Queer Women Take Washington!

Millions of Women walk all over Trump's Agenda in D.C. and March around the world (Chris Wilson and Pam Marshall report from the U.S. capitol)!

A Rainbow Minute remembers oft-forgotten gay British-born iconic horror film director James Whale (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John Porter)!

And in NewsWrap: transpeople will finally count for something in Pakistan, Poland's President disavows civil marriage equality, the Philippines Armed Forces welcomes "well-behaved" LGBT recruits, Putin's "no promo homo" law melts Polar Pride, Utah's "no promo homo in schools" law blocks bully deterrence, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O'Brien and Danny Cruz (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Friend of Francis & Lesbian Lit Reviews!

As LGBT issues strain an already-conflicted Catholic Synod on the Family, Vatican assistant Rev. Father Thomas Rosica explains the progressive bishops' position, and Pope Francis' gay former student Yayo Grassi talks about his warm reunion audience with the pontiff.

The biography of an artistic lesbian duo (Living Large) and the release of a herstoric, censored French classic (Therese and Isabelle) are celebrated by Queer Lit Commentator Janet Mason.

And in NewsWrap: a British appeals court denies same-gender couple pensions parity, a pro-equality Obama resists endorsing the Equality Act, transgender people suffer setbacks in Malaysia and Poland, Isle of Man official and an NCAA basketball coach make coming out news, Kim Davis could be a porn star, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Kristin Mellian and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 25, 2015

SUMMARY

We're Human, It's a Right - The European Court of Human Rights decides for the first time that same-gender couples are entitled to some form of legal recognition …

Inviolable Identity - Italy’s highest court rules and the lower house of the Polish parliament decides that a trans-person can change their legal gender without having reassignment surgery …

Marry Us! - Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei petitions the island’s high court to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

New Boss, Old Boss, Etc. - Nigeria’s new president Muhammadu Buhari rejects anti-LGBT law reform during a state visit to the U.S. …

Bringing It Home - President Barack Obama pushes LGBT rights in Kenya and Ethiopia …

The Vote's On You - the Texas state Supreme Court orders the city of Houston to put its 2014 City Council-enacted LGBT anti-bias ordinance to a public vote …

Over the Rainbow - a Saudi Arabian educator and his school apparently violate Islamic “anti-rainbow” ideology …

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 30, 2015

SUMMARY

Warm Regards - Greenland becomes the 21st nation on the planet to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Irish Blowback - Italy’s PM pushes for civil unions, Polish lawmakers refuse to consider them for the fourth time, and Germany’s Chancellor rules out marriage equality, but more than 50 top Australian businesses push for it Down Under …

Jamming the Process - Jamaica’s Justice Minister rejects UN calls for the island nation to repeal its “buggery” laws …

And It Just Wouldn't Look Good - Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Council overrules a Russia-like “no promo homo” bill …

Quackery Not Covered - Manitoba becomes the first Canadian province to outlaw so-called “conversion therapy” …

Rebel Yell - Alabama lawmakers vote to replace marriage licenses with a contract process, and kill an LGBT anti-bias bill …

No Word From Those Persecuted Christians - Alabama minister Anne Diprizio is sentenced for her February “attempted marriage” of a lesbian couple …

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Gilman Says He Will!

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Country star Billy Gilman talks about coming out and shares some of his new CD Say You Will with correspondent Steve Pride.

There’s Christmas coal for the cold-hearted: Governor Mike Huckabee, radio-talker Linda Harvey and Pastor Steven Anderson.

And in NewsWrap: EuroCourt of Justice outlaws asylum-seeker queer "tests," Putin defends homophobia as Russian LGBT refugees skyrocket, dozens of Bangalore hijras busted for begging, Finns flee Archbishop's marriage equality glee, Polish city pooh-poohs Winnie's nakedness, and more news reported this week by Natalie Peoples and Rick Watts (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending December 6, 2014

SUMMARY

In the Pudding - The European Court of Justice tells all E.U. member nations that they can't require gay and lesbian refugees fleeing persecution in their homelands to "prove" their sexual orientation to get asylum …

All Good … Not - Russian President Vladimir Putin tells the UN that his country is getting a "bad rap" when it comes to LGBT rights, and that recent homophobic legislation merely "protects children" and "the traditional family" – even as applications by Russian LGBT people for asylum in the U.S. skyrocket …

More ISIL Executions - two young men perceived to be gay are stoned to death in separate incidents in Syria by members of the Islamic State …

