"The Gay Rub" & Derrick Gordon

Week of April 14, 2014
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Poet/collector Steven Reigns invites people around the world to join him gathering impressions of LGBT history (interviewed by Steve Pride).

Coming out is a slam-dunk for top tier U.S. college basketball player Derrick Gordon! The University of Massachusetts sophomore talks with ESPN's Kate Fagan, while sports legends Bill Russell and Jim Brown each briefly weigh in on out athletes.

And in NewsWrap: Saudi cops bust 35 "gay party"-goers to promote "virtue," Italian court recognizes gay couple's New York marriage, Utah's marriage equality case heard in federal appeals court, Minnesota moves against bullying, Seattle stands with ousted gay scoutmaster, and more news reported by Michael Allan and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending April 12, 2014

SUMMARY

Party Off - Thirty-five men are arrested by Saudi Arabia religious police for being at a "gay party" in Jeddah, while four gay men are jailed in Egypt for "debauchery" …

Tuscan Triumph - an Italian court orders the country's first-ever recognition of the marriage of a same-gender couple legally performed abroad …

Last Rights - a U.S. federal court orders the state of Indiana to recognize the Massachusetts marriage of a lesbian couple, one of whom has terminal cancer …

Line Starts Here - a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears Utah's case challenging a lower court decision declaring the state's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples unconstitutional – and Oklahoma's challenge will be heard by the same three judges in the coming week …

Safe Bet - Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring sides with marriage equality-seeking same-gender couples in their lawsuit challenging the "heterosexuals only" state ban, and only five U.S. states with bans have escaped court challenges …

Bullies Begone - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs an LGBT-inclusive state anti-bullying bill …

Solemn Oath - Seattle, Washington city officials and his troop's church sponsor stand behind ousted-because-he's-out Boy Scout leader Geoff McGrath ….

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"Face Off HIV" & "The Happy Sad"

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Keith Pederson started to do a coffee table book featuring the rich and diverse stories of Minnesotans living with HIV and AIDS … then came the web project … and soon there will be a movie, too! He talks with Dixie Treichel about getting people to put the ribbon back on.

Film festival fans favor bi-curious couples in director Rodney Evans new movie starring Leroy McClain, who share a preview with Steve Pride.

Plus syndicated lesbian columnist Abby Dees answers a question that never seems to get old, Who's The Man?

And in NewsWrap: Russian lesbian's regional "no promo homo" conviction overturned, Belgrade Pride seems to be Serbia's E.U. membership ticket, second ruling by the same judge upholds Singapore's gay sex ban, homophobes hate being moved by Modern Family, and more news reported by Michael LeBeau and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 7, 2013

SUMMARY

Cue the Pipes - A civil marriage equality bill moves toward predicted passage in Scotland …

Poquito Mas - a gay couple in Chihuahua get a court-ordered marriage license …

Manhattan Marriage Project - a judge in New Mexico makes Los Alamos the eighth county in the U.S. state to offer marriage licenses  to same-gender couples …

Gaining on 'Em - one in three marriage licenses issued in Minnesota in August went to lesbian and gay couples …

Guard the Guardians - U.S. National Guard commanders in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana hinder the efforts of their married gay and lesbian enlistees to get equal military benefits …

Immersed in Bigotry - the Southern Baptist Convention bans their U.S. military chaplains from any action, including performing or attending the wedding of a same-gender couple, that "gives the appearance of accepting the homosexual lifestyle" …

Abandoned at the Altar -  the writers of GLAAD award-winning DC Comics' "Batwoman" quit after being told that "Kate Kane" (the lesbian caped crusader's real name) can't marry her police officer girlfriend "Maggie Sawyer," to whom she proposed in the February issue …

Super Sapphic Swimmer - why the sexual orientation of 64-year-old record-breaking Cuba to Florida long-distance lesbian swimmer Diana Nyad needs to be part of the story ….

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Manning’s Mea Culpa

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Trans whistleblower Bradley Manning’s explanatory apology is analyzed by Firedoglake trial-watcher Kevin Gosztola (with Free Speech Radio News reporter Alice Ollstein) and independent journalist Alexa O'Brien (with Amy Goodman and Nakeem Shaikh of Democracy Now!).

Plus: a musical Rainbow [More-Than-A] Minute celebrates the advent this month of marriage equality in Minnesota and Rhode Island.

And in NewsWrap: U.S. evangelical charged with Ugandan crimes against humanity, Prop 8 propelled to ninth circle of hell, German Evangelicals marry unionized same-gender couples, Russian TV anchor fired for coming out on the air, WWE Superstar pins closet, and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Jason Proctor (produced by Steve Pride).

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Minnesota Marriage & Riley's Witness

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The North Star State makes it a U.S. marriage equality dozen while Dixie Treichel is on the scene at the capitol in St. Paul among the people to whom it matters.

18-year-old son-of-lesbians Riley Roberts' testimony before a Nevada State Assembly committee is clearly sane, whereas Linda Harvey's Mission: America diatribe is certified hate speech.

