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This week’s top LGBTQ+ news · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: Coming up, a gay influencer is murdered. First, though, protests
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  Speaker 1: in Taiwan after a police raid on a gay bar,
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  Speaker 1: which pretty much never happens there. Despite the country priding
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  Speaker 1: itself on being progressive and queer-friendly, we've seen 51 arrests
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  Speaker 1: at the Commander D venue in Taipei in the north.
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  Speaker 1: Those held are being accused of breaking a law that
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  Speaker 1: prohibits wantonly exposing your naked body or presenting a lascivious
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  Speaker 1: posture in a public place.
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  Speaker 3: At first, I heard shouting. Everyone get down. I thought
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  Speaker 3: it was part of some game. Then I realized, wait,
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  Speaker 3: this isn't right. A person with a physical disability was
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  Speaker 3: already feeling unwell. And one of the officers said, hey,
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  Speaker 3: you're already disabled. So what's the problem with you feeling uncomfortable?
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  Speaker 1: An eyewitness there translated by SET News. About 100 protesters
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  Speaker 1: have marched in a police station demanding an apology for
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  Speaker 1: alleged misconduct. The claims are denied by officials, but an
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  Speaker 1: investigation has now been ordered by the mayor.
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  Speaker 3: Pride Daily.
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  Speaker 1: Next, gay Punjabi influencer Mad Sandhu has been shot dead.
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  Speaker 1: He was attacked by two men on a motorbike in
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  Speaker 1: the northwestern city of Amritsar on Saturday and died en
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  Speaker 1: route to hospital. It's thought he was around 30 years old.
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  Speaker 1: Mad was also a makeup artist and LGBTQ plus advocate.
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  Speaker 1: He'd been targeted with lots of online threats and abuse
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  Speaker 1: for being unapologetically gay.
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  Speaker 4: Pride Daily.
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  Speaker 1: And a YouTuber famous for her Harry Potter parody videos
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  Speaker 1: says she no longer has any love for the wizard. Coldmirror,
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  Speaker 1: aka Catherine Frick, blames it on what we'll tidily refer
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  Speaker 1: to as the gender-critical views of the author, Harry Potter's
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  Speaker 1: wicked grandma, says the stories used to give her strength,
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  Speaker 1: but she can no longer read or watch them with
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  Speaker 1: a clear conscience. No time to tell you that. Eight
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  Speaker 1: websites have been blocked in Belarus and labelled extremist for
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  Speaker 1: promoting the LGBT movement and pushing child-free ideology. And in Paris,
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  Speaker 1: tens of thousands of people have marched in the Pride
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  Speaker 1: Parade through the French capital. It was postponed from June
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  Speaker 1: due to a heatwave. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up,
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  Speaker 1: Japanese volleyball. How queer. First, though, A transgender punk band
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  Speaker 1: cancelled a gig in Canada at the last minute, claiming
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  Speaker 1: the venue prevented one of its members from using the bathroom.
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  Speaker 1: Rougarou was setting up at the Sportsman's Club in Charlottetown
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  Speaker 1: when Marina Hanley needed to answer the call of nature.
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  Speaker 1: But she tells CBC, as she approached the female toilets,
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  Speaker 1: this happened.
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  Speaker 5: A bartender came up and taped up a little handwritten
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  Speaker 5: paper sign outside the door that said, ladies only. and said, hey,
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  Speaker 5: we're very strict about this.
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  Speaker 1: Her bandmate and fiancé George Finlay ripped the sign down,
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  Speaker 1: kicked off with the bartender, and all members of Rougarou
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  Speaker 1: walked out. Drag queen Remedy was also due to perform.
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  Speaker 6: In this economy, can any of us lose business?
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  Speaker 3: Like, I just shake my head at the whole thing
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  Speaker 3: because there was going to be a show there, there
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  Speaker 3: was going to be business brought in, and an amazing
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  Speaker 3: time to be had.
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  Speaker 1: Someone thought to be the manager of the sportsman's club
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  Speaker 1: says it does try to accommodate trans people, evidently. The
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  Speaker 1: band did actually perform that night with an impromptu jam
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  Speaker 1: session at a venue nearby. Next, the return of a
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  Speaker 1: mental health support service for LGBTQ plus young people in America,
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  Speaker 1: more than a year after it was scrapped, caused culture wars.
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  Speaker 1: Those in crisis and thinking of taking their own lives
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  Speaker 1: now have the Press 3 option again when calling 988 Lifeline,
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  Speaker 1: providing specialist help for queer youth aged under 25. It
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  Speaker 1: was binned off in July last year, accused by the
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  Speaker 1: orange convicted felon and sexual abuser who's president of radical
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  Speaker 1: gender ideology. And another male Japanese pro volleyball player has
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  Speaker 1: come out. That's two in as many days. What's going on?
