======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060403.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 ======================================== * * * * * Beginning our 19th year on the air! * * * * * THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #9340, distributed 04/03/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Gridiron gay lineman Esera Tuaolo discusses being "Alone in the Trenches"; The dramatic life of gay humanitarian Irish patriot Sir Roger Casement; A civil unions showdown pits the A.C.T. against Australian feds, a pro-gay estate settlement boosts South African marriage equality, Massachusetts' top court rules out queer marriage migrants, but a Maryland court supports a young teen's bond with his second dad, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY APRIL 3 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY APRIL 4 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. . . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A battle brews between the government of the Australian Capital Territory, which introduced civil unions legislation this week, and P.M. John Howard's federal government, which can and says it will overrule the measure, sparking discussion of the issue in other parts of the country; a landmark Pretoria High Court ruling makes a South African gay man the sole heir to his late partner's estate; the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upholds an antiquated law which bans an out-of-state couple from marrying if the marriage would not be legally recognized in the couple's home state; Connecticut's high court hears arguments in a case challenging that state's ban on same gender marriage, while lawmakers in both Maryland and New Hampshire reject attempts to add a marriage ban to their respective state constitutions, but Florida's Supreme Court clears the way for a possible 2008 state ballot initiative to do just that; a Maryland trial court overturns a Virginia child custody ruling that had prevented a young boy from living under the same roof with his gay dad and his dad's male partner; it's revealed that Canadian Christian peace activist James Loney, rescued last week from 4 months of captivity as a hostage in Iraq, is a gay man; businesses in Kanab, Utah are countering a City Council proclamation defining the "natural family" as a working dad, a stay-at-home mom and a "full quiver of children", while Pope Benedict XVI again condemns same gender marriage, and a kennel owner in Sweden is fined for refusing to sell a puppy to a lesbian (written this week by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported by CHARLS HALL and GREG GORDON) [10:40] + Roger Casement/Part 1 billboard [:10]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - The gasps of surprise could be heard all over the sports world when pro football player ESERA TUAOLO added his name to the very short list of professional male athletes who have publicly come out. Tuaolo is telling his own story in the recently released "ALONE IN THE TRENCHES: MY LIFE AS A GAY MAN IN THE NFL." He chatted with This Way Out correspondent ABIGAIL GARNER [ www.AbigailGarner.net] about the pressures of secrecy and his relief at coming out [www.EseraTuaolo.com] (with thanks to ANN McNALLY for production assistance) . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" Special CDs promo (voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE with music by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) [1:10] + Humanitarian and infamous Irish patriot SIR ROGER CASEMENT was such a controversial figure in his country's history that the arguments about his sexual orientation raged for almost 90 years after his death in 1916 -- but we don't want to get ahead of the story! Casement's fascinating life has been dramatized by writer/producer HUGH YOUNG in "THE BROKEN HEART OF IRELAND," narrated by BARRY EMPSON. Their four-part biography begins this week with an exploration of Casement's roots and his introduction to the African continent, with which he would forever be linked [6:45]. . . . . . 7:55 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29:00 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", GRIDIRON GAY LINEMAN ESERA TUAOLO COMES OUT FROM BEING "ALONE IN THE TRENCHES"... REVEALING THE DRAMATIC LIFE OF GAY EARLY 20TH CENTURY HUMANITARIAN AND CONTROVERSIAL IRISH PATRIOT SIR ROGER CASEMENT... AND IN THE NEWS, A CIVIL UNIONS SHOWDOWN PITS THE A.C.T. AGAINST AUSTRALIAN FEDS, A PRO-GAY ESTATE SETTLEMENT BOOSTS SOUTH AFRICAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY, MASSACHUSETTS' TOP COURT RULES OUT LESBIGAY MARRIAGE MIGRANTS, BUT A MARYLAND COURT SUPPORTS A YOUNG TEEN'S BOND WITH HIS SECOND DAD. 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