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This week’s top LGBTQ+ news · PRIDE Daily

• 0:04
  Speaker 1: What's the best album of all time?
• 0:07
  Speaker 2: What song do you think is so overrated?
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: Who's the next artist about to blow up?
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: Well, that's a great question.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm Dre.
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  Speaker 1: And this is the District Music Podcast. For all you
• 0:17
  Speaker 1: music heads out there, this is your new home for
• 0:20
  Speaker 1: music news from Ireland and beyond.
• 0:22
  Speaker 2: We dive into our favourite moments in music.
• 0:24
  Speaker 1: Chat to the artists that you love, And scratch that
• 0:27
  Speaker 1: musical itch in your brain. The District Music Podcast, out
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  Speaker 1: every Tuesday and Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: Wherever you get your podcasts.
• 0:36
  Speaker 3: ACAST is home to the world's best podcasts, including Red Room,
• 0:41
  Speaker 3: Catch Up with Louise McSharry, and the one you're listening
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  Speaker 3: to right now.
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  Speaker 4: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up... The
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  Speaker 4: price of being a bigot. First, though, American fast food
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  Speaker 4: chain Chick-fil-A sure seems keen not to talk about LGBTQ
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  Speaker 4: plus rights. Back in 2012, the company's then CEO said
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  Speaker 4: it's against same-sex marriage, came not long after revelations the
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  Speaker 4: business was giving millions of dollars to anti-queer organisations. His
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  Speaker 4: son's since taken the reins, so where does the firm
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  Speaker 4: stand now? NBC's Craig Melvin at least tried to get
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  Speaker 4: an answer.
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  Speaker 5: There were folks who were protesting, they were boycotting Chick-fil-A.
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  Speaker 6: They'd say, oh, Chick-fil-A, they don't stand with the LGBTQ
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  Speaker 6: plus community.
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  Speaker 1: What would you say to those folks?
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  Speaker 6: Well, for anybody that hadn't tried us, we'd love for
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  Speaker 6: you to come try and have our great taste in
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  Speaker 6: food and the hospitality that we're known for. I think
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  Speaker 6: they'll see that they're welcome to come eat with us.
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  Speaker 6: We'd love to give them a great taste in sandwich
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  Speaker 6: and give them a great hospitality.
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  Speaker 4: Andrew Cathy speaking to, or speaking at, Craig on the
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  Speaker 4: Today Show. And hey, God loves a trier. You don't
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  Speaker 4: want to talk about that chapter in Chick-fil-A's history.
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  Speaker 6: We're focused on serving everybody that come in and eat
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  Speaker 6: with us.
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  Speaker 4: The company's official position on equal rights is.
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  Speaker 2: We're focused on hospitality.
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  Speaker 6: Serving great taste of food and great service.
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  Speaker 4: Online, commenters have said Kathy's too chicken to engage. Chick-fil-A
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  Speaker 4: is well known for being a bit of a Bible-bashing
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  Speaker 4: company with Christian beliefs. It shuts every Sunday so staff
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  Speaker 4: can go to church. Next, a push for greater LGBTQ
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  Speaker 4: plus inclusivity in Japan to help the economy. An international
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  Speaker 4: business network reckons the lack of national anti-discrimination laws and
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  Speaker 4: a full legal recognition for sexual and gender minorities is
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  Speaker 4: potentially costing the country more than 16 trillion yen each year.
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  Speaker 4: That's about 100 billion US dollars. Open for Business claims
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  Speaker 4: this hits Japan's finances through extra healthcare costs due to discrimination,
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  Speaker 4: including mental health issues and lost earnings linked to the
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  Speaker 4: long-standing LGBTQ plus wage gap. Pride Daily. And an asinine
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  Speaker 4: attention seeker in Australia who claimed he'd lost a job
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  Speaker 4: offer after repeated complaints about a pride flag won't be
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  Speaker 4: getting compensation. Darren Cook didn't like it being flown in
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  Speaker 4: the foyer of a government building in New South Wales,
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  Speaker 4: where he'd been working as a contractor for six months
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  Speaker 4: before applying for a permanent position. Whilst he gave other
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  Speaker 4: reasons for his objections, the bedwetter admitted what it was
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  Speaker 4: really about during a hearing, not wanting to look gay
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  Speaker 4: by association. His bigotries cost him an annual government contract
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  Speaker 4: worth more than $ 133, 000 Australian dollars. Pride Daily. Hi there,
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  Speaker 4: I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, do antidepressants cause homosexuality? Spoiler alert, no.
