THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #811, distributed 10/13/03 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Trans teen Gwen Araujo's murder transforms a small California community; Canada's Supreme Court finds anti-marriage conservatives un-appealing, but Bush jumps on the right wing U.S. "Marriage Protection" bandwagon, angry Episcopalians demand Anglican action against gay-friendly Americans, priest defrocked & church demolished after the first Russian Orthodox gay wedding, Vatican doctors say condom use spreads AIDS, and other global GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3*, EVERY TUESDAY @ 16:00 ET on Pacifica's KU band, is available online in mono and stereo MP3 files at www.radio4all.net, and is mailed on audiocassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers *==> Monday feeds are scheduled by PRSS on A72.3 through June 2004 <== -------- AIR THE ENTIRE HALF-HOUR AND/OR USE SELECTED SEGMENTS ------- ALWAYS FREE OF CHARGE! USAGE LIMITED ONLY BY TIMELINESS OF NEWS CONTENT! => RUNDOWN <= Opening Teases/Theme Music/Intro Continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 ­ NewsWrap: Canada's Supreme Court rejects religiouss conservative groups' attempt to challenge the June ruling by Ontario's top provincial court that opened legal marriage to gay & lesbian couples, but U.S. President George W. Bush proclaims October 12th through 18th as "Marriage Protection Week", which kicks off a year-long campaign by virtually all of the anti-gay religious right groups in the country to make prohibiting same gender marriage a top 2004 election issue, and the Arizona Court of Appeals rejects a Phoenix gay male couple's lawsuit seeking a marriage license, ruling that neither the state constitution nor the U.S. Constitution includes a "right to marry someone of the same gender"; Episcopal conservatives meet in Dallas, Texas to issue a strong denunciation of recent pro-queer Church developments and petition next week's summit of global Anglican primates for a "realignment of Anglicanism in North America", while at the Vatican, Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II warns visiting Anglican Communion leader Rowan Williams against his denomination's acceptance of gay clergy, and the gay & lesbian direct action group OutRage! pickets the consecration in London of 2 new Anglican bishops because they say there should have been a third new bishop, openly gay Jeffrey John, who had bowed to evangelical pressure and withdrawn his acceptance of a bishopric; the Russian Orthodox Church defrocks Father Vladimir Enert, the priest who officiated at the country's first ever gay wedding last month, and demolishes the church in which it was held, while a lesbian couple in Vologda apply for, and are denied, a marriage license; in a BBC interview, Cardinal Alfonso Lopez Trujillo, who heads the Pontifical Council for the Family, cites Vatican doctors in defending the message being disseminated by Roman Catholic Church workers in Africa and on 3 other continents that condoms do not prevent the transmission of HIV, calling on health ministries to treat condoms "in the same way as they do with regard to cigarettes, which they state to be a danger"; and a big gay week on British television includes openly lesbian singer Alex Parks winning the "Fame Academy" contest, former "Popstars" contestant and new boy band Phixx member Andrew Kinlochan coming out, and the ratings-topping first-ever gay male kiss in its 43 years on the soap opera "Coronation Street" [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, FENCEBERRY and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:30] + Islam & homosexuality promo [conclusion of Michael Schembri's 2-part interview with social anthropologist Dr. James Wafer to air next week] (over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:10] . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by JUDY SHEPARD [:15] + Anti-queer violence continues at an alarming rate, despite the progress the GLBT community seems to be making towards equality and acceptance. As the fifth anniversary of the brutal gay-bashing murder of Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard is commemorated this week, three more men have been arrested in yet another horrific homophobic beating death, 2 years ago in Vancouver, British Columbia, of Aaron Webster. Meanwhile, the people of NEWARK, CALIFORNIA have a bitter anniversary of their own to acknowledge. Last October a group of young men there savagely beat and strangled a 17-year-old transgender teenager named GWEN ARAUJO. Newark, a town of about 40,000 some thirty miles south of San Francisco, faced the scrutiny of the national news media, and transgender issues briefly found the spotlight. To find out if and how things have changed in Newark during the past year, "This Way Out" correspondent NOAH MILLER reports [with comments by young lesbian activist KATE LYNESS; transgender advocate GWENDOLYN ANN SMITH; EDDIE GUTIERREZ of GLAAD, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; "San Jose Mercury News" Deputy Editor DAVE TEPPS; openly lesbian elementary school teacher LIVIA THOMAS; and local P-FLAG (Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians And Gays) Chapter President PAT SKILLEN and P-FLAG member PAUL CLIFFORD] [15:25] >. . . . 15:40 Closing Continuity/Credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ----------------------------Please note-------------------------------- Anyone with questions, suggestions, or *news stories* is encouraged to email Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at TWOradio@aol.co ----------------------------- thanks! --------------------------------- STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT, TRANS TEEN GWEN ARAUJO'S MURDER TRANSFORMS A SMALL CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY... IN OTHER NEWS, CANADA'S SUPREME COURT FINDS ANTI-MARRIAGE CONSERVATIVES UN-APPEALING, BUT BUSH JUMPS ON THE RIGHT WING U.S. "MARRIAGE PROTECTION" BANDWAGON, ANGRY EPISCOPALIANS DEMAND ANGLICAN INTERVENTION AGAINST GAY-FRIENDLY AMERICANS, A PRIEST IS DEFROCKED AND HIS CHURCH DEMOLISHED AFTER THE FIRST RUSSIAN ORTHODOX GAY WEDDING, AND VATICAN DOCTORS CLAIM THAT CONDOM USE SPREADS AIDS. THOSE STORIES AND MORE THIS WEEK WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~> STATIONS: MISSED THE SATELLITE FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~ YOU CAN GET A STEREO OR MONO MP3 FILE OF THE PROGRAM ONLINE AT www.radio4all.net. ******************************************************** Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM AFFILIATE STATIONS, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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