Dressed As A Girl!

CHECHNYA UPDATE: three gay survivors describe the terrifying anti-gay purge, while President Ramzan Kadyrov pleads "not guilty" and OutRight Action International's Maria Sjodin sounds the alarm (Lucia Chappelle reports).

East London dragsters John Sizzle, Amber Waze and Holestar bring high drama in high heels to producer-director Colin Rothbart’s award-winning documentary (Michelle-Marie Gilkeson, correspondent).

And in NewsWrap: harsh homophobic crackdowns resume in Nigeria and Iran, tributes are paid to the gay activist police officer killed in the Champs-Elysées terror attack, Trump picks an anti-LGBT bigot to lead the U.S. Army, a basketball legend has some "Magic" words for the parents of nonconforming LGBTQ kids, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Tanya Kane-Parry (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Sunshine State Slaughter!

Comprehensive coverage for a full half-hour of the Pulse Massacre in Orlando, Florida includes President Barack Obama, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, FBI Director James Comey, survivor Angel Colon, longtime ally Lady Gaga, and Hamilton Tony-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, with new original songs by Eli Lieb and Brandon Skeie and by Melissa Etheridge! (NewsWrap returns next week.)

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