And in NewsWrap:  international actions oppose homo- and trans-phobia, protestors squelch Ukrainian job rights bill, EU poll proves that the poor and the young bear the brunt of anti-LGBT bias, and more news reported by Jason Proctor and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 18, 2013

SUMMARY

IDA Hot - The annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT) is observed on May 17th by the United Nations [with brief comments by U.N. Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay and Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon], and in a variety of events across Asia …

IDA Cold - police shut down an IDAHOT march in Nairobi and a rally on the same day in St. Petersburg, while several people are injured as religious extremists violently attack an IDAHOT rally in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi …

Squeaky Wheel - anti-gay demonstrators in Kiev succeed in getting a proposed bill in the Ukrainian parliament to ban sexual orientation-based workplace bias shelved indefinitely …

Blows Count - according to a largest-of-its-kind survey by the European Union's Fundamental Rights Agency, virtually one in two LGBT people on the continent have been discriminated against or attacked during the last year for being who they are …

Who Needs Enemies - a young Russian man is brutally tortured and murdered in Volgograd after reportedly coming out to two of his drinking buddies, although one news source says his parents claim that he wasn't gay …

Lindo Maravilhoso! - a near-unanimous ruling by Brazil's National Council of Justice virtually opens civil marriage to same-gender couples in Latin America's largest country …

Voilà, ça y est! - President Francois Hollande signs legislation to open civil marriage and extend adoption rights to French same-gender couples the day after a ruling by the nation's highest court clears the way …

Freer By the Dozen - Governor Mark Dayton's signature officially makes Minnesota the 12th U.S. state with marriage equality …

Internal Struggle - Italy's new Prime Minister Enrico Letta quashes a proposal by his own Equality Minister Josefa Idem to create some form of legal recognition for lesbian and gay couples …

Two Toppings - Italy's lower house of parliament extends health insurance coverage to its members' same-gender partners, and a court in Milan recognizes the British civil partnership of an Italian gay couple as a legal union ….

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Out Lesbian Athletes & The Deadly Nightshade

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Nothing taken away from NBA player Jason Collins, whose recent coming out has been met with practically universal praise and support, but over a dozen active women professional athletes have come out since 1981. In fact, the WNBA's Brittney Griner discussed being a lesbian several weeks before Collins' ballyhooed letter to Sports Illustrated. Michelle-Marie Gilkeson hits the streets to get the score.

The first all-women's band to sign with a major record label makes a come-back after 38 years! Queer music historian extraordinaire JD Doyle tends the garden where The Deadly Nightshade blooms anew (with their new CD, Never Never Gonna Stop).

And in NewsWrap: Delaware joins U.S. marriage equality club, Minnesota moves and Illinois inches toward wedding rights, 35,000 Estonians petition against marriage equality, Albania revolts against homophobia and hate crimes, young gay lovers persecuted in Zambia, Sydney's "Glorias" recognize inglorious bastards, and more news reported by Tanya Kane-Parry and Robert LeBlanc (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 11, 2013

SUMMARY

On a Roll - Delaware becomes the 11th U.S. state (along with the District of Columbia) to open civil marriage to same-gender couples, and Minnesota and Illinois could be next …

And Rolling On - debate on the third and final reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill in Britain's House of Commons has been scheduled for May 21st and 22nd, while Australia's Greens push for a new vote on marriage equality ahead of general elections there …

Heels Digging In - more than 35,000 people sign a petition opposing marriage equality in Estonia …

No Anti-Homo Promo - Albania's parliament passes historic LGBT-inclusive hate crimes legislation …

One Zambia vs. Two Lovers - the persecution of two gay men continues in Zambia …

Not Lovin' It - Auckland, New Zealand demonstrators protest the offensive treatment of a McDonald's staff member who was told by his manager that he'd be disciplined if he "acted gay" during his shift …

Inglorious Bastards - winners in Sydney, Australia of the annual "Glorias" –- the Gay & Lesbian Outrageous, Ridiculous and Ignorant comment Awards –- include New South Wales roads minister Duncan Gay, "Herald Sun" columnist Andrew Bolt, rightwing U.K. politician John Sullivan, and American Southern Baptist Convention President Reverend Fred Luter ….

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Justin's Pumpkin & No Bully-Free Lunch

A Minnesota Hallowe'en Parade is stepping on the toes of the LGBT youth organization Justin's Gift, but thousands of petitioners are lining up in support of the contingent (our Dixie Treichel speaks with Jefferson Fietek).

The Christian right-wing American Family Association is afraid that Mix It Up at Lunch Day may actually teach tolerance to schoolchildren (Bryan Fischer is challenged by CNN anchor Carol Costello).

Plus: Rev. Phil Snider's comments on LGBT rights go viral -- but wait … what's this unexpected twist?!

And in NewsWrap: DOMA dies another day, raped Swedish transwoman gets justice, devastating discrimination plagues indigenous North Americans, Madonna and milk "promote" St. Petersburg paranoia, and more news reported by Natalie Peoples and Johnnie Torres (produced by Steve Pride).

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