======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050307.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 #884, distributed 3/7/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Embattled Jamaican queer activists never say die; Will gay porn star Colton Ford's "Naked Fame" enhance his singing career? West Australian voters reject rights-repeal politics, Topeka, Kansas voters "hate" Phelps, a discriminatory jobs training program passes the U.S. House, there's pending queer couples progress in Hungary and Sweden, protests mix with Pride in the Southern Hemisphere, and more GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY MARCH 7 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY MARCH 8 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": West Australia voters appear to have rejected their state's Liberal Party, whose leader Colin Barnett said he'd work to repeal some of the landmark queer equality legislation enacted two years ago, and to have returned to office Australian Labor Party Premier Geoff Gallop, who had presided over those legislative advances; in Topeka, Kansas, home of the infamous Fred ("God Hates Fags") Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church, voters reject a Phelps-initiated ballot proposal to rollback city employment anti-bias and hate crimes laws, and his granddaughter Jael falls far short of unseating ope nly lesbian City Council incumbent Tiffany Muller, who'll face a run-off next month against another candidate; the U.S. House of Representatives passes the latest version of the jobs-training Workforce Investment Act, which would now allow participating church groups to skirt state and local anti-bias laws to discriminate on religious grounds in the hiring of program personnel; constitutional amendments to deny marriage to same gender couples advance in the state legislatures of South Dakota, Virginia, South Carolina and Indiana; the Montana Senate passes a bill to create a state registry which would allow individuals to designate anyone they choose as next-of-kin for certain purposes, such as hospital visitation, and while it's not a queer-specific bill homophobia may doom passage in the state House; the legislature in Virginia, which has been the only U.S. state to prohibit both public and private employers from offering domestic partner benefits, repeals the stricture against private employers, and Governor Mark Warner has said he'll sign it; Hungary's government announces that it's developing legislation to create registered domestic partnerships for same gender couples, but doesn't expect parliamentary introduction until 2007; there are reports in Sweden that the Government plans to give lesbians in registered partnerships equal access to fertility treatments that are currently available only to women with male spouses or cohabitants; an estimated 15,000 opponents of New Zealand's newly-created civil unions, organized by the anti-gay Destiny Church, hold a protest march in Auckland, but hundreds march with Pride in Cape Town, South Africa in the annual parade that organizers call the largest ever, and in Australia an estimated 450,000 people line the streets of Sydney to watch 130 floats and some 6,000 marchers in the 28th annual (and always colorful) Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, grand-marshaled by the lesbian family whose appearance on a children's TV show last year caused great hoopla: 8-year-old Brenna and her "two mums" Vicki and Jackie (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & RICK WATTS) [10:25] + "Naked Fame" billboard [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:35 SEGMENT #2 - Stand up for the rights of lesbian, gay, bi, and trans people in Jamaica, and you take your life in your hands -- but the members of the JAMAICA FORUM FOR LESBIANS, ALL SEXUALS, AND GAYS (J-FLAG) still believe that their lot can change. To help them achieve their dreams, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch recently sponsored two J-FLAG activists on a seven-city networking tour around the U.S. In the first two parts of this conversation with GARETH and KARLENE -- whose full names must remain secret -- the discussion centered on the homophobic violence that rages out of control in the island nation, the brutal murder of J-FLAG co-founder Brian Williamson, the success of international protests against incendiary reggae lyrics, and the potential economic impact of the government's stubborn anti-LGBT position. As their visit with This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE concludes, the talk turns to the cultural and historical background of Jamaica's sexual politics, the lessons learned from their U.S. cohorts, and Gareth's and Karlene's hopes for the future [intro music from "Get Up, Stand Up" by PETER TOSH]. . . . . . . . 7:45 [www.jflag.org] SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" special CDs promo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :30 SEGMENT #4 - When a middle-aged singer/songwriter gets famously naked, can he ever shed that image, and don the hat -- and other clothing -- of a musician? Gay porn superstar COLTON FORD answers that question under the glare of documentary cameras in the new film "NAKED FAME" (Here! Films). This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE recently met with Ford to get the inside story from the "bi-professional" entertainer (with a film clip and music by Ford). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:40 [www.coltonfordmusic.com, www.prideonscreen.com] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," EMBATTLED JAMAICAN QUEER ACTIVISTS NEVER SAY DIE... IN THE NEWS, WEST AUSTRALIAN VOTERS REJECT RIGHTS-REPEAL POLITICS, TOPEKA, KANSAS VOTERS "HATE" PHELPS, A DISCRIMINATORY JOBS TRAINING PROGRAM PASSES THE U.S. HOUSE, THERE'S PENDING QUEER COUPLES PROGRESS IN HUNGARY AND SWEDEN, AND PROTESTS MIX WITH PRIDE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE... PLUS, WILL GAY PORN STAR COLTON FORD'S "NAKED FAME" ENHANCE HIS SINGING CAREER? 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