======================================== To listen to this week's "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp or check thiswayout.org for one of our 150+ local broadcast stations in your area ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #955, distributed 07/17/06 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Iranian queer activists and their supporters wage a cultural war; Regional conflicts complicate Jerusalem's World Pride controversy; A U.S. appeals court contributes to marriage equality anxiety, a Connecticut judge claims constitutionality for "separate but equal" civil unions, Madrid and Barcelona marches and Valencia weddings surely sour the Pope's Spanish sojourn, two Canadian Mounties get their man, and more news FEEDS MONDAY JULY 17 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.3 and TUESDAY JULY 18 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 CDs 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A U.S. federal appeals court upholds Nebraska's voter-approved state constitutional amendment not only banning same gender marriage but any type of legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples; a Connecticut judge rules that the state's civil unions law is equivalent to marriage in all but name and is therefore not an "inferior" status; Massachusetts lawmakers delay until after the November elections their Constitutional Convention vote on a measure to ban future lesbian and gay marriages, while the state's Supreme Judicial Court rejects a challenge to the constitutional validity of the proposal but adds that existing same gender marriages will remain legal even if such a ban passes; Tennessee's Supreme Court rejects a lawsuit challenging that state's November ballot measure to constitutionally ban gay and lesbian marriages; Spanish GLBT Pride is celebrated in Madrid and Barcelona, two same gender couples in Valencia "flaunt" their marriage ceremonies during the Pope's visit, Spain's first gay divorce is underway, but two gay Spanish Air Force privates plan a September wedding; two Nova Scotia men become Canada's first legally married gay Mounties; and heterosexual senior citizens challenge Arizona's proposed state constitutional ban on legal recognition of lesbian and gay couples (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER, BILL KELLEY and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and SHERI LUNN) [9:50] + Gay Iranian interview billboard [:05]. . . . . . . . . . 9:55 SEGMENT #2 - It's a fast-developing story, with no way to say what might happen next in the Middle East. The volatile region has been rocked in recent days by the sudden explosion in the Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah conflict that threatens to engulf several countries. At the same time, Israeli society is being drawn into a contentious debate over the LGBT WORLD PRIDE FESTIVAL AND PARADE planned for early August in the holy streets of JERUSALEM. "This Way Out" correspondent ERAN CICUREL reports (with comments by Knesset Member YITZHAK LEVY of National Union, one of two small religious parties; Israeli government Minister of Jerusalem Affairs YAAKOV EDRI; Labor Party M.K. SHELI YECHIMOVITCH; Papal representative in Jerusalem PIETRO SAMBI; Muslim M.K. IBRAHIM ZARZUR; and NOA SATAT of JERUSALEM OPEN HOUSE, the main organizing group behind World Pride 2006); meanwhile, a queer Lebanese group tries to assist refugees and stop the bombing [5:10] + "TWO" I.D. by famed gay writer EDMUND WHITE [:30]. . . . . . . . . . 5:40 [www.helem.net] SEGMENT #3 - July 19th marks the first anniversary of the public hangings of gay IRANIAN teenagers Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni. As demonstrations memorialize their executions in cities around the world, queer activists who have slipped out of Tehran's grip are coming out with their stories of oppression and their hopes for empowerment. One such activist, ARSHAM PARSI of the PERSIAN GAY AND LESBIAN ORGANIZATION, spoke with "This Way Out" correspondent HEATHER KITCHING a few weeks after being granted asylum in Canada (from her "Queer FM" program on CITR/Vancouver, B.C.) . . . . 10:15 [www.pglo.net] Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:30 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:30 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", IRANIAN QUEER ADVOCATES AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WAGE A CULTURAL WAR - HEAR THE STORY OF ONE GAY MAN'S ESCAPE, ASYLUM, AND ACTIVISM... REGIONAL CONFLICTS COMPLICATE JERUSALEM'S WORLD PRIDE CONTROVERSY - ANOTHER SIMMERING STORY FROM THE MIDDLE EAST... AND IN OTHER NEWS, A U.S. APPEALS COURT CONTRIBUTES TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY ANXIETY, A CONNECTICUT JUDGE CLAIMS CONSTITUTIONALITY FOR "SEPARATE BUT EQUAL" CIVIL UNIONS, MADRID AND BARCELONA MARCHES AND VALENCIA WEDDINGS SURELY SOUR THE POPE'S SPANISH SOJOURN, AND TWO CANADIAN MOUNTIES GET THEIR MAN. 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. ========================================================================== Most "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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