======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20051031.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 #918, distributed 10/31/05 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The law-changing end of "Peter Wildeblood and the Montagu Affair"; Delicious duets, songs steadfastly folk, and dance pop in the "Audiofile"; The E.U. warns Poland's President to closet his homophobia, Swedish Lutherans bless same-gender couples and Connecticut Episcopalians resolve to, Alaskan Supremes rule for domestic partners equity, hoops-woman Swoopes and "Star Trek's" Takei come out, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY OCT 31 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY NOV 1 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": On the heels of the election of a vocally-homophobic new government in Poland, the European Commission warns that it must comply with the European Union's lesbigay-inclusive non-discrimination regulations or risk being stripped of its E.U. voting rights; the two suspects in the brutal gay-bashing murder of Londoner Jody Dobrowski appear in court for the first time; the Swedish Lutheran Church authorizes special blessing ceremonies for same-gender couples who have signed a legal civil partnership agreement, while in the U.S. a resolution at the annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut supports priests presiding at ceremonies for couples who have entered into the state's new same-gender civil unions; Alaska's Supreme Court rules that Anchorage's refusal to grant domestic partner benefits to its gay and lesbian public employees is a violation of the state constitution's equal protection clause; the withdrawal of Harriet Miers' nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court adds to the woes of a reeling Bush Administration, and means the Justice she was supposed to replace, moderate Sandra Day O'Connor, may still be on the Court when it hears a challenge to the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in early December; and there have been not one but two highly visible coming out stories in the U.S.: Women's National Basketball Association star player Sheryl Swoopes and, from the beloved "Star Trek" TV series and movies, George "Mr. Sulu" Takei (written this week by JON BEAUPRE, LUCIA CHAPPELLE, and GREG GORDON, with thanks to Graham Underhill, Rex Wockner, and Cindy Friedman; reported by JON BEAUPRE and GREG GORDON) [9:45] + "Audiofile" billboard [:05]. 9:50 SEGMENT #2 - In last week's Part 1 of "PETER WILDEBLOOD AND THE MONTAGU AFFAIR", we learned about the chain of events that led to the 1954 prosecution of British aristocrats Peter Wildeblood, Michael Pitt-Rivers and Edward, Lord Monatgu of Beaulieu on charges of having committed "indecent acts" with "socially inferior" RAF airmen -- penal code offenses exacerbated by being extralegal violations of the rigid British class system. This week's conclusion begins with a recap by This Way Out's LUCIA CHAPPELLE of the dramatized story thus far, and Wellington, New Zealand-based producer HUGH YOUNG recounts the trio's trial and imprisonment, the subsequent developments that led to the Wolfenden Report and, over a decade later, the eventual decriminalization of consensual adult gay sex in Britain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:30 SEGMENT #3 - "Challenge Match" Promo [:35] + Celebrating ten years of tunes with delicious duets (excerpts from "Here's To You" and "Open Arms" from LEE LESSACK's "IN GOOD COMPANY"), songs that are adamantly folk ("Northern Parade" and "One Chance" from BEN SCHAEFER's "THE UPSTAIRS CHOIR"), and "music you can dance to, sing along with, and even drive in your car" ("One Love, One World" and "Static Surfer" from CRAYMO's "COSMOS") comprise this month's "AUDIOFILE" (with comments by each of the artists about his music, hosted by CHRIS WILSON & JD DOYLE, and written and produced with CHRISTOPHER DAVID TRENTHAM) [7:05] . . . . . . . 7:40 = artist contact info = LEE LESSACK BEN SCHAEFER CRAYMO POB 48081 POB 24288 1691 Grandview Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90048 Rochester, N.Y. 14624 Kissimmee, FL 34744 www.lmlmusic.com www.benschaefer.com www.craymo.com lee@lmlmusic.com ben@benschaefer.com craymodr@aol.com Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", THE LAW-CHANGING END OF "PETER WILDEBLOOD AND THE MONTAGU AFFAIR", AND DELICIOUS DUETS, SONGS STEADFASTLY FOLK, AND DANCE POP IN THE "AUDIOFILE"... IN THE NEWS, THE E.U. WARNS POLAND'S PRESIDENT TO CLOSET HIS HOMOPHOBIA, SWEDISH LUTHERANS BLESS SAME-GENDER COUPLES AND CONNECTICUT EPISCOPALIANS RESOLVE TO, ALASKAN SUPREMES RULE FOR DOMESTIC PARTNERS EQUITY, AND HOOPS-WOMAN SWOOPES AND "STAR TREK'S" TAKEI [tah-KAY] COME OUT. 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 __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> MISSED THE SATELLITE FEEDS? <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download broadcast quality mp3s of our 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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