[OutVoice] No CA BSA BS, Bristol hosts the Union Cup, more LGBT news

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,314 - distributed 06/03/13
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Europe's gay ruggers take the pitch in Bristol;
A California Senator vows to defeat Boy Scout bias;
Nigeria lawmakers punish LGBT people and their advocates with 10 years in 
prison, but the first French gay couple makes it legal, the push for
marriage equality stalls in Australia and the U.S. state of Illinois,
rights marches make history in Croatia and the Ukraine, and more news

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 In "NewsWrap": Nigeria legislators pass what could be the most 
draconian anti-LGBT laws in Africa – if not the world; the first gay 
couple legally weds in France, but violent opposition continues; 
there'll be no marriage equality vote in Australia on June 6th as 
expected, and the Illinois House ends its spring session without voting 
on a bill that had been expected to make it the 13th U.S. state with 
marriage equality [with brief comment by sponsoring lawmaker GREG 
HARRIS]… 400 would-be brides and grooms march for equality in 
conservative Croatia, while Kyiv hosts prominent foreigners and brave 
local souls at the first-ever Pride parade in the Ukraine… Jallen 
Messersmith becomes the first still-playing mens college basketball 
player in America to come out, and formerly retired but newly-acquired 
L.A. Galaxy Major League Soccer player Robbie Rogers becomes the first 
openly gay man to play in a professional U.S. team sport… and more LGBT 
news from around the world (written by GREG GORDON, produced by STEVE 
PRIDE, and reported this week by JASON PROCTOR and TANYA KANE-PARRY).

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 Fallout continues following the BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA's decision to end
 its ban on gay members, but not on LGBT leaders. The AMERICAN FAMILY 
ASSOCIATION's BRYAN FISCHER relished the opportunity for unrestrained, 
irrational ranting.

- CALIFORNIA STATE SENATOR RICARDO LARA 
offers rational arguments in asking fellow lawmakers for their support 
of his bill to deny tax-exempt status to the Boy Scouts and any other 
youth group that discriminates.

- Amateur gay rugby teams from 
all over Europe come together every two years for The Union Cup. The 
U.K.’s BRISTOL Bisons hosted the fifth tournament in mid-May. "ShoutOut"
 program host MARY MILTON, along with her BCFM compatriots CHERYL 
MORGAN, NATALIE NEWBURY and PAUL DAVIS, were on the pitch. 
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