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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: We said we'd keep it tight.
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  Speaker 3: We would 100% lie. We did. I'm Deirdre O'Kane.
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  Speaker 3: So keep it tight is basically the unfiltered chats that
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  Speaker 3: we normally have in the WhatsApp.
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  Speaker 2: The kind of carry-on you'd screech off for your mate.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe not your mum.
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  Speaker 3: No overthinking. We kind of just let it all out.
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  Speaker 1: to right now.
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  Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, is Pakistan's Got
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  Speaker 2: Talent pushing an LGBTQ plus agenda? First, though, A bar
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  Speaker 2: in America that weaponised Pride Month against LGBTQ plus people
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  Speaker 2: could become a gay bar. Idaho's Old State Saloon organised
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  Speaker 2: Hetero Awesome Fest in June last year, with speakers defending
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  Speaker 2: traditional family values. Hardly anyone turned up. Plus there was
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  Speaker 2: Heterosexual Awesomeness Month the June before, with special offers for straights.
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  Speaker 2: But maybe hate isn't good for business because it's just
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  Speaker 2: gone up for sale with a local entrepreneur now trying
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  Speaker 2: to raise the money so he can queer it the
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  Speaker 2: hell up. Current owner and Bible basher, Mark Fitzpatrick.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always going to side with what God says.
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  Speaker 4: In his word, it's going to be what's moral and
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  Speaker 4: not moral, as far as moral righteousness.
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  Speaker 2: And so if the Bible.
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  Speaker 4: Says that it's a sin to act out in homosexuality,
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  Speaker 4: then I'm going to.
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  Speaker 2: Agree with what the Bible says.
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  Speaker 4: That doesn't mean I don't love homosexuals.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it does. Thanks to KTVB. Mark is a self-described
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  Speaker 2: heterosexual supremacist who's also used the bar to promote other
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  Speaker 2: culture war clownery. Entrepreneur Montgomery Kuykendall wants the venue to
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  Speaker 2: act as a queer community hub and make weekly donations
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  Speaker 2: from the profits to local advocacy organisations. Next, a gay
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  Speaker 2: man's been beaten up by more than 30 people in
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  Speaker 2: a homophobic attack in Italy. Angelo Ratti had been performing
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  Speaker 2: with his queer DJ collective Fortune Cookie in Sardinia and
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  Speaker 2: was targeted by these knuckle-draggers after the gig. The attack
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  Speaker 2: went on for about half an hour, leaving him with
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  Speaker 2: injuries all over his body and hearing loss, plus his
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  Speaker 2: equipment was damaged. And it's all been kicking off over
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  Speaker 2: a man belly-dancing on Pakistan's Got Talent whilst wearing women's
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  Speaker 2: clothes and jewellery and in make-up. Yusha Hussain's performance has
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  Speaker 2: led to accusations the programme's promoting LGBTQ plus themes. He's
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  Speaker 2: been belly dancing for nearly a decade and wants to
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  Speaker 2: break cultural taboos, because for Pakistani men to do this
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  Speaker 2: is seen as going against gender norms. The time to
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  Speaker 2: tell you that. Indonesia's Hornet queer dating apps being banned,
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  Speaker 2: supposedly following public concerns. Apple and Google have been told
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  Speaker 2: to block access in the anti-LGBTQ plus country on their
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  Speaker 2: app stores. Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up,
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  Speaker 2: the safest countries for queer tourists. First, though. It's a
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  Speaker 2: bit of an anti-transgender Tuesday in Britain, with some new
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  Speaker 2: toilet and tennis rules coming into force. Trans children in
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  Speaker 2: England now have to use bathrooms and changing rooms at
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  Speaker 2: school that align with their biological sex. This is to
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  Speaker 2: keep kids safe, says the government. Meanwhile, Britain's tennis governing
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  Speaker 2: bodies ban transgender women from its domestic female competitions cause fairness.
