[OutVoice] Remembering "The Boys" + Barney's bye-bye + global LGBT news

[This Way Out]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
  Program #1,236 - distributed 12/5/11
  Airs on more than 200 local stations around the world... or
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  (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
  The "boys in the documentary" recall a cultural classic;
  The rarely-retiring U.S. Congressman Barney Frank says he's retiring;
  Australia's Labor Party favors marriage equality with an escape clause,
  Queensland creates civil unions, a bill to criminalize same-gender
  weddings and LGBT advocacy clears Nigeria's Senate, Cameroon jails 3
  more gay men, Spain's queer couples race to the altar, and more news


- In "NewsWrap": Delegates to the National Conference of Australia's ruling Labor Party vote to support marriage equality, but also approve allowing a conscience vote for their MPs on any marriage equality legislation, while a measure to create civil unions for same-gender and hetero couples wins approval in Queensland's parliament, but Nigeria's Senate approves legislation to criminalize same-gender unions and anyone who supports them, while neighboring Cameroon sentences three more men to prison for homosexuality... applications for marriage licenses by same-gender couples surge in Spain following the landslide election victory of the center-right People's Party... Russians resent criticism by the U.S. and the U.K. of a bill in the northwestern city of St. Petersburg that would ban so-called "homosexual propaganda"... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by SARAH SWEENEY and MICHAEL LEBEAU). 
  
- The longest-serving openly gay member of the U.S. Congress announced his retirement this week. MASSACHUSETTS Democrat BARNEY FRANK, one of four "out" lawmakers currently in office, said the political realities of redistricting, and the never-ending demands of campaign fund-raising, led to his decision.  He’ll probably be remembered most for his outspoken liberal views, his championing of LGBT rights – though not always in step with activists and advocacy groups – and his push for Wall Street reform as Chair of the House Financial Services Committee.  Well-known for never suffering fools gladly, we remember some of his "Greatest Hits", including verbally pummeling a bigoted constituent at a town hall meeting; discussing military showering with a reporter from the Conservative News Service; and flaunting his "Gay Agenda". President Obama and virtually every major progressive and LGBT advocacy group heaped praise on the long-serving legislator, but BRYAN FISCHER of the virulently homophobic AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION added B.S., fire and brimstone to the mix. Frank quickly ruled out a couple of post-Congressional career options and discussed other possibilities during a Q & A following his official retirement announcement.
  
- It’s beloved by some and condemned by others. Did "THE BOYS IN THE BAND" break new ground, or did it reinforce negative gay stereotypes? The controversy the play and the subsequent film sparked still simmers more than four decades after its pre-Stonewall debut. Writer-director CRAYTON ROBEY tackles its legacy and its place in LGBT history in a documentary just released on DVD called "MAKING THE BOYS."  With preview clips in hand, he shares some behind-the-scenes thoughts on his film with "This Way Out’s" STEVE PRIDE.
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