NewsWrap for the week ending March 28, 2015

 Undiplomatic Mission Thwarted - The United Nations rebuffs a Russian resolution to deny family benefits to its legally partnered gay and lesbian staff members around the world …

Courtesy of Mr. Fang, the Magistrate - a U.S. judge blocks federal family leave benefits for couples in states without marriage equality …

Forced March to 2016 - eleven Republican Senators — more than half up for reelection next year — support a non-binding resolution in favor of equal Social Security and veterans’ benefits for married same-gender couples, even if they live in states that don’t recognize their marriages …

Do Unto Others - Indiana Governor Mike Pence ignites a firestorm of national protest by signing a so-called “religious freedom” bill that essentially allows anti-LGBT bias in his state …

Lead Foot on the Brake - Australia’s parliament once again delays debate on a marriage equality bill as Liberal Party PM Tony Abbott resolutely refuses to allow his MPs a conscience vote on the issue …

Even Happier Ending - Heather Has Two Mommies who are no longer "living in sin" ….


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Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto and director Jean-Marc Vallée preview their acclaimed new film about redneck and a transwoman on the Underground Railroad of AIDS drugs (with Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride).

In news briefs, US House Speaker John Boehner confirms his outlandish anti-ENDA rationale and WUIS-FM’s Brian Mackey reports from Springfield on an Illinois Catholic bishop who wants to exorcise marriage equality.

Plus gay American veteran Denny Meyer volunteers for visibility duty (with correspondent Kelly Cogswell).

And in NewsWrap: Luxembourg scores a double play with the world's first out P.M. and Deputy P.M., narrow miss for marriage equality in New South Wales, Missouri's same-gender marrieds get state tax rights, LGBT activists are busted in Senegal and Uganda and bugged by Russian spies, and more news reported by Michael LeBeau and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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