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  Speaker 1: Rayon Arao says he's not set any boundaries on his
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  Speaker 1: gender identity or the gender of the people he's attracted to.
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  Speaker 1: The 25-year-old's been inspired by fellow player Rui Takahashi, who's
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  Speaker 1: just come out as gay. No time to tell you that.
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  Speaker 1: Alan Cummings, now patron of Translucent, the UK human rights
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  Speaker 1: organisation for transgender and gender diverse people, the award-winning gay
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  Speaker 1: actor says equality isn't conditional, it belongs to everyone.
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  Speaker 3: We are the Harrigans.
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  Speaker 7: Don't know the name?
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  Speaker 6: want to step up the ladder? I want Cormac dead.
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  Speaker 2: Starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Helen Mirren.
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  Speaker 5: You want to walk?
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  Speaker 1: I'll give you a walk.
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  Speaker 2: Stream the brand new series of Mobland from 18th of
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  Speaker 2: September exclusively on Paramount +. Subscription required. 18 plus. T's
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  Speaker 2: and C's apply.
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  Speaker 6: Waiting. We don't really mind if it's for a bus,
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  Speaker 6: or for the air fryer to... Oh, or even for
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  Speaker 6: the meeting to start.
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  Speaker 1: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, five
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  Speaker 1: gay men in a polycule. First though, A transgender student
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  Speaker 1: in America has been banned from running for homecoming queen
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  Speaker 1: but told she could try for homecoming king. Riley Williams
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  Speaker 1: from Charles R. Drew High in Georgia says it's all
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  Speaker 1: to do with state policy and the school district could
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  Speaker 1: lose government funding if it dares to be inclusive. Officials
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  Speaker 1: reckon the individual identities and expressions of students are recognised
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  Speaker 1: and respected. Riley's been speaking to Atlanta News First.
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  Speaker 7: People are behind me and people support me for who
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  Speaker 7: I am. Forcing me to run for something like homecoming
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  Speaker 7: king would invalidate my experience as a woman. Of course
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  Speaker 7: it's an unfair policy and to my understanding some people
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  Speaker 7: in the district don't agree with the policy. To me
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  Speaker 7: it just felt like them hiding behind it and hoping
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  Speaker 7: that I wouldn't say anything.
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  Speaker 1: Meanwhile a trans student's been elected as homecoming queen by
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  Speaker 1: classmates in Pennsylvania. There's been the predictable backlash, but everyone
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  Speaker 1: at Fairview High standing by Sammy with transphobic twerps being
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  Speaker 1: told to sit the hell down. Next, a state in
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  Speaker 1: Brazil moves to make sure gender identity is honoured after death.
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  Speaker 1: All to do with a woman who'd planned to make
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  Speaker 1: the necessary legal changes but wasn't able to complete the
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  Speaker 1: process before she died and was dead-named at a funeral
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  Speaker 1: and in the death certificate. all thanks to a transphobic
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  Speaker 1: estranged family. Queer advocates have got legal, and now the
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  Speaker 1: Court of Justice and the state of Pernambuco's ruled records
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  Speaker 1: can be rectified to preserve the identity, memory and dignity
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  Speaker 1: of trans people. And a new reality show follows the
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  Speaker 1: lives of five gay Asian men in San Francisco, all
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  Speaker 1: navigating a relationship with each other. One's enough for me,
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  Speaker 1: thank you. The Polycule sees Eric, Miltie, JJ, JC and
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  Speaker 1: Michael trying to deal with love, sex, communication and jealousy
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  Speaker 1: as a fivesome. It sounds exhausting. Oh, and as JJ
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  Speaker 1: points out, you've also got logistics in the mix.
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  Speaker 5: It's like, how are you going to find a bed
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  Speaker 5: that can actually fit five of us?
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  Speaker 1: And where to store all the toilet rolls. No launch
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  Speaker 1: date for this as yet, but it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: on Wow Presents Plus. And the boys are already big
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  Speaker 1: on YouTube. as the Kewl Kids. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath.
