Nepal Progresses & Russia Regresses

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Sapphic Nomads Katie Cook and Maggie Young arrive in the Himalaya to meet Nepal's leading gay activist, Sunil Babu Pant, in Kathmandu. Cook and Young are filmmakers searching for LGBT activists all over the world for a documentary. Pant is the founder of the Blue Diamond Society and was the country's first openly gay Member of Parliament.

Lesbian writer Masha Gessen confronts Russia's growing homophobic fascism on MSNBC's All In with Chris Hayes.

And in NewsWrap: Jamaica's sodomy repeal debate motivates escalating violence, California lesbian couple wins post-DOMA disabled veteran benefits, marriage equality revolts engulf U.S. localities, worker-unfriendly WalMart romances same-gender partners, and more news reported by Pamela Brooks and Michael Allan (produced by Steve Pride).

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Queer in Kyrgyzstan & Matt Fishel

"Sapphic Nomads" Katie Cook and Maggie Young's latest "audio postcard" comes from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where tradition fights liberation.

LGBT music expert JD Doyle features British singer/songwriter Matt Fishel's debut gay political power pop album, Not Thinking Straight, featuring his "radio friendly" hit.

And in NewsWrap: France and Uruguay both on the cusp of marriage equality; controversial clash derails debate on marriage proposal in Colombia; Zambian activist arrested for demanding decriminalization; Singapore, Montana and Virginia each confront sodomy laws; "wizardly tribute" to the "Iron Lady" makes news in Britain, and more news reported by Tanya Kane-Parry and Michael LeBeau (produced by Steve Pride).

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Steel Mongolians pt. 2 & Bristol's LGBT Past

Mongolian LGBT activists Otgonbaatar Tsedendemberel and Anaraa Nyamdorj come out and get even, as Sapphic Nomads Katie Cook and Maggie Young continue their worldwide documentary tour.

On scene in Bristol, UK at the launch of the M Shed museum's LGBT History Month observance, attended by elected mayor George Ferguson and openly gay Lord Mayor Peter Main; Cabinet Member for Children and Young People Clare Campion-Smith; prominent playwright Neil Bartlett; award-winning “out” trans writer Cheryl Morgan; and historian Catherine Littlejohns (Mary Milton, reporting).

And in NewsWrap: activism brings backlash in Belarus, wedding announcements in four U.S. states, Thailand's "Town of Love" rejects marriage-seeking same-gender couples, topless Parisian feminists praise Pope's surprise departure, and more news reported by Gary Shaw and Natalie Peoples (produced by Steve Pride).

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Steel Mongolians pt. 1 & "Tea Leaves"

"Sapphic Nomads" Katie Cook and Maggie Young send an "audio postcard" from the morning of the movement in Mongolia, the latest stop in their around-the-world search for material for their documentary (part one of two).

Memoirist Janet Mason telephonically travels to Australia to talk about her book with Gordon Wilson on Joy 94.9 in Melbourne.

And in NewsWrap: Italy's top court supports same-gender parenting, gay Serbian wins discrimination lawsuit, homosexuality convictions quashed in Cameroon, Sweden stops sterilizing trans surgery patients, equality bells ring at Washington's National Cathedral, and more news reported by Robert LeBlanc and Pamela Brooks (produced by Steve Pride).

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