======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060220.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 #934, distributed 02/20/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) U.S. queers of color coalesce to combat marriage discrimination; Partnership politics play out from the Caribbean to the South Pacific, "wedding party" gay men get prison terms in the United Arab Emirates, Pride flourishes in Melbourne and Phuket but is impeded in Moscow, and more global GLBT news + Willie Nelson's "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly (Fond of Each Other)" FEEDS MONDAY FEB 20 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY FEB 21 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Jamaica's government assures worried religious leaders that the proposed Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms won't decriminalize homosexuality or open the door to same gender marriage; Portuguese activists petition parliament to legislate marriage equality; the Czech Republic president vetoes a bill establishing limited legal recognition of registered lesbigay couples; U.K. nationals in Hong Kong await that government's approval of same gender couple civil partnership registrations at British consulates; some members of the Australian parliament are becoming increasingly vocal in their opposition to the Howard government's hard line stance against any legal recognition of queer couples; in the U.S., state legislatures in New Hampshire and West Virginia reject bills to add hetero-only marriage language to their respective constitutions, but Idaho lawmakers approve one that defines marriage between a man and a woman as the only recognized "domestic legal union" in that state, and while voters will see such a measure in Virginia this November, lawmakers approve putting the entire proposal, underscoring all its restrictions, on the ballot; New Jersey's Supreme Court finally hears oral arguments in the oldest state marriage equality lawsuit in the U.S.; New York Governor George Pataki signs a bill allowing same-gender couples to determine the disposition of a partner's remains, but a midlevel New York state appellate court unanimously rules against queer couples seeking marriage licenses, and the state's highest court invalidates New York City's Equal Benefits Ordinance; 11 men are sentenced to five year prison terms for homosexuality, another will serve one year for obscenity, and 14 are acquitted, according to verdicts announced this week in the United Arab Emirates from a raid on a "gay wedding" there in November; Pride is celebrated in Melbourne, Australia and Phuket, Thailand, but organizers of Moscow's first-ever event face strong government and religious opposition, including threats of violence (written this week by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER & GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported by SHERI LUNN and RICK WATTS). . . . . . . 10:00 SEGMENT #2 - Freedom to Marry Week was observed in the U.S. as part of the February 14th Valentine's Day love-fest. Among several actions, perhaps most notable was the formation of a national coalition of queer people of color organizations aimed at advancing marriage equality in their respective communities. A media teleconference provided an opportunity for representatives of the newly partnered organizations to outline what they're doing, and to discuss the similarities and differences they share in that task. These highlights include comments by RENEE HILL, a community outreach organizer for LAMBDA LEGAL; ANDY SHIE KEE WONG of ASIAN EQUALITY; H. ALEXANDER ROBINSON of the NATIONAL BLACK JUSTICE COALITION; MARTHA DONAYRE of the NATIONAL LATINO/A COALITION FOR JUSTICE; and SAMIYA BASHIR of FREEDOM TO MARRY (with brief intro/outro music from "With This Ring" by THE PLATTERS) . . . . . . . . . . . 11:55 www.asianequality.org www.nbjcoalition.org www.latinojustice.org (under construction) www.lambdalegal.org www.freedomtomarry.org SEGMENT #3 - Bucking the notion that all country music singers are homophobes, the iconoclastic WILLIE NELSON was one such crooner to contribute a tune to the "Brokeback Mountain" soundtrack. He's now released a song -- on Valentine's Day last week -- that questions cowboy sexuality, written by Texas-born singer-songwriter Ned Sublette in 1981. Although it's also been recorded by queer groups Pansy Division and Rick & Andy, the song has "been in the closet for 20 years," Nelson told reporters. "The timing's right for it to come out," he said. "I'm just opening the door." Here's a slightly-edited-for-radio version of his "COWBOYS ARE FREQUENTLY, SECRETLY (FOND OF EACH OTHER)". . . . . . 4:10 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:50 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", U.S. QUEERS OF COLOR COALESCE TO COMBAT MARRIAGE DISCRIMINATION... IN OTHER NEWS, PARTNERSHIP POLITICS PLAY OUT FROM THE CARIBBEAN TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC, "WEDDING PARTY" GAY MEN GET PRISON TERMS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, AND PRIDE FLOURISHES IN MELBOURNE AND PHUKET BUT IS IMPEDED IN MOSCOW... PLUS WILLIE NELSON SINGS "COWBOYS ARE FREQUENTLY, SECRETLY (FOND OF EACH OTHER)". 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 __________________________. 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