High Noon Down Under!

Sydney’s rally to get out the final "Yes" votes in Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite brings a record-breaking 15,000 into the streets, including South Australian Green Party Senator Sarah Hansen-Young and activists Tiernan Brady and Cat Rose … while historian Shirleene Robinson notes how the country’s homophobic past plays into the plebiscite present! (Correspondent: Barry McKay)

Outcasting queer radio youth participants Nicia and Max help present trans-teen Quinn’s essay on the impact of Trump’s military ban. 

And in NewsWrap: Central Asia’s anti-queer purge spreads to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Paraguay adopt "no promo homo" restrictions, Morocco’s human rights head slams LGBT "scum,” a North Carolina settlement may clear the state’s trans bathroom clog, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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U.S. Marriage Mission Accomplished!

Week of June 29, 2015

The Supreme Court rings wedding bells across the U.S.A.! Our comprehensive coverage of the historic ruling on marriage equality includes comments by lead plaintiff Jim Obergefell, President Barack Obama, trailblazing attorneys Evan Wolfson and Mary Bonauto, and many others.

And in NewsWrap: New Jersey "conversion" crooks are found guilty of consumer fraud, a "no promo homo" bill advances in Kyrgyzstan, civil partners seek civil marriage rights in Northern Ireland, and anxious Aussies plan to celebrate a straight couple's threatened anti-equality protest divorce, reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Chrisanne Eastwood (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 27, 2015

SUMMARY

Victory! - The U.S. Supreme Court opens civil marriage to same-gender couples nationwide …

Guilty! - a New Jersey jury unanimously decides that practitioners of so-called “conversion therapy” are committing consumer fraud …

Backwards! - a “no promo homo” bill worse than Russia’s is one reading away from becoming law in Kyrgyzstan …

Forward! - two same-gender couples sue for marriage rights in Northern Ireland …

Self-Destruct! - about 200,000 people cheer the impending protest divorce of an Australian “Christian” couple if marriage equality arrives …

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Matt’s Friend & “Freedom’s” Fools!

Week of April 20, 2015

Matthew Shepard, the icon of homophobic violence, is remembered as the guy they knew by his friend Michelle Josue and his dad Dennis in Josue's award-winning new documentary, Matt Shepard Is A Friend of Mine. (Interviewed by Steve Pride.)

U.S. Republican presidential wannabes (Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush) run rings around "religious freedom."

And in NewsWrap: Mexico's top court equalizes Sinaloa marriages, Egypt denies reentry to an allegedly gay Libyan student, Indiana struggles to regain its reputation, a children's picture book about same-gender penguin parents is banned again for its "homosexual agenda," and more news reported this week by John Dyer V and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson with Rick Watts (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending April 18, 2015

 SUMMARY

Poquito Mas - A Mexican Supreme Court ruling orders marriage equality in the state of Sinaloa …

Still Proving a Point - an administrative court in Cairo upholds the Egyptian Interior Ministry’s denial of reentry to a Libyan student deported in 2008 for being gay …

Still Unscathed - the offices of the leading LGBT rights group in Kyrgyzstan, Labrys, are firebombed …

Still Stalling - Guam’s governor is “delaying” his promised decision on whether or not to allow the U.S. territory’s Public  Health Department - which deferred to him after the state Attorney General so ordered - to issue a marriage license to a lesbian couple who’ve sued in federal court for it …

Call In the Mad Men - Indiana Governor Mark Pence’s popularity plummets following his disastrous support for a so-called “religious freedom” law, while the CEO of well-known  Indiana-based consumer review website Angie’s List steps down to “fix” his state’s image, and state officials want to “fix” it by spending at least 2 million dollars on a public relations firm …

Hurricane Bobby - seemingly-oblivious Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal - expected to announce his GOP presidential aspirations sometime soon - pushes a “religious freedom” bill in his state’s legislature that critics say is even worse than the original Indiana law …

Avian Agenda - the penguin-loving children’s storybook "And Tango Makes Three" is again among the American Library Association’s Top 3 "Most Challenged Books" this year because it "promotes a homosexual agenda" …

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Identity, Activism and Allyship!

Week of October 20, 2014
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Sapphic Nomads Maggie Young and Katie Cook stop in Mumbai to delve into India's culture wars -- fundamental to women's and LGBT liberation -- with psychologist and activist Deepak Kashyap.

Reading A Positive View of LGBTQ (Ellen D.B. Riggle and Sharon S. Rostosky) and Living Out Islam (Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle), Queer Life & Literature Commentator Janet Mason finds that identity is an ongoing process for everyone.

Brooklyn, New York-based Black/Trans/Queer/Rowdy-as-Hell Poet J Mase III has some worthwhile words for shaky supporters with #AllyFail.

And in NewsWrap: Roman Catholic bishops pull proposed pastoral LGBT welcome mat, Kyrgyzstan continues down repressive road, Palau decriminalizes gay sex, same-gender Scots plan New Year's Eve weddings, marriage equality continues marching across the U.S., Taiwanese scientists christen a diversity poster-snail, and more news reported this week by Natalie Peoples and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending October 18, 2014

SUMMARY

Gratus Interruptus - An extraordinary gathering of Roman Catholic Church bishops in Rome considers an LGBT semi-welcoming document, but the move is so controversial that even a compromise attempt ultimately fails …

Dancing With Draco - Kyrgyzstan lawmakers overwhelmingly approve a worse-than-Russia's "no promo homo" bill that punishes offenders with up to a year in prison …

Free To Be - the Pacific island nation of Palau decriminalizes gay sex …

Slate Cleaning - New South Wales looks to join the states of Victoria and South Australia to expunge criminal records of those arrested for consensual adult gay sex before the law's repeal …

Love's Lasting Flame - Paris memorializes the last gay couple in France who were burned at the stake for homosexuality …

Auld Lang Syne - Scotland will celebrate marriage equality on New Year's Eve …

Weddings March - Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming join the growing number of U.S. marriage equality states – and related developments …

Steadfast in the Streets - Taiwan LGBT activists pressure lawmakers to unjam a marriage equality bill …

Aegista Diversifamilia - the name Taiwanese scientists have given to a newly-discovered species of land snail endemic to the island honors the struggle for civil marriage rights ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted October 21, 2014.

