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This week’s top LGBTQ+ news · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: ACAST recommends.
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  Speaker 2: Hi guys, it's Catherine Thomas here. My podcast, Are We
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  Speaker 2: There Yet?, is back for another season. Presented in association
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  Speaker 2: my incredible guests about their crossroad moments and the occasional
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  Speaker 2: wrong turn. Guests this season include comedian Emma Dorn, culinary
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  Speaker 2: superstar Marco Pierre White, politician Mary Lou MacDonald, Cleonegan from
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  Speaker 1: to right now.
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  Speaker 3: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, why a homophobic
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  Speaker 3: rage baiter isn't pleased as punch. First though, the 14-year-old
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  Speaker 3: logo of a library in America has been scrapped because
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  Speaker 3: it's too gay. North Carolina's Farmville Library had been using
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  Speaker 3: a representation of an open book with pages of different
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  Speaker 3: colors fanned out. A whole three bigots have complained it
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  Speaker 3: resembles a rainbow, which it actually doesn't, and therefore is
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  Speaker 3: yet another example of LGBTQ plus propaganda.
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  Speaker 4: Rainbows are a significant symbol of libraries across the entire US,
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  Speaker 4: so to see an action like this take place is
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  Speaker 4: really concerning. A library is a symbol of inclusion and
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  Speaker 4: is supposed to be welcoming to all, and for a
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  Speaker 4: handful of people to be able to decide Who is
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  Speaker 4: welcomed and who is not here is unacceptable in my eyes.
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  Speaker 3: Farmville Mayor Alex Joyner speaking to WCTI News 12. The
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  Speaker 3: change was made without any warning, but now there's going
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  Speaker 3: to be a public meeting about it. A new logo
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  Speaker 3: on the library's website is really drab and basic and
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  Speaker 3: saved under the file name Temp Logo 2026. Pride Daily. Next,
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  Speaker 3: why are transgender people at higher risk of cardiovascular disease,
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  Speaker 3: a group of conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels?
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  Speaker 3: We know it from previous research, but the snappily titled
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  Speaker 3: Journal of General Internal Medicine reckons this is dangerously understudied.
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  Speaker 3: Hormone therapy could be a factor, plus the stress of
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  Speaker 3: being trans and encountering transphobia, which might also lead to
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  Speaker 3: smoking and substance abuse. The journal says we need much
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  Speaker 3: more clarity on this. Pride Daily. And a gay dad
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  Speaker 3: in America who punched a homophobic, rage-baiting, radical right-wing influencer
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  Speaker 3: who provoked him isn't going to be charged. Husbands David
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  Speaker 3: and Anthony Viewlin were out with their baby in West
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  Speaker 3: Hollywood in April and they were approached by a film
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  Speaker 3: crew led by something called Riley Niemey. He lied about
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  Speaker 3: being from CNN, then went down the hoary old gay
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  Speaker 3: man pedophiles route. 32-year-old David acquainted the bedwetter with his fist,
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  Speaker 3: but his lawyer now says there won't be criminal charges.
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  Speaker 3: A GoFundMe to cover legal costs raised more than $ 210, 000.
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  Speaker 3: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, a transgender ice
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  Speaker 3: hockey commentator. First though, seven former police officers involved in
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  Speaker 3: the murder of a gay couple in Guatemala... have got
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  Speaker 3: between five and 60 years in prison. Eldine Chok and
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  Speaker 3: Milton Santamaria were homophobically abused and tortured at a police
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  Speaker 3: station in Chimaltenango in April 2024. It's claimed the pair,
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  Speaker 3: aged 28 and 45, were arrested following an argument at
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  Speaker 3: a shop police tried to make it look like they'd
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  Speaker 3: been killed in a road accident. Milton's uncle Jose spoke
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  Speaker 3: at the trial... said he raised his nephew and they
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  Speaker 3: were like father and son.
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  Speaker 5: As humans, we cannot be judges of people and act
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  Speaker 5: to take their lives solely based on a social or
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  Speaker 5: sexual idea. In that way, I think the state has
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  Speaker 5: a responsibility because those who killed the young men are
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  Speaker 5: members of the state.
