AUS Hate Debate & Trans Ban Tactics!

The marriage plebiscite debate gets down and dirty Down Under as you’ll hear in comments by Dr. Pansy Lai, Lyle Shelton, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, Tiernan Brady, P.M. Malcolm Turnbull, Lauren Foy, Alex Greenwich and Professor George Williams (music by Michael Ross, and Jade Leonard featuring Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher). Canberra correspondent Barry McKay reports.

Queer legal eagles James Esseks of the ACLU and Jillian Weiss of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund make the case against the constitutionality of President Trump’s order to purge the U.S. military of transpeople (with Gay USA’s Ann Northrop and music by The Clash).

And in NewsWrap: wedding dreams come true for Maltese gays and lesbians, Israel’s top court rejects civil marriage suitors, Chile’s Bachelet follows through on marriage proposal, queer Chechens find refuge in Toronto, "X" marks the passport for non-binary Canadians, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

Outcasting Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

“Outcasting” Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Indiana's Pence-mending!

Indiana Governor Mike Pence's signature lets "religious freedom" ring wrong, as discussed by  commentators Joy Reid, Garrett Epps, Beth Fouhy, David Von Drehle, Emma Margolin, and Jonathan Capehart.

And in NewsWrap: Malta raises the bar on gender identity laws, a Tokyo ward becomes Japan's first to recognize queer couples, film censors in India ban the lesbian themed Unfreedom, South Korea excises sexual orientation from sex education, British Bake Off finalist Ruby Tandoh comes out of the oven, and more news reported this week by Matthew McLaughlin and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).




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NewsWrap for the week ending April 4, 2015

 SUMMARY

Surprising Frontrunner - Malta passes what’s been described as “the world’s most progressive” gender identity laws …

Icebreaker - the Tokyo ward of Shibuya becomes the first government entity in Japan to recognize lesbian and gay couples …

Unscreened - India’s censors ban a lesbian-themed film called “Unfreedom” …

Hoosier Hellfire - a firestorm erupts over so-called “religious freedom” bills in several U.S. states after Indiana Governor Mike Pence signs what critics called “a license to discriminate” …

Fix-it Ticket - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson demands a “fix” before he’ll sign a similar “religious freedom” measure …

Stampede - the same kinds of LGBT-discriminatory “religious freedom” bills die in Georgia, Montana, North Dakota, and Nevada — though the ACLU says they’re on the legislative agendas in at least 10 other states …

Sex Obfuscation - new curriculum guidelines bar South Korean teachers from even acknowledging the existence of LGBT people in sex education classes …

To Do His Duty - a New York Boy Scouts Council defies national BSA policy by hiring an openly gay over-18 scout leader to work at its upcoming summer camp …

Self-Rising Lesbian - British Bake-Off TV star Ruby Tandoh comes out - with a little help from Diana Ross …

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PureLand LIVE!

Week of April 21, 2014
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The lesbian classical-pop singing duo of Laurie Rubin and Jenny Taira perform live in-studio and discuss their new adventure into music with a message (with correspondent Abby Dees).

Early 20th century British composer and suffragist Ethel Smyth is profiled in a Rainbow Minute (read by Karen Burns, produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns).

And in NewsWrap: India's top court affirms and protects trans-people, Malta bans trans bias and okays civil unions, Ethiopia eschews Africa's trending homophobia while Zimbabwe's Mugabe reinforces it, new laws in Brunei punish consensual adult gay sex with death by stoning, and more news reported by Sarah Sweeney and Ryan Pest (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending April 19, 2014

SUMMARY

When Two Aren't Enough - India's High Court declares trans-people to be a third gender entitled to rights, protections, and government benefits …

Whistling in the Dark - the conviction and 35-year prison sentence for Wiki-leaking U.S. Army Private Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning are upheld, sending her case to a military appeals court …

Twin Wins - Malta lawmakers protect transgender people from discrimination, and create marriage-like civil unions for same-gender couples that include adoption rights …

Time Out Corner - Ethiopia's government resists calls for harsher anti-gay laws than already exist, so a large church groups-organized anti-gay march in Addis Ababa is cancelled …

The Usual Suspect - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe calls gays and lesbians "inhuman" and threatens to kick pro-gay foreign diplomats out of the country …

Trapped - defiance and fear mix among Ugandan LGBT and HIV/AIDS activists under the new "Jail the Gays" law as many of their lives are threatened and police hunt them, while a Namibian official says his country won't accept gay refugees fleeing Uganda …

Stoned Again - new laws in Brunei punish consensual adult gay sex with death by stoning …

Can You Hear Me Now? - the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals considers Oklahoma's challenge to a lower federal court ruling declaring the state's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples unconstitutional in the second such hearing in as many weeks …

Don't Save the Children - Utah's Attorney General asks the state Supreme Court to stop same-gender couples who legally married during the brief few days that they could from getting second parent adoption approval …

What Constitution? - despite the U.S. Supreme Court 2003 ruling overturning state sodomy laws, Louisiana lawmakers vote to keep their statute on the books because residents believe gay people to be "dangerous, unhealthy and immoral" …

Southern Hospitality - in response to enactment of a state law to "protect religious freedom" that opponents called a veiled anti-LGBT "license to discriminate," hundreds of Mississippi business owners and shop keepers are welcoming them as customers with rainbow window stickers declaring "We Don't Discriminate" ….

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Obama Inaugurates Equality

Gay inaugural "firsts" enliven U.S. President Barack Obama's second, ably elucidated by MSNBC analysts Rachel Maddow, Jonathan Capehart, Andrea Mitchell, and Frank Rich.

Plus -- One Today delivered by gay Cuban-American inaugural poet Richard Blanco.

And in NewsWrap: Russians okay "no promo homo" law and look for gay tattoos, U.K. government formally proposes marriage equality, Maltese civility and Kiwi nuptials equality take baby steps forward, marriage-seeking gay couple drops their Taipei lawsuit, Rhode Island's House approves marital parity, gay loyalties split at the Super Bowl, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Pamela Brooks (produced by Vash Boddie and Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending January 26, 2013

SUMMARY

From Russia, With Hate - LGBT rights activists are assaulted and arrested in Moscow and at least one other Russian city protesting the proposed law to outlaw so-called "homosexual propaganda," which the country's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approves in its first reading, while Kaliningrad becomes the tenth Russian region to enact a similar law, and Russia's Defense Ministry says the buttocks and genital areas of all new recruits should be closely examined for tattoos, which it says are strong indications of homosexuality …

Political Pre-Nup - U.K. government formally publishes legislation to open civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples in England and Wales …

Broad Agreement, Long Engagement - both major political parties in Malta express support for some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples …

Because It's Good For You - a select committee of the New Zealand Parliament hears testimony about the benefits of marriage equality as part of the legislative process to make it legal …

Three Strikes - Polish lawmakers reject civil unions for lesbian and gay couples …

Judicial Discouragement - the gay couple in Taiwan that had sued for marriage equality announces that they're dropping their case …

As If It Never Even Happened - a court in Beijing rules that women in unhappy marriages with gay men can end them through more socially-acceptable annulment rather than divorce …

Hope Springs Eternal - Rhode Island House overwhelmingly passes a bi-partisan marriage equality bill …

Rock Mountain Pass - Colorado Senate committee passes a civil unions bill along party lines …

LGBTailgate Parties - gay American football fans can root for either team in the upcoming Super Bowl, which features Baltimore Ravens linebacker and outspoken equality ally Brendon Ayanbadejo, and San Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who says he'd welcome a gay player on this team ….

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