The real life of a gay Iraqi-Canadian novelist parallels his fiction; the U.K. punk-pop Rocking Horse Club takes on privilege; Germany's marriage equality law will make October more festive, a privacy case in India's High Court could bring sodomy law repeal, ten in Tel Aviv are arrested in an adoption rights protest, the Kremlin defends the Chechen president's "gays are not people" remarks, the ACLU challenges North Carolina's "undead" HB2, and more LGBTQ news from around the world! Produced for Pacifica by Lucia Chappelle and Greg Gordon.