======================================== To listen to the current "This Way Out" online copy/paste into your browser www.outinamerica.com/arts/two.asp, click on the OIA link at www.thiswayout.org, or check the stations link there for our 150+ local broadcast affiliates ======================================== THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #956, distributed 07/24/06 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Jamaican American writer Thomas Glave turns life lessons into literature; There's a Massachusetts separation but a former Savage Garden-er marries; Middle East hostilities cripple Jerusalem World Pride, a Latvian mob dumps dung on Pride proponents, executed Iranian teens are remembered worldwide, Zimbabwe criminalizes queer affection, the U.S. Congress rejects the GOP's Federal Marriage Amendment proposal - again - and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY JULY 24 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.3 and TUESDAY JULY 25 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:05 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Jerusalem police deny a parade permit for World Pride, and organizers agree to cancel it in view of hostilities in the region, but vow to hold several other events there during the week of August 6th as planned; Riga officials cite security concerns to ban the city's Pride parade, but protestors shout obscene anti-queer slogans during an organizers' press conference and pelt supporters with eggs and bags of feces as they leave a church service for sexual minorities in the Latvian capital; Berlin festively celebrates Christopher Street Day, and a first-ever Pride parade is held in Porto, Portugal; the hangings of two gay teenagers in Iran on July 19, 2005 are remembered in protests, vigils and other events in cities around the world; the g overnment of Zimbabwe's virulently-homophobic dictator Robert Mugabe makes any public expression of same gender love -- including hand-holding, hugging, and kissing -- a criminal offense, but Fiji's High Commissioner confirms an "unofficial policy change" that men engaging in consensual gay sex there will no longer be arrested; and the so-called Federal Marriage Amendment -- resurrected again during this election year by the Republican leadership -- again fails to get the required votes for passage in the U.S. Congress (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER, BILL KELLEY, and GRAHAM UNDERHILL, and reported this week by JON BEAUPRE and CHARLS HALL) [10:05] + Massachusetts' Goodridges separate/former Savage Garden lead singer Darren Hayes marries (with an excerpt from Hayes' latest single "So Beautiful") [1:35] . . . 11:40 SEGMENT #2 - THOMAS GLAVE is the only Black gay writer besides James Baldwin to win the prestigious O. Henry Prize for fiction. The "New York Times" dubbed him "a gifted stylist" after the publication of his widely acclaimed first book, "Whose Song? And other Stories." His most recent work, "WORDS TO OUR NOW," is a collection of powerful essays that earned Glave this year's Lambda Literary Award for non-fiction. The essays draw upon his experiences as a politically committed Jamaican American. This Way Out's BRYAN GOEBEL caught up with Glave during his recent visit to San Francisco [Glave reads excerpts from and comments on "Re-recalling Essex Hemphill" and "On the Difficulty of Confiding in Some Heterosexual 'Friends'"; includes brief excerpts from Hemphill's spoken-word performances in the films "Tongues Untied" and "Anthem", and a :20 "TWO" I.D. by ESSEX HEMPHILL and re-intro at about 8:25 into this segment]. . . . . . . . . . . 15:00 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:10 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT", JAMAICAN AMERICAN WRITER THOMAS GLAVE TURNS LIFE LESSONS INTO LITERATURE - HEAR HIS TRIBUTE TO ESSEX HEMPHILL AND "DIFFICULTIES" WITH HETERO FRIENDS - AND THERE'S A MASSACHUSETTS SEPARATION, BUT A FORMER SAVAGE GARDEN-ER MARRIES... IN OTHER NEWS, MIDDLE EAST HOSTILITIES CRIPPLE JERUSALEM WORLD PRIDE, A LATVIAN MOB DUMPS DUNG ON PRIDE PROPONENTS, EXECUTED IRANIAN TEENS ARE REMEMBERED WORLDWIDE, ZIMBABWE CRIMINALIZES GAY AFFECTION, AND THE U.S. CONGRESS TURNS DOWN THE G.O.P.'S FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT PROPOSAL - AGAIN. 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 __________________________. [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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