Olympus, Dreamland and High School!

The novelized history of Vanda’s Olympus Nights on the Square and the rhythmic revolutions of Jennifer Maidman’s "Dreamland" CD capture the heart of Queer Life & Lit commentator Janet Mason.

Outcasting's queer teens Alex and Callie confront the complications that arise from careless outing (introduced by Dhruv and produced by Marc Sophos).

Plus Dumbledore’s love interest? The Wizard Gets Outed in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Gracie Golden)!

And in NewsWrap: Bermuda backtracks on marriage equality, Hong Kong digs in against spousal rights, Trump’s military trans ban delegitimized in federal court, a Kenyan official blames gay tourists for lambda lions, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Out in Oz Country!

As the “Yes” campaign works to save the rural children from Australia’s marriage plebiscite, country-bred, 24-year-old activist Russell Nankervis chats with our Barry McKay* about growing up away from big city lights, and what the plebiscite means to young people like him!

And in NewsWrap: Belarus jumps on the global homophobic repression bandwagon, Egypt expands its queer crackdown with an “anti-perversion” proposal, Trump’s DOJ backs his trans troops ban and a biased Colorado cake baker, Missouri appeals court equates gender stereotyping with unlawful sex bias, a high-profile Georgia state lawmaker suggests quarantining people with AIDS, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Equality By Ballot!

With the High Court’s final stamp of approval, Australia’s postal marriage equality plebiscite is underway — Anne Twomey, Shelley Argent, Anna Brown, Bill Shorten, Malcolm Turnbull, Mathias Corman, Jo Ball, Nick Xenophon, Tiernan Brady, Lyle Shelton, and Mark Poidevin jump into the fray! (Sydney correspondent Barry McKay reports.)

Plus Adelaide singer/songwriter Josh Belperio skewers the idea of a public vote on human rights with Dear Malcolm Turnbull!

And in NewsWrap: Trump’s Justice Department ices Supreme Court anti-queer rights cake, presidential trans ban and DACA denial further rile U.S. activists, a Georgia lesbian’s job bias case re-tests Title VII protections, pioneering lesbian-feminist writer Kate Millett passes "in the twinkling of an eye,” and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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GLAAD Tidings & Carolina Con!

Patricia Arquette and Troye Sivan bring GLAAD tidings to the L.A. awards gala with their inspiring remarks!

The state’s HB2 head fake makes the cash cows come back to North Carolina (Pacifica’s Mark Mericle reports), and Gay USA's Andy Humm and Ann Northrop critique the cave-ins!

And in NewsWrap: hundreds are caught up in an apparent purge of gay men in Chechnya, a U.S. appeals court equates anti-LGB bias with sex discrimination, Mississippi pleads for the ”religious freedom" to be biased, a "unique" Colorado family wins a landmark Fair Housing case, the U.S. Senate goes nuclear to make Gorsuch Supreme, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Gosh and Golly Gorsuch!

Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil glides around confirmation hearing questions posed by Senators Dick Durbin, Diane Feinstein and Al Franken, and Gay USA’s Ann Northrup and Andy Humm dissect the dizzying dance!

And in NewsWrap: Taiwan’s top court tackles marriage equality, Queensland dethrones the "gay panic defense,” the U.S. counts 2017’s eighth slain trans-woman of color, Energy Secretary Perry zaps a gay student body president, the Osage Nation opens marriage to same-gender couples, the Yellow Ranger morphs into a Power lesbian, 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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Trevor Trumps Teen Suicide!

In turbulent times — made more turbulent by the new US administration —  queer teens in turmoil turn to The Trevor Project for support (Executive Director Abbe Land interviewed by Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones)!

At the 2017 Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, prize-winning speeches prompt political polemics from the cast of Orange Is the New Black and Moonlight’s Best Supporting Film Actor Mahershala Ali!

Ellen DeGeneres schools the president about Finding Dory on her award-winning daytime TV talk show!

