How to Survive a Plebiscite!

Former minister, writer, veteran queer rights campaigner, and mediator Anthony Venn-Brown offers advice as the ugliness of Australia's marriage plebiscite challenges queer mental health (with Sydney correspondent Barry McKay).

"Queer Life and Lit" commentator Janet Mason says the many talents of top 40 DJ/writer John Garabedian are on display in The Harmony of Parts.

And in NewsWrap: Tunisia abandons forced anal exam homosexuality "test,” a married British lesbian wins a Hong Kong spousal visa, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission fights Trump’s Justice Department in a federal workplace gay bias lawsuit, Russians Parade with Pride in Norway, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jessica Andrea and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Post-Pulse Politics & Writers’ Rituals!

Queer youth trace the troubling Trump trail back to Orlando’s Pulse (featuring Brianna of Outcasting public radio show, produced by Marc Sophos).

Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason sits down To Drink From The Silver Cup, put on a Straight Face and introduce us to A Faithful Son, as religion preys on authors Anna Redsand, Brandon Wallace and Michael Scott Garvin.

Plus trailblazing U.K. singer/songwriter Tom Robinson updates his late 1970s anthem Glad To Be Gay!

And in NewsWrap: no High Court road to marriage equality in Northern Ireland, Pakistan lawmakers ponder protections for trans people, Texas Speaker re-flushes the Governor’s "bathroom bill,” skinheads pepper spray St. Petersburg Pride-sters, Iceland asexuals expand the queer acronym, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O'Brien and Wenzel Jones (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Oz Goes Postal!

Australian activists challenge the government’s proposed mail-in marriage equality plebiscite (Sydney correspondent Barry Mackay reviews last week’s roller-coaster developments featuring Alex Greenwich, Emma Alberici, Mathias Cormann, Karl Stevanovic, Bronwyn Bishop, Tony Abbott, Christine Forster, Penny Wong, Malcolm Turnbull, Dr. Liz Allen, James Brechney, Michael Kirby, David Koch, Scott Morrison, Bill Shorten, Lyle Shelton and Andrew Wilkie, plus Tim Minchin’s viral satirical song)! 

And in NewsWrap: Presidential saber rattling temporarily trumps U.S. trans military ban, Kuwait deports gay men in a massage parlor rub-out, a "gay-looking" Russian wins a rare job bias lawsuit, Canada’s Defense Minister dances on Vancouver "Pride of Bollywood" float, Ireland’s gay P.M.’s presence at a Belfast Pride breakfast gives D.U.P. indigestion, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Michael LeBeau and Michele Yeater (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Taming AIDS & Gay Voice Angst!

A review of David France’s How To Survive A Plague is infused with some personal remembrances by our Queer Life and Lit commentator Janet Mason.

“Outcasting” Alex shares the thoughtful reflections of a young gay man who can hear the “queer” in his ear.

A Rainbow Minute ballad for British composer Sir Michael Tippett (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Chechnya’s gay purge engulfs lesbians and trans-people, Malta’s Parliament makes marriage equal, the Church of England damns "the cure" and blesses the trans, peaceful Prides prevail in Seoul and Tallinn, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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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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Indonesian Horror & McGregor Slams Court!

The harrowing details of Indonesia’s terrifying infection of homophobic hatred (Nicole Curby, KBR/Jakarta, reports)!

Trans cricket reporter Cate McGregor turns the other cheek in response to Australian tennis icon turned fundamentalist Christian pastor Margaret Court’s homophobic and trans-phobic comments!

And in NewsWrap: a gay Irish-Indian will be Ireland’s next P.M., a U.S. federal appeals court finds the trans-boy’s bathroom, Moldovans marching “Without Fear” stopped by religious violence, France welcomes a gay Chechen refugee while Macron pressures Putin, progressive German Muslims challenge Merkel on marriage equality, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Monique Lukens (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Sayre’s Sodomite Satire!

Our merry meeting with writer-comedian Justin Sayre (Abby Dees and Wenzel Jones share the laughter)!

A Rainbow Minute celebrates Eccentric British Power Boat Racer Marion Carstairs (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John DeBoer)!

And in NewsWrap: Taiwan’s top court mandates marriage equality, money score defeats World OutGames, two gays whipped in Aceh as Indonesian raids rise, Human Rights Watch confirms government complicity in Chechen gay genocide, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michele Yeater (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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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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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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Wakefield Poole!

