Leslie Jordan, "Show Pony"

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The Emmy-winning entertainer is a short star with some tall Hollywood tales for correspondents Steve Pride, Abby Dees and Chris Wilson.

Plus a couple of Rainbow Minutes devoted to the Comings and Goings of 2013 (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Dustin Richardson).

And in NewsWrap:  nightmare anti-LGBT laws pass in Nigeria and Uganda, Cuban lesbians and gays get workplace anti-bias protections, a U.S. Supreme Court stay stymies Utah marriage equality, the high court in the "Land of Enchantment" opens civil marriage to same-gender couples, an unrepentant United Methodist Church pastor gets defrocked for Christmas, and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Pam Marshall (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending January 4, 2014

SUMMARY

Nightmares in Waiting - A so-called "Jail The Gays" bill in Nigeria and an apparently less lethal version of the infamous "Kill The Gays" bill in Uganda each win legislative approval and await the signatures of their respective presidents, Goodluck Jonathan and Yoweri Musevini …

Enigmatic Reprieve - British code-breaking World War II hero and father of the modern computer Alan Turing gets a posthumous royal pardon of his "gross indecency" conviction in 1952 that forced his chemical castration and probably drove him to suicide two years later …

Cuba Mas Libre - a Labor Code change in Cuba banning sexual orientation-based workplace bias is the first law in the island nation to protect gays and lesbians …

Busy as a Beehive - a U.S. federal judge declares the ban on civil marriage equality in mostly Mormon Utah unconstitutional, sending hundreds of same-gender couples to county clerk's offices across the state to get licenses, while both the ruling-issuing judge and the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals deny Utah's request for an emergency stay to stop them, which state officials then ask Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court judge for that part of the country who handles emergency requests, to do …

Enchanted Judiciary - the New Mexico Supreme Court orders marriage equality across the state, validating the licenses already issued to same-gender couples since August by 8 of the state's 33 counties …

Of Their Own Free Will - the Los Angeles Times notes that, contrary to popular right-wing howls against so-called "activist judges" imposing their personal beliefs on an unwilling public, only seven of the 18 U.S. states with marriage equality as 2014 began got there by court order …

Crucified and Risen Again - Lebanon, Pennsylvania United Methodist Church Reverend Frank Schaefer is defrocked for not repenting officiating his gay son's wedding in 2007, but may have a new job in California …

Anticlimax - keen observers noticed that the sky didn't fall on January 1st, the first day of the new semi-inclusive policy welcoming openly gay young men into the ranks of the Boy Scouts of America ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending April 27, 2013

SUMMARY

14 and Counting -  French lawmakers give final approval to a marriage and adoptions equality bill, but not without violent protests and assaults on police and gay people by its opponents …

Not the Last Word - the overwhelming rejection by Colombian lawmakers of a marriage equality proposal defies a Constitutional Court order …

Hope Fulfilled - Rhode Island has all but officially become the 10th U.S. state to open civil marriage to same-gender couples …

First State Not Far Behind - a marriage equality measure passes in the Delaware House and heads to the state Senate, where activists predict passage …

DOMAster Diving - the Nevada Senate becomes the first legislative chamber in the U.S. to overturn a constitutional amendment defining marriage as exclusively heterosexual, as Senator Kelvin Atkinson of North Las Vegas comes out during floor debate …

Foul Blocking - the U.S. State Department denies permission to leading Cuban LGBT rights advocate Mariela Castro to accept an "ally" award at a civil rights summit in Philadelphia …

Singapore Sodomy Strategy - Singapore gay couple Gary Lim and Kenneth Chee announce their challenge in the Court of Appeal, the highest judicial body in the land, of an April High Court ruling upholding the city-state's sodomy law …

Magic Moment Muddied - Mongolian lawmakers discuss LGBT rights for the first time ever, but some of their comments suggest a long learning curve to liberation …

Reactionary and Proud - San Francisco Pride honors whistle-blowing gay U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, then it doesn't ….

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Cuba Libre & "Hit So Hard"

First Daughter Mariela Castro comments on Cuba's queer rights movement and the work of the National Center for Sex Education she heads in an exclusive conversation with Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman.

The "Hole" story of a lesbian rocker's redemption is revealed when Steve Pride chats with filmmaker P. David Ebersole and drummer Patty Schemel about their documentary on her life.

And in NewsWrap: Ukrainian lawmakers back off "no promo homo" bill, Singaporean rights supporters get pretty in "Pink," Laos sees first Pride gathering, U.S. D.O.J. advances challenges to DOMA, reactions differ to two American self-"outings," and more news reported by Jenn Mahoney and Vash Boddie (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending January 21, 2012

SUMMARY

Cuba Libre - Civil unions for same-gender couples are on the horizon in Cuba …

Get MP to the Church on Time - South Australian M.P. Ian Hunter may become Australia's first openly gay sitting parliamentarian to legally marry …

Brakes on Bigotry - opponents manage to at least slow down Minnesota's repressive "Marriage Protection Amendment" …

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You - opponents of a draconian constitutional amendment in North Carolina warn of unintended consequences …

Equality Grows in the Garden State - New Jersey majority now favors civil marriage for lesbian and gay couples …

Final Step - proponents of marriage equality legislation in Washington appear to now need only one more vote for passage …

Hate Campaign Crushed - three U.K. men are convicted at Derby Crown Court of inciting sexual orientation-based hatred for distributing leaflets portraying a hanging mannequin and calling for capital punishment for homosexuality …

SVU Reruns - Malaysian prosecutors challenge last week's acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on what he calls trumped up sodomy charges …

Dateline: Glee - Rachel's two gay dads have "Heart" ….

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Two Moms Can Make a Right

University of Iowa student and internet sensation Zach Wahls shares the heartfelt heartland story of his lesbian family with Steve Pride.

Plus a Rainbow Minute that decodes some of Walt Whitman's gay references.

And in NewsWrap: Obama's immigration switch may shield same-gender couples, U.K. Border surprise reprieves gay Ugandan asylum seeker, Nepalese activists rally for constitutional rights, Cuban trans-wedding draws dissidents and diplomats, and more news reported by Vash Boddie and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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