Post-Pulse Politics & Writers’ Rituals!

Queer youth trace the troubling Trump trail back to Orlando’s Pulse (featuring Brianna of Outcasting public radio show, produced by Marc Sophos).

Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason sits down To Drink From The Silver Cup, put on a Straight Face and introduce us to A Faithful Son, as religion preys on authors Anna Redsand, Brandon Wallace and Michael Scott Garvin.

Plus trailblazing U.K. singer/songwriter Tom Robinson updates his late 1970s anthem Glad To Be Gay!

And in NewsWrap: no High Court road to marriage equality in Northern Ireland, Pakistan lawmakers ponder protections for trans people, Texas Speaker re-flushes the Governor’s "bathroom bill,” skinheads pepper spray St. Petersburg Pride-sters, Iceland asexuals expand the queer acronym, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O'Brien and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Aussie Wedding Waltz & Mad MS Moms!

The latest developments in Australia's marriage equality struggle are defined by drama and dissent.

Super-lawyer Roberta Kaplan takes up the cause of same-gender Mississippi parents fighting the last adoption ban in the U.S.

And in NewsWrap: Mexico's high court overturns state adoption restrictions, Costa Rica considers common law equality, Chelsea Manning charged with possessing treacherous toothpaste, Ugandans celebrate Pride under the radar, Reykjavik rolls out a rainbow road, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Chrisanne Eastwood (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Week of June 8, 2015

Labor's love lost on an Australian marriage equality bill introduced by opposition leader Bill Shorten. Peta Donald’s report from Canberra includes comments by MPs Tanya Plibersek, Christopher Pyne, Sarah Hanson-Young and Matt Canavan, and PFLAG mom Shelley Argent.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart welcomes Caitlyn Jenner to the wonderful world of misogyny.

Plus: Everyone Was At Stonewall! with singer/songwriter Sandy Rapp.

And in NewsWrap: a Guam federal court grants same-gender wedding rights, Supreme statement moves Mexico's marriage equality, thugs assault Kiev Pride marchers, and more news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 6, 2015

SUMMARY

Territorial Imperative - A federal judge makes Guam the first U.S. territory to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Almost Enough Said - a ruling by its Supreme Court moves Mexico closer to nationwide marriage equality …

Uncommon Decision - a Costa Rica gay couple is granted common law marriage status, making them the first in Central America to have their relationship legally recognized …

Eastern Wind - thugs assault Kiev Pride marchers, and organizers - fearing the same - cancel this year’s Pride parade in Bratislava, while three Moscow activists are jailed for “attempted Pride” …

Accepting a Dare - organizers in Seoul vow to march with Pride as planned on June 28th despite a police ban …

Top of the World - Iceland tops the list of happiest places on earth for gay men …

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