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  Speaker 2: Kazakhstani tennis player Elena Rybakina not wildly enthusiastic.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, I don't know what to comment.
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  Speaker 5: If we got to do it, we will do it.
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  Speaker 1: For me, I won't say it's unnecessary, but I think
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  Speaker 1: it was without this test also fine.
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  Speaker 2: That from the International Women's Tennis Association, which brought in
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  Speaker 2: genetic sex testing in July as part of an updated
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  Speaker 2: eligibility policy. So a trans ban by another name, like
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  Speaker 2: world boxing brought in last year. And back to England's schools,
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  Speaker 2: they've also got new guidance around social transition that basically
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  Speaker 2: says a child's wishes on this can just be disregarded. Next,
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  Speaker 2: Ecuador's adoption rules have been made even more anti-queer. A
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  Speaker 2: new law bans single LGBTQ plus people like same-sex couples
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  Speaker 2: were already because of the country's constitution. And just for
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  Speaker 2: good measure, any adoptive parent who supports their child being
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  Speaker 2: transgender could lose custody. Pride Daily. And we've got the
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  Speaker 2: safest countries for queer tourists if you go by a
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  Speaker 2: new LGBTQ plus risk map. taking various factors into account,
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  Speaker 2: including surveys with travellers. Canada and the Netherlands come out best,
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  Speaker 2: with Spain and Austria doing well too. They're seen as
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  Speaker 2: treating queer people and couples respectfully, with public displays of
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  Speaker 2: affection being not so much of an issue, and very
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  Speaker 2: good feedback when it comes to police and authorities. Kelseprees,
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  Speaker 2: America's seen as having quite a bit of work to do,
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  Speaker 2: so maybe hold off on that trip to the US
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  Speaker 2: until January 20th, 2029. No time to tell you that.
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  Speaker 2: Bisexual Visibility Week starts today, celebrating bi culture and history.
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  Speaker 2: And Hunter Biden, Joe's son, reckons he's 48.5% gay and
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  Speaker 2: apparently felt the need to say that out loud.
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  Speaker 3: Queer Family Podcast.
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  Speaker 5: If you've ever felt like your family didn't fit the
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  Speaker 5: traditional mold, this show is for you. I'm Jamie, host
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  Speaker 5: of the Queer Family Podcast. And every week we highlight
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  Speaker 5: LGBTQIA plus families and the beautiful, unique ways we build
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  Speaker 5: and show up for our families in a world that
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  Speaker 5: wasn't designed for us. We celebrate, highlight, uplift, and normalize
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  Speaker 5: queer families because our stories deserve center stage. New episodes
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  Speaker 5: every Monday. Listen wherever you get your pods. Pride Daily.
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  Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, free transgender travel.
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  Speaker 2: First though, the abuse of a gay couple and their
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  Speaker 2: young son after the men shared pictures of their wedding online.
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  Speaker 2: Stephen and Connor Bonilla Graham Darby recently got married in
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  Speaker 2: Liverpool in the UK after 15 years together, a day
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  Speaker 2: where they felt safe and could really feel the love.
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  Speaker 2: But with the bedwetters out in force, about three quarters
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  Speaker 2: of the comments under their photos were negative, including, of course,
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  Speaker 2: accusations of paedophilia. Stephen tells ITV News it's had a
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  Speaker 2: massive impact.
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  Speaker 4: I felt broken. I felt like I put my family
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  Speaker 4: at risk. So that's played a big, heavy weight on
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  Speaker 4: my shoulders. I'm fascinated that sharing our love online just
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  Speaker 4: becomes an open platform for abuse i just can't understand
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  Speaker 4: how that's normal.
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  Speaker 2: And now understandably the pair are more on their guard
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  Speaker 2: does it make us more cautious about what we do
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  Speaker 2: share online one million percent.
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  Speaker 4: It was such a whirlwind of negativity that now any
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  Speaker 4: positivity coming my way i kind of get scared that
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  Speaker 4: it'll be taken away from.
