======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060213.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 station affiliates in your area ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #933, distributed 02/13/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) U.S. strategists Kendall and Wolfson pop the marriage equality question; Cameroon tabloid "outing lists" create outrage, Congressmembers and Iranian activists denounce the U.S. U.N. vote reversal, the Phelps clan condemns Coretta the "fag enabler" but mourners hear about her lesbigay- inclusive rights work, the Caribbean sun begins to thaw resistance to queer cruisers, China gets its first gay study, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY FEB 13 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY FEB 14 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": With headlines like "The Queers Are Among Us," tabloid newspapers shake the west African nation of Cameroon, and human rights activists elsewhere, by publishing lists of some 50 of the country's leading entertainers, politicians and sports personalities the reports claim are gay or lesbian; several Congressmembers call it "reprehensible," and Iranian queer activists question the U.S. commitment to human rights, as each write to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice demanding that she repudiate the Bush administration's vote in a United Nations committee supporting Iran's motion to deny hearing the consultative status applications of the International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) and a Danish queer advocacy group; the headline-seeking Fred Phelps and his rabidly-anti-queer Westboro Baptist Church shock mourners by picketing the funeral of civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, calling her a "fag enabler", while fellow human rights advocates Dr. Joseph Lowery and poet Maya Angelou note her support for queer equality during the lengthy memorial service; gay cruisers help turn the tide of Caribbean acceptance in the previously-resistant Cayman Islands by being mostly-welcomed during a port stop in the capital city of George Town; China makes history with the publication of a first-ever study of the country's estimated five to ten million gay men, but its government bans screenings of "Brokeback Mountain," and the United Arab Emirates follows suit; and a new survey in Australia suggests that a majority of its citizens support legal recognition of gay and lesbian couples (written this week by JON BEAUPRE and GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported by JON BEAUPRE and SHERI LUNN). . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Leading advocates for marriage equality from both coasts of the United States came together at the recent annual Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Denver, Colorado to analyze the queer movement's gains and losses in recent years, and offer a hopeful future. With offices in New York City and Washington, D.C., FREEDOM TO MARRY's EVAN WOLFSON also outlined his two simple steps to securing marriage equality for queer couples... but first KATE KENDALL of the San Francisco-based NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS pointed to the successes -- both personal, and in MASSACHUSETTS and CALIFORNIA [intro+Kendall = 8:10; "TWO" I.D.+Wolfson = 7:15; with brief intro music from "Married" by LIZA MINELLI, and thanks to HELENE ROSENBLUTH of HMR Duplications in Oakland, California]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15:25 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", U.S. STRATEGISTS KATE KENDALL AND EVAN WOLFSON POP THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY QUESTION... AND IN THE NEWS, CAMEROON TABLOID "OUTING LISTS" CREATE OUTRAGE, CONGRESSMEMBERS AND IRANIAN ACTIVISTS DENOUNCE THE U.S. U.N. VOTE REVERSAL, THE PHELPS CLAN CONDEMNS CORETTA THE "FAG ENABLER" BUT MOURNERS HEAR ABOUT HER LESBIGAY- INCLUSIVE RIGHTS WORK, THE CARIBBEAN SUN BEGINS TO THAW RESISTANCE TO QUEER CRUISERS, AND CHINA GETS ITS FIRST GAY STUDY. 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. Please visit www.thiswayout.org for more information. => Thank you for your support to keep our program on the air! <= "This Way Out" is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit under the corporate name of OVERNIGHT PRODUCTIONS (INC.) ************************************************************************** "TWO" ISO LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE OR FEATURE PROGRAMMING ABOUT OR AFFECTING THE GLBT COMMUNITY: If someone at your station has produced or will be producing a news, interview or feature story which may be of interest to the GLBT community, please let us know! We can only reimburse minor expenses, but we do offer considerably wider distribution (150+ other stations) of locally produced material. Please phone Coordinating Producer Greg Gordon at (818) 986-4106 or email him at TWOradio@aol.com. 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