[OutVoice] Pansy Division's legacy multiplies + White House blocks DADT reform + more global LGBT news

[tworadio at aol.com]

Airs on more than 175 local stations around the world... or
- Listen via our podcast! Click to freely subscribe at www.thiswayout.org -
"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine
Program #1,114 - distributed 8/3/09
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Pansy Division multiplies its legacy;
The White House silences a "don't axe, don't fund" proposal;
Labor lags as Aussies go all out for marriage equality, Albania's
Government proposes wedded bliss, Portugal's Constitutional Court
rebuffs marriage-seeking lesbians, and more global LGBT news;
plus a late-breaking bulletin: a gunman kills 2 youths in Tel Aviv.

- In "NewsWrap": Australia's gays, lesbians and their supporters demand marriage equality at National Day of Action demonstrations across the country, while Albania's Government proposes legislation to allow same-gender couples to civilly marry, but Portugal's Constitutional Court upholds the country's hetero-only marriage law... the man accused of killing gay African-American U.S. Navy Seaman August Provost commits suicide... Salt Lake City's prosecutor refuses to file trespassing charges against a kissing gay couple, while "The Great Nationwide Kiss-In" to affirm same-gender affection is scheduled for August 15th [http://sitin4equality.net]... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM and CHRIS COLEMAN)  +  BREAKING NEWS: a masked machine-gunner attacks an LGBT youth support group in Tel Aviv, killing at least 2 and wo
unding more than a dozen others.

- Political pressure again shot down another attempt to at least temporarily suspend U.S. military discharges under "DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL."  MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow spoke with frustrated DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS of FLORIDA this week; meanwhile, new research underscores the heretofore unstudied harm the policy may be doing to all enlisted personnel, and the BRITISH Army puts an openly gay trooper on the cover of its official magazine.

- San Francisco's legendary queer band PANSY DIVISION celebrates 20 years of rock with a new CD, "THAT'S SO GAY", a DVD, and a memoir by lead singer Jon Ginoli.  The band is also playing a series of live shows across the U.S.A.  "This Way Out" Brisbane, Australia correspondent JOHN FRAME – a devoted fan – spoke by phone with the group’s co-founder, co-writer, bassist and vocalist CHRIS FREEMAN in Los Angeles (with excerpts from the new CD's title cut).
**********************************************************
"This Way Out" is a U.S. tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.).
"This Way Out" is supported by a grant from the Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners -- thank you!
==> Please visit www.thiswayout.org to help keep "This Way Out" on the air -- and choose from several unique LGBT music, history and culture "thank you gift" CDs.
********************************************************
On the air since
 April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine.
The program currently airs on more than 175 local community radio stations around the world, via satellite in the U.S. on the Public Radio Satellite System and Pacifica's KU band, "Down Under" through distribution by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's ComRadSat, globally at www.radio4all.net, www.indymedia.org, and Pacifica's Audioport, and on audio CD from the producers.  Listeners can also hear "This Way Out"  on short wave via Costa Rica-based global station RFPI (Radio For Peace International/www.rfpi.org), across Europe, Africa/the Middle East, and Asia/Pacific regions on the World Radio Network (www.wrn.org), and on audio CD by individual subscription.
For lots of other information about "This Way Out" please visit www.thiswayout.org, email TWOradio at aol.com, or write to P.O. Box 38327, Los Angeles, CA 90038-0327.
************ Thank you for supporting "This Way Out"! *************