Mushrooming Marriage Equality

Week of October 13, 2014
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As the United States Supreme Court stays mum on pending appeals, doubling the number of marriage equality states, Rachel Maddow, Bryan Fischer, Stephen Colbert, John Boehner and Whoopi Goldberg have plenty to say!

Producers Marlee Walchuk and Tully Callender, also known as the lesbian musical duo Sugarbeach, get artists and fans activated for the RightOutTV Music & Video Awards (interviewed by Len Rogers).

And in <i><a href="http://bit.ly/1tyAP9r">NewsWrap</a></i>: the U.S. Supreme Court and the Ninth Circuit combine to open civil marriage to same-gender couples in almost a dozen new states, Estonia engages gender-free civil unions, Kyrgyzstan considers a Russian-style "no promo homo" law, a Kenyan trans-activist wins her landmark identity fight, opponents torch Cape Town's LGBT-welcoming Open Mosque, D.C.'s Catholic University sours on Milk, and more news reported this week by Michael Allan and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending October 11, 2014

SUMMARY

Equality Floodgates - The U.S. Supreme Court's October 6th decision opens civil marriage to same-gender couples in almost a dozen new states, and the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals the following day adds five more to that burgeoning list …

Narrow Opening - a civil unions proposal for same-gender couples squeaks by Estonia's Parliament …

Copy Kyrgyz - a pending law banning "gay propaganda" in Kyrgyzstan is even worse than its Russian counterpart …

No Offense Intended - a Latvian Roman Catholic Archbishop says homosexuality is destroying humanity but claims that he’s not anti-gay …

Wrath of Bigots - Cape Town, South Africa's LGBT-welcoming Open Mosque is firebombed …

Mistaken Identities - transgender activist Audrey Mbugua wins a landmark legal battle in Kenya, but 11 girls in a Kenyan private school are suspended for "lesbianism" …

Trade Out - a Russian high school exchange student studying in the U.S. seeks American asylum because gay people are persecuted in his homeland …

Soured Screening - the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. cancels a previously-approved screening of the Oscar-winning biopic "Milk" because, among other concerns, rainbow flags on flyers promoting the event were too big ….

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Same Grammy Love

Week of February 3, 2014
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were joined by Mary Lambert, Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue, and Madonna, with Queen Latifah officiating at a Same Love surprise ceremony at the music industry's Grammy Awards. 

After the big night, Ellen DeGeneres chatted with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis about their "awarding" experience.

As the religious right looked at the Grammys in horror, ersatz conservative commentator Stephen Colbert worried about "accidental gay marriages."

And finally, rising young country singer Hunter Hayes debuted his anti-bullying anthem, Invisible.
 

And in NewsWrap: human rights crisis engulfs Kyrgyzstan, Ivory Coast crackdown sends activists into hiding, India's Supreme Court lets gay sex ban stand, Singapore's PM can't tell rights from wrong, Northern Cyprus repeals sodomy law, President Musevini stalls Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill for science, Bulgarian lawmakers back down on criminalizing coming out, and more news reported by Michael LeBeau and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending February 1, 2014

SUMMARY

Torture, Blackmail and Intimidation - Rampant police abuse with impunity is creating "nightmarish" conditions for gay and bisexual men in Kyrgyzstan …

Wrecking Crew - a homophobic mob breaks into and overruns the office of Alternative Cote d'Ivoire, the leading LGBT advocacy group in the Ivory Coast, seriously injuring a security guard and stealing most everything they didn't vandalize …

No Second Thoughts - India's Supreme Court refuses to reconsider its two-judge panel December ruling that recriminalized private consensual adult gay sex …

Don't Look At Us - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says it's not the government's responsibility to protect gay rights …

Last Straw - lawmakers in Northern Cyprus remove the last vestige of laws that banned gay sex in Europe …

Hide the Package - Islamic courts in Nigeria will resume in secret the prosecutions of 10 men charged with belonging to a gay group – now a criminal offense thanks to sweeping anti-gay legislation signed by President Goodluck Jonathan – to avoid repeats of the stone throwing execution-demanding assault on one of the courts in Bauchi last week …

Back to the Laboratory - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni now says he wants scientific proof that being gay "is not genetic, but a behavior that is acquired" before he'll sign the draconian "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" there …

No Armored Closets - Bulgarian lawmakers reject a bill that would have outlawed just being out, although one of the measure's backers worries about how his children would be affected by seeing what he calls "those half-naked buggers with psychotic abnormalities" ….

Complete NewsWrap text and this week's podcast to be posted February 4, 2014.

Queer in Kyrgyzstan & Matt Fishel

"Sapphic Nomads" Katie Cook and Maggie Young's latest "audio postcard" comes from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where tradition fights liberation.

LGBT music expert JD Doyle features British singer/songwriter Matt Fishel's debut gay political power pop album, Not Thinking Straight, featuring his "radio friendly" hit.

And in NewsWrap: France and Uruguay both on the cusp of marriage equality; controversial clash derails debate on marriage proposal in Colombia; Zambian activist arrested for demanding decriminalization; Singapore, Montana and Virginia each confront sodomy laws; "wizardly tribute" to the "Iron Lady" makes news in Britain, and more news reported by Tanya Kane-Parry and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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