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Podcast: Texas, Bisexual Youth, Trump’s Trans Ban, New Netflix Series ‘Special’

Catch up on the week's LGBT headlines with The Randy Report podcast

In this week’s podcast:

• A majority of Americans say their are more than comfortable with a gay or lesbian running for president

• The U.S. House approved a non-binding resolution Thursday morning rebuking Donald Trump’s plan to ban transgender military service members

• Wisconsin couple told to remove their Pride flag or be evicted

• New data shows there are more bisexual youth and they need our attention

• GOP lawmakers in Texas approved a bill on Monday that would allow state-licensed professionals to discriminate against LGBTQ people, or anyone they want to refuse services, based on their religious beliefs

• Netflix drops the official trailer for ‘Special,’ an offbeat comedy series about a gay man with mild cerebral palsy

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Pete Buttigieg, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Digital Series ‘After Forever’ Gets Emmy Noms

In this week's podcast: • Openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg surges in a new Iowa poll • Alabama lawmakers are trying to eliminate marriage licenses entirely because they don’t want LGBT couples to have them • A Missouri couple were turned away by a homophobic dance instructor • Tennessee teens actually found acceptance and support as they prepared to attend prom together • Digital series 'After Forever' gets a LOT of Daytime Emmy nominations All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report.

In this week’s podcast:

• Openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg surges in a new Iowa poll

• Alabama lawmakers are trying to eliminate marriage licenses entirely because they don’t want LGBT couples to have them

• A Missouri couple were turned away by a homophobic dance instructor

• Tennessee teens actually found acceptance and support as they prepared to attend prom together

• Digital series ‘After Forever’ gets a LOT of Daytime Emmy nominations

All that and more on this episode of The Randy Report.

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Podcast: The Equality Act, Utah’s hate crimes law, Pete Buttigieg, Out Recording Artist NIKO Releases New EP

In this week’s podcast:

• The Equality Act is reintroduced in Congress

• Donald Trump finally fills appointments to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

• Utah moves towards a more effective hate crimes law

• Openly gay Mayor Pete Buttigieg qualifies for the first Democratic presidential debate

• Ireland’s gay prime minister meets with uber-anti-gay Vice President Mike Pence

• Out recording artist NIKO releases his new EP

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Hookup Goes Bad; Same-Sex Parents Win In Court; Out Musician Matracia Takes Things “Slow”

In this podcast:

• A gay dating app hookup goes bad, really bad

• A federal judge rules in favor of same-sex parents who sought American citizenship for their son

• The Trump administration wants to decriminalize being gay around the world – really?…

• Jussie Smollett of Empire arrested and charged for filing false police report

• You really should be watching Netflix’s reboot of One Day at a Time

• New music from out alternative artist Dylan Matracia takes things “Slow”

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Children Of Gay Parents, Trump On HIV, West Virginia & Wyoming

In this week's podcast: • Donald Trump says he wants to eliminate the HIV epidemic within 10 years • A state senator in Wyoming compared being gay to bestiality when she met with LGBTQ youth • A new study indicates children raised by same-sex parents do better in school • And, for the first time ever, a Disney character ever says the words “I’m gay” All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

In this week’s podcast:

• Donald Trump says he wants to eliminate the HIV epidemic within 10 years

• A state senator in Wyoming compared being gay to bestiality when she met with LGBTQ youth

• A new study indicates children raised by same-sex parents do better in school

• And, for the first time ever, a Disney character ever says the words “I’m gay”

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Jussie Smollett Attacked, Rita Moreno Honored, An Armed Disruptor At Drag Queen Storytime

In this week’s podcast:

• Protester with a gun disrupts Drag Queen Storytime in Houston

• Anti-gay former county Clerk Kim Davis may have to pay big buck for denying same-sex couples marriage licenses

• New Jersey will soon have LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum in schools

• Empire star Jussie Smollett attacked in homophobic, racist assault in Chicago – returns to the concert stage

• Arkansas Supreme Court reverses on Fayetteville city ordinance protecting LGBTQ people

• And my chat with the living legend and EGOT, Rita Moreno

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

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Podcast: Good News In Angola, 2019 GLAAD Media Award Nominations, Generals Speak Out Against Trans Ban

In this week’s podcast:

• Angola repeals anti-homosexuality laws and passes LGBTQ protections

• Observing the International Holocaust Remembrance Day

• The 30th annual GLAAD Media Award nominations were announced

• Four star generals are still opposing Donald Trump’s transgender military ban

• A new study looks into which states men most exaggerate most about ‘size’

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

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Podcast: Carol Channing, Chechnya, Karen Pence & Gay Club Picture Rules

In this week’s podcast:

• A lesbian couple, together for 40 years, were denied an apartment at a retirement home in Missouri because they are married

• Vice President Mike Pence is deeply offended folks are upset his wife has chosen to teach art at a school that bans LGBTQ kids and parents

• A gay Australian party got into hot water over rude instructions to photographers

• Broadway legend and LGBT ally (and my dear friend) Carol Channing passed away this week at the age of 97

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Chechnya Purges Gays Again; Toxic Masculinity; Adam Lambert in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’

In this week’s headlines: • Chechnya is hunting down LGBTQ folks again • The American Psychological Association confirms that toxic masculinity is a real thing and its rooted in homophobia • Wedding fashion giant David’s Bridal features a same-sex couple in their new commercial • Mutual of Omaha agrees to stop denying coverage to gay men who use PrEP • Adam Lambert revealed he has a cameo in Bohemian Rhapsody

In this week’s podcast:

• Chechnya is hunting down LGBTQ folks again

• The American Psychological Association confirms that toxic masculinity is a real thing and its rooted in homophobia

• Wedding fashion giant David’s Bridal features a same-sex couple in their new commercial

• Mutual of Omaha agrees to stop denying coverage to gay men who use PrEP

• Adam Lambert revealed he has a cameo in Bohemian Rhapsody

 • YouTuber Logan Paul confirms he’s an idiot

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report

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Podcast: Madonna, Record LGBTQ Congress Members, More Kevin Hart Debacle, Brazil

In this episode of The Randy Report podcast:

• The new Congress is sworn in with a record number of LGBTQ lawmakers

• Donald Trump scored a victory in court this week regarding his proposed ban on transgender military service members

• Comedian Kevin Hart’s homophobic tweets & jokes landed him on Ellen DeGeneres’ couch

• Brazil’s new president attacks LGBTQs on day one

• And Madonna surprised the crowd at the iconic Stonewall Inn on New Year’s Eve

All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.