Humor and history soothe “Trump Distress Disorder”; kids check out diversity from library drag queens; our “Queer Life and Lit” commentator sails with Juliana to “Paris Adrift”; Australia’s P.M. polka imperils equality prospects, anti-queer Ghanaians organize “cure” facilities, a Hong Kong lesbian sues for partnership rights, Brazil’s closed “Queermuseu” reopening overwhelms protestors, and more queer news from around the world!

Queer teens discuss coming out and going out in high school; Trump resistance gains a warrior and a weapon; Germany’s “third gender” pitch falls short, Trump trashes job rights as a Colorado baker nixes a new cake, a 12-year-old transgender Oklahoma girl is terrorized by other students' parents, Nigerian men busted for kissing plead “not gay”, calling homophobe Scott Lively a “crackpot bigot” is upheld on appeal, and more queer news from around the world!

Queer teens deal with dating dilemmas; a “Rainbow Minute” honors sadly closeted songwriter Lorenz Hart; Costa Rica’s top court orders slow-motion marriage equality, activists survive violent attacks in Armenia and Lithuania, a Russian teen is convicted of posting “gay propaganda”, St. Petersburg’s rainbow rally ends in arrests, belligerent Belfast Pride demands marriage equality, leading LGBTQ Danes snub the Trump appointed ambassador’s Pride reception, and more queer news from around the world!

A Berlin Museum captures decades of German queer life and culture; Trump “weaponizes” so-called religious freedom at home and abroad; thousands protest a Japanese MP’s homophobic slurs, 2 Zambian men face 14 years in prison for private consensual sex, a record Jerusalem Pride crowd keeps the heat on Bibi over surrogacy exclusion, World Cup 2022 host Qatar may have already violated its FIFA agreement barring anti-queer bias, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

U.S. border chaos engulfs a Salvadoran lesbian mother and child; YouTube math sells trans content short; a “Rainbow Minute” honors Rainbow Flag creator Gilbert Baker; a storied Singapore leader’s grandson Dots the Pink, Barbados debuts Pride despite religious objections, marriage equality advances in Cuba and Switzerland, a Connecticut McDonald’s trolls its less “welcoming” Chick-Fil-A neighbor, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

“Angels in America” spreads its wings for a backstage book; a trans feminist mystery hero “Jinxes” the bad guys in “Chaser”; “The Power of Women’s Music” is celebrated in a “Rainbow Minute”; Seoul’s Queer Culture Fest Parade shrivels the opposition, tens of thousands strike against Israel’s surrogacy discrimination, India’s top court weighs sodomy repeal, marriage equality revenue beautifies Saipan, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Queers confront the U.S. high court crisis; Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo “swans” dance through a “Rainbow Minute”; oral arguments against India’s sodomy law sound good, another gay pair is flogged in Aceh despite government assurances to the contrary, Australia’s Uniting Church agrees to unite queer couples, Trump siphons HIV/AIDS funds for immigrant “baby jails”, a pre-teen Illinois lesbian plans her hometown’s first Pride parade, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Sydney’s 1978 march melee remembrance rallies for the future; Is your cultural appreciation appropriate? Banned Pride dodges cops in Istanbul, newly-minted Pride marches in newly-named eSwatini, marriage lawsuits pump up Panama and Ecuador Prides, a Hong Kong lesbian wins her final spousal visa battle, Bermuda’s government appeals a marriage equality ruling for the second time, Maine’s governor defends “cures” for queer kids, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

Queer asylum seekers are trapped by Trump’s immigration crisis; U.S. Supremes toss a wedding bouquet back to Washington state jurists, Angola grants legal recognition to its first LGBTQ rights group, Kyiv cops bust homophobic protesters, queers brave death threats to celebrate Pride in a Kenyan refugee camp, Pride finally comes to Deadwood, and more LGBTQ news from around the world — plus the witty tale of a little Red Hen!

Tracing Stonewall from riot to celebration; high courts consider marriage equality in the Philippines and Peru, a bi-national couple sues for the right to marry in the Cayman Islands, Czech Republic lawmakers consider a marriage equality proposal, South Africa’s Equality Court rejects a religious right to hate, Trump pulls the U.S. out of the U.N. Human Rights Council, a skirted bisexual star accepts a "Best Kiss" award, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!