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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Oz Goes Postal!

Australian activists challenge the government’s proposed mail-in marriage equality plebiscite (Sydney correspondent Barry Mackay reviews last week’s roller-coaster developments featuring Alex Greenwich, Emma Alberici, Mathias Cormann, Karl Stevanovic, Bronwyn Bishop, Tony Abbott, Christine Forster, Penny Wong, Malcolm Turnbull, Dr. Liz Allen, James Brechney, Michael Kirby, David Koch, Scott Morrison, Bill Shorten, Lyle Shelton and Andrew Wilkie, plus Tim Minchin’s viral satirical song)! 

And in NewsWrap: Presidential saber rattling temporarily trumps U.S. trans military ban, Kuwait deports gay men in a massage parlor rub-out, a "gay-looking" Russian wins a rare job bias lawsuit, Canada’s Defense Minister dances on Vancouver "Pride of Bollywood" float, Ireland’s gay P.M.’s presence at a Belfast Pride breakfast gives D.U.P. indigestion, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Michele Yeater (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Rub the Wrong Way Right!

Gay historian Stuart Timmons harmonizes street politics and suite politics in response to an old Larry Kramer controversy that seems new again (interviewed by Lucia Chappelle).

U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps trans teen Gavin Grimm’s toilet rights case (with comments by HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow, ACLU Staff Attorney Chase Strangio, and Gavin himself).

And in NewsWrap: new hope for Northern Ireland marriage equality, OutVets are re-invited to Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with trans advocates, LGBT centers are attacked by haters across the U.S., and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Dawn of the Donald!

Activist-author-radio commentator Michelangelo Signorile and veteran L.A. writer-news reporter-“life coach” Karen Ocamb perform a queer Trump victory post mortem and point to the way forward (interviewed by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones)!

And in NewsWrap: Israel’s Chief Rabbi calls for homosexual executions, the Ivory Coast uses public indecency laws to jail two gay men, a leading queer rights activist is nabbed in Turkey’s political crackdown, Sydney Mardi Gras organizers turn on Turnbull, Manning supporters petition Obama for time served, the Obamas honor Ellen and a queer youth theater group as their era ends, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trump-Shock!

Our queer eye on the Presidential upset that re-set U.S. politics includes comments by Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), former Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, New South Wales MP Jeremy Buckingham (Greens), out-going UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, former Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, president-elect Donald Trump, Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart, MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow, and LGBT Trump California Co-Chair Charles Moran, plus on-scene coverage of anti-Trump street protests!

And in NewsWrap: Mexican lawmakers turn down their president’s marriage proposal, Northern Ireland’s ruling party quashes marriage bill advance, Canada offers gender options for foreign visitors, LGBT workers rights upheld in U.S. district court, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O’Brien and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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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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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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High Noon at the High Court!

Week of May 4, 2015

Highlights from the U.S. Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing -- the justices, the lawyers, the plaintiffs, the analysts … and the heckler!

And in NewsWrap: Nepal's killer quake cracks queer HQ in Kathmandu, Ecuador's civil unions law passes without apocalypse, marriage equality loses its fourth fight in Northern Ireland, the EuroCourt seals France’s stringent gay/bi blood ban, Tokyo Pride toasts rights recognition, and gay choral compadres harmonize U.S.-Cuba relations, and more news reported this week by Matthew McLaughlin and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 2, 2015

SUMMARY

Shaken - Leading activist Sunil Pant describes the specific impact of the devastating earthquake in Nepal on LGBT people …

Stranded - an emergency airlift evacuates Israeli gay couples and their Nepalese surrogates and newborns …

Approved - Ecuador lawmakers okay civil unions …

Excluded - El Salvador legislators approve initial proposals to ban same-gender couples from civil marriage and adoption …

Denied - the Northern Ireland Assembly rejects a marriage equality proposal for the fourth time …

Exsanguinated - the E.U.’s top court okays continued bans by member countries on the donation of blood by gay and bisexual men …

Emboldened - the annual Rainbow Pride Parade in Tokyo expands to a two-day festival as buoyant crowds celebrate advances toward equality in Japan …

Harmonized - Washington, D.C.’s Gay Men’s Chorus will be one of the first U.S. imports into Cuba as relations warm between the two countries after decades of antagonism …

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Driftwood Declarations & Talkin' Trans!

