Appropriate Bi-havior!

Bisexual Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan talks about Appropriate Behavior with our Entertainment Correspondent Steve Pride.

After reading Out of Orange and Bettyville, our Queer Life and Literature Commentator Janet Mason finds that memoirs are made of those.

And in NewsWrap: smoke bombs scatter Ukrainian activists in Odessa, Chelsea Manning punished for expired toothpaste and Caitlyn contraband, White House hires its first trans staffer, out pro American baseball and British rugby players get sporting chances, equality glitter spooks an Aussie Senator's staff, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Chrisanne Eastwood (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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New Jersey voters are torn between Governor Chris Christie and equality as the incumbent debates marriage equality with his reelection opponent, State Senator Barbara Buono.

U.S. homophobes' praise for Putin's Russia is documented in excerpts from an exclusive MSNBC report by news analyst Rachel Maddow, featuring The Family Leader's Bob Vander Plaats and the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer.

Plus cultural theorist and self-identified mischief-maker Charlie Bauer asks Do I Look GAY?

And in NewsWrap: Cyprus outlaws hate crimes against sexual minorities, Iran nabs dancing "homosexual Satanists", Moldova repeals its "no promo homo" law, Harvey Milk gets a stamp of approval, and more news reported by Natalie Peoples and Wenzel Jones (produced by Wenzel Jones and Steve Pride).

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NewsWrap for the week ending October 12, 2013

SUMMARY

Victory in the Midst of Chaos - Cyprus adds sexual orientation and gender identity to its anti-vilification laws, while Northern Cyprus lawmakers promise repeal of their sodomy statute by year's end …

In Gandhi's Backyard - a first-ever Pride parade is held in Surat, the second largest city in the Indian state of Gujarat …

Those Gay Devils - Iran's religious militia arrest "a network of homosexuals and Satanists" during a raid of a birthday party in a private meeting hall near the Iraq border …

Out of the Closets and Into the Jails - four protestors of Russia's "no promo homo" law are roughly arrested in Moscow, and at least 67 LGBT activists trying to observe National Coming Out Day are attacked by homophobes and then arrested in St. Petersburg …

Just Like in the Movies - St. Petersburg's Side By Side film festival successfully appeals its conviction and heavy fine for being a "foreign agent," though an appeal by the group leader of his individual conviction and fine under that law is still pending …

Birth Control - the same lawmaker who co-sponsored Russia's "no promo homo" law wants to ban gay men from using surrogate mothers, and parliament is set to debate a bill in February to remove children from the homes of their lesbian or gay parents …

Let's Not and Say We Did - Moldova repeals its version of a "no promo homo" law in its quest for E.U. membership …

Need for Speed - the New Jersey Supreme Court expedites an appeal by GOP Governor Chris Christie of a state judge's order that civil marriage licenses be available to same-gender couples on October 21st after the judge rejects Christie's request for a stay …

Stamp of Approval - following several years of lobbying, the late San Francisco Supervisor and gay rights pioneer Harvey Milk will be smiling at U.S. postage stamp users next year ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 15, 2012

SUMMARY

Fade to Oppression - The British producer of a gay-affirming play in Uganda is arrested and jailed for defying a government ban on its performance …

Anti-Semitic Homophobia - a state-run Iranian newspaper claims to have uncovered a Jewish-led global conspiracy, aided by the U.S. and Britain, to spread homosexuality around the world …

Learning Disabilities - Malaysia's Department of Education approves seminars for teachers and parents on how to spot gay or lesbian children …

Beauty and the Beast - the principal at a Beaumont, Texas adult school cancels a cosmetology program because he thinks one of its new students is gay …

Before It's Too Late - the attorneys general of three northeastern U.S. states, 145 Democratic members of Congress, the Department of Justice and others urge the U.S. Supreme Court to expedite 83-year-old lesbian widower Edie Windsor's constitutional challenge to DOMA …

The Da Vinci Load - the Pope stars in a gay porn video ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending November 5, 2011

SUMMARY

Quid Pro Quo - The British government's intention to tie its financial aid to countries' human rights records, including the treatment of LGBT people, angers several African leaders, including those from Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Ghana at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, West Australia …

To Skin a Cat - Botswana's former president Festus Mogae calls for decriminalization of same-gender sex to help fight the continent's soaring HIV infection rates …

Proving What We Knew - the United Nations Human Rights Committee issues a report detailing and harshly criticizing human rights abuses, notably those against LGBT people, in the Islamic Republican of Iran …

To Your Health - the first health clinic specifically welcoming sexual minorities in Indonesia opens on the island of Bali …

Scathach to the Rescue - Ruth Davidson's election to lead the Scottish Tories makes her the first "out" lesbian to lead a major U.K. political party …

For Gay and the Empire - Manchester's former U.S. National Basketball Association star John Amaechi is honored with the Order of the British Empire …

Thin Ice & Fancy Footwork - former Australian hockey star Gus Johnston and current Welsh rugby team captain Jed Hopper each come out as gay men, while already "out" Welsh rugby star Gareth Thomas announces his retirement ….

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NewsWrap for the week ending September 17, 2011

SUMMARY

Virtual Visibility - LGBT Iranians respond to last week's reports of sodomy executions by defiantly setting up a Facebook page, for those in the country and those who have fled, called "We Are Everywhere" …

The Bill That Wouldn't Die - Uganda's First Lady wants to "Kill the Gays" …

Nobody's Perfect - Human Rights Watch calls the Netherlands on the carpet for its anti-trans civil code …

Passport to Freedom - Australian government removes sex-change surgery as a requirement for trans-people to identify themselves on passports in their chosen gender …

To Be Unequal, Rather Than to Seem - North Carolina legislature approves a proposal for the May 2012 ballot that would amend the state constitution to define marriage as exclusively heterosexual …

Roomies and Taxes - Michigan's House passes a bill that would forbid public sector employers from offering domestic partner benefits …

Step Back - New Hampshire House Judiciary subcommittee okays a measure to replace that state's 2009 marriage equality law with civil unions that would be open to any two unmarried adults, even if they're related …

Jughead for Bridesmaid - wedding bells will soon ring out in the pages of "Archie Comics" for "Kevin Keller," the most prominent gay resident of the fictional city of Riverdale …

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 5, 2010:

Summary: A committee of the United Nations Economic and Social Council rejects consultative status for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission ... more than a thousand mostly young Muslims stage a first-ever march against homosexuality in Ghana ... Tiwonge Chimbalanga & Steven Monjeza, the Malawi couple pardoned from their 14 years hard labor sodomy prison sentence by President Bingu wa Mutharika last week, make their first post-release public appearance ... a 42-year-old Pakistani man and his 19-year-old transwoman friend are arrested in a raid on the teen's birthday party in Peshawar and are being charged with sodomy ... U.S. President Barack Obama issues an official LGBT Pride Month proclamation and issues a memo outlining the benefits he ordered last year for the partners and children of lesbigay federal workers ... military veterans Dan Choi and Jim Pietrangelo end their week-long hunger strike protesting the slow progress of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal but say they might do it again ... Dutch airline KLM refuses the request of its gay flight attendants to not have to work on flights to queer-dangerous Iran ... Dutch researchers say they may have discovered evidence that "gaydar" actually exists.

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