======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050131.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 #879, distributed 1/31/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) A new muse, a one-woman band, and the return of RuPaul in the "Audiofile"; A large lesbian rides the road to self-acceptance in "Venus of Chalk"; The Euro-Court slams Sweden for isolating a gay HIV patient, the first British workplace gay-baiting case is won, U.S. conservatives insult "No Name-Calling Week" while Bush's new Education Secretary threatens de-funding for a queer-friendly cartoon bunny, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JAN 31 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY FEB 1 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The European Court of Human Rights finds Sweden guilty of violating the rights of a gay man with HIV by forcing his hospital isolation, while a London tribunal awards 35,000 pounds to a victim of workplace homophobic abuse in the first case of it kind since Britain adopted its new sexual orientation anti-discrimination law; it was GLSEN's second annual "No Name-Calling Week" in U.S. middle schools despite rightwing objections that it "promoted liberal groups' pan-sexual agenda"; the first act of the Bush Administration's new Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is an attack on an episod e of the Public Broadcasting children's program "Postcards from Buster" that features two real-life lesbian families in Vermont; meanwhile, Bush falsely claims that "studies have shown" heterosexuals make better parents than same gender couples, and a new "Marriage Protection Amendment" to constitutionally define marriage as exclusively heterosexual is introduced in the U.S. Senate; lesbigay families are recognized in a new conflict-of-interest policy of the world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., although it has nothing to do with spousal benefits for same gender partners, which are not offered; openly gay American architect Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential, dies at the age of 98; South Australian gay and AIDS activist Ian Purcell is made a Member of the Order of Australia, and openly gay TV actor Stephen Hunt is a finalist for Young Australian of the Year for his international AIDS activism; and Richard Hatch, the openly gay and usually naked man who won the first U.S. "Survivor" reality TV show faces jail time and fines for failing to report his obviously very public one million dollar prize and other media income in his federal tax returns (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by DEAN ELZINGA & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:40] + "Audiofile" billboard [:10]. . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Lesbian novelist SUSAN STINSON takes her "VENUS OF CHALK" (from Firebrand Books) on a bus trip from self-hatred to self-acceptance. This Way Out commentator (and a prolific award-winner in her own write) JANET MASON sizes up Stinson's weighty work. . . . . . . . . . . . 3:20 SEGMENT #3 - "Audiofile" billboard [:15] + Lesbian "fumerist" KATE CLINTON discusses her first stand-up gig and why it's important to "keep talking" (from her audiobook "Don't Get Me Started") + Kate Clinton "TWO" I.D. [2:25] . . . . . . . . . . 2:40 SEGMENT #4 - The first outing of a black gay ensemble (excerpts from "Man to Man" and "Out" from THE ADODI MUSE's "AIN'T GOT SENSE ENUF TO BE 'SHAMED"), the first self-made project of a prolific soloist ("Anything Anywhere" and "Beijing" from MELISSA FERRICK's "THE OTHER SIDE"), and the triumphant return of the world's most famous trans-star ("Love Is Love" and "Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous" from RUPAUL's "RED HOT") are this month's offerings from the keepers of the "Audiofile" (with comments by each of the artists, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [www.audiofile.org] . . . . . . 9:00 = artist contact info = THE ADODI MUSE MELISSA FERRICK RUPAUL Anthony Antoine 116 Pleasant St #3111 rupaul@rupaul.com 290 Willow Park Trail Easthampton, MA 01027 www.rupaul.com College Park, GA 30349 melissa@rightonrecords.com [no other info info@adodimuse.com www.melissaferrick.com provided] www.adodimuse.com Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," A NEW AFRO-AMERICAN MUSE, A ONE-WOMAN BAND, AND THE RETURN OF RUPAUL ROCK THE "AUDIOFILE", AND A LARGE LESBIAN TAKES THE ROAD TO SELF-ACCEPTANCE IN "VENUS OF CHALK"... IN THE NEWS, THE EURO-COURT SLAMS SWEDEN FOR ISOLATING A GAY H-I-V PATIENT, THE FIRST BRITISH WORKPLACE GAY-BAITING CASE IS WON, U.S. CONSERVATIVES INSULT "NO NAME-CALLING WEEK", AND BUSH'S NEW EDUCATION SECRETARY THREATENS DE-FUNDING FOR A QUEER-FRIENDLY CARTOON BUNNY. 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. "This Way Out" is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.). 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