-Homosexuality Law …

Kenyans in Glass Houses - proposed bill in neighboring Kenya to stone gays to death reportedly dies in a parliamentary committee …

Always Has To Be One - Roane County circuit judge breaks a pattern established by more than 30 other U.S. state and federal courts and upholds Tennessee's ban on civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples …

Bias Ballot - voters in Chattanooga, Tennessee repeal a City Council-passed ordinance extending healthcare benefits to the same-gender partners of municipal workers …

Shaking a Red Stick at Progress - lawmakers in a Baton Rouge, Louisiana parish reject a proposal to ban bias based on sexual orientation or gender identity …

Sue If They Won't Sign - opponents of an anti-bias ordinance in Houston, Texas who fell short of the required number of signatures on a repeal petition sue out Mayor Annise Parker and the city to allow voters to decide the issue …

Another Inane Nazi Comparison - far-right Liberty Council founder Mat Staver says that U.S. lawmakers who fail to oppose marriage equality are the same as those who stayed silent during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany …

Gay Games & Great-Great Granny - U.S. President Barack Obama's video message welcomes athletes from more than 45 countries around the world to the Cleveland/Akron, Ohio area for the quadrennial Gay Games, and 99-year-old New York great-great grandmother Ida Keeling sets a certified world record at the Games in the 100-meter dash ….

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"Petunia" & Gay Games' Olympic Issues

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A dysfunctional family blooms in a new-to-DVD comedy featuring Tobias Segal, David Rasche, Christine Lahti and Michael Urie. They're all featured in scenes from the movie and Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride chats with co-writer/director Ash Christian.

Shamey Cramer of the Federation of Gay Games explicates Olympic politics with Dixie Treichel.

And in NewsWrap: affirmations and accusations compete at the UN General Assembly, Costa Rican judge closes "accidental" marriage equality loophole, New Jersey judge slams civil unions inequality, international protests boil Italian pasta king's homophobia, and more news reported by Natalie Peoples and Charlie Bauer (produced by Steve Pride).

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Romanovsky & Phillips / Gay Games @ 30

Tracing the tunes and the times of the music and comedy duo with Dixie Treichel. Plus: Romanovsky & Phillips sing The Prince Charming Tango.

Remembering the 30th Anniversary of the Gay Games with on-scene coverage from the first quadrennial event in 1982 by Debi Fidler and Joan Sprague.

And in NewsWrap: New Zealand's Parliament pops the question, Tasmanian lawmakers also propose marriage, gay-affirming play shuttered in Uganda, anti-gay/anti-woman planks signal dry rot in GOP platform, Christian conservatives blame gays for Hurricane Isaac, and more news reported by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride).

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