Week of March 2, 2015
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I'm From Driftwood website founder Nathan Manske shares stories about the project's effort to personalize politics (interviewed by Steve Pride).

The University of Minnesota’s Tretter Collection seeks transgender testimonies for a new oral history project under the direction of curator Lisa Vecoli (interviewed by Dixie Treichel and John Townsend).

Plus 8-year-old QBDOO reports from Brooklyn about his trans life!

And in NewsWrap: Kazakhstan's Senate passes a "no promo homo" bill, another U.S. Native American tribe votes for marriage equality, Northern Ireland's Roman Catholic Church religiously supports bias loophole bill, the U.K. is first in the world to approve three-parent babies, and more news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending February 28, 2015

SUMMARY

Still Soviet After All These Years - Kazakhstan’s Senate approves a “no promo homo” bill …

Equality Watch - a Swiss legislative panel overwhelmingly votes to advance a marriage equality proposal …

Native Intelligence - the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has become at least the 11th Native American group in the U.S. to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Faith in Hate - Northern Ireland’s politically-powerful Roman Catholic Church pushes for an LGBT bias-enabling “religious freedom” bill …

Discrimination Liberation - religious exemption measures are percolating in more than a dozen U.S. states, most recently advancing in the North Carolina and Indiana Senates, but surprisingly opposed by former Georgia Attorney General Michael Bowers and quashed in Arkansas …

State of Rebellion - the Arkansas bill to ban local anti-bias ordinances that don’t comport with state law will officially take effect in September, but Little Rock leads at least three Arkansas cities that have defied the ban or plan to, and an Arkansas-like "no local anti-bias bills" bill is killed in West Virginia …

Judge Bad Penny - Don Davis, the same Mobile, Alabama probate judge who was forced by a direct court order to issue a marriage license to Kim McKeand and Cari Searcy, the lesbian couple who successfully sued the state for marriage equality, refuses to grant Searcy’s second-parent adoption application for the son born to McKean in 2006 and being raised by both women …

Three's the Charm - the U.K. becomes the first country in the world to allow in-vitro fertilization clinics to replace defective DNA in one woman’s egg with healthy DNA from another’s, which will virtually result in 3-parent babies - a dad and two moms …

X Marks the Spot - while the Human Rights Campaign, Americans for the Separation of Church and State, and the AARP(!) are on the American Family Association’s "hit list," the Center for Inquiry, which supports the rights of Christians, atheists and others, is miffed at not being included in the way-far-right group’s “bigotry map” identifying organizations around the U.S. that “openly display bigotry toward the Christian faith”  ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 3, 2014

SUMMARY

Sultanic Verses - Death by stoning for consensual adult gay sex is celebrated in the tiny Southeast Asian nation of Brunei by the omnipotent Sultan Hassnal Bokiah, while protests at and boycotts of Brunei-owned high-end hotel properties in the U.S. and Europe begin …

Prime Example - Japan's First Lady Akie Abe rides atop a float with a colorfully-bedecked drag queen at Tokyo's LGBT Pride Parade …

May Flowers - about 300 rainbow flag-waving Russian LGBT people and their supporters participate without incident at the St. Petersburg May Day march …

Charge of the Homophobic Brigade - the so-called "no promo homo" law comes to Crimea following its annexation by Russia, and the measure's architect Vitaly Molonov wants to crack down on LGBT people on the peninsula even further …

No NGO Promo Homo - a draft bill in Uganda would add to the draconian "Anti-Homosexuality Law" by banning NGOs from providing monetary or other assistance to LGBT people in the east African nation because that would be "promoting homosexuality" …

No Green Light - Northern Ireland lawmakers reject a proposal to discuss marriage equality …

God On Our Side - the United Church of Christ sues the U.S. state of North Carolina for its law banning ministers from officiating the marriages of same-gender couples …

Not Neutrality - Louisiana lawmakers reject a bill to protect LGBT people from housing discrimination because, as the rightwing Louisiana Family Forum argues, only "morally neutral" characteristics deserve protection ….

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Collins v. Closet & Teacher v. Diocese

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NBA player Jason Collins' "outing" wins championship coverage from ABC's George Stephanapolous and ersatz Comedy Central commentator Stephen Colbert, who laments the growing acceptance of "out" LGBT people in professional sports.

