======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" copy/paste into your browser: www.planetout.com/support/media.html?file=/two/two20060501.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 #944, distributed 05/01/06 (hosted this week by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Craig Chester's new romantic comedy "Adam and Steve" challenges stereotypes; Howard Stern is the "King" to OutQ's "Queen" -- Sirius-ly! Euro activists battle prejudice against Pride, queer Holocaust victims are memorialized in Israel, Hong Kong won't host U.K. partnerships, "King & King" fairy tale frightens "faithful" Massachusetts parents, U.S. pupils' plight is pondered as silent supporters protest, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY MAY 1 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.7 and TUESDAY MAY 2 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": The International Lesbian and Gay Association World Conference in Geneva includes a public protest of the threatened ban on Moscow's first-ever Pride march, while Latvian activists plan a second Pride event in Riga despite last year's ugly opposition, but in Canada, Ottawa Pride organizers may be bankrupt; the LGBT community is publicly represented for the first time in Israel's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day; the Hong Kong government refuses to allow lesbigay U.K. nationals living there to register their civil partnerships; a new survey shows a dramatic increase in the number of U.S. queer couples who plan to add children to their families; "faith-based" parents sue the Lexington, Massachusetts school system for allowing a teacher to read the gay-supportive fairy tale "King & King" to their children's class; new research sponsored by GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) shows that a vast majority of U.S. LGBT students continue to be verbally and physically harassed on campus, that anti-bullying laws that don't explicitly include LGBT kids are worthless, and that they're more abused in schools with abstinence-only sex education programs; and the GLSEN-sponsored 10th annual "National Day of Silence" held on thousands of school campuses across the U.S. spotlights the difficult challenges facing LGBT students (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER, STEPHEN HUNT, and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported this week by KATHY SANCHEZ and CHRISTOPHER GAAL) [10:25] + "Adam & Steve" billboard [:15]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:40 SEGMENT #2 - SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO boasts a unique channel in its pantheon of talk and music programming: OUT-Q. The 24/7 LGBT station beams queer talk and music to Sirius receivers virtually anywhere in North America -- at home or office, or on the road. Because it's arriving via satellite, Sirius channels come in crystal clear even if you drive coast to coast. QutQ founder and station manager JOHN McMULLEN chats with This Way Out's GREG GORDON about his relationship with Sirius and the recently-arrived "King of All Media" Howard Stern, and outlines OutQ's program line-up. . . . 7:05 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by "Bastard Out of Carolina" author DOROTHY ALLISON [:10] + The road to romance is no stroll through the Garden of Eden for "ADAM & STEVE", the heroes of a new over the top romantic comedy. Veteran indie actor and queer idol CRAIG CHESTER makes the leap to the director’s chair for the new film about two gay men whose relationship blooms in the face of overwhelming odds. Chester brings preview clips, and talks about his film, and being openly gay in Hollywood, with This Way Out's STEVE PRIDE [8:00] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8:10 [www.AdamandSteveMovie.com, CraigChester.com, PrideOnScreen.com) Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:35 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:45 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", INDY FAVE CRAIG CHESTER'S NEW ROMANTIC COMEDY "ADAM AND STEVE" CHALLENGES STEREOTYPES, AND HOWARD STERN IS THE "KING" TO OUT-Q'S "QUEEN" - SIRIUS-LY! IN THE NEWS, EURO ACTIVISTS BATTLE PREJUDICE AGAINST PRIDE, QUEER HOLOCAUST VICTIMS ARE MEMORIALIZED IN ISRAEL, HONG KONG WON'T HOST U.K. PARTNERSHIPS, "KING & KING" FAIRY TALE FRIGHTENS "FAITHFUL" MASSACHUSETTS PARENTS, AND U.S. PUPILS' PLIGHT IS PONDERED AS SILENT SUPPORTERS PROTEST. 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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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