======================================== 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 #980, distributed 01/08/07 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Aussie "Big Brother" star David Graham heeds the calls of rural youth; The accidental friendship of writers Truman Capote and Willa Cather; Conservative U.S. Episcopalians defect to Nigerian leadership, senior Swiss sweethearts celebrate the country's first civil union, but a Colombian legislative quorum crumbles before their civil union vote, Massachusetts lawmakers advance a marriage ban, and more GLBT news = Program #980 RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:06 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": At least 21 conservative parishes have left the Episcopal Church USA in recent weeks and affiliated with an alternative Anglican group lead by vocally-anti-queer Nigerian Archbishop Peter Akinola, while news that over 50 Church of England priests have registered their relationships under the Civil Partnership act further fuels traditionalist Anglican angst; a senior citizen couple celebrates Switzerland's first registered same-gender civil union, while gay and lesbian civil partnerships surge in the first six months since they became legal in the Czech Republic, but a civil union bill dies for lack of a quorum in Colombia's House; Massachusetts lawmakers advance a proposed constitutional amendment to end marriage equality, but Alaska Governor Sarah Palin vetoes a bill that would have outlawed domestic partner benefits for lesbigay public employees; and a 5-yeoar-old Canadian boy now has 3 legal parents (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and SHERI LUNN) [10:36] + billboard for David Graham interview [:08]. . . . . . . . . . . 10:44 SEGMENT #2 - In this reflection on the enduring friendship of "infamous" gay writer TRUMAN CAPOTE and celebrated lesbian novelist WILLA CATHER, This Way Out commentator JANET MASON reminds us that you never know what might happen while hailing a cab in New York. . 6:22 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by DOUG STEVENS AND THE OUTBAND (intro'd by an excerpt from their "Out in the Country") [:32] + AUSTRALIANS got to know DAVID GRAHAM as a leading contestant on that country’s 2006 edition of "Big Brother." For three months, the openly gay 27-year-old QUEENSLAND sheep farmer devoted much of his TV screen time to raising public consciousness about the issues confronting queer and questioning rural youth. As Graham’s own story demonstrates, the only thing standing between many of these young people and suicide is the existence of LGBT community-supported telephone hotlines and counseling services. In an appropriately natural setting in the inner suburban New Farm Park along the Brisbane River, and serenaded by a cornucopia of crows, This Way Out correspondent JOHN FRAME met with David Graham under a huge Moreton Bay fig tree to talk about the dangers of isolation and depression in rural areas, and the unique role of telephone counseling in rescuing LGBT youth [8:52]. . . . . . . 9:24 [www.farmerdave.com.au] Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:17 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:53 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," AUSSIE "BIG BROTHER" TV STAR DAVID GRAHAM HEEDS THE CALLS OF RURAL YOUTH BY RECALLING HOW TELEPHONE HOTLINES SAVED HIS LIFE... JANET MASON REFLECTS ON THE ACCIDENTAL FRIENDSHIP OF "INFAMOUS" GAY WRITER TRUMAN CAPOTE AND CELEBRATED LESBIAN NOVELIST WILLA CATHER... AND IN THE NEWS, CONSERVATIVE U.S. EPISCOPALIANS DEFECT TO NIGERIAN LEADERSHIP, SENIOR SWISS SWEETHEARTS CELEBRATE THE COUNTRY'S FIRST CIVIL UNION, BUT A COLOMBIAN LEGISLATIVE QUORUM CRUMBLES BEFORE THEIR CIVIL UNION VOTE, AND MASSACHUSETTS LAWMAKERS ADVANCE A BAN ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY. 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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