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Monday, May 31, 2010

Harvey Milk Day & DADT Repeal Fright

Now playing ... week of May 31, 2010

Activists get back to basics at a Los Angeles rally celebrating the first official commemoration of the slain LGBT rights leader's birthday.

As the U.S. House and a key Senate committee pave the way for "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal, right wing extremists succumb to homophobic hysteria.

And in NewsWrap: international pressure wins pardons for gay Malawi couple, arrested Zimbabwe activists out on bail awaiting trial, Bucharest Fest finds success under tight security, skinhead assault on Bratislava Pride cancels parade plans, flashmob marchers evade Moscow Pride ban, and more news.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

GALZ Staffers Busted & ENDA/DADT Agitation

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GALZ Staffers Busted & ENDA/DADT Agitation

As the Harare headquarters of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe is raided and two staffmembers are jailed by a police chief previously implicated in the illegal detentions and torture of social justice activists, GALZ Programmes Manager for Gender Fadzai Muparutsa discusses hardball politics in a country where official homophobia is legendary. (part 2 of 2)

The week's developments in the efforts to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act and to repeal the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy includes comments by Executive Director Kate Kendall and other staffers from the National Center for Lesbian Rights at an ENDA rally in San Francisco.

And in NewsWrap: Malawi men's engagement party brings 14 years hard labor, Portugal's president ratifies marriage equality, Minsk's banned Pride march mauled by police, Singapore activists think "Pink," Episcopal Church blesses first lesbian bishop, abstinence-promoting U.S. Congressman can't abstain from staff relations, and more news.

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