======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" online go to www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20040823.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 #856, distributed 08/23/04 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The healing harmonies of a queer chorale; Police in Nepal round up activists in a "perversion" crackdown, homophobic media coverage sensationalizes a New Dehli double murder, Zanzibar institutes hard time for queer sex, Canadian feds won't fight further marriage suits, 9 queer Olympians have their mettles tested, & more news; and "Praise Our George" musically maligns the 'W of mass destruction' "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! 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[no opening teases this week]. . :40 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": Police in Nepal round up and detain dozenns of gay and transgendered men, including AIDS prevention outreach workers from the country's only queer civil rights organization, the Blue Diamond Society, for "spreading perversion"; GLBT activists in India denounce sensationalized media coverage of the brutal double murder of a New Delhi gay male couple; harsh new laws against consensual adult gay & lesbian sex go into effect in Zanzibar, but a bill to prohibit discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity is reintroduced in the Philippines; Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou earmarks one million New Taiwan dollars in the city budget for lesbigay community events; Canada's Justice Minister announces that the federal government will no longer oppose further legal actions regarding lesbian & gay marriages, but in the U.S. a federal judge in the state of Washington upholds the constitutionality of the notorious Defense of Marriage Act, and eight same gender couples lose the first round in their court challenge to a 1913 Massachusetts law banning marriages of non-residents that would not be recognized in their home states; and nine openly-queer athletes compete at the Olympic Games in Athens with mixed results, but a tutu-wearing man's promotional stunt takes a dive (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER and GREG GORDON, and reported this week by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:15] + Nepal story update: the detainees have now been released on bail and face court appearances in September [:20] (over "NewsWrap" outro music) + Billboard for "Praise Our George" [:05]. . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - Promo for TWO's "Diminished Capacity" and 1979 National March on Washington for Lesbian & Gay Rights documentary CDs . . . 2:00 SEGMENT #3 - The proliferation of local choral groups is proof positive that the lesbian, gay, bi, and trans community truly has a song in its heart. Since 1990 the SOUTH COAST CHORALE of LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA has entertained, enlightened, unified and healed its audience -- and its members -- using the power of words and music. It was born in the living room of BOB PHIBBS, who until recently has led the group. This Way Out correspondent NANCY BEVERLY wanted to know more about Bob's story and his experiences with the chorale, and the result is this melodious and inspiring profile. . . . . 11:45 SEGMENT #4 - "TWO" I.D. by lesbian novelist DOROTHY ALLISON ("'Bastard Out of Carolina' and other trashy pieces") [:10] + New York City is bracing for the Republican Party's National Convention, and so is the APOCALYPSE YESTERDAY CHOIR -- led by songwriters SUSIE DAY and TOM WILSON WEINBERG -- with "PRAISE OUR GEORGE", an irreverent hymn to the 'W of mass destruction' [2:35]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:45 [praiseourgeorge@yahoo.com, www.kersplebedeb.com/praiseourgeorge.html] Closing continuity/credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ==================================== * ================================ STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THE HEALING HARMONIES OF A QUEER CHORALE... IN THE NEWS, POLICE IN NEPAL ROUND UP ACTIVISTS IN A "PERVERSION" CRACKDOWN, HOMOPHOBIC MEDIA COVERAGE SENSATIONALIZES A NEW DEHLI DOUBLE MURDER, ZANZIBAR INSTITUTES HARD TIME FOR QUEER SEX, CANADIAN FEDS WON'T FIGHT FURTHER MARRIAGE LAWSUITS, NINE QUEER OLYMPIANS HAVE THEIR METTLES TESTED IN ATHENS... AND "PRAISE OUR GEORGE" MUSICALLY MALIGNS THE 'W OF MASS DESTRUCTION'. 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. 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