Millett & Windsor Live On!

Sexual Politics author Kate Millett (died September 6) and DOMA defeater Edie Windsor (died September 12) leave behind their words of wisdom!

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s postal marriage plebiscite prompts hate protections and privacy concerns, U.S. trans military ban opponents beaten by GOP Senate head, Harvard disinvites intended Visiting Fellow Chelsea Manning, the U.N.’s first LGBT rights advocate reluctantly steps down, an Aussie teen defends his two moms, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michele Yeater 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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AUS Hate Debate & Trans Ban Tactics!

The marriage plebiscite debate gets down and dirty Down Under as you’ll hear in comments by Dr. Pansy Lai, Lyle Shelton, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, Tiernan Brady, P.M. Malcolm Turnbull, Lauren Foy, Alex Greenwich and Professor George Williams (music by Michael Ross, and Jade Leonard featuring Dolly Diamond and Luke Gallagher). Canberra correspondent Barry McKay reports.

Queer legal eagles James Esseks of the ACLU and Jillian Weiss of the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund make the case against the constitutionality of President Trump’s order to purge the U.S. military of transpeople (with Gay USA’s Ann Northrop and music by The Clash).

And in NewsWrap: wedding dreams come true for Maltese gays and lesbians, Israel’s top court rejects civil marriage suitors, Chile’s Bachelet follows through on marriage proposal, queer Chechens find refuge in Toronto, "X" marks the passport for non-binary Canadians, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Barack’s LGBT Rights Round One!

Do remember Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and the day President Barack Obama repealed it in December 2010 through the voices of Obama, gay military activist Aaron Tax, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.), repeal “poster soldier” Army Lt. Dan Choi, and Congressman Barney Frank (D-Mass.)!

Plus “Queer Life & Lit” commentator Janet Mason reads up on those thrilling days of yesterqueer in The Right Side of History: 100 Years of LGBTQI Activism by Adrian Brooks and Literary Philadelphia by Thom Nickels!

And in NewsWrap: Taiwan moves to equalize civil marriage and ban "the cure,” North Carolina lawmakers double-cross Charlotte and keep their "bathroom bill,” a U.S. federal judge says religious freedom trumps affordable care for trans people, a trans Cub Scout is sent packing, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trans-Formed Military & Two-Spirit Truths!

The U.S. Defense Dept. ends ban on transgender servicemembers (with reporting from Pacifica Evening News co-anchor Gabrielle Castellan and Feature Story News reporter Harry Horton and remarks by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and comments by LGBT military analyst Aaron Belkin)!

Native American “Two Spirit” questions raise not-so-simple answers (Minnesota activist/educator Lenny Hayes chats with correspondent Dixie Treichel)!

What A Doll! recalls when gay dolls came out of the closet in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns and read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: the U.N. creates an LGBT rights watchdog, India’s Supremes reject a celebrity appeal to overturn Section 377, the U.S. EEOC wins a landmark sexual orientation workplace bias lawsuit, and a federal judge overturns Mississippi’s "religious freedom" law, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Love Wins … Late!

The 41-year love story of Tony Sullivan and Richard Adams planted the seed of the marriage equality movement. Producer/director Tim Miller (interviewed by Steve Pride) captured it in the documentary Limited Partnership, which includes comments by former Boulder, Colorado County Clerk Clela Rorex and Sullivan himself; reporter Troy Masters tells Abby Dees and Wenel Jones the bittersweet conclusion.

Broadway stars serenade Orlando on a benefit single of Burt Bacharach’s enduring What the World Needs Now is Love!

And in NewsWrap: serving in silence ends for U.S. transgender military personnel, tear gas and rubber bullets shut down defiant Istanbul expressions of Pride, Italy’s High Court advances adoption rights, a Kenyan court legalizes anal probes to "confirm" gay sex, the Stonewall National Monument is christened, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Jessica Andrea (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trans 101 & Caitlyn's Courage!

Week of July 20, 2015

Caitlyn Jenner's ESPY Awards acceptance speech captures the spirit of Arthur Ashe!

John Oliver's humor highlights the "do's" and "don'ts" in a helpful trans rights primer!