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  Speaker 4: First though, another Hong Kong pride event bites the dust.
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  Speaker 4: Organisers of next month's Rainbow Market have been forced to cancel,
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  Speaker 4: having just been told the venue's unavailable due to an
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  Speaker 4: overlap in bookings. This, the latest in a number of
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  Speaker 4: queer events to be scrapped due to obstacles conjured up
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  Speaker 4: late in the day, are the owners of venues and
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  Speaker 4: the authorities. It's why the last two Pink Dot festivals
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  Speaker 4: have been called off.
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  Speaker 7: I was supposed to perform this year in Pink Dot.
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  Speaker 7: I don't understand why it was cancelled. The future in
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  Speaker 7: Hong Kong for pride or being queer, it's very unclear.
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  Speaker 4: Drag performer Tony Leung speaking to CNN. Politics in Hong
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  Speaker 4: Kong has been getting more conservative. Plus, 2020's national security
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  Speaker 4: laws made getting approval for big outdoor protest events much
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  Speaker 4: more difficult. Next, a leaked report flags up fears of
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  Speaker 4: a number of negative impacts on transgender hospital patients off
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  Speaker 4: the back of new guidance from England's National Health Service.
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  Speaker 4: It was published last week and says trans people should
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  Speaker 4: be placed on single-sex wards that align with their biological sex,
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  Speaker 4: How that actually works in practice, God knows. Amongst other things,
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  Speaker 4: an NHS England impact assessment finds it could out people
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  Speaker 4: as transgender, because of course it could, delay access to healthcare,
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  Speaker 4: because of course it could, and lead to patients being
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  Speaker 4: treated out in hospital corridors, because of course it could.
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  Speaker 4: And if I tell you a lawmaker's claimed homosexuality is
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  Speaker 4: caused by antidepressants, guess which country's from? Is it America?
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  Speaker 4: Is it Russia? Is it America? Is it Russia?
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  Speaker 7: Ooh.
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's Russia, this time, with Vitaly Milanov saying this
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  Speaker 4: is one of the reasons the medication shouldn't be prescribed
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  Speaker 4: as much. The amount of evidence he provided is equal
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  Speaker 4: to how much credibility this cretin possesses. Milanov's a well-known
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  Speaker 4: anti-queer bigot and brought in a ban on so-called LGBTQ
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  Speaker 4: plus propaganda in St. Petersburg that was later rolled out nationwide.
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  Speaker 4: No time to tell you that. Netherlands Prime Minister Rob
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  Speaker 4: Yetten and his fiancée, Nicolaas Keenan, are having a baby.
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  Speaker 4: You can see them on Instagram holding a picture of
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  Speaker 4: an ultrasound scan alongside their surrogate, Lisa.
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• 7:07
  Speaker 1: What's the best album of all time?
• 7:09
  Speaker 2: What song do you think is so overrated?
• 7:11
  Speaker 1: Who's the next artist about to blow up?
• 7:13
  Speaker 2: Well, that's a great question.
• 7:14
  Speaker 1: I'm Rachel.
• 7:15
  Speaker 2: And I'm Dre.
• 7:16
  Speaker 1: And this is the District Music Podcast. For all you
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: music heads out there, this is your new home for
• 7:22
  Speaker 1: music news from Ireland and beyond.
• 7:24
  Speaker 2: We dive into our favourite moments in music.
• 7:26
  Speaker 1: Chat to the artists that you love, and scratch that
• 7:29
  Speaker 1: musical itch in your brain. The District Music Podcast, out
• 7:33
  Speaker 1: every Tuesday and Thursday.
• 7:35
  Speaker 2: Wherever you get your podcasts.
• 7:38
  Speaker 3: ACAST is home to the world's best podcasts, including Red Room,
• 7:43
  Speaker 3: Catch Up with Louise McSharry, and the one you're listening
• 7:45
  Speaker 3: to right now.