And in NewsWrap: the Boy Scouts of America transitions on gender identity, another judge questions Lebanon’s "unnatural" sex laws, Estonia registers its first married gay couple, Trump taps a Scalia clone as a Supreme bathroom battle looms, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Marriage Equality Rejection Syndrome!

Week of July 6, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court's marriage equality ruling sparks right-wing rebellion (criticized and satirized by comedians Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart, journalist Dahlia Lithwick, and attorney Douglas Hallward-Driemeier).

Jimmy Kimmel discovers that kids say the queerest things!

And in NewsWrap: same-gender love is no longer outlawed in Mozambique, Australia inches toward equality, Ireland's wedding march stalls, violent riot police halt Istanbul Pride, homophobic Jews rent New York Pride protesters, a Girl Scout Council's rejection of anti-trans cash wins big rewards, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 15, 2013

SUMMARY

Cracking the Wall - A civil court judge in Bogota is set to preside over the first marriage of a same-gender couple in Colombia…

Toothpaste Leaving Tube - three same-gender couples are suing for the right to wed in Costa Rica after lawmakers "accidentally" approved marriage equality legislation on July 1st …

Barn Door Won't Close - riding the wave of the U.S. Supreme Court's DOMA and Prop 8 rulings, lawsuits filed this week push for marriage equality in three more states – Illinois, Pennsylvania and North Carolina – while a legal demand for marriage equality is being planned in Virginia …

Sexual Diversity Yes, Violence No - an estimated 1500 LGBT people and their supporters participate in the 12th annual Kolkata Rainbow Pride Walk in India …

One For Our Side - a regional court in Russia declares that the rough arrests of some 60 people trying to rally for LGBT Pride in St. Petersburg on June 29th violated their right to freedom of assembly …

Irrational Motive - Israeli authorities charge an apparent religious fanatic with murder and attempted murder as hate crimes in the 2009 shooting rampage at a weekly youth group meeting at Tel Aviv's LGBT Center that left two dead and 11 injured …

Frightening Conclusion - new research suggests that homophobia may be at least partially rooted in a fear of unwanted same-gender sexual advances …

No Accounting For Taste - global accounting giant Ernst & Young didn't realize that their new "E-Y" brand is the same name as a Spanish magazine catering to gay men that features plenty of young guys posing in their underwear ....

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 6, 2013

SUMMARY

In the Wake of DOMA & Prop 8 - the Pentagon announces that the spouses of married gay and lesbian service members will soon enjoy all the military benefits of their heterosexual peers, deportation proceedings against gay and lesbian foreigners in legal marriages with American same-gender partners end, green cards are going out to foreign spouses in U.S. bi-national same-gender couples, and gay and lesbian Americans can now sponsor their foreign-born same-gender spouses for citizenship, just as their heterosexual peers have been able to do for decades …

Edie, Warrior Princess - successful DOMA plaintiff Edith Windsor awaits a refund -- plus interest -- of the reported $678,000 in estate taxes she had to pay to the IRS and state of New York after her longtime spouse Thea Spyer died …

Wag the Finger, Suck the Thumb - the Supreme Court also rejects the appeal by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer of a lower court ruling overturning a law that had revoked the domestic partner benefits of gay and lesbian state employees, and refuses a request by Nevada's Coalition for the Protection of Marriage to fast-track a so far-unsuccessful challenge to that state's constitutional ban on marriage equality …

Spreading Good News - the ACLU and NCLR file suit in New Mexico arguing that the state's gender-neutral civil marriage laws open the institution to same-gender couples, New Jersey couples press their marriage equality case with the state Supreme Court, and after waiting for the Supreme Court's DOMA decision, a federal judge green-lights a lawsuit challenging Michigan's constitutional marriage ban, while 11 same-gender couples file suit against Arkansas' ban …

Cue Mendelssohn - California lesbian and gay couples flock to city and county courthouses to get marriage licenses following the U.S. Supreme Court's Proposition 8 ruling, and a Delaware state Senator and her longtime spouse are the first to marry when marriage equality legislation there takes effect …

Metidas de Pata - Costa Rican lawmakers "accidentally" approve the legal recognition of same-gender couples …

Rosy Revolution - a record pink-attired crowd of 21,000 lights up Singapore night skies at the annual Pink Dot LGBT rights festival …

Contagious Liberation - Istanbul Pride unexpectedly rides the waves of Turkey's pro-democracy movement …

No Cure for Homophobia - a Brazilian bill to re-classify gays and lesbians as mentally disordered is gone, but not forgotten ....

