======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050117.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 #877, distributed 1/17/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Rufus Wainwright's "Want Two" reconfirms his openly gay pop star status; Illinois bans bias as other states move against marriage, Israel's high court blesses queer families while US Supremes stay silent, battling marriage tops the Pope's "anti-gay agenda," an Episcopal "apology" does not assuage Anglican angst, fashion maven Mosi is murdered in Munich, a Pentagon plot to make lovers, not warriors is exposed, and more GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JAN 17 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY JAN 18 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": With the expected signature of Governor Rod Blagojevich, Illinois will become the 15th U.S. state to make "sexual orientation" a category protected from discrimination under its civil rights law -- and transgenders are also specifically included -- but the Kansas legislature becomes the first among what are expected to be at least 8 other U.S. states this year to consider constitutional amendments exclusively restricting marriage to "one man and one woman"; the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear a challenge to the state of Florida's ban on adoptions by gays and lesbians, but Israel's Supre me Court issues a landmark decision opening second parent adoptions to same gender couples; opposition to legal recognition of lesbian and gay relationships tops the announced agenda of Roman Catholic Pope John Paul II, while the U.S. Episcopal Church tries to mollify opposition in other branches of the global Anglican Communion to its consecration of openly partnered gay Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire; meanwhile, a task force of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America recommends maintaining its current policies prohibiting the blessing of queer couples and ordaining sexually active gays and lesbians, but that no disciplinary actions should be taken against individual ministers or congregations that choose to violate those policies, while defrocked openly partnered lesbian United Methodist Church minister Irene Stroud is taking her case to a regional church appeals panel; the murder in Munich of openly gay celebrity designer Rudolph Moshammer shocks Germany and the international fashion world; in the wake of last month's devastating tsunami, organizers of the internationally-popular annual Gay Festival in hard-hit Phuket, Thailand have rescheduled the event from next month to begin April 7th; and a "New Scientist" magazine report reveals that the U.S. military had once pondered trying to develop a "love bomb" to turn enemy soldiers gay [written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by RICK WATTS & CINDY FRIEDMAN] [10:55] + "TWO" I.D. by ELLEN DeGENERES [:10] . . . . . . 11:05 SEGMENT #2 - No less a gay pop music icon than the great Sir Elton John has called RUFUS WAINWRIGHT "the greatest songwriter on the planet." Winner of numerous awards and critical acclaim as a solo artist, Rufus is also part of a famous family of folk musicians that tours the world together. When he visits Australia in the next few weeks, he'll be performing both with the group and by himself. In his chat by phone from Montreal, Quebec with "This Way Out" Brisbane, Queensland correspondent JOHN FRAME ["QueerRadio"/4ZZZ-FM], Rufus discusses the joys of performing with his family (Kate & Anna McGarrigle and sister Martha Wainwright), his clear declaration to Dreamworks Records management that he wouldn't pretend, even for a moment, that he was straight, and some songs on his fourth and brand new CD "WANT TWO," which "Rolling Stone" magazine says "proves that droll commentary and ornate piano orchestrations don't exclude you from being a rock star" (includes excerpts from "The McGarrigles Hour," and from "Want Two" an excerpt from "The One You Love" and the entire "Gay Messiah" track). . . . . . . 15:05 [www.rufuswainwright.com] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," RUFUS WAINWRIGHT'S "WANT TWO" RECONFIRMS HIS OPENLY GAY POP STAR STATUS -- YOU'LL HEAR A REVEALING CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND SAMPLE HIS LATEST CD... IN THE NEWS, ILLINOIS BANS BIAS AS OTHER STATES MOVE AGAINST MARRIAGE, ISRAEL'S HIGH COURT BLESSES QUEER FAMILIES WHILE U.S. SUPREMES STAY SILENT, BATTLING MARRIAGE TOPS THE POPE'S "ANTI-GAY AGENDA," EPISCOPAL "APOLOGY" DOES NOT ASSUAGE ANGLICAN ANGST, FASHION MAVEN MOSI IS MURDERED IN MUNICH, AND A PENTAGON PLOT TO MAKE LOVERS, NOT WARRIORS IS EXPOSED. 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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