From the ballet to Broadway to Boys in the Sand and beyond, our Steve Pride wades into the pioneering filmmaker/pornographer’s Poole of art, sex and life!

And in NewsWrap: silence surrounds Chechen gay concentration camps, India outlaws HIV bias, the Euro-Court condemns mandatory sterilization of trans people, the U.S. Justice Department flushes its lawsuit against North Carolina's HB2, Russia outlaws distribution of Putin photoshopped in drag, 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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Queer Women Take Washington!

Millions of Women walk all over Trump's Agenda in D.C. and March around the world (Chris Wilson and Pam Marshall report from the U.S. capitol)!

A Rainbow Minute remembers oft-forgotten gay British-born iconic horror film director James Whale (produced by Judd Proctor and Brian Burns, read by John Porter)!

And in NewsWrap: transpeople will finally count for something in Pakistan, Poland's President disavows civil marriage equality, the Philippines Armed Forces welcomes "well-behaved" LGBT recruits, Putin's "no promo homo" law melts Polar Pride, Utah's "no promo homo in schools" law blocks bully deterrence, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Frances O'Brien and Danny Cruz (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Oz Pleb Dead & March Into History!

Australia’s Opposition pulls the plug on Turnbull’s wheezing civil marriage plebiscite (with remarks by Bill Shorten, George Brandis, Penny Wong, Malcolm Turnbull and Alex Greenwich)!

Indelible highlights from Allen Ginsberg, Kate Millett, Blackberri, Robin Tyler, Holly Near with Meg Christian and Mary Watkins, "and a cast of thousands" at Washington’s first queer mega-march honor LGBT History Month!

And in NewsWrap: sexual and gender minorities are shut out of the UN’s "New Urban Agenda," Russia’s government shuts down an LGBT teen support website, a U.S. appeals court agrees to rehear an Indiana lesbian’s workplace bias lawsuit, France advances transgender rights, North Carolina gubernatorial candidates clash over HB2, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Tanya Kane-Parry and Frances O’Brien (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Bartlett Takes Brighton!

Award-winning British writer/playwright/historian Neil Bartlett’s Stella, the story of 19th century gender-fluid performer (nee Ernest Bolton), steals the show at the Brighton Fringe Festival! (An exclusive interview from Out in Brighton correspondent Kathy Caton.)

And in NewsWrap: Russian activists are busted where neo-Nazis march free, U.S. Methodist ministers defy Church policy ahead of a marriage equality vote, Obama’s Justice Department threatens North Carolina defunding over HB2, Kansas escapes bathroom bounty bills, an Alabama city U-turns on its anti-trans law, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Jason Proctor and John Dyer V (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Kenyan Rap Wars & #HarlemNoHate

Kenyan musicians Art Attack (Same Love Remix) and Grammo Suspect (Our Love Is Valid) face showdowns with the government. (You can defy the authorities too by sharing their controversial videos about love and equality!)

Carl Siciliano of the Ali Forney Center for LGBT youth closes in on Harlem homophobe ATLAH Church Pastor James David Manning, to the delight of Comedy Central's The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams.

And in NewsWrap: Indonesia's anti-queer crackdown gets even worse, Russia considers forced "treatment" for its LGBT citizens, but a trio of U.S. advocacy groups challenge so-called "change therapy" nationwide, childless civil unions pass in the Italian Senate, Israeli lawmakers reject several LGBT rights bills, Germany opens safe shelters for queer Syrian refugees, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Wenzel Jones and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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Global Shift for Rights Group!

IGLHRC (the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) changes its name to OutRight Action International to better reflect its mission, and Executive Director Jessica Stern discusses the diversity of queer human rights movements around the world with our Steve Pride. (part one of two)

Stephen Colbert dishes the One Million Moms for stirring up a plot of cold Campbell’s Soup.

And in NewsWrap: Catholic Italy considers civil unions, South Africa's Dutch Reformed Church blesses inclusion, Russia unexpectedly jails six violent homophobes, bogus "cures" are still peddled in China, the U.S. government prescribes a ban on “conversion therapy" nationwide, and more international LGBT news reported this week by Chrisanne Eastwood and Christopher Gaal (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending August 8, 2015

SUMMARY

Turning Point - An historic violence-free week of LGBT Pride is celebrated in Kingston, Jamaica …

Inherent Right - Philippine same-gender couples push for marriage equality …

Standing Alone - St. Petersburg police arrest individual LGBT rights picketers on Russia’s Airborne Forces Day …

End the Masquerade - thousands in Israel protest deadly anti-LGBT and anti-Palestinian Jewish extremism …

Who Do They Think They Are? - Maine’s highest court is still trying to get the anti-equality National Organization for Marriage to disclose its donors lists …

Fond Adieu - the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which spearheaded the overturning of California’s Proposition 8, announces that, mission accomplished, it’s going out of business …

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Humor and History Sykes-Out!

