[OutVoice] Gay 1sts @ Obama's 2nd + global LGBT news

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,296 - distributed 01/28/13
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Gay inaugural "firsts" enliven Obama's second;
Russians okay a "no promo homo" law and look for gay tattoos,
the U.K. government formally proposes marriage equality, Maltese civility
and Kiwi nuptial equality take baby steps forward, a marriage-seeking
gay couple drops their Taipei lawsuit, Rhode Island's House approves
marital parity, and more LGBT news


- In "NewsWrap": LGBT rights activists are assaulted and arrested in 
Moscow and at least one other Russian city protesting the proposed law 
to outlaw so-called "homosexual propaganda", which the country's lower 
house of parliament overwhelmingly approves in its first reading, while 
Russia's Defense Ministry says the buttocks and genital areas of all new recruits should be closely examined for tattoos, which it says are 
strong indications of homosexuality... the U.K. government formally 
publishes legislation to open civil marriage to gay & lesbian 
couples in England and Wales, while both major political parties in 
Malta express support for some form of legal recognition for same-gender couples, and a select committee of the New Zealand Parliament hears 
testimony about the benefits of marriage equality as part of the 
legislative process to make it legal, but Polish lawmakers reject civil 
unions for lesbian & gay couples... the gay couple in Taiwan that 
had sued for marriage equality announces that they're dropping their 
case, but the Rhode Island House overwhelmingly passes a bi-partisan 
marriage equality bill... gay American football fans can root for either team in the upcoming Super Bowl, which features Baltimore Ravens 
linebacker and outspoken equality ally Brendon Ayanbadejo, and San 
Francisco 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, who says he'd welcome a gay player 
on this team... and more LGBT news from around the world (written by 
GREG GORDON, produced this week by VASH BODDIE & STEVE PRIDE, and 
reported by RICK WATTS & PAMELA BROOKS).

- The second term of U.S. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA began with several gay 
"firsts" at his inauguration in the nation’s capital on January 21st. 
But everyone has been talking most about his groundbreaking invocation 
of a gay civil rights landmark and strong support for marriage equality –
 the first time those subjects have ever been part of a president’s 
inaugural address (hear the referenced Obama speech excerpt, followed by
 comments from openly gay African-American "Washington Post" columnist 
JONATHAN CAPEHART; and NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent ANDREA 
MITCHELL and "New York Magazine" editor at large FRANK RICH with MSNBC's
 "out" news commentator RACHEL MADDOW); and "double first" openly gay 
Cuban-American inaugural poet RICHARD BLANCO delivers his homage to the 
American experience, "ONE TODAY" [www.msnbc.com].
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