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  Speaker 3: Previously, two firefighters were jailed for being part of the cover-up.
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  Speaker 3: There were about 30 violent killings of LGBTQ plus people
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  Speaker 3: last year in Guatemala. where there's no hate crime law. Next,
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  Speaker 3: pride badges and a rainbow feather worn by contestants on
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  Speaker 3: a BBC quiz show in the UK have been digitally removed.
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  Speaker 3: Three students appearing on University Challenge have labelled the censorship
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  Speaker 3: absurd and Orwellian, while the broadcaster reckons it's obliged to
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  Speaker 3: stick to rules on neutrality. It comes just a few
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  Speaker 3: weeks after the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, known internationally as
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  Speaker 3: Dancing with the Stars, Blurred out a pro-transgender Protect the
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  Speaker 3: Dolls t-shirt. Pride Daily. And German ice hockey commentator Lara
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  Speaker 3: Hubeck's opening up about her new life as an out
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  Speaker 3: transgender woman. The 33-year-old, who's with Bavarian side Degendorfer SC,
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  Speaker 3: went public in May off the back of six months
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  Speaker 3: of hormone therapy. Says after years of repression, she now
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  Speaker 3: feels much more confident and feminine and hopes to inspire
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  Speaker 3: other trans people to come out. No time to tell
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  Speaker 3: you that. Homophobic chanting by supporters of French football team
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  Speaker 3: Lyon last week has seen the club slap with a 20,000
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  Speaker 3: euro fine. And in America, it's the annual high heel
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  Speaker 3: race later in Washington, D.C., with drag performers and other
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  Speaker 3: costumed queer competitors hoofing it down 17th Street.
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  Speaker 6: You're flat out and your to-do list is growing by
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  Speaker 6: the minute. But unfortunately, so is your headache. And now
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  Speaker 6: you've gone from flat out to flattened. Luckily, Panadol extra
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  Speaker 6: relief that's more than just paracetamol, that's one for Panadol.
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  Speaker 6: Speed based on absorption data contains paracetamol. Always read the
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  Speaker 6: label or leaflet.
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  Speaker 1: ACAST recommends.
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  Speaker 2: Hi guys, it's Catherine Thomas here. My podcast, Are We
• 6:23
  Speaker 2: There Yet, is back for another season. Presented in association
• 6:27
  Speaker 2: with the Matter Private Network. Every Tuesday, I talk to
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: my incredible guests about their crossroad moments and the occasional
• 6:33
  Speaker 2: wrong turn. Guests this season include comedian Emma Dorn, culinary
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: superstar Marco Pierre White, politician Mary Lou MacDonald, Cian Egan
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  Speaker 2: from Westlife and many more. You can listen to all
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  Speaker 2: the episodes of Are We There Yet with me, Catherine Thomas,
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  Speaker 2: now wherever you get your podcasts.
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  Speaker 1: ACAST is home to the world's best podcasts, including Red Room,
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: Catch Up with Louise McSharry, and the one you're listening
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  Speaker 1: to right now.
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  Speaker 3: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, sexist transphobes. First, though,
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  Speaker 3: a ban on conversion practices is finally being debated today
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  Speaker 3: by lawmakers in Tasmania. It's taken 10 years of efforts
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  Speaker 3: from advocacy groups, allies and survivors of this abuse to
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  Speaker 3: bring the issue to Parliament in the Australian state. Tasmania
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  Speaker 3: is one of the last parts of the country where
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  Speaker 3: it's still legal to attempt to change or suppress a
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  Speaker 3: person's sexuality or gender identity.
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  Speaker 7: One of the basic premises is that you are deeply
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  Speaker 7: flawed and that you need to be fixed. I still
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  Speaker 7: struggle with that very much. I was unable to attend
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  Speaker 7: most of my Year 9 schooling due to how badly
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  Speaker 7: it affected me mentally.
