[OutVoice] Prop 8 protests sweep across the U.S. + more global LGBT news

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"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine
Program #1,078 - distributed 11/24/08
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Hundred of thousands rally in hundreds of cities for US marriage equality;
Nepal's top court rules for sexual minority rights, a Caribbean AIDS confab calls sex bans unsafe, brutal murders are mourned on Transgender Remembrance Day, more US generals join the ranks against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" but South Korea wants its military ban confirmed, California Supremes court the constitutionality of Proposition 8, and more global LGBT news

- In "NewsWrap":? Nepal's highest court orders the government to repeal all laws that discrimination against sexual minorities and to legally recognize same-gender couples... several government officials attending the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS call for the repeal of laws in 11 countries in the region that criminalize gay sex... the 10th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed with vigils and other memorial events around the world... the number of retired U.S. generals and admirals signing a statement calling for repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" grows from 28 in 2007 to 104 this year, but the South Korean government asks its Constitutional Court to confirm the legality of that country's ban on gays in the military... the California Supreme Court agrees to hear legal challenges to Proposition 8, the measure approved by state voters on November 4th that revoked the right of same-gender couples to marry, while Florida LGBT activists are preparing to defend the legality of domestic partnerships, which the voter-approved Amendment 2 same-gender marriage ban may have also eliminated...? gays and lesbians win a small battle in the so-called "culture war" as popular matchmaking company eHarmony.com, originally founded to match heterosexual Christian singles, settles a discrimination lawsuit by agreeing to establish a "Compatible Partners" companion site for men seeking matches with men and women with women... and more LGBT news from around the world? (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by JOHN TORRES and MICHAEL LEBEAU).

- An unprecedented online organizing campaign brought hundreds of thousands of gays, lesbians and their supporters out into the streets on November 15th to protest the passage of California's Proposition 8 and other same-gender marriage bans.? The total number of demonstrators, rallied by a new breed of net-savvy younger activists, may have topped a million in up to 300 different cities all over the United States.? "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING asked activists to phone into her "Queer FM" program on CiTR in Vancouver with reports about demonstrations in their cities (includes Los Angeles, San Francisco and Napa Valley, California; Portland, Oregon; Springfield, Illinois; and Lakeworth, Florida)... popular stand-up comic and actress WANDA SYKES added star power to the protest in LAS VEGAS... and "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE joined up to 15,000 demonstrators who jammed the streets of downtown LOS ANGELES? (with brief outro music from "Yes We Can" performed by BOY GEORGE)[http://jointheimpact.com].
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