Crime of Poverty - 167 transgender women are rounded up in the Indian city of Bangalore for breaking anti-begging laws …

Revolt Against Archbishop - thousands of Finns have left the state-sponsored Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland after parliament passes a bill to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

Will You Marry Us? - Slovakia sets the date for a referendum on marriage equality …

More States, More Cakes - U.S. federal judges overturn marriage bans in Arkansas and Mississippi, and homophobic Florida officials are running out of time to stop lesbian and gay couples from getting married in the "Sunshine State" …

Gratulacje - Robert Biedron becomes Poland's first elected openly gay mayor …

Tuszyn Has Brain - the Polish town of Tuszyn bans depictions of Winnie the Pooh on a new school playground because of his "dubious sexuality" and "bear bottom" ….

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Manning's Plea & Obama's Brief

The possible consequences of Private Bradley Manning's truth is assessed by journalist Kevin Gosztola following the whistle-blowing Wikileaker's February 28th court martial proceedings (with Dorian Merina of Free Speech Radio News).

President Barack Obama explains the "evolutionary" embrace of equality evidenced in his administration's Prop 8 Supreme Court brief (taken from a March 1st news conference).

Plus: The U.S. Congress passes -- finally -- an inclusive Violence Against Women Act! Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick, Rape Abuse Incest National Network founder Scott Berkowitz, and Wisconsin Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore speak out on the issues for LGBT people, Native Americans and undocumented women in Alice Ollstein's report for Free Speech Radio News.

And in NewsWrap: marriage equality proposal flops in Finland, three "civil partnership" tries and you're out in Poland, bills advancing marriage rites progress in the U.K. and New Zealand, Canada's Supreme Court finds an anti-gay street preacher guilty of hate speech, and more news reported by Pamela Brooks and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 2, 2013

SUMMARY

Finn Flop - A marriage equality proposal dies in a Finnish parliamentary committee …

And You're Out - three different bills creating civil partnerships for same-gender couples in Poland each fail to survive a first legislative reading …

Hand in Cookie Jar - the UK's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, "Bigot of the Year" Cardinal Keith O'Brien, resigns amidst charges of sexual improprieties with several male priests, but his replacement is equally bigoted …

Calling the Caterers - marriage equality measures, each with strong religious exemptions, pass committee muster in both British and New Zealand parliaments …

With Friends Like These - an avalanche of "friend of the court" briefs, from political leaders to business and labor leaders and professional associations, meet the filing deadline and urge the U.S. Supreme Court to declare California's Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional …

It's Legal, Just Shut Up - Russia's Foreign Minister defends his country's proposed bill to ban "homosexual propaganda" …

Just Saying - a court in Balti, the second biggest city in Moldova, reportedly overturns a local "no homo promo" law as an unconstitutional violation of human rights …

It Ain't Necessarily So - Canada's Supreme Court rules that the inflammatory anti-gay fliers of a "cured by religion" street preacher constitute hate speech …

Meet Marryin' Soham - the new Groom Wanted website in India promises gay men "the freedom to express themselves" ….

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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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LGBT Action at DNC 2012

There's lots of lesbian/gay/bi/trans visibility as U.S. Democrats push for LGBT equality at their National Convention, summed up by Associate Producer Lucia Chappelle.

And in NewsWrap: Scotland proposes marriage; Poland has a partnerships plan; right-wing Christians "smoke out" Australian PM Julia Gillard; studies in Israel, the U.S. and the U.K. prove that homophobia can kill; Maine 9-year-old quits the Boy Scouts over its anti-gay policies; and more news reported by Johnnie Torres and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 8, 2012

SUMMARY

Highland Wedding Plans - Scotland's government has a marriage equality proposal on its agenda …

Moving Up to Second Class - civil partnerships bill is expected to be introduced soon in Poland …

Hate Gets in Your Eyes - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is "smoked out" of a speech to the Australian Christian Lobby after its leader calls the gay "lifestyle" as much of a health hazard as cigarettes …

Will Abraham's Hand Be Stayed? - new study in Israel reveals the rate of attempted suicide by young people to be 112 times the rate of the general population, with an even higher rate for religious LGBT teens …

True To the Oath - 9-year-old Mainer quits the Boy Scouts because of the organization's exclusionary anti-gay policies …

Wouldn't It Be Nice - best-selling author John Green celebrates a pro-equality Indianapolis bride and groom for giving same-gender couples the honor of the traditional first dance at their wedding reception ….

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