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  Speaker 3: Still today, I know I'm affected by it. Survivors Glenn
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  Speaker 3: Worrell and Bronwyn Larkin speaking to ABC News. The conversion
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  Speaker 3: practices prohibition bills, the work of Australia's Green Party. Of
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  Speaker 3: the other two areas without a ban, Western Australia's working
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  Speaker 3: on one, while the Northern Territory has no plans whatsoever.
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  Speaker 3: Pride Daily. Next, sexist people are more likely to be
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  Speaker 3: in favour of transgender sports bands. So says a study
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  Speaker 3: by the University of Massachusetts in America, which asks questions
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  Speaker 3: to assess whether an individual's a big old knuckle-dragger, including
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  Speaker 3: are women too easily offended and do women seek to
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  Speaker 3: gain power by getting control over men? About 80% of
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  Speaker 3: those found to be the most sexist wanted no trans
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  Speaker 3: competitors in women's sports. The research queries whether this can
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  Speaker 3: truly be about protecting females then, when those most supportive
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  Speaker 3: are also most hostile to women. And a transgender man
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  Speaker 3: and his wife are having a baby using his eggs
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  Speaker 3: and her womb. Taylor and Chloe Winters from Watford in
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  Speaker 3: the UK have successfully conceived through in vitro fertilisation... after
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  Speaker 3: having his eggs frozen before he transitioned. With the help
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  Speaker 3: of a sperm donor, Chloe got pregnant on their second
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  Speaker 3: attempt to IVF back in May, and they're due to
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  Speaker 3: be having a girl in January. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath.
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  Speaker 3: Coming up, cretinous Christians in Fiji. First though, encouraging LGBTQ
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  Speaker 3: plus people to check themselves for bowel cancer... through the
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  Speaker 3: medium of filthy, dirty, vulgar lyrics. Enjoy.
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  Speaker 5: I know, I'm as a.
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  Speaker 3: I know, I'm as appalled as you are. Atomic Kittens'
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  Speaker 3: Natasha Hamilton singing a new version of the group's biggest
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  Speaker 3: hit at the Booty Call Ball in London. This was
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  Speaker 3: organised as part of efforts to make queer people more
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  Speaker 3: aware of bowel cancer, driven by DJ Dan Edwards, who
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  Speaker 3: discovered he had the disease just over two years ago.
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  Speaker 3: says there are other symptoms to look out for.
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  Speaker 8: Any pain in your bum, how loose or firm your
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  Speaker 8: stools are, if you're constipated, those are combined with things
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  Speaker 8: like tiredness and fatigue and unexplained weight loss. Checking your bum, hun,
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  Speaker 8: is really easy. Keep an eye on your poo. If
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  Speaker 8: anything changes and it lasts longer than three weeks, go
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  Speaker 8: see the doctor.
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  Speaker 3: Since getting the all clear, Dan's set up the Booty
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  Speaker 3: Call charity, which goes into LGBTQ plus spaces and uses
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  Speaker 3: queer culture to raise awareness of bowel cancer. Also performing
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  Speaker 3: at the Booty Call Ball at London's Clapham Grand, you
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  Speaker 3: had the Cheeky Girls and, appropriately enough, Booty Love. Next,
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  Speaker 3: another Christian organisation in Fiji says changes to the country's
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  Speaker 3: constitution should include an explicit ban on same-sex marriage. Apostles
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  Speaker 3: Fellowship International has been responding to a public consultation giving
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  Speaker 3: the same view the Methodist Church has Fiji doesn't currently
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  Speaker 3: have same-sex marriage, but that's not good enough, apparently. The
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  Speaker 3: AFI says it's positions guided by Christian faith and respect
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  Speaker 3: for the dignity of every person. Sure thing. And a
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  Speaker 3: Ukrainian-Israeli woman's been banned from Russia for liking online posts
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  Speaker 3: about queer stuff. Noah Cohen, which isn't her real name,
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  Speaker 3: had been at university in Russia... and after flying into
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  Speaker 3: an airport in Moscow last year, border guards took her
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  Speaker 3: phone to examine it. She was designated a threat to
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  Speaker 3: the security of the Russian Federation after liking posts on
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  Speaker 3: LGBTQ plus issues and listening to music by artists deemed
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  Speaker 3: to be foreign agents, tried to appeal the ban, but
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  Speaker 3: judges have just rejected it. No time to tell you that.
