======================================== 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 #976, distributed 12/11/06 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Steve Pride unlocks Florida's "Key" to inclusivity; Ron Romanovsky sings of "Hard Times for Closet Cases"; Canada's Commons repels a final attempt at marriage equality repeal, U.K. partnerships proliferate while Italy moves toward similar "civil-ization," South Australia's queer couples can domestically partner, there's no "garden" path for New Jersey marriage, more news => UPCOMING PROGRAMS ADVISORY <= There won't be a "NewsWrap" segment on TWO Program #978 (week of 12/25/06) or #979 (week of 1/1/07). The "Audiofile 2006 Year in Review" will fill Program #978, and "Pride On Screen 2006" will fill Program #979. = Program #976 RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:15 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap" - Canada's queer couples can finally rest easier as the House of Commons decisively rejects a motion by the minority Conservative government of P.M. Stephen Harper to revisit the contentious marriage equality issue [with brief sound from the Commons chamber announcing the vote]; a record number of lesbian and gay couples have been marrying in Canada and contracting marriage-like civil partnerships in the U.K.; Italy's Senate passes a motion urging the leftist coalition government of P.M. Romano Prodi to offer civil unions legislation by the end of January -- much to the Vatican's displeasure -- in the same week that Padua becomes the first Italian municipality to create a domestic partner registry for same-gender couples; South Australia's lesbigay couples get many of the same rights as heterosexually married couples with the passage of a state Domestic Partnership bill, while a "putrid" civil unions bill eschewing the word "marriage" appears to be steam rolling through the New Jersey legislature, even as Reed Gusciora becomes that state's first "out" legislator; and news that Mary (daughter of U.S. Vice President Dick) Cheney is pregnant is not being celebrated by rightwing anti-queer groups (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and CHARL HALL) [10:3] + billboard for the "Rainbow Minute" and "Destination Key West" Part One [:23]. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:55 SEGMENT #2 - A brief reflection on who might be the 2006 Queer Person of the Year segues into "HARD TIMES FOR CLOSET CASES," a global radio exclusive written and performed especially for "This Way Out" by RON ROMANOVSKY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:15 [www.romanovskyandphillips.com] SEGMENT #3 - "The Rainbow Minute: BAYARD RUSTIN - African-American Civil Rights Activist" (produced by JUDD PROTCTOR & BRIAN BURNS at WRIR in Richmond, Virginia and read by VIOLA BASKERVILLE). . . . . . 1:04 SEGMENT #4 - "Audiofile Year in Review" promo (version 2). . . :37 SEGMENT #5 - This Way Out entertainment reporter STEVE PRIDE recently visited "The Conch Republic" (a.k.a. KEY WEST, FLORIDA) and learned that he can't take a voice recorder on vacation without using it. Steve shares his Key West adventure through the words of the people he met there, including (in the first of his 2-part story) CAROL SHAUGHNESSY, an expert on the history of the Florida Keys; TOM OOSTERHOUDT, editor of "Key West - The Newspaper," owner of the Pelican Poop Shoppe, a former Key West City Councilman, founder of the Key West Symphony, and owner of Casa Antigua, where Hemingway wrote "A Farewell to Arms"; NEIL CHAMBERLAIN, owner of PistolAndEnema.com, a popular Key West travel/gossip Web site; HEATHER CARRUTHERS, co-owner of Pearl's Rainbow, the only lesbian guest house in Key West; GARY WALKER, manager of The Equator Guest House; "PHILIPPE," manager of Alexander's Guest House; JERRY TINLIN, Manager of Oasis Guest House; and lesbian realtor MARTHA ROBINSON (with music from "Margaritaville" performed by the CARNIVAL STEEL DRUM BAND and JIMMY BUFFET). Among those featured in next week's concluding Part 2: the leader of a volunteer group devoted to saving the "street chickens" of Key West, a nude dancer at Kwest Nightclub, and a former Queen Mother of Key West. . . . . 8:30 [www.PrideOnScreen.com] SEGMENT #6 - Simmons Challenge Match promo ("offer ends December 31st"). . . :46 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:26 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:48 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," STEVE PRIDE UNLOCKS FLORIDA'S "KEY" TO INCLUSIVITY, AND RON ROMANOVSKY SINGS OF "HARD TIMES FOR CLOSET CASES"... IN THE NEWS, CANADA'S COMMONS REPELS A FINAL ATTEMPT AT MARRIAGE EQUALITY REPEAL, U.K. PARTNERSHIPS PROLIFERATE WHILE ITALY MOVES TOWARD SIMILAR "CIVIL-IZATION," SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S GAY & LESBIAN COUPLES CAN DOMESTICALLY PARTNER BUT THERE'S NO "GARDEN" PATH FOR NEW JERSEY MARRIAGE, AND MARY CHENEY'S PREGNANCY UPSETS "FAMILY" FANATICS. ALL THAT - AND MORE THIS WEEK - WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can download broadcast quality audio files of our program each week free of charge at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org. ===================================================================== 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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