[OutVoice] France & R.I. OK equality+Duberman vs. The Borg
Greg Gordon
greggordon2003 at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 30 15:21:43 CDT 2013
"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,309 - distributed 04/29/13
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Author-historian Martin Duberman reconsiders the gay movement;
France finalizes its "Marriage for All" bill;
A Roman Catholic lawmaker converts to equality in Rhode Island;
Colombian marriage activists are undaunted by legislative rejection,
Cuba's sex ed head is denied an "Ally" award, ignorance muddies
Mongolian activists' magic moment, and more global LGBT news
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In "NewsWrap": French lawmakers give final approval to a marriage and
adoptions equality bill, but not without violent protests and assaults
on police and gay people by its opponents, while the overwhelming
rejection by Colombian lawmakers of a marriage equality proposal defies a
Constitutional Court order… Rhode Island has all but officially become
the 10th U.S. state to open civil marriage to same-gender couples, while
the Nevada Senate becomes the first legislative chamber in the U.S. to
overturn a constitutional amendment defining marriage as exclusively
heterosexual, as SENATOR KELVIN ATKINSON of North Las Vegas comes out
during floor debate [with brief excerpts from his remarks]… the U.S.
State Department denies permission to leading Cuban LGBT rights advocate
Mariela Castro to accept an "ally" award at a civil rights summit in
Philadelphia... Mongolian lawmakers discuss LGBT rights for the first
time ever, but some of their comments suggest a long learning curve to
liberation.. and more LGBT news from around the world (written by GREG
GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by SARAH SWEENEY
and MICHELLE-MARIE GILKESON).
- France's parliament defied
months of protests this week to give final approval to a bill that would
make it the 14th country in the world with marriage equality.
Increasingly violent opponents of the law, however, vowed to continue
the fight. "Al Jazeera's" JACKY ROWLAND filed this report from PARIS (with brief intro music by THE BEATLES).
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Marriage equality is also coming soon to the U.S. state of RHODE
ISLAND. Passage of a bill to open civil marriage to same-gender couples
passed in the state Senate by a wide margin this week. The state House
approved a similar measure in January. SENATOR MARYELLEN GOODWIN had the
last word during floor debate on April 24th before the final tally was
announced. She told colleagues about what had influenced her vote (with outro music from a live performance of "Married" by ALAN CUMMING).
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For 20 years the Kessler Award at City University of New York has
recognized a scholar whose body of work has had a significant influence
on GLBTQ Studies -- and no one fits that description better than 2012
recipient DR. MARTIN DUBERMAN. His over twenty books include a recent
biography of radical historian Howard Zinn, as well as three memoirs and
an off-Broadway play. We share an excerpt from Duberman's Kessler
lecture, which he titled "ACCEPTANCE AT WHAT PRICE? THE GAY MOVEMENT
RECONSIDERED."
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Kiwi lawmakers and a retired Episcopal bishop address marriage matters;
Paris protests get uglier as equality draws near, Ireland's
constitutional convention issues a marriage parity proposal, a half-
baked policy change gets the Boy Scouts less-than-honorable mention,
dozens of gay and lesbian high school students are expelled in Ghana, a
celebrated Sydney crossing is robbed of its rainbow, and more LGBT news
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In "NewsWrap": New Zealand becomes the first country in the Asia
Pacific region, and the 13th in the world, to open civil marriage to
same-gender couples, while France's road to expected marital equality is
a bumpy one, and a convention in Ireland proposes a constitutional
marriage equality amendment… America's Republican Party doubles down on
its opposition to civil marriage for same-gender couples, while the Boy
Scouts of America offers a half-measure change to its ban on openly gay
members… two of the leading Catholic schools in Ghana expel a total of
53 students for "practicing homosexuality" and trying "to convince more
students to practice the act," or "the detestable act of lesbianism"…
the removal of Sydney's cherished Oxford Street rainbow crossing sparks a
"chalk revolt" across Australia and in at least one other seemingly
unlikely corner of the world… and more global LGBT news (written by GREG
GORDON, produced by STEVE PRIDE, and reported this week by RICK WATTS
& WENZEL JONES).
- NEW ZEALAND lawmakers voted to open civil
marriage to same-gender couples following debate on the third and final
reading of the "Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment" on April
17th. The final tally wasn't really in doubt, though no one knew exactly
how large the margin would be. 62-year-old National Party M.P. MAURICE
WILLIAMSON became an Internet sensation for his humorous and heartfelt
comments during debate. Sustained cheers in the public galleries
following the announcement of the favorable 77-to-44 vote led to the
joyful singing of "POKAREKARE ANA", an indigenous Maori love song
(segment intro'd by a few bars from an instrumental version of "God
Defend New Zealand", the country's national anthem).
- He was
ushered into office under heavy security in 2003, and retired recently
as a respected religious leader and author. That may sound like an
episode of "The Borgias", but it’s the story of GENE ROBINSON, the
Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop. The former head of the
diocese of NEW HAMPSHIRE has been speaking around the country about his
book, "GOD BELIEVES IN LOVE: STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE" (Random
House), and a documentary on his life called "Love Free or Die". He
visited his home turf in Concord, New Hampshire recently, where
award-winning WNHN broadcaster ARNIE ARNESEN took him back to the
beginning (with intro/outro music from "Married" by DANIEL J. CARTIER).
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Way Out" is a U.S. tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit under the
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listener-supporters. Thank you!
=> Please log on to thiswayout.org
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U.S.]. We really can't go on without you!
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On
the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning
internationally distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio news magazine.
The program currently airs on more than 200 local community radio
stations around the world, globally distributed at www.radio4all.net,
www.indymedia.org, to Pacifica Radio station affiliates in North
America, and in Australia via the Community Radio Network. Listeners
can also hear "This Way Out" through our podcasts at thiswayout.org;
across Europe, Africa/the Middle East, and Asia/Pacific regions on the
World Radio Networks (wrn.org); and on audio CD by individual
subscription. For lots of other information about "This Way Out" please
visit www.thiswayout.org, email TWOradio at aol.com, or write to P.O. Box
38327, Los Angeles, CA 90038-0327.
********** Thank you for $upporting "This Way Out"! **********
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