======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20041115.rm or click on the PlanetOut link at www.thiswayout.org [our current show is usually up by Wednesday 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 #868, distributed 11/15/04 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) An equality-seeking California couple charts a new life in Canada; "The Color Purple" is but one of many hues in the life of Alice Walker; A chorus of "We do!" heralds Saskatchewan's first legal same gender marriage, courts deal binational gay & lesbian couples a loss in Austria but a win in Colombia, a parade promotes pride in Taiwan, and more news; plus Tori Fixx disses society and hip-hops queer love with "Marry Me" "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/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 ­ "NewsWrap": Wedding guests assist the first queer couuple to legally say "We do!" in Saskatchewan, while another legally-married Canadian same gender couple sues for recognition in their home country, Ireland; an Austrian court refuses to consider legal recognition of a binational German-American queer couple married in the Netherlands, but a Bogota court issues a landmark ruling granting permanent residency status to the foreign same gender partners of lesbian and gay Colombian citizens; a Scottish court dismisses a lesbian's lawsuit seeking damages from the drunk driver convicted of killing her partner because applicable law at that time, in 1999, did not recognize the couple as "relatives"; British gays and lesbians are a step closer to legal recognition of their relationships with overwhelming third reading passage in the House of Commons of the Government's Civil Partnership Bill; over 2,000 queer marchers in Taiwan's GLBT Pride Parade demand marriage equality and protest police abuse; Peru's constitutional court strikes down a ban on homosexual acts by military servicemembers, while German military officials agree to apply the same sexual conduct rules to homosexual acts as to heterosexual ones; moves to provide compensation for men jailed under the sodomy laws during the regime of dictator Francisco Franco win preliminary support from all the political parties in the Spanish parliament; Bermuda's Community Affairs Minister announces his Government's intention to introduce legislation protecting the housing and employment rights of gays and lesbians; the first openly-gay U.S. governor, New Jersey's James McGreevey, reaffirms his pride in being "a gay American" during his farewell address; and a new survey questions the importance of "moral values" in determining the outcome of recent U.S. elections (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL, REX WOCKNER, and GREG GORDON, and reported this week by CHRISTOPHER GAAL & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:35] + Moving to Canada BB [:15] . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - "ALICE WALKER: A LIFE" by Evelyn C. White (recently published by Norton) is, according to award-winning poet, prose writer and This Way Out correspondent JANET MASON, the first truly comprehensive biography of a writer who defies categorization, shedding light on Walker's life from her early days in the Civil Rights Movement to a behind-the-scenes look at "The Color Purple" and her subsequent relationships with women . . . . 4:10 SEGMENT #3 - Promo for specially-produced TWO history & culture CDs and alternabid.com benefit auction (voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE) . . . . :50 SEGMENT #4 - Immigration Web sites around the world continue to see more and more U.S. visitors following the November 2nd elections. Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand sites in particular are experiencing a sharp increase in traffic from U.S. citizens looking for a new home, or simply beginning to think about what to do next. Santa Fe, New Mexico-based independent producer JIM WILLIAMS found one such couple in SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA -- LUCIE LYTLE & JUSTINA HAYDEN -- whose quest for equality will reluctantly lead them to a new life in VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (with instrumental music from "Camera on a Track" performed by CLAIRVOYANTS) . . . . 6:45 SEGMENT #5 - "Later for the President, later for society, and the Constitution -- baby will you MARRY ME?" Rap, funk and R&B artist TORI FIXX celebrates same gender love with this fresh hip hop anthem (radio edit version) . . . . 3:45 [www.torifixx.com] Closing continuity/credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ==================================== * ================================ STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," AN EQUALITY-SEEKING CALIFORNIA COUPLE CHARTS A NEW LIFE IN CANADA, AND "THE COLOR PURPLE" IS BUT ONE OF MANY HUES IN THE LIFE OF ALICE WALKER... IN THE NEWS, A CHORUS OF "WE DO!" HERALDS SASKATCHEWAN'S FIRST LEGAL SAME GENDER MARRIAGE, COURTS DEAL BINATIONAL GAY AND LESBIAN COUPLES A LOSS IN AUSTRIA BUT A WIN IN COLOMBIA, AND A PARADE PROMOTES PRIDE IN TAIWAN... PLUS HIP HOPPER TORI FIXX DISSES SOCIETY AND CELEBRATES QUEER LOVE WITH "MARRY ME". 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