Out of Dhaka & Caravan of Love!

Gay Bangladeshi blogger Mahamood Rakibul Hasan’s harrowing tale of fleeing tells for his life, finding temporary refuge in Nepal (an interview by Asia Calling's Rajan Parajuli, produced by Nicole Curby)!

Rejected Muslim and queer minorities rally around revolutionary love, organized by University of Minnesota gay Muslim Afghan political science doctoral candidate Nur Jibran (interviewed by KFAI’s Dixie Treichel and John Townsend)!

A Rainbow Minute special delivery celebrates Sweden’s Pride postage stamp (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Robyn Bentley)!

And in NewsWrap: Europe’s human rights court slams Russia’s "no promo homo" law, a U.S. federal appeals court blesses Mississippi’s "religious freedom" law, rubber bullets stop banned Istanbul Pride march, Berlin’s mosque for all inaugurates Friday prayers, peaceful Prides prevail in Sao Paulo, Kyiv and Beersheba, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O’Brien and Christopher Gaal (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Turnbull-sh*t & Piper's Paramour!

Australia's new Liberal P.M. Malcolm Turnbull's feet are put to the fire by Labor Party Deputy Leader Tanya Plibersek on the floor of Parliament, and he burns marriage equality.

Out of Orange is the new book, penned by "ex-conic" memoirist Cleary Wolters (interviewed by Abby Dees.

And in NewsWrap: Nepal includes LGBT rights in new constitution, anti-LGBT bias becomes a crime in Thailand, Anglican unity faces renewed personality split, infamous Kentucky clerk inspires more hapless equality resistance, India's top court agrees to decide if homosexuality is evil, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Chrisanne Eastwood and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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High Noon at the High Court!

Week of May 4, 2015

Highlights from the U.S. Supreme Court's marriage equality hearing -- the justices, the lawyers, the plaintiffs, the analysts … and the heckler!

And in NewsWrap: Nepal's killer quake cracks queer HQ in Kathmandu, Ecuador's civil unions law passes without apocalypse, marriage equality loses its fourth fight in Northern Ireland, the EuroCourt seals France’s stringent gay/bi blood ban, Tokyo Pride toasts rights recognition, and gay choral compadres harmonize U.S.-Cuba relations, and more news reported this week by Matthew McLaughlin and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 2, 2015

SUMMARY

Shaken - Leading activist Sunil Pant describes the specific impact of the devastating earthquake in Nepal on LGBT people …

Stranded - an emergency airlift evacuates Israeli gay couples and their Nepalese surrogates and newborns …

Approved - Ecuador lawmakers okay civil unions …

Excluded - El Salvador legislators approve initial proposals to ban same-gender couples from civil marriage and adoption …

Denied - the Northern Ireland Assembly rejects a marriage equality proposal for the fourth time …

Exsanguinated - the E.U.’s top court okays continued bans by member countries on the donation of blood by gay and bisexual men …

Emboldened - the annual Rainbow Pride Parade in Tokyo expands to a two-day festival as buoyant crowds celebrate advances toward equality in Japan …

Harmonized - Washington, D.C.’s Gay Men’s Chorus will be one of the first U.S. imports into Cuba as relations warm between the two countries after decades of antagonism …

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Nepal Progresses & Russia Regresses

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Sapphic Nomads Katie Cook and Maggie Young arrive in the Himalaya to meet Nepal's leading gay activist, Sunil Babu Pant, in Kathmandu. Cook and Young are filmmakers searching for LGBT activists all over the world for a documentary. Pant is the founder of the Blue Diamond Society and was the country's first openly gay Member of Parliament.

Lesbian writer Masha Gessen confronts Russia's growing homophobic fascism on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes.

And in NewsWrap: Jamaica's sodomy repeal debate motivates escalating violence, California lesbian couple wins post-DOMA disabled veteran benefits, marriage equality revolts engulf U.S. localities, worker-unfriendly WalMart romances same-gender partners, and more news reported by Pamela Brooks and Michael Allan (produced by Steve Pride).