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  Speaker 2: Me they're not going to be silenced though i'm still.
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  Speaker 4: Going to share our love i'm still going to share
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  Speaker 4: our existence and i'm still going to share what love
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  Speaker 4: and commitment truly looks like and if people have a
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  Speaker 4: problem with that then I guess it's a message to
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  Speaker 4: them that they need to realise that they are the problem.
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  Speaker 1: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, they are. Next, a rainbow bench installed at the
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  Speaker 2: site of the Berlin Pride terror attack has been destroyed.
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  Speaker 2: It was part of a memorial at Tiergarten Park for
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  Speaker 2: the woman killed and 31 people injured after a van
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  Speaker 2: rammed into crowds on July 25th. The German capital's LGBTQ
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  Speaker 2: plus commissioner says he's speechless... And the queer community won't
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  Speaker 2: be intimidated. And transgender people in the southern Indian state
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  Speaker 2: of Tamil Nadu are getting more free bus travel. A
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  Speaker 2: scheme allowing them to ride for nothing on government-run vehicles
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  Speaker 2: is being expanded a month today to apply to more routes.
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  Speaker 2: It's meant for essential journeys like work, education and hospital
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  Speaker 2: visits with hopes this will help with social inclusion. Hi there,
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  Speaker 2: I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up... taxpayers foot the bill for
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  Speaker 2: culture war clownery. First, though, a promise to ban conversion
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  Speaker 2: therapy in Scotland is being broken. The government's published its
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  Speaker 2: plans for the next parliamentary year, and there's no mention
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  Speaker 2: of outlawing attempts to change a person's sexuality or gender identity.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Scotland's the only UK nation not to have
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  Speaker 2: proposals in place to end this abuse. despite a consultation
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  Speaker 2: involving survivors and human rights groups. Carrie Lyles from the
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  Speaker 2: Equality Network.
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  Speaker 4: Despite a lot of work in Scotland over the years,
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  Speaker 4: conversion practices are still legal and people are still suffering.
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  Speaker 5: Survivors have told us about lifelong.
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  Speaker 4: Mental health problems, trauma, and impacts on their sense of
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  Speaker 4: self and ability to form relationships as a result of
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  Speaker 4: conversion practices.
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  Speaker 5: Conversion practices need to stop.
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  Speaker 2: Scotland's government says it's waiting to see how lawmakers in
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  Speaker 2: Westminster move forward with plans for a ban. in England
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  Speaker 2: and Wales. The opposition Green Party says this reasoning verges
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  Speaker 2: on dishonesty and LGBTQ plus Scots aren't being protected. Pride Daily. Next,
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  Speaker 2: a big step forward for legal gender recognition in Bulgaria.
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  Speaker 2: It's complicated, but basically, a Supreme Court ruling in favour
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  Speaker 2: of four trans people means a previous constitutional court decision
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  Speaker 2: preventing changes to official documents can get in the bin.
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  Speaker 2: This will mean Bulgaria complies with a European Union ruling
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  Speaker 2: that member states must have legal gender recognition to facilitate
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  Speaker 2: freedom of movement across the EU. And a librarian in
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  Speaker 2: America who refused to censor LGBTQ plus books so they
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  Speaker 2: couldn't be seen by children now has lots of money.
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  Speaker 2: Patty Hector from Arkansas got legal after losing a job
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  Speaker 2: for being a top-tier ally and refusing to capitulate to
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  Speaker 2: culture war clownery. A judge has ruled her right to
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  Speaker 2: free speech was violated and this radical right-wing nonsense is
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  Speaker 2: going to cost taxpayers $ 275, 000. No time to tell you that.
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  Speaker 2: Back in Scotland, Oban Lesbian Plus Weekend kicks off today.
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  Speaker 2: This is the fifth event for LGBTQ plus and non-binary people,
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  Speaker 2: and it's trans-inclusive. We said we'd keep it tight.
