How to Survive a Plebiscite!

Former minister, writer, veteran queer rights campaigner, and mediator Anthony Venn-Brown offers advice as the ugliness of Australia's marriage plebiscite challenges queer mental health (with Sydney correspondent Barry McKay).

"Queer Life and Lit" commentator Janet Mason says the many talents of top 40 DJ/writer John Garabedian are on display in The Harmony of Parts.

And in NewsWrap: Tunisia abandons forced anal exam homosexuality "test,” a married British lesbian wins a Hong Kong spousal visa, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fights Trump’s Justice Department in a federal workplace gay bias lawsuit, Russians Parade with Pride in Norway, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Post-Pulse Politics & Writers’ Rituals!

Queer youth trace the troubling Trump trail back to Orlando’s Pulse (featuring Brianna of Outcasting public radio show, produced by Marc Sophos).

Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason sits down To Drink From The Silver Cup, put on a Straight Face and introduce us to A Faithful Son, as religion preys on authors Anna Redsand, Brandon Wallace and Michael Scott Garvin.

Plus trailblazing U.K. singer/songwriter Tom Robinson updates his late 1970s anthem Glad To Be Gay!

And in NewsWrap: no High Court road to marriage equality in Northern Ireland, Pakistan lawmakers ponder protections for trans people, Texas Speaker re-flushes the Governor’s "bathroom bill,” skinheads pepper spray St. Petersburg Pride-sters, Iceland asexuals expand the queer acronym, 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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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

“Outcasting” Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Canada's “Queer Decade”!

Part One of an award-winning radio documentary recalls the first equality case that kicked off Canada's Queer Decade: 1995 -2005. Produced by veteran This Way Out correspondent Heather Kitching for CiTR - Vancouver, B.C., it features comments by pioneering human rights attorney Barbara Findlay and national gay lobby leader Lawrence Aaronovitch.

Queer Life and Lit Commentator Janet Mason leafs through books about an Aussie drag queen (From Darkness to Diva by Skye High) and a trailblazing New York Times HIV/AIDS reporter (Dying Words: The AIDS reporting of Jeff Schmalz by Samuel G. Friedman with Kerry Donahue).

Team LGBT has Olympic moments of glory and ingloriousness this week in Rio!

And in NewsWrap: Belizean Chief Justice overturns anti-gay law against "carnal intercourse,” Georgia's president vetoes marriage equality referendum, Alabama’s Roy Moore may be less again, 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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“Raising Zoey” & “Hands” Up for Orlando!

Motivated Latina mom Ofelia Barba champions her trailblazing trans-teen Zoey Luna! (Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones chat with the subjects of the new documentary.)

A gaggle of pop luminaries raise their voices and their Hands for Orlando on a new benefit single available exclusively at iTunes!

Queer life and lit commentator Janet Mason adds two new books to your summer reading list: Loving Eleanor (about the intimate friendship of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok) by Susan Wittig Albert (Persevero Press), and Bull and Other Stories by Kathy Anderson (Autumn House Press).

And in NewsWrap: Australia’s tight national elections squeeze marriage equality’s future, history and racism headline Toronto Pride, trans rights win in Washington and Massachusetts, Star Trek’s "Sulu" goes Beyond the closet, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Appropriate Bi-havior!

Bisexual Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan talks about Appropriate Behavior with our Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride.

After reading Out of Orange and Bettyville, our Queer Life and Literature Commentator Janet Mason finds that memoirs are made of those.

And in NewsWrap: smoke bombs scatter Ukrainian activists in Odessa, Chelsea Manning punished for expired toothpaste and Caitlyn contraband, White House hires its first trans staffer, out pro American baseball and British rugby players get sporting chances, equality glitter spooks an Aussie Senator's staff, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Chrisanne Eastwood (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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