[OutVoice] Probing secrets of "Prodigal Sons" + global LGBT news + more!

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 = Beginning our 23rd year! =
"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,149 - distributed 4/5/10
Airs on more than 200 local stations around the world... or
Listen now via our free podcast at www.thiswayout.org
(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Probe the secrets of "Prodigal Sons";
Salute a trailblazing sex worker-turned-successful Kiwi politician;
Sing along with a hit YouTube marriage equality-promoting parody;
Hungary's top court confirms registered partner rights, two firsts for
British civil partnerships, "Don't Ask" U.S. military or Justice
leaders about "Don't Tell" reform, and more global LGBT news
    
- In "NewsWrap": Hungary's Constitutional Court upholds the nation's registered partnership law, while the first gay civil partnerships are celebrated in Britain's Parliament and Household Cavalry, but retired U.S. Presbyterian minister Jane Spahr is prosecuted again for performing same-gender weddings... U.S. Army Secretary John McHugh "misspeaks" about "Don't Ask Don't Tell" enforcement, the Department of Justice uses outdated comments to support the policy, while retired Marine General John Sheehan apologizes for his inflammatory remarks about the Dutch military... pop singer Ricky Martin comes out as gay, while Oscar-winner Anna Paquin comes out as bisexual... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by PAM MARSHALL and GREG GORDON).
    
- Trailblazing New Zealand sex worker-turned-successful-transsexual-politician GEORGINA BEYER is saluted in "GEORGINA AND HER CHANGED LIFE" in this "RAINBOW MINUTE" (produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON).
    
- A former high school quarterback, now a transgendered lesbian filmmaker, returns home to a small town in MONTANA for her class reunion, also hoping to reconcile with her long estranged adopted brother. But along the way "PRODIGAL SONS" uncovers stunning revelations, including a blood relationship with Hollywood royalty, violence, mental illness, intense sibling rivalries, and unforeseeable twists of plot and gender. "This Way Out's" STEVE PRIDE says producer/director KIMBERLY REED dives headfirst into an unflinching portrait of her family that is absolutely engrossing and marks her coming-out, in more ways than one. He has clips from the film festival favorite that's now in U.S. theatrical release, and talks with Reed about her work, her family, and the quest for identity.
[www.prodigalsonsfilm.com]
    
- This song parody by SHELLY GOLDSTEIN about marriage equality makes you wish she had been *your* British nanny. It's become a YouTube hit that's even been translated into French. Feel free to sing along.
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