[OutVoice] Fun with Ron & Paul + The Gay Games turns 30 + global LGBT news

[This Way Out]

 "THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,275 - distributed 09/03/12
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Tracing the tunes and times of Romanovsky & Phillips;
The Gay Games turns 30;
New Zealand's Parliament pops the question, Tasmanian lawmakers also
propose marriage, a gay-affirming play is shuttered in Uganda,
anti-gay/anti-woman planks signal dry rot in the GOP platform,
Christian conservatives blame gays for Hurricane Isaac, and more news


- In "NewsWrap": Legislation to open civil marriage to New Zealand same-gender couples wins overwhelming approval in the first of three readings in Parliament, the lower house in the Australian state of Tasmania passes a marriage equality bill, and French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tells fellow Socialists that his government plans to introduce a marriage equality measure in Parliament in October... authorities in Kampala shut down a gay-affirming play before it could be staged as planned at the National Theatre of Uganda... right-wing homophobes and "pro-life" factions have to read between the lines in speeches at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida to find the virulently anti-gay anti-woman planks spelled out in the party's platform, while Southern Decadence begets Hurricane Isaac?... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by ABBY DEES and WENZEL JONES).

- ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS sing "THE PRINCE CHARMING TANGO", the first track on their 1984 CD "I THOUGHT YOU'D BE TALLER"; the harmonious and humorous duo then discuss their unique musical past and present with "This Way Out" correspondent DIXIE TREICHEL (from "Fresh Fruit" on KFAI-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul).
[www.romanovskyandphillips.com]

- Thirty years ago this week, LGBT athletes from a dozen countries made their way to San Francisco for a historic international competition they could call their own. Founded by Dr. Tom Waddell, the GAY GAMES continue to promote equality, participation, and inclusion with a massive international sports and culture festival every four years. The spirit that first lit that torch in 1982 was captured by correspondents DEBI FIDLER & JOAN SPRAGUE.
[www.gaygames.org]
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