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  Speaker 3: We would 100% lied.
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  Speaker 1: We did.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Deirdre O'Kane.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Emma Dord.
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  Speaker 3: So keep it tight is basically the unfiltered chats that
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  Speaker 3: we normally have in the WhatsApp.
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  Speaker 2: The kind of carry-on you'd screech off for your mate.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe not your mum.
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  Speaker 3: No overthinking, we kind of just let it all out.
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  Speaker 3: And somehow, people keep showing up to hear more.
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  Speaker 2: Follow Keep It Tight wherever you get your podcasts.
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  Speaker 4: New episodes every Wednesday.
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  Speaker 2: Now brought to you by ACAST.
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: ACAST is home to the world's best podcasts, including Red Room,
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: Catch Up with Louise McSharry, and the one you're listening
• 12:04
  Speaker 1: to right now.
• 12:10
  Speaker 2: Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, what twins tell
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  Speaker 2: us about being trans? First though, an attempt to ban
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  Speaker 2: puberty blockers in South Australia has failed. The far-right One
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  Speaker 2: Nation Party decided this was a priority, wasting parliamentary time
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  Speaker 2: and public money on a vote. They lost. These boneheads
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  Speaker 2: wanted to jail health professionals for five years for providing
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  Speaker 2: treatment to transgender children. One Nation's Cory Bernardi's been leading
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  Speaker 2: the charge on this, and he is so gangster.
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  Speaker 6: Gender-affirming care clinics are tampering with children. We shouldn't allow
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  Speaker 6: that to happen, and that's why One Nation has a
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  Speaker 6: bill to stop puberty blockers in this state. It's ruining
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  Speaker 6: the lives of children. Let them make decisions as adults.
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  Speaker 6: And stop being the pawns of social engineers.
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  Speaker 2: As opposed to the pawns of culture war clowns. Bernardi's
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  Speaker 2: currently suspended from Facebook for his video showing school kids
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  Speaker 2: while he insulted them. Earlier this year, the bad retter
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  Speaker 2: said he 100% stands by his comments from 2012 linking
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  Speaker 2: same-sex marriage to bestiality. Pride Daily. Next, 35 queer people
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  Speaker 2: have been murdered in Honduras this year. New stats from
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  Speaker 2: the country's Observatory of Violence Against LGBTI Plus Persons finds
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  Speaker 2: 11 transgender women and 10 gay men among the victims.
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  Speaker 2: Also got nearly 200 cases of other types of anti-queer violence,
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  Speaker 2: with trans women again the worst affected. Authorities are being
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  Speaker 2: accused of indifference in a country that's extremely hostile to
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  Speaker 2: LGBTQ plus people. And new claims genetics play a part
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  Speaker 2: in gender identity, coming off the back of a study
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  Speaker 2: of identical twins. An Australian Children's Research Institute's found if
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  Speaker 2: one twin is trans, there's a 21.2% likelihood the other
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  Speaker 2: will be. For the general population, it's just a 1-2% chance.
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  Speaker 2: So the experts reckon genes must have a bearing on
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  Speaker 2: this alongside environmental influences. Basically, knuckle-draggers can't just say it's
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  Speaker 2: a choice and try to push conversion therapy. No time
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  Speaker 2: to tell you that. Iceland has standardised its blood donation
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  Speaker 2: rules so they're now the same regardless of sexuality or
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  Speaker 2: gender identity. Switzerland's government says it supports having a national
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  Speaker 2: conversion therapy ban. rather than the current mix of rules
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  Speaker 2: across different areas. Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
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  Speaker 2: kicks off today for the next two and a half weeks.
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  Speaker 2: In the UK, you've got the first ever Brighton Dyke
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  Speaker 2: Pride tomorrow, and it's the inaugural Lesbian History Day on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: There's more on our socials, at Pride Daily Pod, including
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  Speaker 2: any breaking news. That's your lot. I'll see you next week.