======================================== 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 #982, distributed 01/22/07 (hosted by Greg Gordon and produced with Lucia Chappelle) Why a 5-year-old Canadian boy now has 3 parents; Czech gays win their first-ever job bias lawsuit, Taiwan activists agitate for civil rights progress, Italian advocates condemn Papal pronouncements, HRW warns against OutRage! Nigerian action, more news; A "Rainbow Minute" profiles a historic Canadian couple, and singer/ songwriter Suzi Nash shakes things up with "Rainbow Sprinkles"! Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": A Czech court has for the first time issued a queer-favorable ruling in a sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit, while one advocacy group there closes down saying "missions accomplished"... Taiwan activists rally at Parliament for an anti-bias jobs bill and couples' rights... Italian queers commemorate a martyr's suicide and condemn Papal pronouncements... Human Rights Watch warns against OutRage! action in Nigeria... Iraq's government criticizes a U.N. report about civilian war casualties for including victims of anti-queer death squads... and Britain's Education Secretary sings the praises of "Glad To Be Gay" (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to GRAHAM UNDERHILL and REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by RICK WATTS and DON LUPO) [9:54] + "TWO" I.D. by TOM ROBINSON [introduced by a brief excerpt from the Tom Robinson Band's "(Sing If You're) Glad To Be Gay") [:30] + billboard for the Canadian 3-parents feature [:06] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:30 SEGMENT #2 - The latest "RAINBOW MINUTE" profiles KEVIN BOURASSA AND JOE VARNELL, the first legally-wed couple there in "A MARRIAGE MADE IN CANADA" [produced by JUDD PROCTOR and BRIAN BURNS at WRIR-FM in Richmond, Virginia and read by DUSTIN RICHARDSON. . 1:07 SEGMENT #3 - Special "TWO" CDs/subscriptions promo (voiced by LUCIA CHAPPELLE, with music by SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK) . . . . . . . 1:10 SEGMENT #4 - Ontario, Canada's highest court rang in the New Year with a new perspective on the definition of "family." The long-term lesbian partner of a 5-year-old boy's biological mother had sought legal recognition as the child's third parent, rather than going through an adoption process that would rob the couple's sperm-donor friend of his parental rights. A lower court ruled that it would be contrary to the child's best interests to deprive him of the legal parentage of one of his mothers, and the appeals court agreed. While the decision declared that "social conditions and attitudes have changed," the Institute for Canadian Values denounced what it called the "naked judicial activism" of a court bent on entrenching alternative family structures outside of the legislative process. This Way Out correspondent HEATHER KITCHING [of CITR-FM/Vancouver's "Queer FM"] spoke this week with lead attorney JENNIFER MATHERS about the case and its ramifications [with an outro tag reporting a proposed new lesbian parenting law in Sweden] . . . 10:27 segues directly into: SEGMENT #5 - "Rainbow Sprinkles," the title cut of a CD collection of music for the children of lesbigay parents by SUZI NASH . . . . 2:21 [www.rainbowsprinklesonline.com] SEGMENT #6 - "TWO" Promo by noted gay writer EDMUND WHITE. . . :32 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:33 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:49 ================================ * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," WHY A 5-YEAR-OLD CANADIAN BOY HAS 3 PARENTS, WHILE A "RAINBOW MINUTE" PROFILES A HISTORIC CANADIAN COUPLE, AND SINGER/SONGWRITER SUZI NASH SHAKES THINGS UP WITH "RAINBOW SPRINKLES"... IN THE NEWS, CZECH GAYS WIN THEIR FIRST-EVER JOB BIAS LAWSUIT, TAIWAN ACTIVISTS AGITATE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRESS, ITALIAN ADVOCATES CONDEMN PAPAL PRONOUNCEMENTS, AND BRITAIN'S EDUCATION SECRETARY SINGS THE PRAISES OF "GLAD TO BE 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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