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  Speaker 3: Got the second rainbow game starting today in New Zealand.
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  Speaker 3: four-day sports event for queer athletes and allies. And in Italy,
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  Speaker 3: there's Bologna's Gender Bender Festival, a week and a half
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  Speaker 3: of exhibitions, films and performances exploring gender expression.
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  Speaker 6: You're on the bus, an hour from home, in bumper-to-bumper
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  Speaker 6: traffic creeping forward a few inches at a time. Someone's
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  Speaker 6: kids are screaming and suddenly your back is too. Luckily,
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  Speaker 6: Panadol extra film-coated tablets are boosted by caffeine and they
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  Speaker 6: get to work in as little as 10 minutes. For
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  Speaker 6: powerful relief that's more than just paracetamol, that's one for Panadol.
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  Speaker 6: Speed-based on absorption data contains paracetamol. Always read the label
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  Speaker 6: or leaflet.
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  Speaker 3: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, tin pot Tina Turner.
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  Speaker 3: First up, Yet more anti-LGBTQ plus raids across Turkey. 45 people,
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  Speaker 3: most of them transgender women, have been arrested in seven cities,
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  Speaker 3: including Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul. Police say they're investigating claims
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  Speaker 3: of prostitution and obscenity, plus social media posts that encourage
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  Speaker 3: genderlessness and are against public morality. Part of a now
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  Speaker 3: seven-week crackdown that President Erdogan reckons is all about protecting
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  Speaker 3: children and families.
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  Speaker 7: Everything that Erdogan does is done with one eye on
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  Speaker 7: the elections. If you consider the name of the operation,
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  Speaker 7: My Family is Safe, this will appeal to his grassroots supporters.
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  Speaker 3: France 24's Jasper Mortimer in Turkey. The election's not even
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  Speaker 3: been called yet, but at most it's only a year
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  Speaker 3: and a half away. About 160 arrests since September 12th
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  Speaker 3: after raids on LGBTQ plus clubs and bars, advocacy organisations
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  Speaker 3: and even activist homes with websites and social media accounts blocked.
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  Speaker 3: The crackdown's been criticised by the United Nations. Next, terrorism
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  Speaker 3: experts say the Berlin Pride attack could have been prevented.
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  Speaker 3: Abdul Balut rammed a van into crowds in July, killing
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  Speaker 3: one person and injuring 31 others. He'd been under surveillance
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  Speaker 3: for years as a threat and wanted to be in
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  Speaker 3: the Islamic State group. A new report finds failings by
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  Speaker 3: security services and the courts left him free to plan
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  Speaker 3: and carry out the attack, including hiring the van. He
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  Speaker 3: was shot dead by police a day later. Pride Daily.
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  Speaker 3: And there's been controversy at the annual high heel race
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  Speaker 3: in Washington, D.C. Always takes place on the Tuesday before
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  Speaker 3: Halloween with drag performers and any queer person with the
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  Speaker 3: required fabulous footwear cheered on by thousands of spectators. A
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  Speaker 3: Tina Turner impersonator jumped out of the crowd and cut
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  Speaker 3: in front of the real racers at the finish line.
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  Speaker 3: She was rightly disqualified with Kenny Monroe crowned the winner
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  Speaker 3: because he was dum-dum-dum. Simply the best. You're welcome. No
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  Speaker 3: time to tell you that. A proposed ban on conversion
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  Speaker 3: practices in Tasmania has passed its first hurdle in Parliament.
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  Speaker 3: It moves now from the Australian state's lower to upper house.
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  Speaker 3: And Transgender Awareness Month kicks off on Sunday. There's more
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  Speaker 3: on our socials, at Pride Daily Pod, including any breaking news.
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  Speaker 3: That's your lot. I'll see you next week.