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  Speaker 4: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Happy International Pronouns Day.
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  Speaker 4: Coming up, a long overdue apology. First up, more protections
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  Speaker 4: for LGBTQ plus people in Ukraine. President Zelensky has approved
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  Speaker 4: a national human rights strategy which designates queer people as
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  Speaker 4: a vulnerable group when it comes to discrimination and hate crimes.
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  Speaker 4: This plans to update laws, investigate more incidents, provide better
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  Speaker 4: training to police and judges and improve access to free
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  Speaker 4: legal help for victims. Ukraine's become much more pro-LGBTQ plus
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  Speaker 4: since Russia invaded, due to the visibility of the thousands
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  Speaker 4: of out queer soldiers putting their lives at risk.
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  Speaker 8: Ukraine wants equality and there are members of the LGBTQ
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  Speaker 8: community fighting on the front line. They want the same
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  Speaker 8: rights as everyone else and basically it's about love.
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  Speaker 4: Former Canadian ambassador to Ukraine, Natalka Simok, speaking to Kyiv Independent.
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  Speaker 4: Homosexuality is legal in Ukraine, which is predominantly Christian, but
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  Speaker 4: there's no same-sex marriage. The human rights strategy is part
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  Speaker 4: of the country's efforts to eventually be part of the
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  Speaker 4: European Union. Next, the daughter of bigoted American TV evangelist
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  Speaker 4: Jim Backer, who died earlier this month, says she's sorry
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  Speaker 4: for all the hurt he caused to LGBTQ plus people.
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  Speaker 4: Tammy Sue had been estranged from the 86-year-old since 2022.
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  Speaker 4: Her father used his platform to encourage anti-queer hate over
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  Speaker 4: many decades. She says it breaks her heart to know
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  Speaker 4: he was responsible for millions of LGBTQ plus people suffering
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  Speaker 4: through rejection, depression and suicide. And Isaac Humphries, the first
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  Speaker 4: out gay player in Australia's National Basketball League, is retiring.
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  Speaker 4: The 28-year-old's been forced to quit due to a knee injury,
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  Speaker 4: so he'll be taking on a different role with Adelaide
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  Speaker 4: 36ers behind the scenes. A video of Isaac coming out
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  Speaker 4: to his teammates in 2022 went viral. Since then he's
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  Speaker 4: been named joint captain of his club and played for
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  Speaker 4: Australia's national side. No time to tell you that Ireland's
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  Speaker 4: non-binary and intersex recognition bills being debated again in parliament
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  Speaker 4: later You've got the first of Chapel Rowan's two LGBTQ
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  Speaker 4: plus fundraising gigs in Los Angeles. And Puerto Rico's eighth
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  Speaker 4: national trans visibility march has taken place in the capital,
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  Speaker 4: San Juan. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, you're gay.
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  Speaker 4: I'll see you in court. First, though. A police officer
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  Speaker 4: at a pro-LGBTQ plus demo in America who told his
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  Speaker 4: colleagues we're here to F people up has been given
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  Speaker 4: a written warning. Queer people are gathered to protest against
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  Speaker 4: an anti-transgender event by the far-right Christian group Mayday USA
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  Speaker 4: at Cal Anderson Park in Seattle last year. Lieutenant Matthew
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  Speaker 4: Didier led a violent police response which saw LGBTQ plus
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  Speaker 4: demonstrators thrown to the ground and more than 23 arrests.
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  Speaker 5: I'm tracking everything that's happening.
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  Speaker 9: We are about to do some work, but we're going
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  Speaker 9: in this time with guns blazing and all our pieces
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  Speaker 9: in place.
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  Speaker 7: We are past talking to people. We're here to fuck
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  Speaker 7: people up now.
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  Speaker 4: Seattle Police Department says Didier's written warnings in line with
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  Speaker 4: the principles of progressive discipline they're guided by It does
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  Speaker 4: concede the force is now less trusted by queer people
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  Speaker 4: and they're going to work on improving engagement with the community.
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  Speaker 4: Or maybe just don't side with the far right. Next,
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  Speaker 4: a ban on puberty blockers in New Zealand's been ruled unlawful.