Fired lesbian Roman Catholic high school educator Carla Hale aims to teach her diocese a lesson (Free Speech Radio News reporter Evan Davis has the story of Columbus, Ohio).

And in NewsWrap: two more Brazilian states declare marital parity, Northern Ireland lawmakers quash marriage equality bill, Samoa decriminalizes "third gender," "Best Gay Friends" a hit in Vietnam, world's first elected "out" head of state retires, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 4, 2013

SUMMARY

Lindo Maravilhoso! - Santa Catarina and Paraiba become the thirteenth and fourteenth states in Brazil to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Not So Lucky - lawmakers in Northern Ireland reject a marriage equality proposal for the second time …

Jesus Wept - Cook Islands P.M. Henry Puna says his self-governing nation's "Christian values" prevent opening civil marriage to same-gender couples there …

Three's Company - a new penal code that took effect on May 1st in Samoa literally legalizes the lives of the fa'afafine, a third gender culture native to that island nation …

Lotus Flowers - LGBT rights appear to be blossoming in Vietnam, with government officials signaling that marriage equality may be on the horizon, and Youtube sensation "My Best Gay Friends," the nation's first gay sitcom, surpassing a million views (and counting) …

A Color A Day - about 12,000 people kick off "Tokyo Rainbow Week" with a parade through the capital city's upscale Harajuku shopping district …

Leave No Spaces Blank - the Supreme Court of the U.S. state of Iowa, which ordered marriage equality in 2009, unanimously rules that married same-gender couples can have both parents listed on the birth certificates of their newborn children …

Embargo Lifted - the U.S. State Department reverses itself and grants a visa to Cuban President Raul Castro's daughter Mariela to travel to Philadelphia to accept an LGBT "ally" award …

Bless Bless - the first open gay or lesbian to lead a national government, Iceland's now former Prime Minister Johanna Sigurdardottir, officially retires from politics after what she calls a "long and eventful" career ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending October 20, 2012

SUMMARY

DOMA in a Coma - A second U.S. federal appeals court declares the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) a violation of the Constitution's equal protection provisions, and also becomes the first federal court to declare that laws that discriminate against same-gender couples should be judged with "heightened scrutiny" …

Funeral Expenses - the GOP-controlled House of Representatives approaches the $1.5 million spending cap members authorized to defend DOMA after the Obama administration decided to stop doing so …

Fear Factor - growing opposition to the French government's promise to introduce a civil marriage equality bill in Parliament on October 31st may have contributed to this week's announcement that debate would not begin until at least November 7th …

Parental Objections - Belfast judge declares that Northern Ireland's adoption laws discriminate against unmarried heterosexual and same-gender couples …

Good For the Goose - an appeals court in Sweden rules that accusations of rape can be lodged against a suspect regardless of the gender identity of the victim …

Two-Spirit Tragedies - a report issued this week reveals alarming levels of discrimination against American Indian and Alaskan Native transgender and gender-nonconforming people …

Russian Rule-ette - members of the Trade Union of Russian Citizens sue pop diva Madonna for violating St. Petersburg's "no promo homo" law during her August 9th concert, …

Got Queers? - a member of the Russian Orthodox Church-affiliated People's Council wants authorities to investigate rainbow-themed milk cartons for violating the same law ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending October 6, 2012

 SUMMARY

"No Promo Homo" Rebound - Ukraine's Parliament gives initial approval to a bill banning "gay propaganda," while Russia's Supreme Court upholds a similar measure but says it doesn't apply to public LGBT events like Pride marches …

No Luck - Northern Ireland's Stormont Assembly turns down a marriage equality proposal …

Equal Burping - same-gender co-parents in Australia get equal baby care leave benefits …

Hatred Extension - Malawi's President Joyce Banda admits that she can't keep her promise to repeal anti-gay sex laws …

Quackery Extension - rightwing lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of California's first-in-the-U.S. ban on so-called "reparative therapy" for anyone under 18 may keep it from taking effect on January 1st …

Clean Slate - some 16,000 men in the U.K. who were convicted of engaging in consensual gay sex before it was decriminalized may now have their "sex offender" police records expunged …

Closet KO'd - "proud gay Puerto Rican" boxer Orlando Cruz makes professional pugilistic history ….

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