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Prop 8 Down, DOMA Disabled!

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U.S. Supreme Court-ship brings happiness equally after to many -- but far from all!

Our special coverage includes on-scene reports by Free Speech Radio News' Alice Ollstein in Washington, D.C. and Pacifica Radio News' Christopher Martinez in San Francisco, as well as comments by American Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Anthony Romero; New York Congressman Jarrold Nadler; Defense of Marriage Act Plaintiff Edith Windsor; victorious Proposition 8 Attorney Ted Olson at the celebratory rally in West Hollywood; San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera; "out" California State Assembly Speaker John Perez; and National Center For Lesbian Rights Executive Director Kate Kendall.

Then California Attorney General Kamala Harris marries Prop 8 lesbian plaintiff couple Kris Perry and Sandy Stier in San Francisco, and outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa marries Prop 8 gay plaintiff couple Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo in Los Angeles. (Plus music by the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus.)

And in NewsWrap: Prime Australian politics revive wedding wishes, Russian lawmakers and nationalists agree on homophobia, anti-gay Macedonian mob attacks Pride, Sao Paulo comes out to mock Brazil's "human wrongs" committee, magazine cover captures Bert and Ernie's bliss, and more news reported by Gary Shaw and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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Lawrence v. Texas 10th Anniversary

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A look back at the June 2003 U.S. Supreme Court sodomy ruling puts the present in perspective. Our coverage from the time features: Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund Legal Director Ruth Harlow; Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance President Roger Wedell; Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council, Robert Knight of the Culture & Family Institute, National Clergy Council President Rev. Rob Schenk, and televangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell; Kate Kendall of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Jennifer Pizer of the San Francisco-area Lambda Legal office, and openly-gay San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano; litigants John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, their local attorney Mitchell Katine, and venerable Houston activist Ray Hill.

And in NewsWrap: U.K. marriage equality gets Lords' blessing; Evangelical Lutherans in America choose gay indigenous bishop; Germany's highest court orders tax equity for same-gender couples; Pride parades in Changsa, Sao Paulo, Salt Lake City and Tel Aviv; arrests finally made in the 2009 Tel Aviv LGBT youth group killings; and more news reported by Michelle-Marie Gilkeson and Charlie Bauer (produced by Steve Pride).

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High Court, High Noon

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Marriage equality champions square off with their opponents before the Supreme Court of the United States! Voices that will ring throughout LGBT history include U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Steven Bryer, Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Proposition 8 defense attorney Charles Cooper, opposing counsel Ted Olson, and lead plaintiff Kristen Perry; Defense of Marriage Act defense attorney Paul Clement, opposing counsel Roberta Kaplan, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, and plaintiff Edith Windsor; law professor Kenji Yoshino; and attorney Shannon Minter.

And in NewsWrap: gay U.S. military activist Lt. Dan Choi convicted of a law-breaking White House fence-chaining Don't Ask Don't Tell demonstration, Paris police protect presidential palace from anti-equality protest, Russian activist beaten after his Pride is banned, Brits turn out for Turing, and more news reported by Pamela Brooks and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 30, 2013

SUMMARY

Supreme Test - The U.S. Supreme Court hears two historic days of oral arguments on marriage equality cases – the first involving California's Proposition 8, and the second challenging DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act …

Decorated, Damaged, Delinquent - PTSD takes its toll on gay Army hero Lt. Dan Choi as he's convicted of a criminal misdemeanor for chaining himself to the White House fence in a 2010 protest against Don't Ask Don't Tell …

Shields Up - French "family values" types "put the kids in front" as hundreds of thousands march against marriage equality - and police - in Paris …

