======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" online go to www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20040621.rm [our current show is usually up by Tuesday nights US Pacific Time each week] or check thiswayout.org for a list of our 150+ local broadcast station affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #847, distributed 06/21/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Faith and community comforts endangered queer Ugandans; Bush's push to ban same gender marriage elicits a musical response; Cinematic lesbians spark violent protests in India, Swiss and Czech lawmakers issue positive partnership votes but feds move on anti-marriage measures in Australia and the U.S., suspension stifles France's first marryin' mayor, and other global GLBT news "TWO" feeds via the PRSS EVERY MONDAY @ 14:30 ET on A72.3, EVERY TUESDAY @ 15:00 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 December 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 tease/intro theme music/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:00 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": The nationwide opening of "Girlfriend," aa controversial lesbian-themed film, sparks violent demonstrations by right wing Hindu protesters across India, while queer activists pan the movie but defend free speech rights; the Australian House approves the second reading of the Government's bill to restrict legal recognition of marriages and adoptions to heterose xual couples only, while a major pension reform package that includes same gender partner eligibility is headed toward an expected speedy passage, but the Australian Government rejects an order from the United Nations Human Rights Commission that it extend military pension benefits to the surviving partners of queer servicemembers; the French Government hands Begles Mayor Noel Mamere a one month suspension from office as punishment for performing the country's first gay marriage, and while openly-gay Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe supports marriage equality he won't be following Mamere's lead; legislation to create registered partnerships for queer couples advances in Switzerland and the Czech Republic; President George W. Bush reportedly asks the Vatican to push U.S. bishops to be more active in his campaign against marriage equality for gays & lesbians -- but those bishops can't agree on a proposed policy to deny communion to Catholic lawmakers who support the rights of same gender couples -- and Bush gets a ringing endorsement for his so-called Federal Marriage Amendment from the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention; meanwhile, a U.S. House committee nixes a curiously-worded measure to allow churches' direct involvement in political activity, while the Republican leadership announces that the Federal Marriage Amendment is scheduled to reach the floor of the U.S. Senate in mid-July, two weeks before the Democratic National Convention is set to begin in Boston, but Senators for the fourth time pass a measure to add "real or perceived sexual orientation" as a victim category in the federal hate crimes law; and there's an unusual report in the "Okaz" newspaper in Saudi Arabia about five transsexual siblings in one family (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, FENCEBERRY, REX WOCKNER, BRYAN GOEBEL, and GREG GORDON, and anchored this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & RICK WATTS) [10:30] + Billboard (with a brief tease) for Gays in Uganda/Part 2 (begins over "NewsWrap" outro music) [:25] . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Excerpts from U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH's formal announcement on 2/24/04 of his support for a Constitutional amendment to ban legal recognition of same gender relationships [1:05], and one singer/songwriter's response: "YOU ARE NOT GOD," written and performed by TRACI ADAMS (instrumental beginning of the song begins under Bush's last few words) [3:40] . . . . . 4:45 [www.traciadams.com] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Support Promo [voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE] . . . :50 SEGMENT #4 - Despite terrifying government persecution and social repression, the first glimmers of hope are beginning to reach the lesbians and gay men of UGANDA. The first part of this special report produced and presented by ERIC BEAUCHEMIN [originally broadcast on the Radio Netherlands program "Wide Angle"] described how tradition and the church combine with police harassment to mete out cruel punishments for those who dare to be open about their sexual orientation. In this week's conclusion, Beauchemin follows queer Ugandans along the hard road from isolation and victimization to community and empowerment [with comments by a gay victim of abuse by the authorities; gay rights advocate ANGLICAN BISHOP CHRISTOPHER SSENYONJU; an investigator with a major international human rights organization; and Pastor Brown, an excommunicated openly-gay Anglican priest] (with intro music and outro music under from "Wanting Memories" by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) . . . . . 10:05 Closing continuity/credits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ----------------------------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," FAITH AND COMMUNITY COMFORTS ENDANGERED QUEER UGANDANS, WHILE BUSH'S PUSH TO BAN SAME GENDER MARRIAGE ELICITS A MUSICAL RESPONSE... IN THE NEWS, CINEMATIC LESBIANS SPARK VIOLENT PROTESTS IN INDIA, SWISS AND CZECH LAWMAKERS ISSUE POSITIVE PARTNERSHIP VOTES BUT FEDS MOVE AGAINST MARRIAGE IN AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S., AND SUSPENSION STIFLES FRANCE'S FIRST MARRYIN' MAYOR. 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, grants from Clarissa Pinkola Estes' La Sociedad de Guadalupe Foundation and The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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