======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050110.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 #876, distributed 1/10/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Fond recollections of a "sistah" amidst 60s San Francisco "Sex & Mayhem"; Reflections on the life of award-winning lesbian poet Almitra David; There's newly-found queer marriage equality in Newfoundland, time will tell the fate of South Africa's matrimonial apartheid, gay and lesbian families gain legal ground in Spain, Israel and the U.S., Asian queer activists assess the devastating tsunami's toll, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JAN 10 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY JAN 11 from 15:00-15:29 ET on Pacifica's KU satellite = Also available via mono or stereo mp3 files at www.radio4all.net = and postal-mailed on audiocassette to non-satellite/non-wired stations and to individual subscribers -------- 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": Newfoundland becomes the 8th region in Canada to extend equal marriage rights to same gender couples, but the South African Government is appealing the Supreme Court of Appeal decision late last year in support of marriage equality there, and a new coalition of some of the nation's largest religious groups, the South African Christian Leadership Assembly, has protested the court ruling and is calling for a national referendum on the issue; Spain's Cabinet approves the February introduction in Parliament of a measure that would make it the world's third nation to open marriage to gay and lesbian couples, but an 8-year legislative struggle in Slovenia over legal recognition for same gender couples is no closer to resolution; the Austrian Social Democratic Party, the country's biggest opposition party, has taken a formal position in support of registered partnerships for same gender couples and on-going work towards marriage equality; a Tel Aviv court bars the deportation of a Colombian gay whose passport had expired based on his relationship with an Israeli man, while the American Civil Liberties Union wins court decisions favorable to gay and lesbian families in Montana, Georgia and Arkansas; homophobic hate apparently hits Orlando, Florida and Auckland, New Zealand, but sexual orientation-based incitement to hatred or violence is now a crime in France; and reports from Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia detail the specific impact of the devastating late December tsunami in the Indian Ocean on queer communities in the south Asian region (among several GLBT-based fundraising relief efforts around the world is the Web site of the International Lesbian and Gay Association at www.ilga.org/donate.asp -- indicate "Asia" in the "Comments" box) [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & RICK WATTS] [10:30} + Billboard for "His Name Was Mickey" from Donald Currie's "Sex & Mayhem Part 2" [:15] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 SEGMENT #2 - In the year 2000, ALMITRA DAVID, author of "Impulse to Fly" (from Perugia Press) and "Between the Sea and Home" (Eight Mountain Press), was proclaimed one of "Ten Poets to Watch," but three short years later she was gone, a victim of breast cancer. Fortunately for us, "This Way Out" correspondent JANET MASON, herself a widely-published award winning poet and prose writer, had the opportunity not only to "watch" Almitra, but to become personally acquainted with the acclaimed lesbian writer, teacher and translator (with outro music from "Leave A Little Light Behind" by JESS HAWK OAKENSTAR). . . 5:55 SEGMENT #3 - Promo for "This Way Out" special program CDs, audiocassette subscriptions, and alternabid.com benefit auction [voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE] . . . . . . . :50 SEGMENT #4 - "His Name Was Mickey," and gay writer/director/performer DONALD CURRIE (with producer/engineer Jason Gorski) has immortalized him among his recollections of coming of age gay during the tie-dyed tempest of 1960s San Francisco in this cut from Currie's self-described "movie made of sound," "SEX & MAYHEM PART 2". . . . . 8:45 [www.cdbaby.com/donaldcurrie] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," FOND RECOLLECTIONS OF A "SISTAH" AMIDST EARLY 60'S SAN FRANCISCO'S "SEX & MAYHEM," AND REFLECTIONS ON THE LIFE OF AWARD-WINNING LESBIAN POET ALMITRA DAVID... IN THE NEWS, THERE'S NEWLY-FOUND QUEER MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND, TIME WILL TELL THE FATE OF SOUTH AFRICA'S MATRIMONIAL APARTHEID, GAY AND LESBIAN FAMILIES GAIN LEGAL GROUND IN SPAIN, ISRAEL AND THE U.S., AND SOUTH ASIAN ACTIVISTS ASSESS THE DEVASTATING TSUNAMI'S TOLL ON THEIR QUEER COMMUNITIES. ALL THAT -- AND MORE THIS WEEK -- WHEN YOU TUNE IN TO "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> MISSED THE SATELLITE FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download mp3s of the program free of charge 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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