======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060313.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 #937, distributed 03/13/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) The world "Believes" in Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras; A new "ex-gay" strategy puts "Youth in the Crosshairs"; Cameroon's "outing" publisher goes to jail while 8 men and a teenager face prison there for homosexuality, Iranian refugees face deportation by the Dutch government, Boston's Roman Catholic adoption agency falls to Vatican pressure, and San Francisco's could be next - and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY MARCH 13 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY MARCH 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": A tabloid newspaper publisher in Cameroon is jailed for libel after naming a government official on a list of alleged well-known gays and lesbians; two men are imprisoned for homosexuality, and 8 other men and a 17-year-old boy face a similar fate in that central African nation, all of which draws fire from Amnesty International and other human rights organizations; claiming that they can survive if they don't "come out of the closet too openly," the Dutch Immigration Minister faces condemnation from Human Rights Watch and opposition lawmakers for her plans to lift a 6-month moratorium on deporting asylum-seeking queer Iranians back to their home country; a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholds the Solomon Amendment, which requires universities that accept federal funding to give military recruiters the same on-campus access that other employers get, even if those schools have non-discrimination policies that include opposition to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; caught between a Vatican directive against placing adoptive children in gay and lesbian homes and Massachusetts' non-discrimination laws, Boston Catholic Charities decides to shut down its adoption services altogether, and San Francisco's Archdiocese may soon follow suit; but 19 priests in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Canadian province of Quebec issue a strongly-worded letter publicly supporting marriage equality and the ordination of gay men and chastising contrary policies by their country's Bishops Conference and the Vatican; and all the Soulforce Equality Riders wanted to do was dialogue with students at Rev. Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, but they're instead arrested for trespassing and inciting to trespass (written this week by LUCIA CHAPPELLE & GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER & GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported by JON BEAUPRE & RICK WATTS) [10:20] + Sydney Mardi Gras billboard [:10]. . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - Last year Tennessee teenager Zach Stark’s parents forced him into a resident "therapy" program called Love In Action to supposedly "cure" him of his homosexuality. Zach’s story ­ which was highlighted on this program and championed on the Internet ­ raised awareness about the renewed threat to young queers that is the subject of a study released earlier this month by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute. In this report by GREG GORDON its author, JASON CIANCIOTTO, outlines the concerns that led to his report, called "YOUTH IN THE CROSSHAIRS: THE THIRD WAVE OF EX-GAY MINISTRIES"; well-known commentator WAYNE BESEN ("Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth") says these groups, facilities and associated "Conferences", like Focus on the Family's "Love Won Out", are motivated more by cash than conversion; HAYLEY GORENBERG, Deputy Legal Director at Lambda Legal, believes a wide variety of legal avenues can be explored to shut down unethical so-called "treatment" programs, debunks any "religious freedom" defense, and offers a toll-free hotline for victimized teens and families; and National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director MATT FOREMAN explains why his organization, in partnership with Lambda Legal, is turning the spotlight on this issue (with brief intro music, "Teen Freak" by DAVID BROWN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5:35 [www.theTaskForce.org; www.LambdaLegal.org; 1-800-LGBTeen] SEGMENT #3 - The 28th annual GAY & LESBIAN MARDI GRAS drew more than 300,000 revelers to the gay golden mile, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA's Oxford Street, on the warm, balmy late summer's evening of March 4th. This year's parade theme was "I Believe," and whether you believe in equal rights, a more "human" world, the power of love -- or as one float proclaimed "I believe in Fairies" -- it was an event filled with diversity, humor, and color. Marching men and women and political floats mixed with drag Egyptian goddesses in blue sequined outfits alongside surf life savers, not to mention the ethnic and religious contingents. Sydney's lesbian and gay youth refuge took on a Harry Potter theme, and lots of cowboys were in evidence as The "Brokeback Mormons" sent up the banning of the iconic film in Salt Lake City last year. To cap the festivities, openly gay singer Jimmy Somerville was a special guest at the post parade party. This Way Out correspondent BARRY McKAY gathered reactions from some of the huge number of international visitors, both queer and not, along the parade route (included: indigenous Australians and New Zealanders, and visitors from Lithuania, England, Singapore, Tanzania, Italy, El Salvador, India, South Korea, Venezuela, Egypt, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Iran). . . . . . . 10:15 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", THE WORLD "BELIEVES" IN SYDNEY'S GAY AND LESBIAN MARDI GRAS - JOIN THE PARADE ROUTE FOR COMMENTS BY A WEALTH OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO THE GLOBE'S BIGGEST PARTY... A NEW "EX-GAY" STRATEGY PUTS "YOUTH IN THE CROSSHAIRS" - CONSIDER COGENT COMMENTS FROM POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES... AND IN OTHER NEWS, CAMEROON'S "OUTING" PUBLISHER GOES TO JAIL WHILE 8 MEN AND A TEENAGER FACE PRISON THERE FOR HOMOSEXUALITY, IRANIAN REFUGEES FACE DEPORTATION BY THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT, AND BOSTON'S ROMAN CATHOLIC ADOPTION AGENCY FALLS TO VATICAN PRESSURE - AND SAN FRANCISCO'S COULD BE NEXT. 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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