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"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine
Program #1,101 - distributed 5/4/09
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
A bi activist takes binaries out of the box;
A surrealistic poet unveils an unlikely hero;
Ugly debate fails to derail an LGBT-inclusive U.S. hate crimes bill;
Iceland's Prime lesbian makes history, Burundi's pro-rights penal code
outlaws gay sex, Hungarian lawmakers pass a same-gender partners law,
wedding bells ring out in Sweden and Iowa, and more global LGBT news

- In "NewsWrap": Iceland's caretaker Prime Minister Johanna 
Sigurdardottir becomes the first openly lesbian or gay elected head of 
state in modern times with the victory of her leftist coalition in 
national elections... Burundi becomes the latest African nation to 
criminalize consensual adult same-gender sex, and the recently-freed 
gay AIDS educators in Senegal, who had each been sentenced to 8 years 
in prison for "indecent acts" and criminal conspiracy, face death 
threats...   Hungary's parliament passes a registered partners law for 
same-gender couples giving them most of the rights of marriage, while 
gay and lesbian couples begin legally marrying in Sweden and in the 
U.S. state of Iowa... gay Buddhist monks in Thailand will be instructed 
on how to be less "flamboyant"... and more L
GBT news from around the 
world  (written by GREG GORDON, reported this week by JOHN TORRES and 
MICHAEL LEBEAU).

- The Democratic Party controlled U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passed 
a bill this week, by almost 75 votes, to add sexual orientation and 
gender identity to the country’s hate-crimes laws.  The targeted victim 
categories of actual or perceived race, color, religion, national 
origin, gender, or disability would be expanded under the LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT HATE CRIME PREVENTION ACT to include LGBT people.  The U.S. 
Justice Department would also be able to provide financial and other 
assistance to state and local jurisdictions to investigate and 
prosecute bias-motivated violence, or take the lead if necessary – 
especially if local authorities are blinded by the prejudice that 
prompted the crime.  Some G.O.P. Congressmembers voted for the measure, 
familiarly known as THE MATTHEW SHEPARD ACT, but most argued against it 
during floor debate – none more egregiously than VIRGINIA FOXX of NORTH 
CAROLINA [hear her "hoax" allegations].  Matthew’s mother JUDY SHEPARD, 
who was in the House gallery to hear those remarks, spoke with MSNBC 
news analyst RACHEL MADDOW [hear excerpts from their conversation].  
MSNBC news analyst KEITH OLBERMANN names three "Worst Persons in the 
World" during his weeknight "Countdown" program.  Congresswoman Foxx 
won the dubious top title two nights in a row this week.

- About20a year ago, literary commentator JANET MASON was really taken 
with poet CA CONRAD's "Deviant Propulsion," so she couldn't wait to 
sink her teeth into his latest work: "THE BOOK OF FRANK," published by 
Chax Press.

- Long-time activist ROBYN OCHS is the editor of the "Bisexual Resource 
Guide" and the quarterly publication "Bi Women".  The main focus of her 
research, teaching and lecturing is breaking down the binary categories 
commonly used to define sexuality, gender, and race.  The anthology she 
co-edited, "GETTING BI: VOICES OF BISEXUALS AROUND THE WORLD," will see 
its second English edition released in June, with Spanish and Chinese 
versions to be published later this year.  She discusses all of that 
with DIXIE TREICHEL and PAT NELSON [from "Fresh Fruit" on 
KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul] (with intro excerpts from a 
tongue-in-cheek "bi music medley" courtesy of JD DOYLE).
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