Week of July 13, 2015

Black lesbian comic Wanda Sykes gets seriously funny about the past and the future at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the pre-Stonewall Annual Reminder demonstrations -- and a Rainbow Minute describes those early protests in Philadelphia.

Judy Grahn's classic poem A History of Lesbianism and a Rainbow Minute for the courageous British actor Dirk Bogarde provide precedents for Pride.

And in NewsWrap: Japanese petitioners approach the Bar for marriage equality, U.S. Attorney General Lynch vows to deliver the rights stuff, Israel's Knesset nixes secular civil relationships, Michael Sam's pass at marriage is incomplete, Lithuania's Army fears florists, and more international LGBT news reported this week by John Dyer V and Sarah Sweeney (produced by Steve Pride, written by Greg Gordon).

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NewsWrap for the week ending July 11, 2015

SUMMARY

Approaching the Bar - Hundreds petition for marriage equality in Japan …

Ready for Close-Up - a high-profile South Korean gay couple sues for the legal recognition of their 2013 wedding …

Uncivil Response - Israel’s parliament nixes both civil unions and civil marriages …

Escape - a persecuted Russian gay couple wins asylum in Finland …

All The Rights Stuff - U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says the Obama administration is working to be sure that legally wed same-gender couples in all 50 states have access to all federal marriage benefits …

Imcomplete Pass - Michael Sam, the NFL’s first out gay football player who’s now with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, is reportedly dis-engaged from finance Vito Cammisano …

Where the Queens Were - the Stonewall Inn is designated as New York City’s first LGBT-specific historic landmark …

Star Quality - British raconteur Stephen Fry has an asteroid named after him …

Florophobia - the Lithuanian Army allegedly tries to “weed out” gay male recruits by asking if they like to pick flowers and if they think about being a woman …

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NewsWrap for the week ending June 6, 2015

SUMMARY

Territorial Imperative - A federal judge makes Guam the first U.S. territory to open civil marriage to lesbian and gay couples …

Almost Enough Said - a ruling by its Supreme Court moves Mexico closer to nationwide marriage equality …

Uncommon Decision - a Costa Rica gay couple is granted common law marriage status, making them the first in Central America to have their relationship legally recognized …

Eastern Wind - thugs assault Kiev Pride marchers, and organizers - fearing the same - cancel this year’s Pride parade in Bratislava, while three Moscow activists are jailed for “attempted Pride” …

Accepting a Dare - organizers in Seoul vow to march with Pride as planned on June 28th despite a police ban …

Top of the World - Iceland tops the list of happiest places on earth for gay men …

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NewsWrap for the week ending May 9, 2015

SUMMARY

Belated Proposal - It took two years, but the Cyprus Cabinet finally sends a civil partnerships bill to Parliament …

Heal Thyself of Homophobia - Costa Rica’s Supreme Court rules that professional associations (such as lawyers and doctors) must give members’ same-gender spouses equal access to their recreational facilities …

And Baby Makes Four - Buenos Aires makes 3-parent Latin American history by registering the names of the the lesbian mom and her partner and sperm donor dad on the baby’s birth certificate …

Surrogate Snatcher - a judge in Britain awards custody of their baby girl to a gay dad and his partner over the dishonest surrogate mother …

Parliament in Pink - British voters elect what could be the world’s largest number of out MPs …

No Room at the Inn - Kenya’s Deputy President tells a church service that there’s “no room for gays” in his country …

Who Let Them In? - some 600 self-identified Russian LGBT people and their allies are surprisingly allowed to march in St. Petersburg’s huge May Day Parade despite the protestations of Vitaly Milonov, the author of the local and national bans on “gay propaganda” …

Tell It To Your Therapist - the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear the appeal by two self-identified Christian counseling services of a New Jersey law that bans so called “conversion” therapy for patients under 18 …

Devil's Advocate - a Nebraska woman sues “all homosexuals” on behalf of “plaintiffs God and Jesus Christ” demanding that same-gender-loving people be declared legally sinful …

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