Ellen's “Puppy” Anniversary!

Ellen DeGeneres celebrates the 20th anniversary of her historic sit-com coming out on her afternoon TV talk show, and we add our original coverage of that event in 1997!

And in NewsWrap: CHECHNYA: gay holocaust victims and concentration camps triple! An HIV-positive gay Russian man fights for U.S. asylum, a gay Hong Kong couple wins civil service benefits, Japan nixes an LGBT-inclusive public school curriculum, a marriage equality foe makes the presidential run-off in France, Canada's world pole vault champ comes out, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Our Lady J!

The multi-talented Transparent writer transposes her classical and comedy careers as she celebrates the debut of her first album, Picture of a Man, and chats with correspondent Miss Barbie-Q about her fundamentalist Christian upbringing, gospel roots, sometimes torturous transition, and queer activism.

And in NewsWrap: a Japanese trans-man breaks the electoral glass ceiling, a U.S. appeals court boots a lesbian workplace bias lawsuit, Trump’s Supreme Court pick Gorsuch worries LGBTQ rights groups, Atlanta’s Federal Reserve Bank gets two firsts with one exec, international censors nix a gay “beast” in Disney’s Beauty, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Frances O'Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Manning Gets Mercy!

U.S. Army trans whistleblower Private Chelsea Manning’s shameful sentence is commuted by out-going President Barack Obama, who reflects on his LGBT rights legacy (including First Amendment activist Evan Greer, and Manning’s attorneys Chase Strangio and Nancy Hollander)!

Plus "Queer Life and Lit" commentator Janet Mason says “thank you" to the 44th U.S. president!

And in NewsWrap: Sri Lanka keeps its laws against same-gender sex, Ireland lifts its gay blood ban for currently active men, Gambia’s genocidal Jammeh reluctantly relinquishes power, Trump touts patriotism and picks a pro-HB2 Civil Rights head, comic relief is coming from Will & Grace to help survive Trumped-up times, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Jessica Andrea (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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"Modern" Marriage & "Same Love" Remake

Week of May 5, 2014
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As television fans await the impending nuptials of Modern Family's "Mitchell and Cameron," actors Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet have a bachelor party on ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Hip-hop's Angel Haze freestyles against homophobia over Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' hit of Grammy wedding fame.

Commentator Janet Mason loves the literature of love in the pages of The Wilde Passions of Dorian Gray (Mitzi Szereto) and Foolish Hearts: New Gay Fiction (Timothy J. Lambert and R. D. Cochrane, eds.).

And in NewsWrap: Brunei's deadly penal code gets Sultan's blessing, Japan's First Lady floats message of Pride, Russian repression enters Crimea, Uganda targets "homo-promoting" NGO's, the United Church of Christ challenges North Carolina's equality ban, and more news reported by Carole Meyers and Rick Watts (produced by Steve Pride).

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Pride on Screen 2012

With copious clips and comments by their makers, our multi-award-winning entertainment reporter Steve Pride offers his annual picks of the best LGBT-inclusive moving images on big and small screens during the past 12 months, including Modern Family, Gays Anatomy and Steve's fave on the small screen, The Outs, and then his Top Ten Movies Of The Year: Wish Me Away, The Most Fun I've Ever Had With My Pants On, Going Down In La-La Land, From Hollywood To Dollywood, Any Day Now, Gayby, How To Survive A Plague, Laurence Anyways, Vito, and Keep The Lights On.

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Pride On Screen 2011

Award-winning entertainment journalist Steve Pride recalls some of the LGBT moving images that moved him most during the past 12 months. He focuses first on multi-dimensional TV characters like "Max Blum" on Happy Endings, and proliferating couples like the partnered hunky but unhappy ghosts on American Horror Story.

We're not giving up any major countdown spoilers here, but Steve's Top Ten LGBT films of 2011 include The Topps Twins: Unstoppable Girls, August, Beginners, and Pariah.

(NewsWrap returns Jan. 9, 2012.)

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