High Noon Down Under!

Sydney’s rally to get out the final "Yes" votes in Australia’s marriage equality plebiscite brings a record-breaking 15,000 into the streets, including South Australian Green Party Senator Sarah Hansen-Young and activists Tiernan Brady and Cat Rose … while historian Shirleene Robinson notes how the country’s homophobic past plays into the plebiscite present! (Correspondent: Barry McKay)

Outcasting queer radio youth participants Nicia and Max help present trans-teen Quinn’s essay on the impact of Trump’s military ban. 

And in NewsWrap: Central Asia’s anti-queer purge spreads to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Paraguay adopt "no promo homo" restrictions, Morocco’s human rights head slams LGBT "scum,” a North Carolina settlement may clear the state’s trans bathroom clog, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Rub the Wrong Way Right!

Gay historian Stuart Timmons harmonizes street politics and suite politics in response to an old Larry Kramer controversy that seems new again (interviewed by Lucia Chappelle).

U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps trans teen Gavin Grimm’s toilet rights case (with comments by HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow, ACLU Staff Attorney Chase Strangio, and Gavin himself).

And in NewsWrap: new hope for Northern Ireland marriage equality, OutVets are re-invited to Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Trump Education Secretary Betsy DeVos meets with trans advocates, LGBT centers are attacked by haters across the U.S., and more international LGBT news reported this week by Carole Meyers and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Kramer ACTing UP Again!

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) founder Larry Kramer's fiery challenge on the street action group's 20th anniversary in March 2007 regains relevance during the turbulence of Trump!

And in NewsWrap: an Italian court christens two gay dads as legal parents, death threats don't deter a Trinidadian activist, three Pennsylvania trans students get court-ordered bathroom passes, Trump inaugural preacher Graham damns Moonlight sight unseen, a trans teen wrestles with controversy in Texas, U.S. Supremes sidestep a landmark Virginia trans case, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Danny Cruz and Jessica Andrea (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Trump’s Trans Treachery & Moonlight’s Glow!

Trump flushes trans student bathroom rights (with reports by Christina Aanestad of the Pacifica Evening News and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! featuring Kris Hayashi, Mat Staver, Gavin Grimm, Marla Keisling, Chase Strangio, Donald Trump and Caitlyn Jenner)!

Moonlight shines after a monumental Oscars mix-up (with comments by winners Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Adele Romanski)!

A new Johns Hopkins study suggests that LGBTQ teen suicides decreased in U.S. states with marriage equality prior to the Supreme Court's 2015 nationwide ruling (Public News Service's Mark Richardson's report includes comments by Chuck Smith of Equality Texas)!

And in NewsWrap: Finland lawmakers reject marriage equality repeal campaign, a leading Japanese housing website welcomes queer renters, Arkansas Supremes nix Fayetteville rights, a Canadian fundamentalist red-lights lascivious LEGOs, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michelle-Marie Gilkeson 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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World-Shaking Wedding Day!

An LGBT History Month Happy 15th Anniversary for marriage equality brings back correspondent Jackie Carver's on-scene coverage of the world’s first civil marriages of gay and lesbian couples in Amsterdam on April 1, 2001!

And in NewsWrap: top U.S. court tackles trans teen toilet rights, LGBT advocates challenge Utah’s "no promo homo" classroom ban, Mormons toss "same-sex attracted" people a bone, Google sees red over Singapore’s Pink Dot restrictions, Britain’s House of Commons rejects a bill to pardon all men convicted of gay sex before it was legal, 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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Pulse Massacre & A Stern Worldview!

Orlando, Florida LGBT club-goers slaughtered in an ISIS-inspired massacre are mourned by Mayor Buddy Dyer, President Barack Obama, MCC’s Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, and Tony Award-winning Hamilton composer/star Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Outright Action International Executive Director Jessica Stern gives western activists insight into international strategies and recent developments, including Indonesia’s homophobic “moral panic.”

And in NewsWrap: Russia leads the elimination of queers from U.N. HIV/AIDS resolution, a leading Honduran activist is assassinated, Pink Dot success panics Singapore authorities, Ireland’s Presbyterian Church orders anti-equality wedding vows, Virginia’s bathroom case heads for the Supreme Court, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michelle-Marie Gilkeson and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Dad & Daughter “Skirtchasers”!

Veteran sitcom writer Stan Zimmerman (The Golden Girls), actor-turned-director Amanda Bearse (Married With Children), and star Elizabeth Keener (The L Word) announce a TV pilot from their comedy web series about a newly-single lesbian working it out with her philandering father (Barry Bostwick) and wise-cracking mother (Meredith Baxter)! (Interviewed by Steve Pride and Wenzel Jones.)

And in NewsWrap: Pride parades with purpose in Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv, a trans legal victory in Virginia nudges North Carolina, Mississippi’s messianic governor crusades for religious bias, Mormons mess with Mexican marriage equality, Canadian Conservatives raise a white flag on the rainbow weddings front, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Queer WonderCon & US Bias Booms!

LGBT geeks gather for a Los Angeles comic book convention with queer comics creators Alex Woolfson, David Reddish, Elizabeth Beier and Jon Mac (Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride on the scene)!

A U.S. bias bills boon sparks a backlash against bigotry from NBA great Charles Barkley, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant, Comedy Central's Trevor Noah, and out TV talk show icon Ellen DeGeneres … and another faux tourism ad from the folks at Funny or Die!

And in NewsWrap: Colombia's high court comes out for marriage equality, the new Pope's old Vatican nixes vows for queer couples, a U.S. federal appeals court reams Puerto Rico's equality-rejecting judge, Pennsylvania governor rings the LGBT Liberty Bell, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jon Beaupre and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Crisis in Carolina & Danger in Dominica!

North Carolina’s state Republican “tar heels” stomp on local equality laws (featuring BuzzFeed’s Dominic Holden, Charlotte, N.C. Mayor Jennifer Roberts, and MSNBC’s Chris Hayes)!

Activists like Caribbean HIV/AIDS Partnership - Dominica Coordinating Director Sylvester Baptiste face the perils of promoting pride in a hostile environment (interviewed by Vash Boddie)!

And in NewsWrap: world shrinks prescribe a cure for anti-LGBT laws, Ukrainian thugs kill the Lviv Equality Festival, Kansas celebrates campus religious bias, trans families triumph over a Tennessee "bathroom bill," Antarctica is proclaimed the world’s first gay-friendly continent, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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