======================================== 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 #977, distributed 12/18/06 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Diversity spices unconventional life in Key West; The UN consults with Euro-queers, Canadian marriage is rejected by Dublin's High Court, New Jersey couples won't settle for civil unions, another "outed" pastor falls from Grace, "Don't Ask" queers why the Pentagon can't speak Arabic, and more global GLBT news; plus 4 Poofs and a lesbian legend sing the Yuletide gay => UPCOMING PROGRAMS ADVISORY <= There won't be a "NewsWrap" segment on next week's Program #978 (week of 12/25/06) or #979 (the week of 1/1/07). The "Audiofile 2006 Year in Review" will fill Program #978, and "Pride On Screen 2006" will fill Program #979. Happy Holidays! = Program #977 RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:03 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": 3 LGBT groups win "historic" consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council; the High Court in Dublin denies recognition in Ireland of a lesbian couple's Canadian marriage, but Sweden's dominant Lutheran Church will begin blessing registered same-gender couples in 2007; the New Jersey legislature passes a civil unions bill, refusing to call them "marriage," but also enacts legislation banning bias based on gender identity or expression; Scotland's parliament legalizes adoptions by same-gender couples; a month after national evangelical leader Ted Haggard's sexcapades were exposed by a male escort, the Reverend Paul Barnes of Grace Chapel in South Denver becomes the second Colorado mega-church minister to step down after being "outed" by an anonymous phone call; Thailand's military reclassifies gay and transgender people from being "permanently mentally ill" to having "sexual identity problems," while the Iraq Study Group's report noting that there are not enough U.S. military linguists prompts the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network to underscore the discharge of at least 50 lesbigay Arabic specialists under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and to renew its call for repeal of that policy; legislation destined to make news in 2007 includes a new civil unions bill in the Australian Capital Territory, a measure granting same-gender partners equal access to fertility treatment in Britain, and what could be the world's harshest anti-queer laws in Nigeria; and while it's unknown if Tasmania-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark responded to the request of Aussie activists to intervene, legislators in the Danish-administered Faeroe Islands finally pass a law banning discrimination against lesbians and gay men (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by SHERI LUNN and RICK WATTS) [10:46] + "Destination Key West" Part 2 billboard [:08]. . 10:54 SEGMENT #2 - Music to make the Yuletide gay: "Camp Up Your Christmas" by 4 POOFS AND A PIANO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3:23 [www.4poofsandapiano.com] SEGMENT #3 - Promo for the "Audiofile 2006 Year in Review" (version 3) [:28] + Simmons Challenge Match promo (with "offer ends December 31st" tag) [:44] . . . . . . 1:12 SEGMENT #4 - 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 conclusion of his 2-part story) STEVE SMITH, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control Commissioner who also handles the LGBT market for the Monroe County Tourist Development Council; JAMES THOMPSON, founder of the "One Human Family" campaign; KATHA SHEEHAN, owner of The Chicken Store and leader of the Rooster Rescue Team, a volunteer group devoted to saving the "street chickens" of Key West; "BRAD," a nude dancer at Kwest Nightclub; RICHARD DENNISON, a retired wig stylist and former Queen Mother of Key West; and a few more words from CAROL SHAUGHNESSY, a writer who moonlights in tourism public relations and is an expert on the history of the Florida Keys; and NEIL CHAMBERLAIN, owner of PistolAndEnema.com, a popular Key West travel and gossip Web site (with intro music from "Margaritaville" performed by the CARNIVAL STEEL DRUM BAND and outro music from "Key West" performed by THE VILLAGE PEOPLE). . 7:42 [www.PrideOnScreen.com] SEGMENT #5 - More music to make the Yuletide gay: "Greetings of the Season" by CRIS WILLIAMSON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2:57 [www.criswilliamson.com] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:29 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:40 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," DIVERSITY SPICES LIFE IN KEY WEST IN THE CONCLUSION OF STEVE PRIDE'S TOUR OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL... IN THE NEWS, THE U.N. CONSULTS WITH EURO-GAYS, CANADIAN MARRIAGE IS REJECTED BY DUBLIN'S HIGH COURT, NEW JERSEY COUPLES WON'T SETTLE FOR CIVIL UNIONS, ANOTHER "OUTED" PASTOR FALLS FROM GRACE, AND "DON'T ASK" GAYS AND LESBIANS WHY THE PENTAGON CAN'T SPEAK ARABIC... PLUS 4 POOFS AND A LESBIAN LEGEND *SING* THE YULETIDE GAY. 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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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