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  Speaker 4: It was announced last November, then delayed due to a
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  Speaker 4: legal challenge. The plan was to stop any more prescriptions
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  Speaker 4: for transgender young people whilst those already taking them could
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  Speaker 4: carry on. High courts now said the government didn't properly
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  Speaker 4: consult those affected by the ban and found it unlawfully
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  Speaker 4: discriminated against gender diverse kids. And a woman's tried suing
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  Speaker 4: her ex-husband for 50,000 euros in Italy after he came
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  Speaker 4: out as gay and left her for another man. Argued
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  Speaker 4: she was due the cash because he deprived her of
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  Speaker 4: children through a lack of sex and his refusal to
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  Speaker 4: donate his sperm for in vitro fertilisation. The husband told
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  Speaker 4: a court in Tuscany she'd cheated too. Plus, he wasn't
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  Speaker 4: going to be forced to sleep with her or become
• 12:30
  Speaker 4: a father. They've since signed a private settlement, so we
• 12:34
  Speaker 4: don't know if she got her 50k. If she's swanning
• 12:37
  Speaker 4: around in a new mink coat, that's the giveaway.
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  Speaker 4: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, Fred's
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  Speaker 4: Threads go on show. First though, has a culture war
• 13:56
  Speaker 4: clown's woke-free beer brand gone belly up? Seth Weathers from
• 14:02
  Speaker 4: Georgia created Ultra Right Lager in 2023 after the far
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  Speaker 4: superior Bud Light was promoted by transgender actress and influencer
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  Speaker 4: Dylan Mulvaney. You may remember boneheads and knuckle-draggers were foaming
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  Speaker 4: at the mouth Go woke, go broke, all that nonsense. Well,
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  Speaker 4: now the ultra-right website has vanished, the socials are tumbleweed,
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  Speaker 4: and hundreds of customers are complaining they've paid for beer
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  Speaker 4: that's never turned up. Here's how Weathers was advertising his
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  Speaker 4: bigoted beverage.
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  Speaker 11: As conservatives, we're constantly getting hit in the face, left
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  Speaker 11: and right, by the woke mind virus. But the last
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  Speaker 11: place we want it is in our beer. If you
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  Speaker 11: know which bathroom to use, you know what beer you
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  Speaker 11: should be drinking. Stop giving money to woke corporations that
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  Speaker 11: hate our values.
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  Speaker 4: The douchebagometer's going off the scale. Enough complaints have been
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  Speaker 4: received by Georgia's Attorney General. He's launched an investigation. Weathers
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  Speaker 4: is a political consultant who's worked for the radical right
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  Speaker 4: Republican Party. Pick your jaw up off the floor. Pride Daily. Next,
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  Speaker 4: why the Prejudice Party could soon be over for religious
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  Speaker 4: schools in Western Australia. Plans to update the state's Equal
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  Speaker 4: Opportunity Act include a ban on expelling students or sacking
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  Speaker 4: teachers because of their sexuality or gender identity. Oh, or disability.
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  Speaker 4: They've been allowed to not enrol a kid if they've
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  Speaker 4: got a disability.
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 4: Western Australia's government says the plans show hate is not
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  Speaker 4: OK in WA, which is cute.
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  Speaker 10: Pride Daily.
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  Speaker 4: And eight famous outfits worn by Freddie Mercury are going
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  Speaker 4: on display today. An exhibition from London's Victoria and Albert
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  Speaker 4: Museum celebrates the bisexual Queen frontman's most iconic costumes from
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  Speaker 4: the 1970s and 80s. Among them, Freddie's white catsuit from
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  Speaker 4: the Bohemian Rhapsody video and his crown and cloak from
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  Speaker 4: the band's Magic Tour 40 years ago. No time to
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  Speaker 4: tell you that. A push for legal recognition for non-binary
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: and intersex people in Ireland won't be moving ahead. Parliament's
• 16:12
  Speaker 4: not-back proposals to have a third gender marker on official documents.
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  Speaker 4: And tomorrow's Brisbane Pride Fair Day in Australia has been
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: postponed due to bad weather. It'll now take place on
• 16:23
  Speaker 4: November 7th. There's more on our socials, at Pride Daily Pod,
• 16:27
  Speaker 4: including any breaking news. That's your lot. I'll see you
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  Speaker 4: next week.