======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050711.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 #902, distributed 7/11/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Proud and award-winning "Outmusic" at the annual queer songfest; The U.S. United Church of Christ endorses marriage equality, Britain's Methodists will sanctify civil partnerships but Fiji's march against any legal recognition, Canadian Catholic MPs are punished for supporting queer matrimony, Uganda's parliament criminalizes such nuptials, Panamanians celebrate their first Pride, Asian queers confer in Bangkok, and more news FEEDS MONDAY JULY 11 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY JULY 12 from 15:00-15:29 ET on Pacifica's KU satellite; Also available online at www.radio4all.net and Pacifica's Audioport, and on postal-mailed audio CD 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 General Synod of the U.S. United Church of Christ overwhelmingly endorses marriage equality for same gender couples, but Fiji Methodists march against such "spiritual sickness" while Britain's become the first major Christian denomination there to agree to bless the UK's new civil partnerships; Canada's Senate gives preliminary approval to the marriage equality bill the national parliament passed last week, while two reluctant provinces -- New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island -- agree to follow the federal mandate, while in the U.S. the Oregon Senate approves legal registered partnerships for gay & lesbian couples and GLBT civil rights protections, though the legislation appears to be doomed in the state House; Uganda's parliament approves a constitutional amendment to not just ban but criminalize same gender marriage; Spanish lesbian & gay couples line up for marriage applications, but bi-national partners may not qualify; thousands of Spanish Catholics renounce their faith in protest of the Roman Catholic Church's vocal opposition to same gender matrimony, while the head of the nation's Church continues to denounce marriage equality legislation passed there last week, and two Canadian Catholic MPs are punished by the Church hierarchy there for supporting the country's same gender marriage legislation; Madrid celebrates Pride like never before in the wake of Spain's approval of marriage equality, Panamanians hold their first Pride march and thousands also parade in Edinburgh, Scotland, while celebrities spark Pride in London, but several post-Pride events are canceled in the wake of the tragic terrorist bombings there; and the first International Conference on Asian Queer Studies draws several hundred more than organizers expected to Bangkok, Thailand (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by CINDY FRIEDMAN & JON BEAUPRE) [10:50] + "TWO" I.D. by Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:05]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - Choosing this year's OUTMUSIC AWARD recipients must've been a daunting task. The always-vibrant queer music industry had another banner year -- new artists experimented with cross-pollinating styles and old faves branched out in new ways. Nobody knows better how rich the field was than our own award-winning "Audiofile" team of CHRIS WILSON, JD DOYLE & CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM, all of whom attended the gala ceremony, held for the first time this year in CHICAGO (with music performed by LEA DELARIA and THE ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, award winners THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS, THE BOBBLEHEADS, ZRAZY, and KATASTROPHE; comments by Awards co-producer RICK KARLIN, "Outstanding Support" winner PAM SMITH of WPKN-FM/Bridgeport, Connecticut's "Amazon Radio", "Cowboy" RANDY JONES of The Village People, BOYS ENTRANCE founder TIM CAIN, and "Heritage Award" honoree JUNE MILLINGTON; comments and music by award recipients DYLAN RICE, KITTY ROSE, ADRIANNE, ARI GOLD, RACHAEL SAGE and SCOTT FREE; and with a :15 "TWO" I.D. and re-intro at about 6:20 into the segment). . . . . . . 15:30 [www.outmusic.com, www.audiofile.org] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," THERE'S PROUD AND AWARD-WINNING "OUTMUSIC" AT THE ANNUAL QUEER SONGFEST... IN THE NEWS, THERE ARE DIVINE DEVELOPMENTS ON MARRIAGE RITES IN THE U.S., FIJI, AND BRITAIN, TWO CANADIAN CATHOLIC MP'S ARE PUNISHED FOR SUPPORTING SAME GENDER MATRIMONY, UGANDA'S PARLIAMENT CRIMINALIZES SUCH NUPTIALS, QUEER BI-NATIONAL COUPLES MAY BE BARRED FROM SPANISH MARRIAGE, PANAMANIANS CELEBRATE THEIR FIRST PRIDE, AND ASIAN QUEERS CONFER IN BANGKOK. 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 __________________________. 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