And in NewsWrap: the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers LGB job rights, the Pentagon plans to un-mix trans service messages, Ireland and New Zealand transform gender identity policies, a right-wing U.S. pundit promotes public school panic, the U.S. Senate fails an anti-bullying test, flamboyant footballer Robbie Rogers has big goals for the World Cup, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Rick Watts and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 18, 2015

SUMMARY

Hidden in Plain Sight - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission rules that LGB people are protected from workplace bias by the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …

About Face - the Pentagon initiates a six-month study to determine if transgender enlistees should be allowed to serve in the U.S. military …

Right to Self-Determination - Ireland’s Parliament approves a landmark gender recognition bill, and Statistics New Zealand recognizes “gender diverse” in addition to “male” and “female” …

Soar Like Eagles - the Boy Scouts of America’s executive committee unanimously recommends lifting the ban on gay adult leaders and volunteers …

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street - Tony Perkins of the far-right Family Research Council wants Christian parents to pull their kids out of public schools because the U.S. Supreme Court’s marriage equality ruling will require their “immoral reeducation” …

Bullies' Pulpit - the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate rejects a measure to protect LGBT students from discrimination …

Goal Setter - openly gay soccer (football) star Robbie Rogers vows to be “extremely flamboyant” to protest anti-queer laws in Russia and Qatar if he’s picked to play for the U.S. team in the World Cups in those countries in 2018 and 2022 …

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 14, 2015

SUMMARY

Second Strike - A civil unions bill for same-gender couples dies in a Peruvian Congressional committee - again …

Studies in Support - the Canadian province of Alberta makes high school Gay-Straight Alliances on all publicly-funded campuses mandatory …

Good for Goose, Gander Not So Much - the “Utah Compromise” LGBT anti-bias bill enacted this week - with significant religious exemptions - may be good for the Mormon-dominated state, but would probably be considered a setback almost anywhere else …

Add to the Anti-Bias Equation - Swiss lawmakers vote to protect LGBT people from hate and discrimination …

Trans, Not Childless - the European Court of Human Rights rules that sterilization cannot be required of people seeking gender reassignment surgery …

Stop Trans Loss - a new U.S. Army directive makes it much more difficult for a transgender service member to be discharged …

You Mean We Can't Do That? - it took a few months after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed that anti-trans workplace bias is illegal, but upscale retail giant Saks Fifth Avenue finally settles out of court a bias and retribution lawsuit filed by a fired transwoman  ….

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Still Ask, Still Tell & Lounge Lizard Laughs

Week of May 19, 2014
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The U.S. military signals an "about face" on its ban on transgender service members with comments by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. Navy veteran Landon Wilson and filmmaker Fiona Dawson discuss a possible pending policy change on MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily.

"America's best, least-known lounge act," Mack & Poppy (aka Tod Macofsky and Christopher Michael Graham, share their music and mirth with correspondent Steven Reigns.

And in NewsWrap: India's elections keep retro sodomy law in place, marriage equality inspires increased assaults in France, Gambia's leader vows to kill fleeing gay refugees, Conchita's victory lap riles Russians, and more news reported by Kristin Mellian and Gary Shaw (produced this week by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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The Case of Pvt. Bradley Manning

Something "Wiki" this way comes as the U.S. Army brings its case against Pvt. Bradley Manning for allegedly leaking videotape of American soldiers killing Afghan civilians. Gay activist/Army Lt. Dan Choi discussed Manning's pretrial court martial hearing on Current TV's Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Later Alice Ollstein's Free Speech Radio News report recapped the hearing with comments by Bradley Manning Support Network co-founder Jeff Patterson and Log Cabin Republicans Executive Director/Army Captain R. Clarke Cooper.

Plus: Graham Nash and James Raymond sing Almost Gone (The Ballad of Bradley Manning).

And in NewsWrap: Jamaica's new P.M. calls for sodomy law review, lesbian and gay couples plan Cancun weddings, Hungary constitutionally bans marriage equality, gay Malaysian's Irish civil partnership sparks outrage at home, pioneering "sodomite" passes away, Washington's governor proposes marriage equality, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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