======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20051010.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 #915, distributed 10/10/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Re-opening "The Book of Matthew" seven years on; A frustrated Fiji prosecutor pursues the gay Aussie tourist, Poland's probable Prime Minister warns of queer "infections", the reported Vatican purge of gay clergy may except "proven" celibates while Catholic Bishops discuss denying communion to pro-equality politicians, death threats menace Pakistan's first gay newlyweds, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY OCT 10 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY OCT 11 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Fiji's government decides to appeal a High Court judge's overturning the sodomy convictions of Australian tourist Thomas McCosker and Fijian native Dhirendra Nadan; the Tasmanian state Anti-Discrimination Commission orders the Australian Red Cross to defend its ban on gay male blood donors, while Penny Sharpe becomes New South Wales' first openly-lesbian state legislator; Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, who will most likely become Poland's next Prime Minister, calls homosexuals "unnatural" and calls for state intervention to stop them from "infecting" others; an Italian newspaper says that the Vatican may be backing off earlier reports of an outright ban on gay priests, permitting seminarians to take their vows if they can prove they've been celibate for at least the past 3 years, while discussion at the current Catholic Bishops meeting includes denying communion to pro-queer politicians; Sir Elton John donates $25,000 to Nepal's Blue Diamond Society to assist in their HIV/AIDS work; the grooms in what is reportedly Pakistan's first gay wedding face death threats; and a soft porn mix-up with a Mormon boy band flick has Utah DVD buyers fuming (written this week by RICK WATTS, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, Cindy Friedman, Lucia Chappelle, and Greg Gordon, and reported by RICK WATTS & CHRISTOPHER GAAL). . 7:25 SEGMENT #2 - "TWO" Special Program CDs/Alternabid Auction Promo (voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE, with music by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by JUDY SHEPARD [:15] + It was not the first time a gay, lesbian, bi, or transperson had fallen victim to brutally-fatal homophobia, and it certainly was not the last -- the headline-grabbing Gwen Araujo homicide and the execution of two teenagers in Iran are but two recent examples. But seven years ago this week, there was something about the murder of a fair-haired youth on a lonely Wyoming road that made MATTHEW SHEPARD's death "the gay-bashing heard 'round the world." "This Way Out" collected the sounds of outrage and response that followed the tragedy in an extended report we call "THE BOOK OF MATTHEW", originally broadcast the week of October 19th, 1998: "At dozens of marches, memorial services and candlelight vigils, gays and lesbians across the U.S. have been responding to the brutal gay-bashing death of Wyoming college student MATTHEW SHEPARD with shock, grief and anger. VERNA AVERY BROWN [Pacifica Network News] details the crime and explores some of the issues it raises with JIM OSBORNE, President of the University of Wyoming Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Association -- who disputes claims by one of the suspect's father that his son's actions were provoked by Shepard's coming on to him; WYOMING GOVERNOR JIM GERINGER and state legislator MICHAEL MASSEY discuss the merits of legislation to enhance the penalties for hate crime convictions; Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center Executive Director LORRI JEAN charges the right-wing Christian groups behind the recent spate of "change" ads with fomenting violence, and laments the reluctance of public officials to support anti-bias education in the high schools, while TONY VARONA, legal counsel for queer advocacy group Human Rights Campaign describes the pervasiveness and impact of anti-queer violence; openly-gay Massachusetts Congressman BARNEY FRANK, trailblazing comedian ELLEN DEGENERES and Shepard`s best friend WALTER BOUDEN are among the speakers at a candlelight vigil on the steps of the Capitol Building in WASHINGTON, D.C. October 14th; participants at an October 12th vigil in WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA describe anti-gay actions they've experienced, how the threat of violence has affected their public conduct, and charge homophobia-spouting lawmakers with indirectly endorsing anti-gay violence; JOHN QUINLAN reports from an October 13th march, rally and candlelight vigil in MADISON, WISCONSIN, where the importance of community and visibility are reaffirmed in words and music; religious extremists travel from Kansas and Texas on October 16th to Matthew`s hometown of CASPER, WYOMING to damn him as a sodomite in a placard-waving demonstration across the street from his funeral, onlookers condemn them, as Matthew's father DICK SHEPARD expresses the family's appreciation for the overwhelming support they've received from around the world; one of Matthew's cousins bids him a poignantly-poetic farewell during the funeral; and we conclude with some thoughts -- given the prevalence of homophobic violence -- about the sudden mainstream media attention to this one albeit especially horrifying example (with transition music into the closing commentary from "When Will The Ignorance End" by BLACKBERRI, and segment outro music from "Something Blue" by CRIS WILLIAMSON and TRET FURE)" [17:20] . . . . . . . . . 17:35 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", RE-OPENING "THE BOOK OF MATTHEW" SEVEN YEARS ON... IN THE NEWS, A FRUSTRATED FIJI PROSECUTOR PURSUES THE GAY AUSSIE TOURIST, POLAND'S PROBABLE PRIME MINISTER WARNS OF QUEER "INFECTIONS", THE REPORTED VATICAN PURGE OF GAY CLERGY MAY EXCEPT "PROVEN" CELIBATES WHILE CATHOLIC BISHOPS DISCUSS DENYING COMMUNION TO PRO-EQUALITY POLITICIANS, AND DEATH THREATS MENACE PAKISTAN'S FIRST GAY NEWLYWEDS. 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 __________________________. 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