======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20050919.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 #912, distributed 9/19/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gender changes challenge four college members of the "TransGeneration"; Two U.S. trans-teen's killers are convicted of murder but not of hate; Latvian legislators move against same gender marriage but Massachusetts lawmakers nix their ban, the U.S. House votes to give GLBTs federal hate crimes protections, a Namibian Government official and the Zulu King contemptuously attack gays and lesbians, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY SEPT 19 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY SEPT 20 from 15:00-15:29 ET on Pacifica's KU satellite; Also available online at www.radio4all.net and Pacifica's Audioport, 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": Latvia's parliament gives preliminary approval to a constitutional ban on same gender marriages, while in the U.S., the Massachusetts state legislature overwhelmingly rejects similar ban; the U.S. House of Representatives approves legislation to extend federal hate crimes protections to lesbigays and, for the first time, transgenders, while Miami Heat basketball superstar and reserve police trainee Shaquille O'Neal helps nab suspected gay-bashers; Scotland's Government says it will soon be introducing a bill to add sexual orientation as a hate crime victim category there, but a Government official in Namibia and the Zulu King in South Africa each strongly condemn gays and lesbians as "un-African"; however, more than 40,000 people from across the U.K. celebrate Pride in Wales at Cardiff's annual Mardi Gras; in Canada, one of Quebec's first politicians to publicly identify as a gay man, Montreal's Andre Boulerice, announces his retirement after 20 years in the provincial legislature; and director Ang Lee's indie film about the 20-year romance between two Wyoming cowboys, "Brokeback Mountain", is the surprise top award winner at the prestigious Venice Film Festival (written by CINDY FRIEDMAN, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Greg Gordon, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN & RICK WATTS) [9:30] + Matching Challenge Promo [:30] + "TransGeneration" billboard [:10]. . . . 10:10 SEGMENT #2 - The second trial in what has probably been the most notorious killing of a transgender person in the U.S. ended this week with second degree murder convictions against two of the three defendants. The vivacious 17-year-old GWEN ARAUJO, born Edward, was viciously bound, beaten and strangled three years ago in a San Francisco suburb after her sexual partners discovered her male genitalia. This report by This Way Out's GREG GORDON [with thanks to CINDY FRIEDMAN in Los Angeles and BRYAN GOEBEL in San Francisco] includes comments by Gwen's mother SYLVIA GUERRERO, Guerrero's attorney GLORIA ALLRED, and Contra Costa County prosecutor CHRIS LAMIERO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:55 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by transsexual New Zealand M.P. GEORGINA BEYER [:15] + Email Lists Promo [:50]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #4 - "TRANSGENERATION" is a verite-style documentary, airing as a weekly 8-part series in the U.S. on the Sundance Channel through November 8th, and screening in shorter form at GLBT film festivals. It uniquely captures a year in the life of four transgender college students, two male-to-females and two female-to-males, as they struggle to transition from one gender to the other in the middle of a grueling school year. This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE spent some time with "out" director and supervising producer JEREMY SIMMONS and also talked with T.J. and RACI, two of the young students profiled (with outro music from "Something Inside So Strong" by THE FLIRTATIONS). . . . . . . 10:00 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", GENDER CHANGES CHALLENGE FOUR COLLEGE MEMBERS OF THE "TRANSGENERATION", WHILE TWO U.S. TRANS-TEEN'S KILLERS ARE CONVICTED OF MURDER BUT NOT OF HATE... IN OTHER NEWS, LATVIAN LEGISLATORS MOVE AGAINST SAME GENDER MARRIAGE BUT MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS NIX THEIR BAN, THE U.S. HOUSE VOTES TO GIVE G-L-B-T'S FEDERAL HATE CRIMES PROTECTIONS, BUT A NAMIBIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND THE ZULU KING EACH VICIOUSLY ATTACK GAYS AND LESBIANS. 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 broadcast quality mp3s of the program free of charge at www.radio4all.net. ========================================================================== Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by a grant from The Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation, from VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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