======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050221.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 #882, distributed 2/21/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Courageous queers confront homophobic violence in Jamaica; Aussie activists target Queensland inequality; Russia's top court ducks a marriage proposal while Canada's Parliament debates it, Auckland's Big Gay Out overpowers preaching protesters, lesbigay equality events mark Valentine's Day in Australia and the U.S., a conservative pundit casts out his lesbian daughter, and more GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY FEB 21 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY FEB 22 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": Russia's Supreme Court decides it lacks authority to open marriage to same gender couples; CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER PAUL MARTIN kicks off debate in the House of Commons of his Government's bill to open marriage to gay & lesbian couples with strong words about the importance of equality [includes brief excerpts from Martin's speech], while opposition Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper continues to push for civil unions instead; protesting preachers fail to dampen the pride at Auckland (New Zealand)'s Big Gay Out, while in Australia Melbourne's 10th annual Pride March sets records whil e cross-dressing superheroes and Sydney launches its annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Festival; Aussie queers celebrate Valentine's Day with a "Love-In for Love Equality" in Brisbane and a speaker's forum in Sydney sponsored by the year-old group Australian Marriage Equality, while Freedom to Marry Month in the U.S. is observed with an "anniversary" party in San Francisco, marriage license applications by same gender couples across California, and in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Pontiac, Michigan, a mass wedding in Houston, Texas, and dueling demonstrations in Santa Fe, New Mexico; African-American anti-gay conservative pundit and failed Republican presidential and Senatorial candidate Alan Keyes cuts ties with his 19-year-old lesbian daughter Maya Marcel-Keyes after she becomes a featured speaker at an Equality Maryland rally; the venerable "Times of London" publishes the first announcement of a queer couple's engagement in its 220-year history; and openly lesbian rocker Melissa Etheridge's bald head isn't the only thing that shines in her Janis Joplin tribute at the U.S. Grammy Awards [with an excerpt from her performance] (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE) [10:55] + J-FLAG feature billboard [:15] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:10 SEGMENT #2 - The Australian state of Queensland currently criminalizes gay youth by making anal sex by people under 18 years old punishable by up to 14 years in prison... yet other forms of consensual sexual expression -- including having babies -- are legal there at age 16. On the eve of Valentine's Day in Brisbane, a "LOVE-IN FOR LOVE EQUALITY" drew several groups and individuals to the first ever public rally to demand a truly equal age of consent under Queensland law. This on-scene report by This Way Out correspondent JOHN FRAME ["QueerRadio"/4ZZZ-FM], who helped organize the event, includes comments by PAUL MARTIN (new general Manager of the Queensland AIDS Council), SHELLEY ARGENT (Coordinator for Brisbane PFLAG) and GEDE (a 16 year old rural high school student) [5:35] + "TWO" I.D. by Academy Award winning screenwriter BILL CONDON [:15] . . . 5:50 SEGMENT #3 - JAMAICA's lesbian, gay, bi, and trans communities live in a by-gone age compared to their North American, European and Aussie/Kiwi counterparts. Undaunted by the homophobic violence that surrounds them, activists in the Caribbean island nation are determined to build a future of inclusivity and justice. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch recently sponsored two representatives from the JAMAICA FORUM FOR LESBIANS, ALL SEXUALS, AND GAYS on a 7-city networking tour around the U.S. to help them in their quest. During their stop in Los Angeles, This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE spoke with GARETH and KARLENE -- who cannot use their full names -- about J-FLAG's courageous and unprecedented work [intro music from "Get Up, Stand Up" by PETER TOSH] . . . . . 9:05 [www.jflag.org] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," COURAGEOUS QUEERS CONFRONT HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE IN JAMAICA, WHILE AUSSIE ACTIVISTS TARGET QUEENSLAND SEXUAL INEQUALITY... IN THE NEWS, RUSSIA'S TOP COURT DUCKS A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL WHILE CANADA'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES IT, AUCKLAND'S "BIG GAY OUT" OVERPOWERS PREACHING PROTESTERS, LESBIGAY EQUALITY EVENTS MARK VALENTINE'S DAY IN AUSTRALIA AND THE U.S., AND A CONSERVATIVE PUNDIT CASTS OUT HIS TEENAGE LESBIAN DAUGHTER. THOSE STORIES -- 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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