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"Gay News" As History & Tony Stars

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The venerable 70s to 80s UK LGBT newspaper's then-Features Editor Keith Howes talks about his new YouTube series of archival gems with Sydney, Australia correspondent Barry McKay.

Acceptance speeches from Larry Kramer and Billy Porter light up the "gayest ever" 67th annual Tony Awards.

Plus: a pair of Rainbow Minutes find the spirit of Prides past.

And in NewsWrap: bigotry unanimous in Russia's Duma, murderous homophobes stalk French streets, Nepal LGBT group gets belated government approval, trickle of relief for partnered U.S. queer service members, Harry saves gay soldier from infantry, and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Michelle-Marie Gilkeson (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 15, 2013

SUMMARY

Unanimously Bigoted - Russia's parliament votes 436-0 to outlaw "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations," which if eventually signed by President Vladimir Putin will effectively ban public expressions of support for LGBT rights across the country, a move swiftly condemned by global human rights groups …

Backhands to Backlash - a few shirtless men who oppose already-enacted civil marriage equality disrupt the French Open tennis finals, but in a far more serious demonstration of growing homophobia in the country, five suspects with ties to an ultra-nationalist group face manslaughter charges in the brutal bashing murder in Paris of promising 18-year-old student and gay activist Clemenet Meric …

Cash for Diamonds - after a 7-month delay while founder Sunil Pant and his Blue Diamond Society were ostensibly being investigated for corruption, Nepal's leading LGBT rights group finally gets its charity license renewed …

Chowder, Dogs and Sushi - U.S. professional basketball player Jason Collins stands "out" in Boston's annual LGBT Pride parade, record crowds celebrate Motor City Pride in downtown Detroit, and an estimated 400,000 hit the streets of West Hollywood for that city's annual festivities …

Fairer Fight - partnered U.S. lesbian and gay military personnel will get some of the benefits of their heterosexual peers starting September 1st, and a New York Congressman pushes legislation to make the past sexuality-based dishonorable discharges of gays and lesbians honorable …

Royal Ally - Britain's Prince Harry saves a military subordinate from an almost-certain gay bashing ….

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Leslie Jordan's "Fruit Fly"

What entertainer Leslie Jordan's mother doesn't want you to know -- but he told all to Rosie Wilby during the London run of his one-man show!

Plus: the classic Everybody Has To Have A Mother by the New Miss Alice Stone Ladies Society Orchestra!

And: pioneering Russian mathematician Sofia Kovalevskaya is remembered in a Rainbow Minute (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by Tonya Utkina).

And in NewsWrap: Uruguay prepares for marriage equality, judge won't register gay Paraguan couple's legal Argentine wedding, Gambia's President calls gays satanic, Nepal's Blue Diamonds are in the rough, civil unions spring from Arizona's "liberal oasis," and more news reported by Wenzel Jones and Carole Meyers (produced by Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending April 6, 2013

SUMMARY

No Stopping It Now - Uruguay appears to be a few months away from being the latest country to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Blocked Border Crossing - a judge in Paraguay refuses to register a gay couple's legal Argentine marriage …

Coming Attraction - the Colombian Senate is reportedly scheduled to debate a marriage equality bill in the coming week …

Family Friendly - the French Senate begins debate on a marriage equality measure that also includes adoption rights …

Local Control - the city of Bisbee, Arizona prepares to fight the state over its civil unions ordinance …

Cures AIDS, Sees Devil - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh once again almost literally tells gays and lesbians to drop dead …

Rough Cuts - a government office in Nepal is apparently bent on destroying the country's pioneering 12-year-old LGBT Blue Diamond Society …

Once More Unto the Breach - activists in St. Petersburg, Russia's second-largest city, plan a ban-defying Pride event …

Goal! - a Brazilian import charges fans of his adopted St. Petersburg football team with racism and homophobia …

Suffer the Little Children - St. Petersburg "hometown boy" and President Vladimir Putin calls for a ban on the adoption of Russian orphans by foreign same-gender couples …

Friendly Persuasion - a critique from above proudly waves during his visit to Amsterdam to participate in the Netherlands-Russia 2013 Year of Friendship ….

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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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