======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050718.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 #903, distributed 7/18/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Billy Strayhorn: the man behind Duke's music who lived outside the closet; Scholars unravel queer words in "Language and Sexuality"; Same gender marriage reigns in Spain, a Brazilian court okays first-ever gay dads' adoption, Canada's Catholic Church rejects baptism for queer couples' kids, a hate attack in Virginia follows the United Church of Christ's marriage equality resolution, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JULY 18 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY JULY 19 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Led by a couple of 30 years' standing, Spanish gays & lesbians contract legal marriages for the first time; a gay male couple together for 13 years win Brazil's first-ever court ruling allowing them to adopt a child together; Canada's Conference of Catholic Bishops rejects baptism to children of legally-married lesbian & gay couples if both parents insist on being acknowledged, while the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba & Saskatchewan grapple with the pending federal marriage equality legislation; a left-wing opposition party in Greece comes out against all forms of discrimination against gays & lesbians and in support of marriage equity; misdemeanor charges of illegally "solemnizing" the marriages of lesbian & gay couples last year are dropped against New Paltz, New York Mayor Jason West, while the state legislature approves a "death care proxy" bill allowing New Yorkers to specify whomever they choose to dispose of their remains; Hawai'i Governor Linda Lingle vetoes a jobs anti-discrimination bill but lets a bill banning bias in housing take effect without her signature, while Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich signs queer-inclusive hate crimes bills banning housing discrimination and electronic communication harassment; last week's United Church of Christ marriage equality resolution appears to have sparked a hate attack against one its churches in Virginia, while Kenya's National Council of Churches debates refusing financial aid from the UCC's charitable arm; Pride is observed in Budapest, Caracas and Rome, while the man many have seen and heard in the media updating the investigation of the London terrorist bombings is Brian Paddick, who may be the highest-ranking openly gay male police officer in the world (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, Martin Rice, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by JON BEAUPRE & CINDY FRIEDMAN) [10:35] + Strayhorn billboard [:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" I.D. by openly gay former U.S. Major League baseball player BILLY BEAN [:20] + When "saying it with flowers" just won't do, "LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY" might help. This Way Out's JANET MASON peruses the new book by DEBORAH CAMERON & DON KULICK about queers, words, and sex [3:30] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:50 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Special CDs/alternabid promo . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #4 - Decades before "Gay Pride" was even conceivable, one of American music's least known but most accomplished arranger-composers rejected fame and fortune to be true to himself. No less than the legendary Duke Ellington called BILLY STRAYHORN his musical "companion." Biographer DAVID HAJDU ("Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn") and correspondent SIMEON PILLAGE discuss the jazz great's life and music in this melodious feature produced and introduced by ROY HURST. . . . 10:15 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT, BILLY STRAYHORN: THE MAN BEHIND DUKE'S MUSIC WHO LIVED OUTSIDE THE CLOSET... SCHOLARS UNRAVEL QUEER WORDS IN "LANGUAGE AND SEXUALITY"... AND IN THE NEWS, SAME GENDER MARRIAGE "REIGNS" IN SPAIN, A BRAZILIAN COURT OKAYS FIRST-EVER GAY DADS' ADOPTION, CANADA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH REJECTS BAPTISM FOR QUEER COUPLES' KIDS, HAWAI'I'S GOVERNOR DISCRIMINATES AGAINST NON-DISCRIMINATION BILLS, AND A HATE ATTACK IN VIRGINIA FOLLOWS THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST'S MARRIAGE EQUALITY RESOLUTION. 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