[OutVoice] Hallowe'en Horrors + global LGBT news + more!

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine" 
Program #1,282 - distributed 10/22/12 
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) 
A Minnesota Hallowe'en Parade is out of step with LGBT youth; 
A right-wing Christian group fears bully-free U.S. schools; 
A Missouri preacher's comments on LGBT rights goes viral; 
"DOMA" dies another day, a raped Swedish trans-woman gets justice, 
devastating discrimination plagues indigenous North Americans, Madonna 
and milk "promote" St. Petersburg paranoia, and more global LGBT news 

 
- In "NewsWrap": A second U.S. federal appeals court declares the 
Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) a violation of the Constitution's equal 
protection provisions, while the GOP-controlled House of 
Representatives approaches the $1.5 million spending cap members 
authorized to defend the 1996 statute after the Obama administration 
decided to stop doing so... a Belfast judge declares that Northern 
Ireland's adoption laws discriminate against unmarried heterosexual and 
same-gender couples, while an appeals court in Sweden rules that 
accusations of rape can be lodged against a suspect regardless of the 
gender identity of the victim... a report issued this week reveals 
alarming levels of discrimination against American Indian and Alaskan 
Native transgender and gender-nonconforming people... members of the 
Trade Union of Russian Citizens sue pop diva Madonna for violating St. 
Petersburg's "no promo homo" law during her August 9th concert, while a 
member of the Russian Orthodox Church-affiliated People's Council wants 
authorities to investigate rainbow-themed milk cartons for violating 
the same law... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by 
GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by NATALIE 
PEOPLES & JOHNNIE TORRES). 
 
- In addition to its infamous reputation for LGBT youth suicides, ANOKA 
is best known for its annual Hallowe'en Festival and Parade. 
Correspondent DIXIE TREICHEL ["Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. 
Paul, Minnesota] speaks with JEFFERSON FIETECK of the youth group 
JUSTIN'S GIFT to find out how those two facts have collided to create 
the region's latest controversy (with intro music from "Homophobia" by 
ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS). 
 
- Is it simple anti-bullying activity, or a dastardly plot to turn 
school kids queer? For the last 11 years the SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW 
CENTER's "Teaching Tolerance" project has successfully encouraged 
students to try hanging out one day with someone outside their usual 
social sphere.  But this year -- the same year that the U.S. civil 
rights watchdog branded the conservative evangelical AMERICAN FAMILY 
ASSOCIATION a hate group -- MIX IT UP AT LUNCH DAY has suddenly become 
a national threat.  More than 2,500 schools had planned to hold the 
event the day before Hallowe'en, but the AFA has frightened a few into 
canceling it. Its Issues Analysis Director BRYAN FISCHER discussed the 
group's concerns with "CNN" anchor CAROL COSTELLO (with outro music 
from "Homophobia" by ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS). 
 
- In a speech that's gone viral, REVEREND PHIL SNIDER of the Brentwood 
Christian Church gave the SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI City Council an earful 
during a debate over adding LGBT people to their discrimination 
protections. But his remarks took a somewhat unexpected turn from where 
they began. 
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