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  Speaker 1: Coming up, bye-bye, buttercup. First, though, two arrests over allegations
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  Speaker 1: of fake gay asylum claims in the UK. It's alleged
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  Speaker 1: the pair are part of a gang providing bogus evidence
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  Speaker 1: to men from Bangladesh about their sexuality. Gay people aren't
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  Speaker 1: safe there, and if UK immigration authorities are successfully conned,
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  Speaker 1: these guys won't be sent back home. Enforcement officer Chris
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  Speaker 1: Foster telling the BBC none of this comes for free,
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  Speaker 1: of course. We've got some intelligence that they can provide
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  Speaker 1: fake letters and documents and they could charge anywhere between £ 1, 000
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  Speaker 1: and £ 4, 500. Includes the likes of staged photos and testimonies
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  Speaker 1: from non-existent friends. As part of all this, immigration authorities
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  Speaker 1: have been investigating Apanjan, a Bangladeshi LGBTQ plus organisation based
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  Speaker 1: in East London. And earlier this year, the BBC says
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  Speaker 1: it found a secret network of law firms and immigration
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  Speaker 1: advisers also providing fake evidence on sexuality. Next, what to
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  Speaker 1: do about homophobic bullies on the school bus? Send in
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  Speaker 1: the mayor. Katia Giordani's getting hands-on in Quaregna Chiaretto in
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  Speaker 1: north-west Italy. responding to a letter from a mother outlining
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  Speaker 1: the kind of abuse her daughter's been faced with en
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  Speaker 1: route to class. The mayor's confronting kids on the bus
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  Speaker 1: every day this week, with a meeting at the town
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  Speaker 1: hall tomorrow telling parents to sort their feral kids out.
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  Speaker 1: And it's the end of a queer era in Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Beverly Buttercup is hanging up her headphones. The drag queen's
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  Speaker 1: been on community radio in Western Sydney for 26 years,
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  Speaker 1: platforming LGBTQ plus voices and stories on shows including Camp
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  Speaker 1: Air and Queer Out West. So she wants to make
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  Speaker 1: way for new talent. And a fun fact, Beverly was
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  Speaker 1: part of the closing ceremony at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.
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  Speaker 1: No time to tell you that. It's International Lesbian Day,
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  Speaker 1: bigging up the history, diversity and culture of gay women.
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  Speaker 1: And this year's LGBTQ Plus Defence Awards are dished out
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  Speaker 1: later in the UK. They recognise queer inclusion and representation
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  Speaker 1: across the likes of the Army and Navy, plus security
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  Speaker 1: and intelligence agencies.
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  Speaker 1: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up. a
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  Speaker 1: transgender Big Brother star gets engaged. First, though, the gay
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  Speaker 1: former Catholic priest who's now a tattoo artist.
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  Speaker 4: Ever since I was a kid, I knew I was
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  Speaker 4: attracted to men. And in the religious structure that I
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  Speaker 4: grew up in, that wasn't a possibility. I thought maybe
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  Speaker 4: I should become A priest.
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  Speaker 1: Francis Palmquist, talking about the ultra-conservative and controversial Society of
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  Speaker 1: St Pius X. He was ordained in 2016 in Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: in America, hoping it could help him get away from
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  Speaker 1: his sexuality. Spoiler alert.
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  Speaker 5: Well, you know.
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  Speaker 1: The 37-year-old packed it all in about a year and
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  Speaker 1: a half later, saying his mental health was wrecked and
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  Speaker 1: he feels he made the right choice to quit the priesthood.
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  Speaker 4: After I left.
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  Speaker 4: I felt this immediate sense of peace. Being gay is
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  Speaker 4: being myself.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to the Religion News Service. In his new life,
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  Speaker 1: Francis was inspired by a tattoo artist he met through
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  Speaker 1: his first boyfriend, saw it as a means of pursuing
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  Speaker 1: his love of art, and that's ultimately led to him
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  Speaker 1: running a successful studio in Pennsylvania. Ironically, he's now got
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  Speaker 1: religious tats all over his body, and says he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: really understand why. Next, after gay Punjabi influencer Madh Sandhu
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead in India, police say it may have
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  Speaker 1: been a contract killing. Possible links to criminal gangs are
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  Speaker 1: being investigated, with two arrests made. We think Madh, who
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  Speaker 1: was also an LGBTQ plus activist and makeup artist, was
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  Speaker 1: about 30 years old. He was attacked by two men
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  Speaker 1: on a motorbike last Saturday in the northern city of Amritsar.
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  Speaker 1: Pride Daily. And transgender Big Brother UK housemate Zila Glasson
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  Speaker 1: has gotten himself engaged. The personal trainer who was on
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  Speaker 1: the show last year can be seen down on one
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  Speaker 1: knee on his Insta proposing to Francesca, who he's been
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  Speaker 1: with for five years. Pop the question in Canada at
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  Speaker 1: Barrier Lake and says the things I'll do for an
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  Speaker 1: Italian passport. No time to tell you that. It's South
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  Speaker 1: Africa's Pretoria Pride tomorrow. Plus, you've got the start of
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  Speaker 1: National Hate Crime Awareness Week in the UK. And Sunday
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  Speaker 1: is National Coming Out Day. There's more on our socials
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