Dana Eagle Soars!

Week of December 15, 2014
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Lesbian laughs with the Eagle, the Hummer, and the Last Comic Standing as Dana meets up with Chris Wilson and Wenzel Jones.

Queer Life and Literature Commentator Janet Mason leafs through three new books about disparate parts of the LGBT world: Pride Climbing Higher, Stories by LGBT People from Nepal, an anthology edited by Chad Frisbie (Creative Nepal, 2014), Mardis Gras, a photobook from Australia (2014, Sonia Friedrich) and The Last Conception, a novel by Gabriel Constans (Melange Books, 2014).

And in <i><a href="http://bit.ly/1w0od5m">NewsWrap</a></i>: dozens of naked men humiliated at Cairo gay bathhouse crackdown, thousands protest E.U. sanctions over Gambia's anti-LGBT laws, English and Welsh "partners" finally get married, Seoul's mayor bows to human rights pressure, I.O.C. bans bias against the L-G-B but not the T, and more news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Chrisanne Eastwood (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending December 15, 2014

SUMMARY

Un-Pride March - Up to 40 frightened and naked allegedly gay men are paraded out of a Cairo bathhouse with news cameras rolling as they're being arrested for “perversion” and “debauchery” …

Biting the Hand - thousands march in Gambia’s capitol of Banjul to protest the EU’s withdrawal of financial aid because of the enactment of draconian new anti-gay laws …

No, It's Not Free Speech - a U.S. federal appeals court in Boston advances an unusual “crimes against humanity” lawsuit by Ugandan activists against professional homophobe Scott Lively …

Movin' On Up - same-gender couples in English and Welsh civil partnerships begin converting them to civil marriages …

Decent Proposal - a civil marriage bill is introduced in the Chilean House of Delegates …

Sorry for Dehumanizing You - after a five-day sit-in by equality advocates at City Hall, Seoul’s mayor apologizes for dumping an LGBT-inclusive municipal Human Rights Charter because Christian conservatives had objected …

Game Changer … Almost - the International Olympic Committee adds sexual orientation to the named characteristics in the Charter’s anti-bias Principle 6, but as activist (and Harvey Milk nephew) Stuart Milk notes, transgenders are still without specific mention …

What's the Problem? - U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James tells the “USA Today’s” Susan Page that she has no objection to military service by qualified transgender people …

Empire Progress - transgender rights advance in New York City and New York state …

When the Unexpected Happens - Roman Catholic Pope Francis tells an Argentinian newspaper that parents finding themselves in the “somewhat unusual situation” of having a gay or lesbian child should support them …

Lavender Lotuses - Kyodo’s 500-year-old Shunkoin Zen Buddhist Temple becomes Japan’s first to host the wedding ceremonies of same-gender couples ….

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Beeching's Lively Debate & "The Dog"

Week of August 18, 2014
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Newly-out Christian musician and scholar Vicky Beeching rocks the Bible going toe-to-toe with infamous evangelical homophobe Scott Lively on British television.

John The Dog Wojtowicz gets his day in Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren's new documentary about the real story of the gay man at the center of the 1975 cinema classic Dog Day Afternoon (Steve Pride, interviewer).

And in NewsWrap: dozens busted in Lebanon's anti-gay crackdown, complex Ugandan politics slow the race to renew Anti-Homosexuality Law, Kenyan lawmakers decide against death by stoning for LGBTs, U.S. marriage equality clock turned back in Tennessee, Gay Games great-great granny sets world record and more news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride).

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Homophobia for Export

Week of March 17, 2014
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How the U.S. provided the inspiration for Ugandan persecution: trace the birth of the East African nation’s draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act through "educational seminars" hosted by Massachusetts evangelical Christian minister Scott Lively, his follower Stephen Langa of Uganda’s Family Life Network and Ugandan parliamentary research director Charles Tuhaise.

Plus: syndicated columnist Abby Dees encourages her younger self.

And in NewsWrap: Ugandan human rights activists challenge the new anti-gay law's constitutionality, Nigerian Justice "jails the gays" for their own good, Rainbow Russian colors clash with homophobic thugs, same-gender Brits married elsewhere get early equality start, Obamacare offers insurance parity to U.S. lesbian and gay families, and more news reported by Johnnie Torres and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending August 17, 2013

SUMMARY

Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness - In a precedent-setting lawsuit, professional Massachusetts-based homophobe Scott Lively is ordered to stand trial in U.S. federal court for "fomenting" crimes against humanity in Uganda …

R.I.Prop. - the California Supreme Court drives the final nail into the coffin of the state's marriage equality-banning Proposition 8 …

Blessed Union - Germany's Protestant Church sanctions its first marriage ceremony for a same-gender couple …

Rock and Hard Place Event - the International Olympic Committee vows to punish any athlete at the Sochi Winter Games in February who violates Russia's law banning "gay propaganda" …

Broken News - prominent Russian TV newscaster Anton Krasovsky comes out on the air and is promptly fired …

Double-Dare - a few competitors at this week's track and field Moscow Athletics World Championships test the "no promo homo law" …

Different Bells - out Puerto Rican pro featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz announces his engagement …

Smooth Move - World Wresting Entertainment (WWE) Superstar Darren Young casually comes out to TMZ ….

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