[OutVoice] Swiss, Scot and Brit serenades + Steele illogic + Harvey's birthday + global LGBT news

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"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine
Program #1,104 - distributed 5/25/09
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Swiss folk-pop, Scots personal playback and English acoustic rock;
Dissecting Republican Chair Steele's unbridled anti-marriage illogic;
A birthday salute to "Harvey Milk: Then and Now";
Activists around the world speak with one voice for IDAHO, mass arrests mark another Moscow Pride attempt, grade school kids find equality elementary, and more global LGBT news

- In "NewsWrap": The 4th annual IDAHO (International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia) is observed around the world on May 17th, including an online video featuring hundreds of people from 48 countries and 6 continents, local events across France and the U.K., a strong anti-bias statement issued by the European Union, and actions in Canada, Australia, Cameroon, Iran, Turkey, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore, South Korea, and Russia... riot police arrest dozens as they break up yet another effort to hold a banned Pride event in Moscow, but a first-ever peaceful Pride march is held in Riga, Latvia... the bill creating marriage equality in New Hampshire is on hold as the legislature wrangles with religious protections language demanded by Governor John Lynch... a California 6th grader is forbidden to give a class presentation about Harvey Milk because the school20district says it would violate its sex education policy, but a Colorado 3rd grader organizes a marriage equality rally on the steps of the state capitol... and more LGBT news from around the world  (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by CHRIS COLEMAN and RICK WATTS).
  Note: The California Supreme Court was expected to announce its Proposition 8 marriage equality ruling on Tuesday, May 26th.  We'll have comprehensive coverage of their decision, and reaction to it, next week on “This Way Out”.

- Marriage equality proponents usually base their arguments on fairness, and don't often trumpet the well-documented economic benefit.  But controversial REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE claimed this week that opening civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples would unfairly saddle small businesses with increased spousal health care costs.  However, based on accepted population percentages, it would appear that there are far more heterosexual workers posing such a "horrific threat" to small business.  News commentator KEITH OLBERMANN further dissected Steele's questionable logic on his MSNBC "Countdown" program.

- "This Way Out" correspondent JANET MASON reflects on the legacy of gay martyr Harvey Milk, born on May 22nd, 1930.

- This month's "AUDIOFILE" cruises Europe for new CDs by a Swiss (excerpts from "Mein Bester Trick" and the title track from BETTINA SCHELKER's "THE HONEYMOON IS OVER"), a Scot ("Footprints" and "Safe" from HORSE's "COMING UP FOR AIR"), and a band of 
Brits ("Rocket Girl" and "Gay Boy" from the self-titled album by WIRE DAISIES)  (with comments by the artists, hosted by JD DOYLE & CHRIS WILSON, and written & produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM/www.audiofile.org).
=artist=supplied contact info =
BETTINA SCHELKER     HORSE                        WIRE DAISIES
ina at foundagirl.com   horse at randan.fsworld.co.uk   kyle at mrvmusic.com
www.foundagirl.com   www.randan.org               www.wiredaisies.com
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