======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060123.rm or click on the PlanetOut link at www.thiswayout.org [our current show is usually up by Thursday 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 #930, distributed 01/23/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Lesbian "oldies" celebrate their lives and "confer" in Vancouver; Golden Globes shine on "Brokeback Mountain", "Capote" and "Transamerica"; Nigeria moves to outlaw marriage equality and rights advocacy, the Euro- Parliament issues an equal rights warning, Italian protestors challenge Papal politicking, a Maryland judge overrules marriage discrimination, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JAN 23 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY JAN 24 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 <= [times are rounded to the nearest :05] Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": The Nigerian government moves toward not only outlawing same gender marriage, but jailing those who contract or facilitate them, or anyone who advocates for GLBT rights of any kind; several Estonian non-governmental groups have signed on to a letter opposing a pending ban on legal recognition of same gender couples, and to urge passage of a civil partnership law; the European Parliament passes a strong resolution warning that any member state failing to fight homophobia and protect the rights of its gay and lesbian citizens could face legal action in the Court of Human Rights; Italian lesbigays and their supporters rally for marriage equality in Rome, prompting scathing condemnations from the conservative Berlusconi government and the Vatican; a Baltimore circuit court judge rules that Maryland's state statute defining marriage as heterosexual only is unconstitutional, but it's only the first step in the legal battle over marriage equality there; the Washington state House overwhelmingly approves an anti-discrimination bill that has been gestating for more than 30 years, and the switch to "yes" by a Republican Senator and the governor's support all but insure that it will become law; and right wing pundits are outraged over the planned participation by children from queer families in this year's traditional White House Easter Egg Roll (written this week by GREG GORDON and JON BEAUPRE, with thanks to REX WOCKNER and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported by SHERI LUNN and RICK WATTS) [10:45] + Lesbians Over 50 Conference billboard [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - It was the GOLDEN GLOBES Dramatic Motion Picture category that created the buzz at this year's AWARDS ceremonies, presented in Beverly Hills by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on January 16th. In an unusual year of several politically conscious motion pictures, "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN" led the pack with 7 nominations. It didn't win for Best Score, Best Actor or Best Supporting Actress/Drama, but it did win the Best Screenplay, Best Song, Best Director, and Best Picture/Drama trophies. Philip Seymour Hoffman won Best Actor/Drama for his title role in "Capote", and Felicity Huffman took home the Best Actress/Drama award for her role as male-to-female transsexual Bree in "Transamerica" [GREG GORDON's report includes excerpts from acceptance speeches by "Brokeback Mountain" co-writer/co-producer DIANA OSSANA, director ANG LEE and producer JAMES SHAMUS, and "Transamerica" star FELICITY HUFFMAN) [4:30] + "TWO" I.D. by openly gay Olympics diving champ GREG LOUGANIS [:05] . . . 4:35 SEGMENT #3 - Similar gatherings in the past had the right idea, but event planner Pat Hogan wanted to see something with a more western flavor. "This Way Out" correspondent NANCY ROSENBLUM was with the more than 160 women who heeded Hogan's call last September to the first-ever WEST COAST CANADIAN GATHERING & CONFERENCE -- presented for and by lesbians 50 years old and over, in VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. Nancy and several participants knitted this "audio quilt" of the conference (with musical snippets by, among others, LUCIE BLUE TREMBLAY & CRIS WILLIAMSON). 10:25 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", LESBIAN "OLDIES" CELEBRATE THEIR LIVES AND "CONFER" IN VANCOUVER, AND GOLDEN GLOBES SHINE ON "BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN", "CAPOTE" AND "TRANSAMERICA"... IN OTHER NEWS, NIGERIA MOVES TO OUTLAW MARRIAGE EQUALITY AND RIGHTS ADVOCACY, THE EURO-PARLIAMENT ISSUES AN EQUAL RIGHTS WARNING, ITALIAN PROTESTORS CHALLENGE PAPAL POLITICKING, AND A MARYLAND JUDGE DEBUNKS MARRIAGE DISCRIMINATION. 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 our program free of charge at www.radio4all.net. ========================================================================== Some "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through direct charitable donations from our listeners. 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