[OutVoice] GALZ fights homophobic violence + global LGBT news

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Program #1,155 - distributed 5/17/10
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
The dangers facing Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe;
Australians kick off IDAHO with marriage equality marches, a government
panel dooms Uganda's draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act, an odd British
election brings a queer-friendly Tory to power, ENDA and DADT
skirmishes continue around D.C., a rentboy hypocritical customers
update, and more global LGBT news
    
- In "NewsWrap": Thousands rally in Australia for marriage equality... Uganda's draconian Anti-Homosexuality Act is reportedly not going to pass... David Cameron, who may become "the most gay-friendly Conservative P.M. in history," forms a new coalition government in Britain... same-gender couples win adoption rights in Denmark... antsy moderate U.S. Democrats may not vote for the trans-inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, while pressure mounts for passage of "Don't Ask Don't Tell" repeal this year... right-wing anti-gay male escort-hiring in-denial George Rekers resigns from a "cure" advocacy group, while disgraced male prostitute-hiring evangelical minister Ted Haggard resurfaces in Colorado Springs, and rentboy.com has advice for "famous homophobes who appear in public" with one of their escorts... plus more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by TANYA KANE-PARRY and JOHN TORRES).
    
SEGMENT #2 – The organization GAYS AND LESBIANS OF ZIMBABWE gained global attention in 1995 when a violent mob drove them out of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair. The activists of GALZ believed that a high profile event with the theme "Human Rights and Justice" emphasizing "Freedom of Expression and of the Press" would be the perfect place to get their message across. They had been barred from access to the media. Their struggle to participate in the Book Fair went on for years. They’ve also endured hearing officials like President Robert Mugabe repeatedly call them "worse than pigs and dogs." But their movement grew to encompass AIDS education and a host of other services, including a GALZ Resource Centre in Harare. GALZ and its work have come into the spotlight again with the recent release of the U.S. State Department's annual human rights report. It documents a rise of so-called "corrective rape" used against lesbians and gay men in Zimbabwe. Since when does a hate crime become a "cure" for anything? GALZ Programmes Manager for Gender FADZAI MUPARUTSA explained the phenomenon to VIOLET GONDA on her SW Radio Africa “Hotseat” program (with production thanks to FRIEDA WERDEN).
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