[OutVoice] Aging & HIV+DADT repeal's bumpy ride+more!

[This Way Out]

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Program #1,184 - distributed 12/6/10
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
A groundbreaking study looks at aging with HIV;
Cynical Senators dispute the Pentagon's encouraging DADT troop survey;
Kenya's P.M. causes gay panic, Pride legalities are celebrated in Delhi
and protested in St. Patersburg, the Pope offers grudging grace to
condoms, gay couples can soon unionize in Illinois, a Kamala-from-
behind win for California's Prop 8 foe/Attorney General-elect, & more

- In "NewsWrap": Kenya's Prime Minister creates panic by calling for the mass arrests of gays and lesbians, then later says that was not what he meant, while Human Rights Watch warns of escalating violence against sexual minorities in Senegal... more than 2,000 people celebrate Pride in Delhi, but counter-protesters attack the first legal Russian Pride march in St. Petersburg... Pope Benedict XVI says using a condom is less sinful than infecting a sexual partner with HIV, but doesn't change his position that gays and lesbians are "intrinsically disordered"... Arizona's John McCain leads other Republicans in their continuing opposition to repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell in the US Senate... the Illinois legislature approves a civil unions bill that Governor Pat Quinn is expected to sign... Kamala Harris is named the winner of the critical razor-thin race for California Attorney General, insuring that the state will not re-enter the case to defend Prop 8... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON,  reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and RICK WATTS).

- As the sun sets on the Democratic Party's control of the US Congress, one of the most contentious issues remaining to be dealt with is the repeal of the military's DON'T ASK DON'T TELL policy. The 1993 statute that requires gay and lesbian service members to lock their closet doors is losing in federal court and in the court of public opinion. It's already lost in the House of Representatives, and it has long been on President Obama's hit list. Support for keeping Don't Ask Don't Tell in place has now collapsed at every level of the armed forces. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported and commented on the results of a long-awaited survey of military personnel themselves that was officially released on November 30th. But as JES BURNS of "Free Speech Radio News" reported the following day, some skeptical Senators, with Arizona's John McCain taking the lead, were none too pleased with the Pentagon survey results when top military officials testified at hearings of the Armed Services Committee.
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- Twenty-nine years ago, AIDS and old age were pretty much mutually exclusive. Today, continually improving treatment regimens in the fight against HIV are helping people who have access to them live longer and comparatively healthier lives. But what are the specific HIV/AIDS concerns for the older generation? It's fitting that the world's oldest organization dedicated to prevention and treatment is looking into that question. SEAN CAHILL of GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS invited "This Way Out's" SHERI LUNN to his NEW YORK CITY office to tell her about some of the answers his organization has discovered.
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