======================================== 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 #966, distributed 10/02/06 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) "This Way Out" prepares you to "Talk About It" on National Coming Out Day; "Harvey Milk, Gay Hero" debuts the "Rainbow Minute"; South Africa's would-be president stumbles homophobically, Rhode Island lesbians qualify for Massachusetts marriage, gay Spanish fly-boys make honest men of each other, New Zealand Presbyterians keep to the straight and narrow, Filipino queers declare their candidacy, and more global GLBT news FEEDS MONDAY OCTOBER 2 from 14:30-14:59 ET on PRSS DIGITAL FREQUENCY A72.3 and TUESDAY OCTOBER 3 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": South Africa's would-be next president Jacob Zuma sparks outrage with remarks condemning the pending legalization of same gender unions and then apologizes; a court ruling opens legal marriage in Massachusetts to Rhode Island lesbian and gay couples, while the Georgia Court of Appeals rules that sexual orientation can't be used as a factor in child custody decisions; a gay Spanish Air Force couple is married by the mayor in Seville; New Zealand's Presbyterian Church reaffirms its 2004 ban on lesbians and gays in church leadership roles; Zimbabwe's leading LGBT group is banned by the government from participating in the creation of a national Human Rights Commission; a Filipino gay group is sponsoring a candidate for the 2007 Congressional elections; former New Jersey Governor and now "gay American" James McGreevey's "The Confession" jumps onto the best-seller list, while openly lesbian and gay candidates enjoy notable victories in formerly unlikely states, but 6-term Republican Congressman from Florida Mark Foley, long rumored to be a closeted gay man, abruptly resigns after the publication of salacious email and instant messages he sent to male teen congressional pages (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and JON BEAUPRE). . 10:50 SEGMENT #2 - Quick billboard for NCOD feature [:05] + "This Way Out" kicks off LGBT History Month with the debut of an enlightening new series, "THE RAINBOW MINUTE." First up: "HARVEY MILK, GAY HERO" [produced by JUDD PROCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at the studios of WRIR in Richmond, Virginia, and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON] [1:15] . . . . 1:20 SEGMENT #3 - The 18th annual NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY will be celebrated across the U.S. on October 11th. Sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign, and endorsed by virtually every queer advocacy group, events on that day encourage gay, lesbian, bi, and trans people to "Talk About It" with family, friends, and co-workers -- a personal approach proven to be the most effective educational tool there is. "This Way Out" observes National Coming Out Day with a sparkling collage of music, humor, and some words of wisdom: begins with music from "No Hiding Place," written and performed by MARY WATKINS, segues into "first awareness" vox pop; PHILIP COQUET, MICHAEL KATZ, DAVID GAINES and PRINCE PANNESI in brief excerpts from a decades-old theatrical presentation about being out called "Without Reservations"; "Talk About It" PSA from the Human Rights Campaign (www.hrc.org); author and therapist DR. DON CLARK ("Loving Someone Gay" and "Living Gay") talks with GREG GORDON about the exaggerated fears most people experience prior to coming out to people who are important in their lives, and how vital self-acceptance is in the coming out process; a truncated version of "I'm Okay," performed by STYX; a National Coming Out Day message from openly-lesbian actress AMANDA BEARSE ("Married...With Children"); "TWO" I.D., with an excerpt from their "Out In The Country," by DOUG STEVENS & THE OUTBAND; a message for her gay and lesbian children from "Mother Nature" (DUSTY STREET, from the long-ago "Gay Liberation Follies"); "Better blatant than latent" advice from "Lula" (LILY TOMLIN); ROMANOVSKY & PHILLIPS' live-in-concert performance of "Let's Flaunt It!"; and a concluding message by lesbian-feminist activist and poet PAT PARKER: "For the Straight Folks (Who Don't Mind Gays, But Wish They Weren't So Blatant)". . . . . . . 14:10 Closing Credits/continuity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:55 ===================================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," PREPARE YOURSELF TO "TALK ABOUT IT" ON NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY, AND "HARVEY MILK, GAY HERO" DEBUTS THE "RAINBOW MINUTE"... IN THE NEWS, SOUTH AFRICA'S WOULD-BE PRESIDENT STUMBLES HOMOPHOBICALLY, RHODE ISLAND LESBIANS QUALIFY FOR MASSACHUSETTS MARRIAGE, GAY SPANISH FLY-BOYS MAKE HONEST MEN OF EACH OTHER, NEW ZEALAND PRESBYTERIANS KEEP TO THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW, AND FILIPINO GAY ACTIVISTS DECLARE THEIR CANDIDACY. 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. 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. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the air since April 1988, "This Way Out" is the multi-award-winning internationally distributed weekly gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine. The program currently airs on over 150 local community radio stations around the world, via satellite in the U.S. on the Public Radio Satellite System and Pacifica's KU band, "Down Under" through distribution by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia's ComRadSat, online via the A-INFOS Internet Project at www.radio4all.net and Pacifica's Audioport, and on audio CD from the producers. Listeners can also hear "This Way Out" online at OutInAmerica.com, on shortwave via Costa Rica-based global station RFPI (Radio For Peace International/www.rfpi.org), across Europe, Africa/Middle East, and Asia/Pacific regions on the World Radio Network (www.wrn.org), and on CD or audiocassette by individual subscription. 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