[OutVoice] College dribbler comes out +"The Gay Rub"+ global news

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,359 - distributed 04/14/14
Airs on more than 200 local stations around the world -
Check the "Affiliate Stations" list on our website, or
 listen now via our free podcasts at www.thiswayout.org*, or on iTunes.
*http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/75243
(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
"The Gay Rub" collects impressions of history;
Coming out is a slam-dunk for a top tier US college basketball player;
Saudi cops bust 35 "gay party"-goers to promote "virtue",
an Italian court recognizes a gay couple's New York marriage, Utah's
marriage equality case is heard in a federal appeals court, Minnesota
moves against bullying, and more global LGBT news

-
 In "NewsWrap": 35 men are arrested by Saudi Arabia religious police for
 being at a "gay party" in Jeddah, while 4 gay men are jailed in Egypt 
for "debauchery"… an Italian court orders the country's first-ever 
recognition of the marriage of a same-gender couple legally performed 
abroad… a 3-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears 
Utah's case challenging a lower court decision declaring the state's ban
 on civil marriage for same-gender couples unconstitutional… Minnesota 
Governor Mark Dayton signs an LGBT-inclusive state anti-bullying bill, 
while Seattle, Washington city officials and his troop's church sponsor 
stand behind ousted-because-he's-out Boy Scout leader Geoff McGrath… and
 more LGBT news from around the world (produced by STEVE PRIDE, written 
by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by MICHAEL ALLAN and CAROLE 
MEYERS).

- DERRICK GORDON won't have to hide anymore -- and 
that's a first for a U.S. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 
Division 1 basketball player. The UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS sophomore 
publicly came out as gay in an interview this week with "ESPN's" KATE 
FAGAN (with intro/outro music from the UMass Fight Song). Meanwhile, two
 U.S. sports legends - NBA Hall-of-Famer BILL RUSSELL and NFL great JIM 
BROWN - each had brief comments about openly gay athletes during a panel
 discussion at this week's LBJ Civil Rights Summit.

- With a 
black crayon and some polyester batting fabric – and no matter where you
 are in the world - you can help maintain history by rubbing it in. Our 
STEVE PRIDE discovers "THE GAY RUB" with creator STEVEN REIGNS 
[thegayrub.com; stevenreigns.com].
***************************************************************
"This
 Way Out" is a U.S. tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit under the 
corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.), and is supported by the 
Yavanna Foundation, a bequest from the estate of Christopher David 
Trentham, and donations from our listener-supporters. Thank you!
=>
 Please log on to thiswayout.org to add your support [a tax-deductible 
charitable donation in the U.S.].  We really can't go on without you!
***************************************************************
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 PO Box 
1065, Los Angeles, CA 90078, USA.
********** Thank you for $upporting "This Way Out"! **********