[OutVoice] Maine's pain and Washington's gain + other global LGBT news

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"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine
Program #1,128 - distributed 11/9/09
(hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
U.S. state elections produce Maine's pain and Washington's gain;
Bias gets the boot in Kalamazoo, far-flung American locales elect their
first "out" officials, Portugal's P.M. is primed to promote marriage
equality, Tasmanian co-moms win parental legality, Malta's President
entertains European LGBT leaders, hung up Bible pages get strung up by
Sir Ian, and more global LGBT news

- In "NewsWrap": Maine voters pass Question 1 to deny marriage equality to same-gender couples, but Washington's electorate supports Referendum 71 to maintain the state's "everything but marriage" domestic partners law, and Kalamazoo, Michigan voters approve the city's LGBT anti-bias Ordinance 1856, while several openly gay and lesbian candidates win local elections... fresh from his electoral victory, Portuguese P.M. Jose Socrates' government reportedly puts marriage equality near the top of its legislative agenda... lesbian co-parents win legal recognition in the Australian state of Tasmania... Maltese President George Abela becomes the first head of state to meet with ILGA-Europe members during one of its annual conferences... management might be wise to not leave a bible in Sir Ian McKellen's hotel room... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and TAREN JAMES).

- The electorate in 2 U.S. states went to the polls on November 3rd to vote on the rights of lesbian and gay couples. In MAINE, the issue was QUESTION 1, which asked voters to overturn the marriage equality law that the legislature had passed and the governor had signed earlier this year. AMY BROWNE at WERU-FM (with production assistance by JOHN GREENMAN) reports from Bangor. The outcome was better for same-gender couples in the state of WASHINGTON. It took a few days to count all the mail-in votes, but the final tally on REFERENDUM 71 gave gays and lesbians their first-ever statewide electoral victory. LIZ HILL (with thanks to Operations Manager RUTH BROWNSTEIN) reports from KAOS-FM in OLYMPIA. Several LGBT activists sharply criticized President Obama and his Democratic Party for failing to speak out against the anti-lesbigay forces in Maine and Washington, including National Equality March leader CLEVE JONES (on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show) and author and "Savage Love" columnist DAN SAVAGE (on MSNBC's "Countdown" program) [with outro music from "Woyaya" performed by ART GARFUNKEL]. 
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