Anti-Trans Violence & Queer India!

Week of November 24, 2014
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Political priorities and Eighteen trans-forming moments in a poem by activist Andrea Jenkins, shared with correspondent Dixie Treichel.

"Sapphic Nomads" Maggie Young and Katie Cook get Mumbai psychologist/activist Deepak Kashyap's coming out in India story -- one with a happy ending!

And in NewsWrap: Gambia joins Africa's "jail the gays for life" club, LGBT Iraqis are trapped between the Islamic State and pro-government vigilantes, South Carolina and Montana tie the knots, two U.S. country stars come out in harmony, Benjy the gay Irish bull makes bail with the help of a Bart Simpson benefactor, and more news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Greg Gordon (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending November 22, 2014

SUMMARY

Sinking to Their Level - With a new law punishing "aggravated homosexuality" with life in prison, Gambia joins notorious fellow African nations Uganda and Nigeria as one of the most horrific places for LGBT people on the continent …

No One Hears Them Scream - LGBT Iraqis caught between forces of the Islamic State and pro-government Muslim militia face "imminent risk of death" …

Count Two More - new actions this week open civil marriage to same-gender couples in South Carolina and Montana …

Passing the Ball - the first out NCAA Division I men's basketball player Derrick Gordon has a successful debut, while the first pro basketball player to come out, 35-year-old Jason Collins, announces his retirement …

Standing By Their Men - country music stars Ty Hendron and Billy Gilman come out separately on the same day …

Bart's Bail Bondsman - "Simpsons" co-creator Sam Simon saves Benjy the gay Irish bull from becoming "a sandwich" ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending November 15, 2014

SUMMARY

We're Here, We're Queer - Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals of Botswana win the legal right to exist …

Beyond the Law - Nigerian vigilantes say they've taken 25 gay men into custody and turned them over to authorities for violating Islamic law …

Facebutt - a Saudi Arabian gay man gets a three year sentence for posting his nude photos and offering free gay sex on social media sites …

Mad Man - the owner of "Gayway," an ostensibly gay Asian news and entertainment website based in Taiwan's capital of Taipei, faces up to two years in jail for posting "obscene" pictures to promote his gay erotic massage parlor …

BYO Marriage - New South Wales becomes Australia's third state to recognize the civil marriages of same-gender couples legally performed elsewhere …

How Many Is That? - a District Court makes South Carolina the latest U.S. state to have its ban on civil marriage overturned …

Counties On It - clerks in a growing number of Kansas counties begin issuing marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples despite state officials' vows to continue defending the ban in court, while Mississippi county clerks prepare to issue licenses to same-gender couples anticipating an imminent ruling by a District Court judge overturning the "Magnolia State" ban …

Courtship Rituals - all parties agree to forgo oral arguments for a directed verdict by a federal judge in a case challenging Montana's ban, a federal judge refuses to dismiss a challenge to South Dakota's ban, and Nebraska officials promise to fight a pending challenge to their ban by the ACLU …

Their Michigan - plaintiff couples appeal last week's aberrant 6th Circuit ruling upholding bans in Michigan and three other states, while Michigan officials ask a court to invalidate the marriages of some 300 same-gender couples who legally wed during the few days in March between a district court decision overturning the ban and a stay being issued pending appeal …

Dis-dress Signal - Malaysia's Deputy PM calls for a challenge to last week's Court of Appeal decision overturning a state's laws against cross-dressing …

Rebirthing Process - new Mexico City legislation allows trans people to change the gender designation on their birth certificates without medical examinations or court orders …

Wide Angle - "Sex Change Day" teaches students at a Japanese high school a valuable lesson ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending August 2, 2014

SUMMARY

Technical Knock-Out - Uganda's Constitutional Court overturns the country's infamous Anti-Homosexuality Law, but only on a legal technicality …

Reparative Litigation - a now-happily gay man in China sues the psychology clinic that used electroshock "therapy" to "convert" him to heterosexuality …

Somethings to Celebrate - a violence-free Pride rally is held in St. Petersburg, Kochi hosts the Indian state of Kerala's annual Pride parade for the first time, and one in ten Faroe Islanders celebrate Pride in the capital city of Torshavn …

For Lovers - the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals becomes the latest federal appeals court to strike down a state's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples – this time the Commonwealth of Virginia's …

Rather Than Seem - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, whose state also falls under the jurisdiction of the 4th Circuit, announces that he'll stop defending his state's marriage equality ban …

South of Stubborn - Attorney General Alan Wilson of South Carolina, over which the 4th Circuit also holds sway, says he'll continue to defend their heterosexuals only marriage law …

Just Couldn't Bare It - the owner of a Utah-based English as a Second Language school worries that a lesson on homophones (words that are pronounced the same but have different meanings) implies that his school promotes gay sex ….

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