[OutVoice] Updating Uganda & Arizona, and more global LGBT news

[Greg Gordon]

"THIS WAY OUT: the international lesbian & gay radio magazine"
Program #1,353 - distributed 03/03/14
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(hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle)
Musevini defends the "science" behind Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Law;
Arizona's "bias license" gets a gubernatorial "no thanks!";
Courts in Zimbabwe and Zambia each acquit leading LGBT activists,
oppressive legislation creeps into Kenya, Jordan cops bust 10 gays and
lesbians for getting acquainted, post-Olympic "Open Games" leap hurdles
in Moscow, a U.S. judge tosses Texas' marriage inequality law, and more

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 In "NewsWrap": LGBT rights activists are acquitted on bogus charges in 
Zimbabwe and Zambia, but the war on sexual minorities continues unabated
 in Nigeria and Uganda, and Kenyan leaders call for their own similarly 
harsh anti-gay legislation… 10 lesbians and gay men at a "getting to 
know each other" gathering at a party hall in Amman, Jordan are arrested
 in a prophylactic prevention of "disturbing the peace”… more than 200 
athletes from 11 countries endure bomb threats, 
cancelled-at-the-last-minute venues and hotels, smoke bombs, and 
"technical problems" at an ice skating rink to compete in the inaugural 
Russian LGBT Sports Federation's Open Games in Moscow… ARIZONA GOVERNOR 
JAN BREWER vetoes a so-called "religious freedom" bill [with a brief 
sound-bite from her veto announcement], while a federal judge declares 
the Texas law defining civil marriage as exclusively heterosexual to be a
 violation of the U.S. Constitution… retired National Football League 
Hall of Famer and TV sports commentator DEION SANDERS tells "The Arsenio
 Hall Show" that there were gay players on all 5 teams he played on 
during his career, and says of out pro prospect Michael Sam "if he can 
make plays, he can play the game" [with sound from the syndicated late 
night TV program]… and more LGBT news from around the world (produced by
 STEVE PRIDE, written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by JASON 
PROCTOR and NATALIE PEOPLES).

- UGANDA's infamous 
"Anti-Homosexuality Bill" was signed into law by PRESIDENT YOWERI 
MUSEVENI on February 24th. Carrying substantial prison terms for 
consensual adult gay sex, advocacy, or simply failing to report a 
suspected LGBT person, the new law has drawn harsh criticism from 
governments and human rights groups around the world. A few countries 
have already threatened to cut aid to the east African country, but 
Ugandan gay activists have expressed concerns about the negative effects
 of economic sanctions. Some LGBTs are trying to escape the country, and
 at least eight people have reportedly attempted suicide -- 3 of them 
successfully. Museveni had delayed signing the bill because he said he 
was seeking scientific opinions on the "cause" of homosexuality. Several
 members of the committee that the president commissioned to prepare a 
report on sexual orientation resigned to protest the misquoting of their
 work. Could it be that Musevini relied more on information from 
U.S.-based evangelicals than from his own medical experts? Museveni 
answered questions about the law, the science, and his own feelings on 
the day he signed the bill during an interview with CNN's ZAIN VERJEE 
(with intro/outro music from "I Am Ugandan" by JULIANA KANYOMOZI).
[cnn.com]

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 Suspense surrounded the U.S. state of ARIZONA's Senate Bill 1062 as the
 world waited to hear whether Republican GOVERNOR JAN BREWER would sign 
it into law. If she did, businesses would be able to use violations of 
religious belief as grounds to deny services -- to LGBT people, for 
example. Brewer finally announced her decision at a February 26th press 
conference {Brewer}; Governor Brewer's decision to veto SB 1062 was 
greeted by the religious right with steamy piles of invective against 
the bill's opponents, including American Family Association mouthpiece 
BRYAN FISCHER {Fischer}; then there was syndicated, right-wing radio 
talker RUSH LIMBAUGH, whose own name-calling diatribe would be debunked 
by internet commentator CENK UYGUR of The Young Turks {Limbaugh/Uygur}; 
Wall Street Journal News Hub anchor SIMON CONSTABLE asked Emory 
University law professor TIMOTHY HOLBROOK for his analysis 
{Constable/Holbrook}; and MSNBC's RACHEL MADDOW had a postscript 
{Maddow} (with brief intro music from "Arizona" by MARK LINDSAY).
[msnbc.com; wsj.com]
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