Gay Syrian refugee Subhi Nahas and U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power crack the U.N. Security Council's code of silence around the homophobic violence of ISIS and other groups.

A day in the life of Lily Grandma Tomlin, with the comedy icon and Paul Weitz, the writer/director of her new film. (Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride)

And in NewsWrap: activists demand release of the "Senegal Seven," an ex-Australian PM "evolves" on marriage equality, a Northern Ireland gay couple claims the religious freedom to marry, U.S. trans military service ban to end next May, baffling bust of Rentboy.com by U.S. Homeland Security sparks outrage, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending August 29, 2015

SUMMARY

Save the Senegal Seven - A local Senegalese LGBT rights group and the global Human Rights Watch each call for the immediate release of seven men jailed for “homosexual acts” following the raid of a private home in a Dakar suburb …

Better Late - former Australian PM Julia Gillard belatedly endorses marriage equality …

God on Both Sides - a gay couple sues Northern Ireland in High Court charging that being denied the right to civil marriage violates their religious freedom ...

Campfire Compromise - the Mormon Church — a major sponsor of Boy Scout troops across the U.S. - decides to maintain its affiliation with the BSA despite the youth organization dropping its ban on out gay adult leaders and volunteers …

Unmasked - the anti-equality U.S. National Organization for Marriage finally relents after a four-year legal battle and releases the names of the major donors to its campaign to overturn Maine’s marriage equality law in 2009 …

Spring Offensive - the Pentagon reportedly plans to lift the ban on U.S. military service by transgender troops in May 2016 …

Feel More Secure Now? - after its 20 years in business, there’s virtually universal condemnation of a “prostitution” raid by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the New York offices of Rentboy.com …

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