======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" online go to www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20040809.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 #854, distributed 08/09/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Frank analysis of the U.S. marriage rights fight with Congressman Barney; Portugal's lesbigays win constitutional protections, a Zimbabwe mob attacks queer activists, wedded bias is ruled unconstitutional in Washington state but Missouri voters enshrine discrimination, Australia's PM gets "opposition" help in marriage-banning legislation, and more news; and the inclusive "Spirit Pop" of Jason & deMarco crosses musical bridges "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 teases/intro theme music/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": Portugal becomes the first in Europe -- aand joins only a handful of nations in the world -- to explicitly protect lesbigays from discrimination in its constitution; the European Union's executive office turns the screws on several member states for failing to enact national anti-bias laws; in what must have felt like déjà vu, members of Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe (GALZ) are attacked and driven from their display stall by a screaming mob at the country's International Book Faire; Canada's pioneering openly-gay former MP Svend Robinson gets community service but avoids jail time for his "irrational" shoplifting of a valuable ring, while New Brunswick's provincial government announces that it will be paying pension benefits to all the surviving unmarried partners of its deceased civil servants, including same gender partners; the Italian government takes legal action against Tuscany's new regional domestic partners statute, saying it violates the country's constitution; in the U.S., a judge in Washington rules that a law restricting legal marriage to heterosexual couples violates the state constitution, but Missouri voters overwhelmingly enshrine hetero-only marriage in their state constitution; in what seems to be a stunning reversal that angers queer activists, Australia's major opposition party, the Australian Labor Party, announces its support for Liberal Prime Minister John Howard's reintroduction and fast-tracking of legislation to ban legal recognition of same gender marriages both in the country and those performed elsewhere; and joining the ranks of queer "reality TV" show winners, almost three-fourths of the nearly 6-1/2 million viewers of the fifth edition of Britain's "Big Brother" make transwoman Nadia Almada the top vote-getter (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and reported this week by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN). . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Billboard for Jason & deMarco feature (over instrumental start of this segment's intro music) [:15] + When U.S. CONGRESSMEMBER BARNEY FRANK came out in 1987, he was one of a kind. Frank, who entered local Boston politics in the late 1960s, served in the Massachusetts State House for seven years before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1980 -- and his constituents have returned him to Washington every two years since. Although he's no longer the only open gay or lesbian in Congress, he's still very much one of a kind -- from his feisty defense of President Bill Clinton during the Whitewater investigation to his engaging off-the-teleprompter "gay agenda" speech at last month's Democratic National Convention. Frequently controversial, even when it comes to queer political strategy, Frank discusses the status of the battle for equal marriage rights in the current U.S. election year context with This Way Out's JON BEAUPRE (with brief intro music from "Love & Marriage" by FRANK SINATRA) [5:40] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:55 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by legendary openly lesbian singer/songwriter JANIS IAN (with "support public radio" plug) [:10] + It's often difficult for gay, lesbian, bi and trans people to reconcile their sexuality and gender identity with their religious backgrounds, but the rising singing duo JASON AND DEMARCO seem to have done just that by embracing a genre which could be called Out-of-the-Closet Christian Music. Jason was being groomed as the next star of the Christian music scene before he came out in 1998 and was "shown the door" by that community, but after he met deMarco in 2001 a new musical gateway opened for both of them. The twosome share their story, and their music, with This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE (includes excerpts from their breakthrough CD "Spirit Pop") [9:30] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:40 [www.jasonanddemarco.com] Closing continuity/credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 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," A FRANK ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. MARRIAGE RIGHTS FIGHT WITH CONGRESSMAN BARNEY... IN THE NEWS, PORTUGAL'S LESBIGAYS WIN CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS, A ZIMBABWE MOB ATTACKS QUEER ACTIVISTS, WEDDED BIAS IS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL IN WASHINGTON STATE BUT MISSOURI VOTERS ENSHRINE DISCRIMINATION, AND AUSTRALIA'S P.M. GETS "OPPOSITION" HELP IN MARRIAGE-BANNING LEGISLATION... AND THE INCLUSIVE "SPIRIT POP" OF JASON AND DEMARCO CROSSES MUSICAL BRIDGES. ALL THAT - 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. "This Way Out" is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.). Please visit www.thiswayout.org to learn how *you* can help keep "This Way Out" on the air! 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