The Whole World Is Watching - Pride is banned in another Russian city and its organizer is beaten as TV cameras roll …

Poisoned Apple Pie - the "Universal Machine," (ultimately persecuted) gay mathematician Alan Turing's forerunner to the modern computer, is named the greatest British innovation of the 20th century ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending December 15, 2012

SUMMARY

Equality on the Way - The Uruguay House overwhelmingly passes a marriage equality bill that most believe will be approved in the Senate and signed into law by the president in early 2013 …

Friend or Foe - pressure grows on the Obama administration to file friend of the court briefs supporting marriage equality in the two cases coming before the Supreme Court next year …

Good Money After Bad - the Republican majority in the U.S. House ups the ante to 2 million taxpayer dollars in its legal defense of the equality-banning Defense of Marriage Act …

Dominoes - Western Australia becomes the latest state or territory "Down Under" to have marriage equality on the parliamentary agenda …

Business of Love - honeymooners make tourism phones ring off the hook following the first legal marriage of a gay male couple on the Dutch Caribbean island of Saba…

Proud of Prejudice - an avowedly anti-gay Ukrainian political party brags about assaulting and gassing a peaceful LGBT rights demonstration in Kyiv …

Rate Hike for Bed and Bias - a court in Chile fines a motel for sexual orientation-based discrimination in the first such case since the enactment of the country's long-languishing anti-bias law earlier this year …

Curses and Blessings - Uganda's parliament adjourns, possibly until as late as February 2013, without considering the so-called "Kill the Gays Bill," while the nation's homophobic House Speaker Rebecca Kadaga is ironically blessed by anti-LGBT Pope Benedict XVI at a so-called "human rights conference" in Rome ....

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SCOTUS to Mull Marriage

Comprehensive coverage and analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court's December 6th announcement that it will hear both the case against California's Proposition 8 and a challenge to a key provision of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

And in NewsWrap: Mexican Supreme Court's Oaxaca ruling portends national wedding rights, elder lesbians first in line for Washington marriage license, Black gay couple joins Jet set, Israeli gay couple finally gets permission to end Canadian union, "Sulu" advocates among the "Archies," and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 22, 2012

SUMMARY

Big No, Small Yeses - Australia's Parliament soundly defeats federal legislation to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples, but some states and territories forge ahead with their own marriage equality measures …

Some More Equal Than Others - some French LGBT activists call the Socialist government's marriage equality proposal less than equal …

Slow Simmer - contrary to previous predictions that the U.S. Supreme Court would consider challenges to bans on marriage equality at its September 24th conference, that now may not happen until after the November elections …

Counting Couples Before They Hatch - Statistics Canada issues what may be inflated census figures about the number of married same-gender couples in the country …

Unteaching Tolerance - Jamaica's Education Minister pulls a controversial high school Health and Family Life textbook that he says is a bit too gay-friendly …

Intermission - British theater producer David Cecil is finally released on bail in Uganda but still faces two years in prison for staging unauthorized performances in Kampala of a gay-affirming play …

Inimitable Words - "out"-spoken U.S. Congressman Barney Frank of Massachusetts celebrates the September 20th one-year anniversary of the official end of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow ….

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Panetta's Pride & Denver's Gay Revolt

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta salutes "out and proud" gay and lesbian servicemembers, commemorating the first LGBT Pride Month since the death of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

Activist/documentarian Jerry Gerash reveals the little-known queer history of a 1973 Denver revolution that spawned a landmark gay rights-affirming U.S. Supreme Court ruling (thanks to reporter Vash Boddie).

Plus: our Queer Life and Literature Commentator Janet Mason probes the poetry of Jim Cory's No Brainer Variations.

And in NewsWrap: Ethiopian conference plans to "bury" homosexuality, gay/trans activist butchered in South Africa, Anglican and Roman Catholic bishops oppose U.K. marriage equality, Conservative U.S. rabbis approve same-gender wedding ceremonies, and more news reported by Robert LeBlanc and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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