Queer Women Take Washington!

Millions of Women walk all over Trump's Agenda in D.C. and March around the world (Chris Wilson and Pam Marshall report from the U.S. capitol)!

A Rainbow Minute remembers oft-forgotten gay British-born iconic horror film director James Whale (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John Porter)!

And in NewsWrap: transpeople will finally count for something in Pakistan, Poland's President disavows civil marriage equality, the Philippines Armed Forces welcomes "well-behaved" LGBT recruits, Putin's "no promo homo" law melts Polar Pride, Utah's "no promo homo in schools" law blocks bully deterrence, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O'Brien and Danny Cruz (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 April 12, 2014

SUMMARY

Party Off - Thirty-five men are arrested by Saudi Arabia religious police for being at a "gay party" in Jeddah, while four gay men are jailed in Egypt for "debauchery" …

Tuscan Triumph - an Italian court orders the country's first-ever recognition of the marriage of a same-gender couple legally performed abroad …

Last Rights - a U.S. federal court orders the state of Indiana to recognize the Massachusetts marriage of a lesbian couple, one of whom has terminal cancer …

Line Starts Here - a three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears Utah's case challenging a lower court decision declaring the state's ban on civil marriage for same-gender couples unconstitutional – and Oklahoma's challenge will be heard by the same three judges in the coming week …

Safe Bet - Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring sides with marriage equality-seeking same-gender couples in their lawsuit challenging the "heterosexuals only" state ban, and only five U.S. states with bans have escaped court challenges …

Bullies Begone - Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signs an LGBT-inclusive state anti-bullying bill …

Solemn Oath - Seattle, Washington city officials and his troop's church sponsor stand behind ousted-because-he's-out Boy Scout leader Geoff McGrath ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending March 17, 2012

SUMMARY

Nyet Promo Homo - St. Petersburg's governor makes his the fourth Russian region to make it a criminal offense to "promote" the existence of LGBT people, while Canada's Foreign Minister warns his country's gays and lesbians who plan to travel to the popular tourist destination to avoid "displaying affection in public (or) conspicuous behavior" …

Sue the Messenger - Ugandan activists file an attention-getting lawsuit in U.S. district court charging notorious anti-gay American evangelist Scott Lively with violations of international law for fomenting hysteria during several visits to the African country by warning that homosexuals wanted to recruit its children …

College HateTube Conviction - a Middlesex County, New Jersey jury convicts former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation for secretly webcaming private gay sexual encounters of his dorm roommate Tyler Clementi, who killed himself after learning about it a few days later …

Shut Your Mouth - Tennessee's so-called "don't say gay" bill to ban any discussion of sexual orientation in public schools apparently dies in the state legislature, but an even more restrictive bill awaits the signature of Utah's governor …

Catching the Bouquet - Denmark's Prime Minister predicts that her government's proposed marriage equality bill will take effect on June 15th …

Weighing the Differences - the British government launches a 12-week consultation to open civil marriage to its same-gender couples …

Sweet Victory - multi-national ice cream giant Ben & Jerry's celebrates the hoped-for nuptials by changing the name of one of its U.K. flavors from "Oh! My! Apple Pie!" to "Apple-y Ever After" that portrays a wedding cake-topping tuxedoed gay couple on the carton ….

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Ryan Cassata & License to Bully

The halls of high school house the slammin' singing-songwriting trans-teen whose music and activism has been a beacon of hope to his struggling peers.

A caveat in an anti-bullying bill passed by Michigan's Senate protects the perpetrators more than it helps the victims.

And in NewsWrap: Poland christens gay and trans lawmakers, cornucopia of queer candidates win U.S. elections, DOMA repeal gets first green light, global petitioners challenge Ecuador's anti-lesbian "torture clinics," pair-bonded male penguins split up to propagate, and more news reported by Rick Watts and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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